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October 23, 2011

Tommy takes KRC Cup victory

Team C are reporting that team driver driver Tommy wins the 1/8 buggy class at the KRC Cup, with his PR engine powered T8. In qualifying it was Durango driver Lam that took the top qualifying spot after 3 rounds of 10 minute qualifying. In the 45 minute final, Tommy started from 2nd place and was leading after the first tank and kept running without problems to take an easy win. Second place went to Wenyi with his Mugen/OS, with third place going to Wai with his MP9/OS combo. In the truly class it was Wenyi, driving a pre-production Truggy T8T that took the TQ and win.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

October 19, 2011

Charlee P wins RCCA Thai Nats Rd4

The 4th round of the RCCA Thai National Championship was held last weekend at KRT (Klaeng Racing Track) located in Rayong province, 2.30 hours from Bangkok and 45 minute from Pattaya. Top US driver Jared Tebo attended the race as especial guest, so the event looked promising in terms of competitiveness and fun. The weather wasn’t good as it rained during qualifying, but the rain stopped and the track was in good conditions for the final.

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October 19, 2011

Kyle Branson wins British season finale

The 9th and final Round of this years BRCA 1/8th circuit Championship was hosted by the Mendip raceway in Weston Super Mare. With all the main drivers present, the fight was to secure 3rd place in the overall GT1 Championship after the title was decided in favour of Kyle Branson at the previous round with a perfect score of 6 wins from 8 rounds. Tim Wood was also in an secure position in second but relinquishes his title which he had owned for the last 3 consecutive seasons. The GP2 title for drivers with a lower driver skill ranking would also be decided over the weekend with Jason Thompson having the chance to overtake current leader Greg Fairlie.

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October 18, 2011

Levin & Ausfelt crowned Swedish Champions

The Swedish Offroad Nationals was held in Tomelilla at the EOS pilot race track last weekend. The track layout was different now from the EOS with a lot more traction and the track was faster this time so making a mistake would be costly. In 2wd it was Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk that took TQ in front of Oskar Levin and Otto Ausfelt. The first final was all about Ronnefalk and Levin. A clean final with Ronnefalk holding the place to take the win in the first leg. The second final started with Ronnefalk out front but after making a mistake on the second lap let Levin and Ausfelt past. Levin was running a clean final without mistake to take the second leg. The third final would decide who was going to take the Swedish national title. Ronnefalk was out front but made a mistake and again let Levin and Ausfelt past and again Levin took the lead and never looked back to win the Swedish national title.

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October 18, 2011

David Joor wins RC Pro US Series 16

The RC Pro US Series 16 took place September 23 in Harlingen, Texas and David Joor wrote this report. This race was turning out to be quite crucial for me if I wanted to continue my points lead to defend my RCP Electric National Title. Two years ago when I got into electric 1:8 scale I won the RCP Finals, and in 2010 I took home the RCP Electric National Title. The points setup has changed this year, which means so has the game. I was leading the points, Mitchel Gardner who was fierce competition at last year’s Finals was second. Jake Dillinger, who is in my region, has really been coming into his own this year, making every race a battle. I knew he would be attending this race. If he took a TQ and win here, he would become the new points leader. So I grabbed my Associated RC8.2s and took the venture down south.

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October 18, 2011

Robert Batlle takes 6th Spanish title

Last weekend the last round of Spanish 1/8 Off-Roads Nats was held at Fuencarral close to Madrid. Under typical summer weather, 122 drivers took part in the race. Robert Batlle was the main favorite for the title as a 4th place in the race would be enough to secure his 6th consecutive National title. Also Borja Hernández and Richi Gómez were involved in the fight and they had serious options finishing ahead Batlle. After a slow first heat, Robert Batlle was first in Q2 and Q3, taking the TQ, followed by Bryan Baldó and Borja Hernández. The A Main saw a close fight between Batlle and Alberto García who was racing at his home track. Finally Robert managed to get a good pace and opened a gap over Alberto García who finished second ahead former European Champion Dani Vega, also racing on his home track. With this result Robert takes his 6th Spanish National title followed by Borja Hernández and Richi Gómez.

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October 17, 2011

South Swedish Indoor Cup Rd1 report

The opening round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held on an indoor track, close to Gothenburg. 26 drivers attended it in the Modified class on the fast high traction track. After three rounds of qualifying Michael Nilsson took TQ followed by Daniel Carlsson and Mattias Johansson. In the opening final there was a goof race between Michael and Daniel with the latter making a big mistake going on the straight which allowed Michael to take home this leg pretty easy. Leg two again saw some nice moves in the opening minutes from the top runners. The leg was decide with around a minute to go as Daniel begun to catch Michael with the latter making a mistake allowing Daniel to slip through and going for the win in the second leg. Leg three would decide the race victory and Daniel followed Michael closely for about two minutes into the race waiting for an opportunity to pass. The the heat of the race Michael hit a corner marker allowing Daniel to pass only to become passed by Michael the lap after. With 30 seconds to go Michael was held up by traffic badly, allowing Daniel to win not only the third final but also the meeting.

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October 16, 2011

Amit Bublil wins Israeli League Rd1

This weekend the first round of the Israeli League for 1/10 scale electric 2WD buggies and trucks was held on a dirt track near Tel Aviv. Amit Bublin was able to win both the buggy and truck class with his Team Associated cars. Runner up in buggy was Lior Maimon followed by Asaf Gurevich in third and Arie Itskovich in fourth position. The second place in the truck category went to Asaf Gurevich with Lior Maimon in third and Menashe Micheli in fourth position.

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