The 2012 TLR Winter Series has completed and it was a TLR/Novarossi/Pro-Line/Nitrotane clean sweep of both the expert buggy and truck class podiums. In the buggy class it was Adam Drake that took the series from his team mates Colby Poh and Drew Moller while in truggy it was another title for the Drake this time with Drew Moller in the runner up spot while Cody Smith completed the podium.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
The second round of the AMSCI Calabria Regional Championship took place last weekend at the Polistena track in Italy. In the F1 class it was Mugen/Novarossi/VP-Pro driver Luigi Tridico that took the pole position and he would convert that starting spot into the win coming home ahead of Alfredo Antico and Vincenzo Commisso. In the F2 class Filippo Romeo took the top spot in qualifying but it was TLR/Novarossi/VP-Pro driver Giuseppe Marrelli that would win ahead of Gabriele Marino and Francesco Errigo.
The JConcepts Indoor Nationals series made its second stop on the tour at Mike’s Hobby Shop just outside of Dallas, TX in Carrollton. The Team Associated supported event featured some top-level talent, including Steven Hartson, Kody Numedahl, Brent Thielke and Mr. JConcepts himself Jason Ruona. The indoor facility features a mixed topsoil surface roughly 100 x 50′. The flowing layout saw lap times in the low 20s for most classes. From the first laps it was clear that the Reedy/LRP-powered vehicles of Hartson and Numedahl were ready to race. Once qualifying began, there was little doubt who would start on pole. Setting the fastest time in 2WD Modified, 4WD Modified, and 4WD Short Course, Steven Hartson showed the fastest way around the circuit with his B4.1 Worlds Edition, B44.1 and SC10 4×4 and would go on to take the wins in all classes. In the 2WD Short Course class, Kody Numedahl and his FT SC10 set a time that was untouchable, ensuring his TQ grid position for the triple A mains, which he too would convert into the win.
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Last weekend the Modell Rennsport Club St. Gallen hosted the 1st round of the Swiss Nationals in the track of Sitterdorf and Mattia Pesenti sent us this report. The weather forecast wasn’t good so I prepared all the stuff for the rain (air filters, engine, tyres, etc.). We arrived at the track on Friday morning and it was cloudy and cold but no rain so we could test the car. My father and I worked a lot on the setup with the help of Traugott Schär. The track had really low grip on Friday and we had to find the right setup in order to have enough grip and steering. At the end of the day the car was good and quite easy to drive but the track wasn’t so good.
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The first round of the BRCA Clubmans Nationals took place at West London Racing Centre at the weekend. The Clubmans Nationals are a series of one day events for 13.5 and 17.5 stock classes and are primarily aimed as a stepping stone for drivers wishing to progress from club to national level competition. It is hoped that information and advice will be cascaded from experienced drivers down to younger and less experienced competitors, who may even be competing at national level for the first time. The format for the meeting was open practice in the morning, followed by 3 rounds of qualifying and 2-leg finals for all. The intention was to give the event the feel of a well run club meeting, so there was no timed practice and qualifying was done on an FTQ basis. The largest and most competitive class was 13.5 with more than 60 entries. Speedo controllers equipped with timing advance software are permitted for this class and it is a very popular format at the various indoor winter series events held in the UK.
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Recently Malaysia’s biggest EP on-road race took place in the Borneo Sport Arena located in Kolombong, Kota Kinabalu. A large carpet indoor track was laid out for the two classes Stock Touring and Drift Touring. Over 70 racers from Sabah, Sarawak,Brunei, and West Malaysia attended in the two classes with the touring class being run with Dualsky 10.5T brushless motors and the drift class used Square Drift tyres. The race format saw six qualifying rounds, triple A main, dual B mains and single C to D mains. After six rounds of qualifying in the Stock Touring class Brunei racer Wirawan took the TQ spot ahead of Norazam and Shahrin. In A main 1 Wirawan lead from the start to finish with no major challenge. Second and third position went to Nilai Chong and KS Chu. In A main 2 Wirawan again managed to stay on top eventually wining the race with one A main to go. KS Chu took the runner up sport followed by Raphael in 3rd. Come A main 3, KS Chu managed to overtake Norazam and lead from the start till the end followed by Hazmi and Nilai Chong.
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The Miniautodromo Il Lombrico in Milazzo saw the first round of the 2012 Italian 200mm championships. In addition to the local drivers also World and European Champion Robert Pietch showed up and all of them where pleased with ideal weather conditions until the beginning of the wet Expert finals. The rainy conditions meant a DNS for both Francesco Tironi and Luca Redaelli and a late take off for Daniele Ielasi. At the upper half of the grid KM driver Dario Balestri was able to win the 45 minute final some four laps ahead of Giorgo De Felici and Alessio Mazzeo.
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This winter JConcepts driver Tony Truman attended the Midlands Astro Masters 1/8th Series hosted by the Coventry Model Car Club at their Baginton, Coventry UK facility. This is a best 5 out of 6 series. Tony attended 5 of the rounds, which was enough for him to gain enough points to take the overall win in the 1/8th Buggy Class.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
