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May 4, 2012

JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series Rd4

Once again JConcepts hit the road to Coral Springs for the JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series race #4. Friday practice at CSRCCC had threatening skies looming overhead with a thirty percent chance of rain for race day, Saturday afternoon. All thirty percent of the rain seemed to pour down Saturday morning. With a few phone calls there now was a plan B which was put into effect to relocate the event to Basher’s indoor RC Raceway in Palm Beach Gardens. Thanks to modern technology and email, Gmail, Texting, Facebook, RCTech, and any other form of communication you can think of, the word quickly spread to the racers about the move. Special thanks to Brian Buckley owner of Basher’s RC Raceway for having a well prepared venue, able to host 185 racers at a moments notice.

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May 3, 2012

Gillespie leads Associated April Fools Classic haul

For the 24th year in a row, racers gathered at the historic Intermountain R/C Raceway just outside of Salt Lake City, UT and this year the entry count was over 200 for the smooth indoor clay surface race. Qualifying started Friday afternoon and ended Saturday night, with Mains on Sunday. Mod classes included 2WD Buggy, Stadium Truck, 4WD Buggy, and 4×4 Short Course. Team Associated/Reedy/LRP driver Rob Gillespie Jr. made a bold statement in qualifying, earning TQ in all three classes he entered, Mod Buggy, Mod Truck, and Mod 4WD. The hometown driver seemed to be very comfortable on the track with his Pro-Line-equipped Team Associated vehicles all weekend long. Adrian Redding went on to earn the last TQ spot in the 4×4 Short Course field with his Factory Team SC10 4×4.

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May 2, 2012

Hartson & Numan win JConcepts Stock Nats

This year OC/RC Raceway played host to the 1st Annual Stock Nationals in Huntington Beach, California. With four rounds of qualifying on Saturday using qual points and two out of four rounds counting, an emphasis was placed on consistency. On Sunday, the event continued with the running of the lower main events with the top two drivers bumping up to the next highest main event. The Sportsman classes would use a triple A-Main format, while the expert classes were one single 10-minute main.

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May 2, 2012

Jacky Siow wins MBA Cup 2012

The Minyak Beku Agrotourism Cup, an annual event held at the sea side resort in the southern part of Malaysia has attracted some of the best racers from Malaysia and Singapore, resulting in more than 50 racers participating in the 10.5T boosted class. The first round of qualifying saw Jacky Siow from Team Orca Asia taking the preliminary TQ spot with the fastest lap time of 12.281sec and completing 24 laps in 5:00.937. Michael Lo also from Team Orca Asia achieving 24 laps 5:02.352, with a fastest lap time of 12.291sec and Siow WoonFong achieving 24 laps 5:04.489 coming in 3rd.

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May 1, 2012

Yannick Aigoin wins French Nats Rd2

A quick update from Belfort, France where Yannick Aigion has won the second round of the French 1/8th off-road nationals. The Team Associated driver, who also TQ’d the meeting, took the win with a one lap margin over his brother Jerome (Kyosho) with Renaud Savoya (Xray) coming in 3rd. Jerome Sartel (Agama) and Rayan Medjoubi (JQ) completed the top five.

Source: RC Mag [rcmag.com]

May 1, 2012

Rino Lino wins GT @ Kosmic Shoot Out

The Kosmic Shoot Out was held this past weekend at the newly updated Blue Dimond Raceway in Delaware, USA. Over 70 racers attended this race which included Sedan, 1/8 Scale and GT. GT qualifying saw Paolo Morganti on the top spot. In the GT final, Serpent drivers Paolo M. and Rino L. where running first and second when Paolo had an electrical problem in his car that forced him to stop. Rino took over the lead and drove a mistake free race to take the win for the Serpent Team. Rino’s win continues the remarkable results for the Cobra GT. It has TQ’d every event it has entered and won every race this year.

Thanks to Joaquin de Soto for sending the report.

April 30, 2012

Alain Sarafyan wins Buggyburn race

Team Losi Turkey Driver Alain Sarafyan has won the first Buggyburn race 2012. Turkish RC car enthusiasts met at the Snappy Raceway in Istanbul for the first Buggyburn race. The meeting was organised by Ciddi Amator and attracted both team drivers of Serpent, HPI Racing and Losi as well as a number of non-sponsored drivers. The race day started with free and later on controlled practice rounds. After three qualifying heats Alain Sarafyan took TQ followed by Mustafa Alp and Cengiz Gökbulut. Before the final A main, the B final was held which was won by Serhat Yalman with Hüseyin Erkuş in second and Suat Bayrakal in third place. The following A final was won by Team Losi Turkey Driver Alain Sarafyan with Mustafa Alp from Serpent Turkey in second position and Cengiz Gokbulut in third place.

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April 30, 2012

Brunei PEMKAR series Rd1 report

Last weekend saw the first round of the Brunei PEMKAR series race held in an indoor hall in the capitol of Brunei. The series races is the most popular in this region and attracted some 40 drivers in three classes. The Mod Open class was TQ’ed by Wirawan in front of Hazmi and Zaman. In the finals, Wirawan was crowned the early winner after being successful in leg 1 and 2. 2nd place went to Hazmi and 3rd place went to Khai.

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