The 5th round of the Malaysia National Championship was held at the Titiwangsa track, a venue that will soon be torn down. Many RC enthusiasts in the region hope the state government will change their mind and preserve the track strategically located that attracts many newcomers. As for the racing, the 13.5T Stock class saw up and coming racer Adik Haikal taking the TQ and win and with it the overall championship title.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
French company RB announce the signing of Tobias Hepp to their nitro team. The German talent will use RB engines in his 2015 campaign that will include appearances in the ENS series, the European Championships A in Ettlingen and the German Championships. Tobias has the following to say about the deal:
The torque of the RB CXR SLS9 engine is simply so good. I have made several engines tests and no doubt that the RB engines have got top level performances with a very good reliability too which is for me an important aspect too. I am looking forward to work with the RB factory team.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
The 2nd round of the ART Racing Team Cup was held on the small and technical high-grip indoor track in Münsingen. The Touring Car class had Heim Marc taking the win on his home track from Andre Krebs. Marco Stettler rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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The 3rd round of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series visited the beautiful mountain interior town of Penticton, British Columbia. The hosting PRCC Club counted a doubled number of registrations, making it the biggest event in Western Canada this season. 8 WCICS classes, including the new F1, were contested, and as the third round the season championships are showing the early leaders.
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Sunday, December 8th, 2014 marked the final day of the JConcepts Indoor National Series with the tour making its’ final stop in Omaha, Nebraska. The INS is a 5 race series that travels the nation throughout the year elevating the indoor off-road scene wherever it goes. This evening the series crowned its’ 2014 overall champions in all the respective classes. The competition was one of the strongest seen to date attracting racers from coast to coast to meeting in the middle at the world famous Hobbyplex. Current INS Champion, TLR’s/JConcepts Ryan Maifield, was there to defend his crown from other elite drivers like current 4WD World Champion and Team Associated/JConcepts driver, Steven Hartson. Other notable heavy hitters were Team Associated/JConcepts’ Spencer Rivkin, Daimon Borkowicz, the Horne family, Cole Tollard, TLR/JConcepts Cody Hollis and Taylor Larsen, and Kyosho/Orion’s Jared Tebo. The field was stacked.
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The 2nd round of the 2014/15 Slovakia Cup will be held at the Hudy Racing Arena on the 13th of December in several electric on-road and off-road classes. Registration can be done here and more information are available here.
The 4th edition of the Charity Race was held at the permanent facilities of RC Landia in Scandiano, Italy with 150 entries split in four different classes. Alexander Hagberg managed to take a convincing win in the 1/12th scale category. Taking the TQ position by full points and winning the first two finals with a big margin, as well as setting a new lap record, it was a perfect weekend for the newly crowned 200mm World Champion.
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This past weekend was round 2 of the Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series at Premier RC Raceway in Portland, OR. Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri made the trip up to the Pacific Northwest to get some time running on their indoor carpet facility. After just a few laps of practice on the unique US carpet surface running mandatory slick tyres, Cavalieri was already turning the fastest laps the track had ever seen and when racing started it was more of the same. With a double TQ and win in 2WD and 4WD, the only competition for the 4x World Champion was the clock.
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