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November 24, 2011

Hang wins KM World Cup selection Rd3

The 3rd round of the 2012 KM World Cup selection series for Hong Kong and Macau was held last weekend. KM Racing driver Hung Cheung Hang raced only the first qualifier making 32 laps. He didn’t race the 2nd and 3rd qualifier as he needed to help his team mate to setup his car. After 3 rounds Hang was still TQ with the 2nd qualifier only making 30 laps. The start of the A-final was pretty clean with Hang leading away until the end, making the best lap of the day with a amazing lap time of 19.062 sec which is also the new track record for the current track layout. Hang was testing the H-K1 new air-wing type side battery main chassis & the front swing upper deck which given him a really great feelings in handling because left & right side of the car are completely balanced. There was tough battle between 2nd place Luk driving the new Mugen and KM driver Ray, they were fighting and chasing from the 15 minute mark until the end, with Luk holding on to the 2nd place only 3 seconds ahead of Ray in 3rd.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

November 24, 2011

Maifield & Fischer takes wins at AZ State Champs

The 26th annual Arizona State Championships presented by JConcepts was held at the World famous SRS Speedway in Scottsdale, Arizona. With a new challenging track layout, drivers were scrambling to get things figured out, as the track didn’t have the traction that some of the drivers were expecting. Perfect weather greeted racers as Saturday’s qualifiers got under way. One hundred and seventy five entries made up the 23 heats of racing. Three rounds were run on Saturday, at the direction of race announcer Richard Lake. Sunday started with one more round of qualifiers, then it was on to the mains.

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November 23, 2011

AI Luo wins SGP1 racing league Rd1 in China

Formula One racing has officially started in China with the Super Grand Prix Formula One SGP1 racing league. The league is inspired by UF1 in the US and F1RCGP in Japan, the goal is to promote F1 r/c racing in China. 70 drivers from 25 teams have signed up for the first 6-race winter league and the opening race this past weekend at Shanghai’s RCI indoor racing club saw 48 drivers in attendance. SGP1 has adopted similar rules as UF1 and will be launching a dedicated website like UF1 and F1RCGP.

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November 22, 2011

Andy Moore wins Winter BTCC Rd1

This last weekend saw the first running of Schumacher’s new Winter BTCC at Ardent Raceway. The entry was quite low with about 50 drivers however the competition was seriously hot. The UK’s top drivers Andy Moore, Elliott Harper and Schumacher’s Chris Grainger all battled it out hard in the 10.5 class with Elliott and Andy putting on a great show and these two being a few seconds clear of the chasing pack on the Sorex 28JB control tyres. Andy took the TQ from Elliott with Stefan Chodzynski in third and Chris 4th. A huge battle in both finals entertained the crowd with the top 2 places changing at various points in the races. Eventually after a great battle Andy came out on top from Elliott with Stefan 3rd and Chris Grainger 4th. In the slightly slower 13.5T class track owner John Dawson was the man to beat (he gets some practice) ;) however Hinckley legend Dean Gibbs was close around with Schumacher Matt Lax showing strongly too with his Mi4CX. John finished up the clear winner from Dean and Matt.

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November 22, 2011

Christopher Krapp wins Danish TC Nats Rd2

In mid November Ti-Mo Tinglev Modelbilklub organized the largest one day 1:10 electric touring car race in Denmark. Only at the DHI Cup there are more drivers than in Tinglev. The race was the second round of the DRCMU series – a race series mostly driven in Jutland and Fyn. 76 drivers participated the race in Tinglev, from the whole of Denmark but also 12 drivers from Germany came to Tinglev, which is located only 15 km from the German/Danish border.

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November 21, 2011

Adam Drake dominates 2011 Turkey Shootout

The 2011 Turkey Shootout was held at Hemet Competition Raceway last weekend. The event had 12 heats and Adam Drake set the pace in the 1/8th expert buggy and 4wd modified SC class. In the Expert 1/8th buggy class Adam took the win, but the battle was intense for second between Ronda Drake and Andrew Smolnik. Ronda made a pass on Andrew to start the final lap, but made a small mistake in the whoops which allowed Andrew by to take second in the 20 minute final. In the 4wd SC class Adam took the win again followed by his wife Ronda Drake with third going to Brian Sullivan. All three drivers were running the Losi SCTE.

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November 21, 2011

Cavalieri double at Kyosho Fall Classic

The 2011 Kyosho Fall Classic was held last Saturday at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA. This annual event has been known to bring in some of the best nitro drivers from all over Southern California. This years event would be no exception. Drivers such as current 1/8 Buggy Nitro World Champion Cody King, Current ROAR 1/8 Buggy National Champion Ryan Cavalieri, Ty Tessman, Richard Saxton, Dylan Rodriguez, Drew Moller, and Jessie Robinson were all in attendance. The weather was great all day long staying in the 60’s.

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November 21, 2011

Marc Stiles wins BRCA 1/12th Nationals Rd2

Serpent driver Mark Stiles took the win in the stock class at Round 2 of the BRCA 1/12 scale Nationals last weekend. Mark qualified in 3rd place with behind Olly Jefferies and 3-time world champion David Spashett with Chris Kerswell taking the fourth place in the A final starting grid. In the final, Olly got away cleanly ahead of Dave, with Chris passing Mark for 3rd in the opening laps. A mistake from Dave moved Marc and Dave up to 2nd and 3rd and they then began to close down Olly at the front. At half race time the trio were together on the track and separated by less than 2 seconds. A small error from Chris allowed Mark to re-pass him for 2nd, and then Olly hit a track marker which promoted Mark into the lead. Chris and Olly then enjoyed a close battle for 2nd which allowed Mark to pull a gap of about 3 seconds and cruise to a comfortable victory. Team Associated driver Olly beat Chris to deny Serpent a 1-2. The result leaves Mark leading the stock championship. Round 3 of the championship takes place in 3 weeks time.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]