December 23, 2013

Jilles Groskamp wins TC Modified at Ride Cup

Jilles Groskamp wins TC Modified at Ride Cup

While Thailand and Bangkok downtown citizens were the middle of the large protests for democracy, in its suburbs there was still RC racing going on. The Huge RC track and its manager Surikarn kept its door open to host the Ride Cup which was organised by Ride founder and proprietor Ohe-san and his staff. It was surely a good test opportunity for the upcoming TITC, and already some of the best racers like Adachi, Groskamp, Hara, Meen, Moore and Surikarn took the chance to sniff the track challenges, with around 100 drivers in various classes enjoying the cool 25°C Winter in Thailand. The track proved have very good traction, and although slightly bumpy at some areas, it was no problem to put the horsepower down to show some impressive top and cornering speeds. Though it was not such surprise to see the 3 Touring Car World Champions taking the top 3 spots, followed by the local hero and TC GP World champ Meen, the current Touring Car World Champ Jilles Groskamp presented himself with a dominant victory for Tamiya. Driving the new updated Tamiya the Team Orion factory team member left Atsushi Hara and Andy Moore behind. Meen V. came in 4th while Shinosuke Adachi completed the top 5 result.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]


December 20, 2013

TopRC Winter Electro Challenge – Report

TopRC Winter Electro Challenge – Report

The first ever TopRC Winter Electro Challenge took place with 39 competitors in attendance at the indoor race track in Trieste. Saturday started with free practise followed by a “Cash for dash” race which was won by Jan Popič (Xray) in 1/10 Stock 13.5T, Alojzij Osvald (Serpent) in 1/10 Open and Luka Školaris (Serpent) in 1/12 Open. On Sunday a 1 hour free practice was run followed by 3 rounds of qualifying that had Jan Popič taking TQ in 13.5T, Alojzij Osvald in 1/10 Open and Lovro Šušteršič (Xray) in 1/12 Open.

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December 20, 2013

Adam Drake wins Nitro Truck at Fall Brawl

Adam Drake wins Nitro Truck at Fall Brawl

The annual Fall Brawl was held at the Badlands R/C facility in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The event had nearly 300 entries, but mother nature wasn’t too friendly. The weather for practice on Friday was beautiful but Saturday and Sunday was a different story with rain off and on and much cooler temperatures. The Badlands crew worked on the track between the rain storms and got all the racing in, but had to shorten qualifying and main events.  In the 1/8th Nitro Truck class TLR’s Adam Drake TQ’ed and won while he finished second in 1/8th Nitro Buggy behind Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz.

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December 19, 2013

Shinya Shimazaki TamTam Grand Prix

Shinya Shimazaki TamTam Grand Prix

The recent TamTam Grand Prix took place at the TamTam Gifu Branch race track in Japan. In the 20 minute final KM team drivers Fukuda and Shimazaki battled each other after the latter had to go all the way from the D-main into the A after a troubled qualification. In the end Shimazaki was able to build a comfortable lead and take the win in his last race of the year.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]


December 18, 2013

Mibosport Cup 2013/14 Rd3 – Report

Mibosport Cup 2013/14 Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Mibosport Cup 2013/14 was held in Hrotovice last weekend. In the Touring Car Modified class, even with a little mistake in the first qualifying, Zdenko Kunák took the TQ ahead of Kuba Šimurda and David Nemček. Jaroslav Kopecký and Tomáš Marek completed the top 5. With a comfortable pace, Zdenko Kunák won the first A-final, making his way to the overall victory. The second A-final was better balanced – only a second separated Zdenko Kunák and Kuba Šimurda. With this tight win, Zdenko Kunák (Yokomo) secured the overall first place. The third A-final was won Kuba Šimurda (Xray) which meant second place overall with David Nemček (Xray) completing the podium.

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December 18, 2013

JQ wins final Southern Thailand Series race

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Joseph Quagraine has taken the TQ and win at the final race of the Southern Thailand Series, which also turned out to be the final race of the JQ Asia Tour 2013. Qualifying was really close between Boi Witsarut and JQ, with Boi holding the TQ up until the final round where JQ finally had a clean run and TQed by a few seconds. Qualifying was based on the fastest time. Things got interesting for the final, as it started to rain. The final started off muddy, with some rain falling, but it stopped raining early on, and the track dried up somewhat during the race. JQ took the win from Boi in a hard fought race, which was a real test for the reliability of all the equipment.

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December 18, 2013

Joesoef wins at Indonesia National Year End champs

Joesoef wins at Indonesia National Year End champs

The 2013 Indonesia National Year End Championship took place at the Boya Racing track in Tajur, West Java. A total of 50 drivers attended this event. Due to heavy rainfall after the second qualifying round the race was shortened and at the end it was Edward Joesoef who took the TQ and win in front of Jason Ngroho and Adrian Wicaksono, who grabbed the last remaining podium spot.

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