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December 29, 2011

JConcepts Indoor National Series

JConcepts, together with many fine sponsors and race tracks, have organized a first of its kind, a true Indoor National Series. The first annual series, held in 2011, attracted a combined 900 whopping entries. 2012 is scheduled as a 5 race series across the United States, drivers now have the opportunity to showcase their abilities on a national and regional level. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall nationals make up the seasonal events at fixed locations while the finals will serve as the end of the year bash for the awards and series championship. The series will be awarded based on points participation in 3 out of the 5 events.

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December 27, 2011

Meyir Azulay wins Israeli League Rd3

This past weekend saw the 3rd round of the Israeli League for nitro 1/8 scale buggies held at Top-Drive racing club near Tel Aviv. Yaniv Sivan TQ’d the field with his Kyosho MP9 WC, however a problem with his car caused him to lose the lead and a few places. Race day was full of failures to everyone which caused strong drivers to find themselves in the B final. Some say that the B final was more challenging then the A due to a close race between Yaniv Sivan (TQ) and young talented driver Or Levy that did not give up and despite the close battle won the heat. In the A main it was Meyir Azulay that took the win with his Xray ahead of the Mugen pairing of Itai Atedgi and Dan Pric in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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December 25, 2011

JJ Wang wins Christmas Shoot Out

The final race of the year in China was held at the RCI indoor racing club in Shanghai. In the top class 11.5T, JJ Wang driving his HB TCX cruised to victory over second place driver Zhang Fang Zhou, also driving a TCX. In third place was Ed Clark from the UK driving a Tamiya 417. This was a control race using Hobby Wing motors and Team Power tires. Other classes in the Christmas shoot out included 13.5T sports class, and Formula One.

Source: RCFans [rcfans.com]

December 22, 2011

Taiwanese TRCCA On-Road Nationals

The Taiwanese TRCCA On-Road National championship was held last weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Expert class it was Mr. Wang that took the TQ and went on to win the final ahead of Zhe-Hong Chen in 2nd and Yi-Hao Huang in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale gas on road class it was Mr. Chu that won from the pole position in front of Cheng-Zhong Wu in 2nd an Hao-Yui Yu in 3rd. Finally in the 1/10th EP Touring Expert class Zea-Hao Chen convert his TQ into victory ahead of Po-Yuan Chen in 2nd with Fu-Seng Zheng completing the podium.

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December 21, 2011

LMI Racing Team wins Hildesheim 6 hour

This year the annual six hour endurance race took place in Hildesheim and with more than 36 drivers in about twelve teams the race was building up to be a good one. One of the few requirements this year was the use of GT bodies, which meant that no touring car bodies were allowed at all. Four teams started with a Sakura S by 3-Racing and in these four teams there were big names like European champion Jan Asmer or Bernd Hasselbring, reigning European champion 1/10 scale 40+.

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December 21, 2011

Matt Wolter wins Toys for Joy event

SDRC Raceway in San Diego hosted their 1st Annual Toys for Joy event recently. In addition to helping out needy children in a big way, it was also a great race event. In the highly competitive 1/8th Electric class Tekno RC once again finished on top. Matt Wolter drove his Tekno equipped RC8.2 to 1st place, while in 2nd was class TQ Thomas Jones running a fully Tekno equipped buggy. The final podium spot went to Tekno RC owner Daniel Lewis also running a Tekno equipped buggy. Tekno drivers Ryan Hughes and Zac Burnside took 4th and 5th. A great race for a great cause with great results.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

December 20, 2011

Fabio Ferrero wins Mendoza State Champs

The last race of the Mendoza State Championship, which is considered the second most important racing series after the nationals, was held in the city of Mendoza, Argentina. The final round out of 7 saw all the championship contenders working hard for the overall victory. Shepherd driver Fabio Ferrero was in good shape and claimed the TQ in front Chilean guest driver Matias Arangue also using a Velox. In the final Ferrero was leading from the start to the end clocking a new lap record of 15,008 sec with Arangue finishing in second place one lap down. Having won 3 rounds out of 7 Ferrero to claimed the overall championship title with this result after placing second at the Argentinian nationals 0,8 sec behind the winner some weeks ago.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 20, 2011

Hébert takes Midwest Grand Slam Series Rd2

Rapid Competition Raceway in Grand Rapids, Michigan was the site of the second leg of the 2011/2012 Midwest Grand Slam Series and Keven Hébert gave this report. “A slightly different race format than the previous round meant that the entire program would run on Saturday and Sunday. Practice early Saturday morning was followed by three rounds of qualifying. A final round of qualifying and the main events were scheduled for Sunday. Some of the best names from the Midwest were in attendance in both TC and 1/12. The largest class was Stock 17.5 TC and after a few practice rounds I already felt comfortable with my Reedy-powered TC6.1. Only a few small changes from my US Indoor Champs setup were needed to lock her down.

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