August 21, 2011

Kyle Branson wins BRCA 1/8th Rd6

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Round 6 of the BRCA 1/8th Championship was the second visit to the Brooklands circuit in Kent. The track looked in excellent condition with after remedial works to remove bumps on the infield straight, but the bumps at the end of the straight remained but did not cause any major problems. The weather forecast was for a bright Saturday, with showers Sunday morning and then a dry day thereafter. Saturday allowed drivers to find the ideal setup and strategy for the 5 mins qualifying. With almost every engine manufacture now designing engines to 7mins EFRA qualifying requirements makes it increasingly impossible for UK drivers to complete 5 mins and therefore a stop for fuel on fast circuits is now generally the case by the top drivers.

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August 19, 2011

Dmitry Malyshko wins 4WD buggy @ Russian Cup Series RD4

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Dmitry Malyshko has won the 4th round of the Russian EP Off-Road Cup series. The Race was held in Tula on the Hobby-Cents track with around 30 percent Astroturf and 70 percent dirt surface. After taking TQ after the qualification, Dmitry swept the A finals and won in front of Gennady Ereveev and Stepan Leshenko.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

August 19, 2011

Sandro Martines wins Brazilian St. André Champs Rd5

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Sandro Martines has won the 5th round of St. André Championship in Brazil. Starting in the middle of grid and struggling with a rich setting of his engine during the first minutes of the race, the first pit stop and engine re-tune brought a change as KM H-K1 driver Sandro took the lead and won the 30 minutes final one lap ahead of Leandro Fares (Capricorn) and team mate Anderson Becheli (KM H-K1) who was leading the race until he ran out of fuel, ending his chances of winning and missing the second place by a few seconds. Paulo Cesar (KM H-K1) finished 4th.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

August 17, 2011

Nick Joosens wins Belgian TC nationals Rd4

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The fourth round of the belgian TC nationals took place at the fast Rucphen De Baanbrekers track in Holland. The fastest guys drove a lap in 14.7 seconds on this track and that is really fast. The Efra boys promised to beat that time and everyone expected Nick Joosens at his home track. Nick and Thomas Stockman were on the hunt for the first win this year and then there was also Olivier Bultynck, who switched from Corally to Yokomo and who looked very strong.

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August 17, 2011

Silvio Hächler wins Swiss 1/8th Rd5

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The 5th round of the 2011 1/8 scale nitro on-road Swiss championship was held at the fast and wonderful track in Sitterdorf. During qualifying Marco Müller could take TQ with running only one qualifier, Simon Kurzbuch and Luca Martinelli followed close to him. On Sunday, Simon Kurzbuch could win his semi without any problems, but Marco Müller had some smaller rear tyre issues, letting Silvio Hächler take pole position for the main final.

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August 17, 2011

Hang wins @ 2011 JMRCA Kanto Championship

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KM got in touch to tell us about their recent success at the 2011 JMRCA Kanto Middle Japan championship. Yuichi Adachi (KM H-K1) took TQ on the KeiTune racing track, the host of the upcoming JMRCA All Japan National Championship. In the final Yuichi could not take an advantage of the pole position as he ran into engine trouble that forced him to retire making way for KM team mate Hung Cheung Hang (KM H-K1) who on two laps ahead of Hidekazu Takaishi (Kyosho R4) and Ryuji Noguchi (Mugen MTX4).

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

August 16, 2011

DJ Apolaro claims victory at Xray Challenge

DJ Apolaro claims victory at Xray Challenge

DJ Apolaro was in touch to tell us about the first annual Xray Challenge held at the Control Freakz track in Chaplin CT. Kenny Ives has a great track that will be host to the 2011 Nationals later this year in September. He in conjunction with RC America held a great event. With Practice on Friday, Quals on Saturday and mains on Sunday. Come Saturday we would get 5 chances to try for the top spot and with rain possible for Sunday we did not know what to except. I decided to run both classes to test my package with the other competition and see where I stand and what I need to work on for the Nationals to come. Saturday started and my 1/8 scale was good. I was able to set a strong TQ run in the 2nd round. Having issues with my sedan not counting I decided to sit out the next round on 1/8.

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