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July 12, 2013

Hartson, Olson, Thornton & Gildark win at TGS

The 200+ entry Top Gun Shootout took place at the San Diego RC Raceway and in the Expert 1/8th Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Steve Hartson who won the race just in front of Tekno RC’s Barry Baker and Pres Ilog who rounded out the 3rd podium spot with his EB48. In the 1/8th buggy Sportsman class Matt Thornton came back to the podium with his Tekno buggy. Pulling out a first place finish Matt was followed by MIP’s Eustace Moore and Tekno RC’s Jeff Gapp. In the Pro4 class Tekno RC’s Barry Baker had an exciting race placing 3rd behind MIP’s Matt Olson and TLR’s Dustin Evans. In the 4WD SC Sportsman class, the Tekno SCT410 swept the podium with Nick Gildark coming in first, follow by Matt Thornton and Alyssa Dunn.

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July 12, 2013

Renard & Pauwels win at Belgian SCT Cup Rd3

Renard & Pauwels wins at Belgian SCT Cup Rd3

In a great mix of zen attitude, firmness and professionalism, the crew of BPT Merchtem hosted the first Belgian SCT Cup race of the year to be run on astroturf. Track is located in a sport complex and features a challenging layout, with a quite bumpy surface, fast corners as well as big air jumps. The grip fluctuated a lot during the day, starting by being very low due to morning dew and being high once the generous sun dried it out before first qualification heat. The race also saw the attendance of many new faces who mixed things up. In 2WD qualification, Jean-François Renard (TLR 22SCT) and Nicolas Evens (TLR 22SCT) battled for pole position, both showing a significantly faster pace than the rest of the pack. In the end Nicolas got the TQ in front of Jean-François with Filip De Keersmaecker (Durango) taking third place on the grid.

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July 11, 2013

Oskar Fjeld wins TC Modified at Norwegian nats Rd3

The third round of the Norwegian electric touring modified national series was held at the Vulbu Raceway close to Fagernes. The track itself is spectacular with a four meter elevation change and also the weather for the event was perfect, allowing good grip and interesting racing. The good forecast also meant a lot of drivers came out for the race, making it the biggest outcome in a long time. Qualifying consist of three rounds with the best one to count followed by triple finals. First round of qualifying saw Xray driver Tom Erik Haaversen setting the best time, closely followed by Oskar Fjeld and Joakim Nicolaisen in second and third. Oskar also set a new track record in this round.

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July 11, 2013

John Doucakis wins at Greek TC nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Greek National Championship in 1/10 EP Touring was held at the great high speed track of FRT in the North suburbs of Athens. Home track of double National Champion and current points leader, Nick Georgiadis (T4/Orca) who could secure his 3rd consecutive title with a win, the anticipation was at its peak for the outcome of the race between at least four title contenders. Qualifying was full of surprises, with the track heavily affected by strong winds limiting the level of traction and making each turn unpredictable due to gusts. In the end it was Awesomatix/Orion driver John Doucakis who took TQ, five seconds clear of the rest of the field.

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July 11, 2013

Trin T. & Meen V. win at Malaysia KL International GP

140 drivers found their way to the 2013 Malaysia KL International GP held at the KLIRCC track. The nitro on-road race was run in 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm and saw the attendance many fast drivers with the most prominent of them being current 200mm World Champion Meen V. who raced both the 1/8th and 1/10h class. The 1/8th qualifying was won by Meen who outperformed his competitors by nearly a lap in his best 7 minutes run. He was followed by his KM team mates Charlee P. and Azri Amri. Bad luck and a DNF in the final prevented Meen from turning his TQ position into a win and he ended in 10th place with Trin T. (KM Racing) winning the race with the KM K8 prototype in front of Azri Amri and Nick Chong.

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July 10, 2013

Alabama Manufacturers Shootout 4.0 – Report

The AMS event in Cullman, Alabama, continues to be one of the more well known races on the calendar during the summer racing season. The 4.0 event went off extremely well with the direction and management of Jimmy Babcock and Nick Black. A hefty 521 entries packed the facility for the weekend with the 1/8th classes once again showing the largest interest at this event. The now famous dirt, building and track layouts make for great racing and hold up extremely well to the punishment of the racers all weekend. Once again, the JConcepts crew was on hand to support the product, customers and race team as well as a contributing sponsor to the “Greatest show on Dirt.” Qualifying started with Team Associated/JConcepts driver Ryan Maifield picking up where he left off from previous years and TQ’ed the opening qualifier in the 1/8th truck class by a narrow margin over Jared Tebo.

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July 10, 2013

Keven Hébert wins 1/12 Mod at AOC

The 2013 Asian On-Road Championship, fresh off a successful debut in Shanghai, headed down under to Melbourne, Australia for round number 2. The AOC is the brainchild of Scotty Ernst and follows a similar format to the popular European Touring Series. Good competition in a relaxed atmosphere with generous track time packed into a compact schedule is the name of the game. The Melbourne round featured a 1/12 Modified class which was perfectly suited for the temporary carpet circuit which was laid out on a perfectly smooth gym floor. A healthy field of the top Australian drivers, many who have never raced carpet and/or 1/12 before were thrown into the deep end to compete against Canadian champion Keven Hébert. Keven and his Reedy/LRP-powered 12R5.2 qualified fastest in every round and also won all three legs of the A Main. Thanks to Keven’s assistance to his teammates and privateers, he was able to guide teammates Sandy Iavazzo and Darrin Campbell to second and third overall for the podium sweep.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

July 10, 2013

John Ermen wins Dutch on-road nationals Rd4

The 4th round of the Dutch 1/8 on-road nationals was held on the very small and tricky circuit of MBC de Sluis in Gouda. This year the track received a new layer of asphalt and a new fence to protect the spectators much better because small mistakes are easy to make here. John Ermen was the only driver to set a 22 lap qualification time followed by RickV, Steven Cuypers and Robin d’Hondt. Still they had to drive the semi finals to reach the main final, that was no problem although John did face a moment of problems loosing some laps but he was fast enough to reach the main final.

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