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August 11, 2011

Lars Hoppe wins Northern German regionals

The 4th round of the Northern German 1/8 scale on-road regionals took place a the tricky track of the MSC Polizei Braunschweig. On Saturday the traction was not very high at first but after the organiser had sprayed some sugar water the track conditions became better. In the afternoon the first round of qualifying was held with Andreas Giesa (Serpent) taking the provisional TQ just a few tenth in front Hoppe (Sheperd). Unfortunately on Sunday the weather was unsettled and light rain showers affected the rest of the qualifying. Hoppe could win his semi-final and claimed the pole-position in front of Andreas Giesa and Timo Schröder (Shepherd).

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August 11, 2011

Lemieux & Larcher win ROAR national titles

Thunder Power RC got in touch to tell us that their team driver Paul Lemieux as well as Michel Larcher have won national titles at the recent ROAR paved on-road nationals. Thunder Power RC team driver Paul Lemieux swept the modified TC class with the Z3RTM 540 Brushless 4.0T motor, G6 Pro Race 65C battery and a TP610C charger while Michael Larcher won the Vintage Trans Am class championship with the Z3R Brushless 21.5T motor.

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August 11, 2011

Victorian State electric off-road titles report

The Victorian State electric off-road titles were held in Mildura, Victoria Australia on the 6th and 7th of August. Drivers from all over Australia attended this great race meeting to claim the prestigious Victorian titles. Classes held were 2WD Stock, 2WD 540, 2WD Mod, 4wd Stock, 4WD 540, 4WD Mod, SCT, Truck Stock and Truck Modified. With over 190+ entries the racing was split up over twee days with 4WD and Truck on the Saturday and SCT and 2WD on the Sunday.

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August 10, 2011

2012 IFMAR 1/10 WC Hong Kong selection race Rd1

The TRC Racing Track hold the first round of the Hong Kong selection race series for the 2012 IFMAR World Championships in Thailand. Hung Cheung Hang (H-K1) was able to take TQ after four rounds of qualifying, also pulling the only 29 lap run during qualification. Luk Chi Hung took the second place on the grid with Samuel Chiu and Poon Chiu in third and fourth place respectively. The final saw a battle between eight sponsor drivers and two KM fans with their H-K1. Hang lead right away from the beginning until the end of the 30 minutes long final. Samuel Chui (Xray NT1) took second and Michael Cheung (Shepherd V10) third place. KM team driver Ray (H-K1) managed to get a fourth place and the only two non-sponsored drivers in the Top 10, Siu-Ming and Kwok-Wai (both H-K1), ended up in 5th and 8th position. Winning driver Hang also set a new track record with 20.9 sec and and he also was the only one who made the best lap in under 21 sec during the race. Now three races are left for the drivers to get one of the three entries for the 2012 IFMAR 1/10 GP world championship in Thailand.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

August 10, 2011

Ty Tessmann wins Nitro Stampede II Race

Ty Tessmann got in touch to tell us about his recent success at the Nitro Stampede II Race in Calgary/AB. With some of the best drivers in Canada in attendance along with Richard Saxton from AE, he was able to take the TQ and win in all three classes including 1/8 scale Buggy and Truggy. In the Buggy class he left Team Associated’s Richard Saxton and Peter Tozer (Associated) behind and also managed to stay ahead of the pack in the Truggy class by beating Peter Tozer (Associated) and Dave Elia (TLR).

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August 10, 2011

Knapp & Goncalves win 2011 ROAR Asphalt nationals

The 2011 ROAR Asphalt Nationals was held at one of the finest asphalt tracks in the US, Jackson RC in Jackson, NJ. In 12th scale, it was Andrew Knapp’s first time ever on asphalt with a 12th scale. With a little help from teammate and fellow podium finisher, Joel Johnson, Andrew figured it out in a hurry as he won the first three rounds of qualifying, securing himself the TQ spot. Andrew consistently set the fastest lap in every round of qualifying as well. In the triple A mains, Andrew took the wins in A1 and A2, and even lapped the entire field in A2. Mike Haynes places second over all with Joel Johnson completing the podium and Billy Spence finishing fourth.

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August 9, 2011

200mm South German Championship Rd6

The 6th Rd of the South German Championship was held the track of Rötz. In qualifying Patrick Nähr took the pole-position for the 30-minute finale with his Novarossi-powered Shepherd Velox V10 “eleven”, followed by Serpent driver Toni Gruber on second place and Shepherd teammate Torsten Müller securing himself the third position. Also in the main final Nähr was in a good mood and crossed the finishing line four laps ahead of his toughest rival Toni Gruber followed by Torsten Müller on third place rounding out the good result for Shepherd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 8, 2011

Mikael Johansson sweeps Swedish Cup Rd3

The third round of the Swedish Cup for 1/10 scale electric off-road buggies took place at the Green Hill Astro turf track in Stockholm. Featuring a challenging layout and renown for high grip in dry and a slippery surface in wet conditions the circuit was the perfect place for loads of racing action. The 2WD class was run on Saturday and Team Kyosho driver Mikael Johansson was able to TQ every qualifying rounds. Second on the grid for was A-finals was Johannes Edrén (Kyosho RB5 Mid special) followed by Otto Ausfelt (TLR 22), Friedrik Peters (Kyosho RB5) and Niclas Månsson (Associated B4). In the A-finals Mikael continued to dominate as he won both the first and second final. Besides Mikael the other top drivers was the same as in qualifying. See below a video of the first 2WD A-final.

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