The third round of the RCCA Thailand national 1/8 scale off-road championships took place at the Hobbica Circuit in Nakornpathom. Meen V. took TQ honours with his Alpha-powered Mugen but is was Charlee P. (Mugen/Alpha) who finished first some two laps ahead of Gem S. (Mugen/Maxima) and three laps in from of Champ KRT (Xray/RB). HoBao/RB driver Yuthana D. Hobao/RB finished fourth with young Thai Kevin CPK (Xray/RB) in fifth position.
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The penultimate round of the Schumacher BTCC series took place over this last weekend at Aldershot MCC. Once again another cracking entry of 140 drivers in this hugely popular series. With the focus on good fun and great competition for the drivers they keep coming back to each race. Most of the highest level national competitors were in attendance as the race is just before the BRCA National in two weeks time. With the drivers hoping to get some good running on the Sorex 32RY control tyre which has made the series once again very easy.
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Last weekend it was only a week ago when we came from the European Championship in Luxembourg but this weekend it was time for the 5th Dutch National at the beautiful track in Apeldoorn. After three rounds of qualifying Rick Vrielijnck secured himself the pole position chased by Steven Cuypers and John Ermen only 0.3 and 0.6 seconds behind on their best 7 minutes run.
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The 2nd Annual Tri-State Shootout was held this weekend in New York at Floyd Bennett Raceway in Brooklyn. The track has been improved all year by Ralph Fortunato and friends. Fresh paint, news boards, improved layout and driver’s stand give all New York city area RC drivers a great place to race. First off was touring. Starting from pole position was Jamie Corrado but the race started with a lot of action and as a result three to four different drivers where fighting for the lead. Local hot shot and bump-up man Diatta Collimore was leading at the 12 minute mark when it started to rain. The race was going to be continued and run again later but more rain forced the results to be called using the qualifying order.
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Team Associated factory team drivers Rick Hohwart and Jeff Cuffs were victorious in the 13.5 and 17.5 TC classes at the 2011 ROAR on-road Nationals at Jackson R/C Raceway in Jackson, NJ. Rick Hohwart dominated the 13.5 class by qualifying first in each of the four qualifying rounds to claim the pole position. Keeping the streak intact, Rick went on to win legs one and two to wrap up his 10th national championship. Jeff Cuffs made things a little more interesting. Starting second on the grid, Jeff fought hard to finish in the runner-up position in leg one even after receiving a controversial stop-go penalty. Putting the events of leg one behind him, Jeff came back to win legs two and three to seal the deal and the national championship.
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Held in Rio de Janeiro, the second round of the Brazilian 1/10 Nitro 200mm nationals attracted over 40 pilots, separated into the two categories Light, for beginners, and Pro for the experts. The four day competition promised intense action on the track with Eduardo Dulac dominating the Pro class from practice to final, taking a straight win some four laps ahead of Leandro Campos and Pedro Piau who are now tie on points leaving the championship open for the last round that will take place in Sao Paulo, in the city of Santo André.
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Round 5 of the BRCA 1/8th on-road Championship was hosted by the Adur club which is situated on the south coast, near to Brighton a couple of weeks ago. The weather forecast was for rain on Saturday and showers on Sunday which would make qualification very interesting. When arriving on Saturday the track was very wet and heavy rain poured down which did not relent all day with most of the drivers deciding to not run. Towards the end of the day, the track did eventually dry out but with grip levels very low, drivers decided to use the time to setup engines. Sunday, the track was dry which allowed for practice in heat order before a rain shower. The showers soon past and the track dried out very quickly which enabled qualification to begin.
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Team Durango got in touch to tell us that Jörn Neumann was won the recent German 2WD electric off-road nationals with the prototype of the upcoming DEX210 buggy. Jörn was able to take TQ after five rounds of qualifying and also made a clean sweep in the triple A mains by winning all of them. The runner-up spot went to Marc Pitsch with Markus Metsch in third place.
Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]
