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October 29, 2013

Pancho, Lucindo & Go win in Manila

The Extreme Speed Alley raceway in Manila, Philippines held the first 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road race after nearly 20 years of absence. The molasses treated track provided perfect grip conditions for the racers who attended in the 1/8th, 1/10th 200mm and 1/8th GT classes. The race attracted some veteran racers in the form of Ricky Tangan, Clemen Pancho both driving a Serpent Viper powered by Novarossi, and Nani Tagle driving his Novarossi-powered Xray to name just a few. Laptimes in the 1/8 scale class on this track prior to the race was in the 21 seconds range with Clemen Pancho being able to pull 19’s but since the track was treated and had a good grip, laptimes dropped significantly on race day with many drivers achieving laps in the 20’s and 19’s with Serpent driver Edward Sio setting the fastest lap of the day with a 19.08.

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October 28, 2013

Andy DiBrino & CJ Ferrell win at Pumpkin Classic

Andy DiBrino & JC Ferell win at Pumpkin Classic

The 1st Annual Pumpkin Classic was held at Top Gear Raceway in Clackamas, Oregon. This one day event would bring in over 70 entries, including some of the fastest drivers from the North-West. Two 5 minute qualifiers were ran followed by double 5-minute A-Mains to decide the champion in each class. The highly contested 2WD Modified Buggy Class would show great racing all day. Kyosho/Team Orion Factory Driver Andy DiBrino would prove he was the man to beat by laying down the fastest single qualifier by over 3 seconds. DiBrino would then carry that momentum into the A-Main events and convincingly finish with a 1-1 to take the overall Win with his Team Orion powered Kyosho RB6 in mid-motor configuration. Up and coming young talent Tanner Day would turn some heads by qualifying 3rd overall in this very fast field, then finishing with a 2-2 to take 2nd overall with his mid-motor. Kyosho America/Team Orion USA Team Manager Joe Pillars put in a solid performance by qualifying 4th overall and finishing with a 3-3 to take the final spot on the podium with his Team Orion powered Kyosho RB6 in Mid-Motor.

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October 28, 2013

Paparegas wins Greek National Cup

The annual Greek Cup took place in Serres in the North of Greece. Drivers from all over the country attended and after the four qualifying rounds Xray driver Tasos Paparegas took TQ in front of Papanikolaou and Terzis. The 45 minute final saw an easy win of the XB9 driver. John Paparegas fought very hard with the rest of the field and he brought home the 3rd place over all at the end even though he started from 7th place. The runner-up spot went to Papanikolaou (Kyosho) who was able to conserve his second place after the qualifiers.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 28, 2013

Jason Jakubczyk takes two The Series titles

Kyosho/Team Orion’s Jason Jakubczyk dominates The Series by taking the overall series championship in both 2WD Modified Buggy and Pro 2. Jason took the titles in dominant fashion by winning all rounds he attended. Jeff Abler and Mike Champ came in second and third respectively in the 2WD Modified Buggy class while Aaron Bomia and Mike Champ came in second and third in the Pro 2 class.

Source: The Series [the-series.com] | Image: Joe Pillars

October 26, 2013

Trevor Clement wins Pro4 at SIGP

The 10th Annual Southwest Indoor Gran Prix was hosted by Competition Hobbies in Tucson, Arizona with this years layout was designed and built by The Dirt Racing’s Joey Christensen. TLR/Novak/Pro-Line Racing driver Trevor Clement TQ’d all 4 rounds of qualifying in Pro4 and took the A-Main win leading from wire to wire.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

October 25, 2013

Michal Abrahamek doubles at Czech Championships

The final round of the Czech nitro on-road championships took place 60km away from Brno. The race saw a huge attendance of driver as everyone was keen to score the final championship points. 1/10th qualifying saw Jirka Vyšín taking the TQ honours followed by Michal Abrahamek who later won the final after some great battles with Jirka Vyšín and Michal Jansa. The win handed Michal the overall championship title in front of his Xray team mates Jirka Vyšín and Ondřej Kulhánek. Beside the 200mm title also the 1/8th championship went to Michal making it a perfect double.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 25, 2013

Pain and Munday win 2013 West Australian Titles

Josh Pain (Yokomo) has taken out the 2WD and 4WD Open buggy classes at the Brikmakers Western Australian State Championships in Perth after a challenging weekend of racing with wildly variable weather. Ray Munday (Associated) flew over from Melbourne for the weekend and finished a close 2nd in 2WD and 4WD as well as taking TQ and 1st in 2WD Short Course. Jarrod Smith took a promising double win in 2WD and 4WD stock. The West Coast club had prepared a very fast, flowing and challenging track for all competitors and the sugared surface had high traction throughout practice. Unseasonal rain on Saturday (2WD day) completely washed away the groove and the surface became very low traction and then very muddy. The 2WD portion had to be deferred until after 4WD on the Sunday, making for a very long day finishing under lights after 8pm. The sun came out again and 4WD qualifying started out very loose but by the finals a groove was forming and provided great racing. AKA Re-Bars were used as the control tyre in buggy and Pro-Line Suburbs in SCT.

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October 25, 2013

Baker & Panek secure JBRL title

Tekno RC’s Barry Baker and Chad Panek brought home the overall titles in their respective classes at the 2013 JBRL finale. After consistent scoring during the season Barry took the overall championship in the Pro4 Short Course class with his Tekno RC SCT410 while Chad grabbed the 1/8th E-buggy title with his EB48.2 buggy.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]