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August 12, 2011

2011 ROAR Electric Nationals – Thursday Practice

2011 ROAR Nats Track Layout

Nor-Cal Hobbies is located in Union City, Ca. (Just minutes south-east of San Francisco) and is your host of the of the 2011 ROAR Electric Nats. The facility boasts and indoor carpet track, outdoor asphalt track, not one but two off-road tracks and a well-stocked hobby shop. The larger of the two off-road tracks is where the event is being run and the indoor carpet track has been covered to allow for ample pitting out of the sun. In store for today are 2 rounds of controlled practice. The heats are 6-minutes in length and drivers will be seeded for qualifying on Friday by their fastest 3-consecutive laps during their runs.

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August 11, 2011

Lars Hoppe wins Northern German regionals

The 4th round of the Northern German 1/8 scale on-road regionals took place a the tricky track of the MSC Polizei Braunschweig. On Saturday the traction was not very high at first but after the organiser had sprayed some sugar water the track conditions became better. In the afternoon the first round of qualifying was held with Andreas Giesa (Serpent) taking the provisional TQ just a few tenth in front Hoppe (Sheperd). Unfortunately on Sunday the weather was unsettled and light rain showers affected the rest of the qualifying. Hoppe could win his semi-final and claimed the pole-position in front of Andreas Giesa and Timo Schröder (Shepherd).

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August 11, 2011

Lemieux & Larcher win ROAR national titles

Thunder Power RC got in touch to tell us that their team driver Paul Lemieux as well as Michel Larcher have won national titles at the recent ROAR paved on-road nationals. Thunder Power RC team driver Paul Lemieux swept the modified TC class with the Z3RTM 540 Brushless 4.0T motor, G6 Pro Race 65C battery and a TP610C charger while Michael Larcher won the Vintage Trans Am class championship with the Z3R Brushless 21.5T motor.

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August 11, 2011

Victorian State electric off-road titles report

The Victorian State electric off-road titles were held in Mildura, Victoria Australia on the 6th and 7th of August. Drivers from all over Australia attended this great race meeting to claim the prestigious Victorian titles. Classes held were 2WD Stock, 2WD 540, 2WD Mod, 4wd Stock, 4WD 540, 4WD Mod, SCT, Truck Stock and Truck Modified. With over 190+ entries the racing was split up over twee days with 4WD and Truck on the Saturday and SCT and 2WD on the Sunday.

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August 10, 2011

Dario Balestri joins Contact Tyres

Contact Tyres are very proud to announce that top Italian driver Dario Balestri has joined their international team. During practice at the 1/8th European Championship in Luxembourg Dario tested Contact Tyres and the performance prompted him to choose our brand for the rest of the year and for 2012. He has already shown great pace with Contact tyres, TQ’ing In Luxembourg, winning his semi final and starting from pole in the main. Dario will compete next week at the 1/10th European Championship in Ettlingen, with Contact brand manager Piero Torregiani there also to support him and all Contact drivers and customers.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

August 10, 2011

McEwan wins Canadian Off-Road Champs Rd2

The 2nd round of the Canadian off-road championship series (CORCS) was held over the weekend of August 5-6-7th, in Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada. Team Durango’s DESC410R took the 4WD short course A-Main in the hands of Norm McEwan, with Kris Bychyk placing his DESC410R in 2nd place for a 1-2 finish – beating out a large field in the 4WD class. Both guys ran their DESC410R’s with the Tekin RX8 controllers and Tekin 4.5T SC4X motors to sweep the field.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

August 10, 2011

2012 IFMAR 1/10 WC Hong Kong selection race Rd1

The TRC Racing Track hold the first round of the Hong Kong selection race series for the 2012 IFMAR World Championships in Thailand. Hung Cheung Hang (H-K1) was able to take TQ after four rounds of qualifying, also pulling the only 29 lap run during qualification. Luk Chi Hung took the second place on the grid with Samuel Chiu and Poon Chiu in third and fourth place respectively. The final saw a battle between eight sponsor drivers and two KM fans with their H-K1. Hang lead right away from the beginning until the end of the 30 minutes long final. Samuel Chui (Xray NT1) took second and Michael Cheung (Shepherd V10) third place. KM team driver Ray (H-K1) managed to get a fourth place and the only two non-sponsored drivers in the Top 10, Siu-Ming and Kwok-Wai (both H-K1), ended up in 5th and 8th position. Winning driver Hang also set a new track record with 20.9 sec and and he also was the only one who made the best lap in under 21 sec during the race. Now three races are left for the drivers to get one of the three entries for the 2012 IFMAR 1/10 GP world championship in Thailand.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

August 10, 2011

Ty Tessmann wins Nitro Stampede II Race

Ty Tessmann got in touch to tell us about his recent success at the Nitro Stampede II Race in Calgary/AB. With some of the best drivers in Canada in attendance along with Richard Saxton from AE, he was able to take the TQ and win in all three classes including 1/8 scale Buggy and Truggy. In the Buggy class he left Team Associated’s Richard Saxton and Peter Tozer (Associated) behind and also managed to stay ahead of the pack in the Truggy class by beating Peter Tozer (Associated) and Dave Elia (TLR).

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