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May 30, 2012

HPI Baja Endurance Challenge 2012

The SRC Club circuit located in Huairou District, Beijing had its first big event recently, the HPI Baja Endurance Challenge 2012 organized by HPI China. 9 teams, each containing 5 members from over the country joined the race to compete with their driving skills, team work and toughness in mud and dust. 6 out of 9 teams survived the 2 hour final and the winning team was Beijing SRC club with 233 laps, completing a total distance of 70km. This is the second time HPI China held the Baja Endurance event, and it’s the only large scale race in China.

Source: HPI China [hpiracing.net.cn]

May 30, 2012

Wouter Wynen wins Rd3 of Benelux Championship

Privateer Wouter Wynen, driving an X Factory X-6 Squared, won the third round of the Benelux Championship held over the weekend at MAC Vlijmen. Wynen TQ’d the event and won A1, looking sure to take all the marbles. But in A2, youngster Wesley Von Helmond came from 3rd on the grid to nip Wouter, so Wynen needed to finish A3 ahead of Von Helmond in order to sew up the win. Wouter and Wesley pulled away in A3, Wesley leading, with X-Team driver Bruno Heremans in a comfortable third. Midway through the race Wesley clipped the inside pipe of two successive corners and Wouter got through into the lead with Bruno closing right up in third. With just two corners to go, there was contact between the two leaders and “Elvo” Heremans slipped by to take the win in A3. So Wouter Wynen’s X-6 Squared won the event, with Elvo and Wesley tied on points. The countback gave Wesley second and Elvo third.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com] / Image: RCOffroad.be

May 28, 2012

Pit Lane RC track opening race

After 8 years of not having an r/c track in the area, the radio control racers went back to their roots with the reopening of the r/c track at Toa Baja, Puerto Rico under the administration of Pit Lane Hobby and their staff. With all the drivers registered in the different classes, they were able to race for the first time in years, Electric and Nitro sedan classes in the same event. With two qualifiers of 7 minutes each and Mains up to 30 minutes they started the event under a clear sky and full of enthusiastic racers.

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May 28, 2012

DeSoto Jr & Apolaro win Cow Patty Classic

The 1st Annual Cow Patty Classic took place this weekend at Nugget’s Raceway Ranch in Arcadia, Florida USA. Racers from as far as California and New York made the trip and were rewarded with excellent track conditions and great competition. It was a very hot weekend with ambient temperatures of 95+ degrees and track temps as high as 140. Despite the heat, the track was in great shape with very good traction and tire wear with near record breaking lap times. Running 5 minute qualifiers was welcomed by most as they prepared for the ROAR Nationals later in the year at this track. Some chose to pit during their runs but most of the fast runs were done without a stop with all the TQ runs happening without a stop. The mains were intense with tight competition and different fuel and tire strategies taking place and it was Joaquin DeSoto Jr and DJ Apolaro taking the wins in 1/8th scale and sedan respectively.

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May 28, 2012

Wang Hai Feng wins Spec R Cup

The Spec R Cup was run recently but due to a sudden rain storm, the race had to be relocated to RCI, an asphalt indoor track, at the last minute. It was both a surprise and a challenge to all drivers as they had to set up their cars to avoid traction rolling. Because of this T.O.P. driver Wang Hai Feng gave up his target of getting TQ and instead moved onto a different strategy. He used the qualifying runs to try to setup his car to avoid traction rolling. In his final round of qualifying he almost got his car as fast as the TQ driver Ding Fang Jie.

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May 25, 2012

Mike Gosvig double at Danish Nats Rd1

Danish Nationals round 1 was held in the very nice track in Glostrup, host for the 2005 Euros. The classes in the Danish nationals are Pro stock, modified and Funny Racing where they drive with Tamiya M05/M06 2wd cars. In this outdoor season, the nationals has chosen 13.5T blinky mode and that was the right speed and all drivers had the same speed around the track. The tires was Sorex 36R with yellow insert, and that was perfect for the weather in Denmark.

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May 25, 2012

Lucas Sanford wins JBRL Rd4

Round 4 of the 2012 JBRL electric series is in the books and so is another TQ and 1st place finish for the new Tekno RC EB48 1/8th Electric Buggy. The event held at Pegasus Hobbies in southern California drew nearly 240 entries. In the 1/8th Electric class Tekno RC driver Lucas Sanford was dialed in from the beginning. He TQ’d both rounds of qualifying and went on to finish the main in 1st place with ease. Using his indoor setup from SDRC and only changing out the shock fluid when the sun went down to accommodate for temperature proved the new Tekno RC EB48 platform is a consistent performer in many conditions.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

May 25, 2012

Thomas Stockman wins Belgian TC Nats Rd4

The fourth round of the Belgian TC Nationals was held at RCR in Roeselare last weekend. There was heavy rain expected but the weather turned out dry. This tear’s Efra class is turning out to be a battle between Thomas Stockman and Olivier Bultynck for the title. Thomas, always strong on the track of RCR, drove two strong qualifications but in the last run Olivier put himself on the pole. Thomas was on the second spot and a surprising Rico Claeys on third place.

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