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November 5, 2013

EFRA releases 2014 race calendar

Following last weekend’s EFRA AGM in Zagreb, the European governing body have announced the (provisional) dates for next year’s European Championships with the 1/10 IC Track Euro date still needs to be finalised. A busy summer season with 3 ‘B’ championships, a 1/8th flat chassis Euros and 2 40+ titles along with the usual ‘A’ titles up for grabs. Full AGM details can be found here.

March 20-23 – 1/12th scale Euros – Scandiano, Italy
May 5-10 – 1/10th on road ‘B’ Euros – Madrid, Spain
May 26-31 – 1/8th on road ‘B’ Euros – Bologna, Italy
June 6-8 – 1/8th off road ‘B’ Euros – Madrid, Spain
July 11-13 – 1/8th off road 40+ Euros – Fehring, Austria
July 14-19 – 1/10th EP off road Euros – Trelleborg, Sweden
July 21-26 – 1/8th on road ‘A’ Euros – Kirchberg, Austria
July 31 – August 3 – 1/10th EP on road Euros – Madrid, Spain
August 1-2 – 1/8th on road Flat chassis Euros – Gubbio, Italy
August 4-9 – 1/8th off road ‘A’ Euros – Sand am Main, Germany
August 11-16 – 1/10th on road ‘A’ Euros – Autet, Spain
August 18-23 – 1/8th & 1/10th on road 40+ Euros – Ruphen, Netherlands

View the full calendar here (XLS).

November 5, 2013

D’Almeida wins Stock class at Portuguese nats Rd5

D'Almeida wins Stock class at Portuguese nats Rd5

The fifth and final race of the Portuguese national touring car championship took place at the A.R.M.A.I.A track in Maia-Porto. In the Stock class Rui d’Almeida (TOP) brought home the day’s win in front of Fernando Cardoso (Schumacher) and Manuel Malta (TOP).

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

November 5, 2013

Team Viper sings Le-Hua Lin

Viper R/C announce the latest addition to their team in the form of Chinese pro level driver Le-Hua Lin who recently secured a podium spot in the 4WD buggy class at the 2013 FEMCA championships. This is what Le-Hua has to say about the deal:

I am very proud to be part of Team Viper in the coming 2014 season. I will do my best to race in every event, and to support more Viper customers in local market. In the 2013 FEMCA race in Taiwan, I had my first hands-on experience with Viper products. I was extremely surprised and satisfied with the performance of VTX10R ESC as it was able to run 4WD buggy without a cooling fan. The first impression of driving VTX10R was its powerful output, and yet still so smooth in corners. It provides much more performance that allows me to attack the track aggressively. The throttle control gave me perfect balance to clear all technical jumps. The lap times dropped by a full second compared to my old ESC. I appreciate very much for this opportunity from Viper R/C.

Source: Viper [viper-rc.com]

November 4, 2013

JConcepts Super Cup Fall Session Rd2 – Report

Florida’s best racers made their way to Bashers RC Raceway in Palm Beach Gardens for the second round of the fall session. Many came early for practice and a club race on Friday. It was poised to be a great weekend with a feel of electricity in the air. 138 entries would fill the 20 heats to seed racers in the top qualifying spots. Stock 2WD buggy had JConcepts Team Driver Riker Gatenby on top of the field of 23 to a time of 20/5:12.692. Seven drivers would start the C-main for 2 bump spots to the B. After changing positions many times Nate Adair and Matt Bradford Jr., were able to hold off a hard charge from Ron Viesins to the B-main. Brian Buckley lead every lap of the B-main, but the show was put on by Matt Bradford Sr. Matt started in the 2 spot but fell to 7th after a multi-car pile-up on lap 2. Rich Schafer and Robert Molina would be back and forth for the final bump spot for many laps all while Matt was working his way back though the field racing clean and consistent laps. On lap 11 Matt made his final pass of the B-main into 2nd and the final bump spot. As the tone sounded for the 10 racers of the A-main, Riker set sail and never looked back. Glenn Worthington finished 2nd with Billy Bruce 3rd, Rick Jacobs in 4th and Jovan Cruz 5th.

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November 4, 2013

Mike Wilder victorious at the 2nd annual NEIC

Maximus RC Raceway located in York, Maine hosted the 2nd Annual Team Durango North East Indoor Championships. JConcepts’ Mike Wilder qualified 4th on the grid for the highly contested Mod Short Course class. He made his way to the front fairly quick during the main and after a late race battle with Matt Olson, Wilder was able to take the overall victory.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

November 4, 2013

JJ Wang joins Reedy

Reedy announce the addition of JJ Wang to its international racing team. As one of the top up-and-coming young drivers, JJ will be a valuable asset to the team at races and in the testing and development of new products. Based in China, he will also help promote the Reedy brand there and in the rest of Asia by using them in his on-road and off-road campaigns. JJ will begin testing with his new equipment immediately in preparation for the final round of the Asian Onroad Championship at Yatabe Arena later this month. Reeddy wish JJ the best of luck in his debut event and are looking forward to a long and successful relationship as he continues his climb up the racing ladder.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

November 4, 2013

Ronald Ström wins 1/12th at MSEC Rd1

The first round of the Middle Swedish Cup saw new Zen Racing driver Ronald Ström taking the 1/12th scale win. Having only received the conversion kit the Friday before the race Ronald still managed to leave Mickael Brandt and Magnus Hedlung behind.

Source: Zen Racing [zen-racing.co.uk]

November 4, 2013

Van Biljoen & Geldenhuys win at SA Off Road Champs

The last round of the South African National Off Road Championship took place at the Avion Raceway near Johannesburg. Drivers from all over the country attended the event with over 50 entries in the buggy and truggy class. In the buggy class, Justin van Biljoen (Mugen) from Pretoria was Top Qualifier and went on to win the 1 hour final in front of Christoff Meyer (Team Associated) and Tiaan Oelofse (Mugen). In the overall championship the buggy class win went to Miguel Haasbroek (Mugen). In the truggy class, Cape Town driver Arno Geldenhuys (Mugen) won the final closely followed by local driver Chris vd Westhuizen (Team C) and 3rd was up and coming young driver Tyler Burger (MUgen) from East London.

Thanks to Wayne Joelson for sending the report.