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July 8, 2011

JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals update

Over the past weekend some of the nation’s best drivers made their way to Outback Raceway for the JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals. Viper reports that race conditions were nearing one hundred degrees, with drivers and equipment being pushed to their limits. Viper team drivers Eddie Bernal took victory in Mod Truck running a VTX10 & VST 7.5T, while Nate Lavery finished 2nd place in 17.5 2wd SC and 17.5 2wd buggy running the VTX10 ESC & VST 17.5 motor. Rick Jenkins took 2nd in 1/8e buggy running the prototype VSE 2050kv motor, narrowly beating 3rd position in an exciting drag race to the line.

Source: Viper RC [viper-rc.com]

July 6, 2011

Adam Drake wins scorching JBRL Rd4

Last Saturday was round four on Southern California’s JBRL Nitro Series, sponsored by TLR, held at Palm Desert Raceway. The event turnout was light with around 100 entries due to the Holiday weekend and the extreme temperatures of 118 degrees with a track temp of 166 degrees. In qualifying it was Team Losi Racing / Novarossi driver Adam Drake who set the pace in both of the expert 1/8th classes, the extreme temperatures making chassis and engine tuning difficult for most of the racers. At the start of the truck main Drake began to pull away and at the end of the 25 minute main Drake took the win followed by Brad Wintermantle in 2nd, who was also driving a TLR 8ight T 2.0, with Jessie Robinson in 3rd for Mugen.

Continue reading the report here

July 6, 2011

Frank Root double at West Coast Rd7

TLR and Losi’s Frank Root, Matt Schreffler, Drew Moller, Trevor Adamo and Colby Poh raced the 7th Round of the West Coast Championship Series this past weekend at WCRC Raceway. In 2wd Buggy, the TLR crew put on a clinic with 22’s in the top 5 spots on the grid led by Trevor Adamo’s TQ. The main would be all 22’s again with Trevor leading the field off from pole, with Drew Moller in the 2 and Frank Root in the 3. Frank made a move to the 2 spot, then got by Trevor for the lead when Trevor had a bobble in the woops section. A daring attempt by Trevor to quickly regain the lead would not work out and drop him from 2nd to 4th where he would finish. Up front, Frank would put in clean laps and take the win ahead of Drew Moller and a hard charging Matt Schreffler giving TLR a clean sweep of the podium! Pro2 (Modified SC) was all Frank Root. Frank’s Losi XXX-SCT with the TLR Tuned Kit was on point in qualifying taking an easy TQ. The single 5-minute main started with Frank pulling out to an early lead, and he would nearly lap the field by the end of the race taking a dominant win and his second of the day.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

July 5, 2011

Fernandez & Reguera win EP Offroad Rd3 in Spain

The last weekend of June, in northern Spain, saw the 3rd round of the Spanish Electric offroad Championships held on the very technical Rueda Loca Arena. The track was featured many bumps and 180° curves with extreme grip which stayed the same for the entire weekend. The 4WD class was run on Saturday with 2wd on Sunday. The provisional 4wd champion, Miguel Fernandez had a tough battle with Enrique Fuciños, with Fuciños winning the first final before Fernandez came back in A2 and A3 to take the win. In 2WD, the locals were very strong, placing 5 drivers in the Final A. The race was won by Jonathan Reguera, with Enrique Fuciños in 2nd and Miguel Fernandez in 3rd.

View the results and 2wd A-main videos here

July 4, 2011

Kyle Branson dominates British 1/8th rd4

The 4th Round of the British 1/8th scale Nationals was hosted by the Halifax club over the last weekend of June. The weather forecast was for a warm weekend which prevailed apart from a wet track on Saturday morning which soon dried out to allow a meaningful practice session. Sunday greeted the drivers with bright sunshine with the committee allowing a 7 minute practice session in heat format before 4 rounds of qualifying. After round one, it was Andy North who held TQ with a steady run without a fuel stop after Kyle Branson made a mistake exiting the pits. In Round 2, it was Kyle Branson who inherited Top spot with a clear run. The order stayed much the same throughout the day, but Tim Wood managed to displace Andy North into second position.

Continue reading the report here

July 1, 2011

Haifeng Wang joins HPI China racing team

HPI China has announced the signing of Haifeng Wang to their racing team. Wang is the indisputable top EP on-road driver in China. Starting his RC life in 2005, Wang achieved astonishing progress, not only by racing talent but also through hard work. He undertook all National 1:10 EP Onroad Championship event (TQ and win) from 2007 to 2010 and became a star of the industry. In 2009 Wang challenged himself by joining the 4WD GT Class at the Tamiya Asia Cup and took the TQ & win without problem. In 2011, he again embraced his reputation by top qualifying and winning the 11.5T Stock Class at the TITC. Wang will now continue his story at HPI & Hot Bodies.

Source: HPI China [hpiracing.net.cn]

July 1, 2011

Nicolai Lindegaard takes SuperStock Rd2 in Denmark

The 2nd round of the Danish 1/10th touring car championships was last weekend at the well known ‘Rainbow’ Track in Glostrup in Denmark, which hosted the Euros back in 2005. There was 17 SuperStock Drivers and 9 Modified drivers and Xray driver Nicolai Lindegaard sent us this report. On Saturday we did some very small setup changes having tested a lot in the weeks leading up to this race and so the car was fast, very smooth and easy to drive. The grip wasn’t so high but we didn’t change a lot of set-up because we expected more grip on the race day. The track is very nice with a very good flow so we were very excited to the Sunday’s race.

Continue reading the report here

July 1, 2011

Fabricio Zamperetti wins Brazilian Light championship

This year’s Brazilian 1/8 scale on-road championship was run in a single event at the Fazenda Vesuvio circuit in Indaiatuba. The qualifying was dominated by Rafael Bob Vieira with Anderson Becheli starting from second, Deiverson Gomes from third and Fabricio Zamperetti starting from fourth position on the grid. Come the final Fabricio Zamperetti secured himself the win and therefore the Brazilian Light championship some four laps ahead of TQ Rafael Bob Vieira, Deiverson Gomes with another lap down and Tiago Amicci who scored 149 laps after the 45 minute final.

Thanks to Fabricio Zamperetti for the report