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November 26, 2013

Brent Klingforth wins Spec GT at Timezone GP

The 5th annual Timezone Grand Prix was held at Timezone II on a large carpet indoor track. Brent Klingforth (Awesomatix) TQ’d and won the Spec GT class with Awesomatix teammates Jaybee Bryson and Franko Roberts locking out 2nd and 3rd respectively. Awesomatix also took the runner-up spots in the Modified Touring and 17.5T Touring A-mains with Kody Knudtson coming in 2nd in Modified and Brent Klingforth finishing 2nd in 17.5T.

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November 25, 2013

Soren Boy Holst wins Danish National Champs Rd1

First round of the official Danish Indoor Championships was held last weekend in Faxe, on a non-permanent track in a large sports hall. The track had a nice flowing layout, with some technical chicanes and a big sweeper in the middle, and since the same layout had been used for over two years the traction was pretty good right from the start. During Saturday’s practice session it became clear that the battle for the win would be on between Soren Boy Holst, Danni Eyde, Caspar Morgen and Christian Lehm.

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November 25, 2013

2nd annual Gun Smoke Classic – Report

Inland Empire R/C played host for the 2nd Annual Gun Smoke Classic. With over 270 entries and 37 heats, the race was well attended by racers from across the Southwest. Qualifying got underway Saturday with three rounds of rocket-round qualifying that lasted from 9am past 9pm. When the final tone sounded it was Team Associated’s Steven Hartson who dominated qualifying by taking the TQ in 2WD Modified, 4WD Modified and 1:8 Electric. Sunday morning brought about the lower main events where the top two finishers from each lower main advanced to the next main. The highlight here was Nick Wautlet, who bumped all the way from the 2WD Expert Modified Buggy D main to the A main event. As the A mains got underway, the track continued to evolve and challenge the racers to choose the best combination of tire and additive.

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November 22, 2013

Demirel & Sarafyan win at Izmir track opening race

The opening race of the newly built nitro off-road track near Izmir, Turkey, attracted nearly 30 racers to compete in the 1/8th nitro buggy, truggy and E-buggy classes. The nitro buggy category saw Ahmet Demirel taking the win in front of Nebi Akgün and Tolga Yilmaz while the E-buggy class win went to Alain Sarafyan who was sidelined by Taner Kaya and Cengiz Gökbulut on the podium.

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November 22, 2013

Ficco & Bodine win at 2013 Timezone Grand Prix

The 2013 Timezone Grand Prix was held at Timezone II on a large carpet indoor track. In the World GT class, Mario Ficco used some 4th round magic and a little help from his teammate Brian Bodine to capture the TQ in this tough class. Ficco went on to win the A-main from his pole position. Brian Bodine took his CRC car to a second place finish with Northwest Hobbies shop front man, Casey Vitale, 3rd in his CRC ride. Northwest native Brian Bodine, driving his CRC car from second position on the grid then took a decisive win in the 1/12th 17.5 division while Denver driver Mario Ficco, winner of the F-1 class at the IIC, rolled into Timezone II in Washington state with the pre-production CRC WTF-1 car. Mario dominated qualifying, winning every round he finished and taking TQ in the process.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

November 21, 2013

Atsushi Hara wins at Jet Cup ACO opening race

The past weekend was the Hara Jet Cup ACO Opening Race hosted by Jet Hobby & ACO Racing Circuit in Hong Kong. Atsushi Hara, multi-class IFMAR World Champion was the main attraction during the weekend, not only because he is a World Champion, but also the first time he has raced with the Schumacher Mi5. Subject of great speculation over recent months Hara is currently the most talked about Pro RC driver. Hara TQ’ed and won both the Touring car classes with Stick King taking a great second also driving a Schumacher car. In the F1 class Stick also took the TQ and win from Hiro Nakatani and Michael Lau 3rd with a 6-wheel F1 car.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

November 21, 2013

South African national on-road championship – Report

The final round of the South African national electric on-road championship was hosted by the MMCRC club in the South of Johannesburg. It all came down to the final race to decide who was going to be the next electric on-road champion. Low traction on Saturday made it very difficult for those who had their cars ready to go on Friday and a lot of the drivers struggled to get their cars around the dusty surface. In 13.5T it was Antonio Caroli who pulled an “arrive and drive” move to take the overall TQ. The 17.5T TQ belonged to Ashley Hurley, in 1/12th it was the local boy Shaun Schutte who TQ’d and in the main event, touring modified, Jason Hillcoat dominated once again.

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November 21, 2013

Titan Cup 2013 Race for Relief – Report

The recent Titan Cup 2013 saw the running of an 1/8th nitro on-road, GT and 200mm class with all earnings being donated to the victims of typhoon Yolanda which recently ravaged the Visayas region. In the 1/8 class Serpent drivers Clemen Pancho and Rico Mendoza constantly swapped positions during the final until both ran into mechanical problems making way for Ricky Tangan (Serpent) who then went on to win the race in front of Rico Mendoza and Edward Sio.

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