Durango are reporting on the 2011 New South Wales State titles for 1/8th buggy that took place this past weekend at Maitland Off-Road Radio Car Club. Kyle McBride’s Durango DNX408 hit the track for the first practice run on Thursday. Running a slightly different setup from the Neo10 race he’d attended a few weeks prior, thre made a few more tweaks to get Kyle’s Durango dialed.
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The 2011 Korean KMRCA electric offroad National Championships were held last weekend for 2wd and 4wd, with this one off race deciding the title winner. In the 2wd class it was E.C Kim, driving a Yokomo that took the win from pole position ahead of Hwang Seonyeong in 2nd and Yoo Hyeonggyu in 3rd. It was a repeat performance by Kim in the 4wd class, this time taking the victory from his Yokomo/Much More team mate Si Changsu, who was top qualifier, while Kim Donggwan was 3rd.
Rob Jackson over at Thunder Alley RC Raceway dropped us a mail to let us know that the track layout for the ROAR Off road 8th scale fuel nationals is almost complete. The event which starts on the 31st of May and runs through to the 5th of June is one of this year’s most anticipated events and Thunder Alley are building a track to match. They presented a very challenging layout during the warmup race back in April and the new track will be equally tricky with lots of elevation changes as well as plenty of step ups and drop downs. You can follow Red RC’s coverage of this race on our events page from day 1.
Last weekend witnessed round 2 of the 2011 1/8th scale British national series was hosted by the Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire. The weather forecast was for showers at some point over the weekend. Saturday was however dry with high winds which seemed to affect the cars badly around the carousal corner. The grip was very low due to a lot of surface dust and required a lot of cars on track to form a clean racing line.
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The final round of the 2011 Indonesian 1/10 200mm national championship session 1 was held at the JITC Race Track in Jakarta, Indonesia. The weather was clear at the start but a little rain came down in heat 2 forcing the organizer to re-run the qualifying round. In qualifying it was Teddy Syach that took his OS powered Kyosho to the TQ spot with 18 laps @ 5.15 followed by Fayakhun Andriadi (Kyosho, 18 laps @ 5.16) and Bowie Ginting (Xray, 18 laps @ 5.17). Chandra Yosef (Xray) and Rama Tribudiman (Kyosho) completed the top 5.
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Last weekend saw round 2 of the Sao Paulo Championship in Fazenda Vesuvio, Indaiatuba, a small city 100km from Sao Paulo. The race was for 1:10 200mm and 1:8 scale. In the 1/8th scale class, new Capricorn signing Flavio Elias broke all track records with the LAB C801, setting a new fastest time of 14.630 and going on to the TQ the event. Flavio would also win the main final ahead the Mugen pairing of Leandro Campos in 2nd and Chung Min Hsu in 3rd. In the 1/10th scale class it was a Capricorn clean sweep of the podium with Leandro Campos taking the win from Erich Heshiki and Chung Min Hsu once again in 3rd.
The Hobby Wing season opener warm up race was held this past weekend in Shanghai at the TRS Junti Speedway and brought together more than 45 drivers from Shanghai and nearby cities of Nanjing and Hangzhou. The featured 11.5 stock class A-Main race saw some exciting action from top drivers in China. 13-year-old JJ Wang driving his HB TCX battled fellow HB factory driver and current Chinese National Champion Wang Hai Feng in breathtaking 8 minutes of non-stop pressure driving in the first 2 finals. JJ prevailed and won 2 finals out of 3 to take the race win. Coming in third was Tamiya Driver and current Chinese National Junior Champion Lu Jun Qiao.
Source: HB/HPI China
Last weekend saw the third round of the French 1/10 nitro touring National take place in Concarneau. In the elite class qualifying it was Maxime Favrelle driving the Xray that took the top spot from Capricorn driver Basile Concialdi in 2nd and Michaël Derderian in 3rd. In the final, Capricorn drivers did the 1-2 with Basile Concialdi taking the win by a lap ahead of Thomas Desmaries in 2nd. Xray driver Thomas Eytard completed the podium in 3rd.
