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August 28, 2011

Jörn Neumann takes European 4wd offroad title

Jörn Neumann put in a great performance at this week’s electric off road European Championships in Pau France. Qualifying 2nd overall behind 2wd Champion Lee Martin in the shortened schedule, after heavy rain washed out the previous day, Jörn lead the Team Durango charge, with team mates Hupo Hönigl qualifying right behind in 3rd. The field was strong, with two former/current World Champions and 6 former/current European Champions in the A-main. Jörn took the opening two legs of the A-Final to take the overall win in a close fought battle with Lee Martin and Neil Cragg and become the 2011 4WD European Champion. Having already won the title, Jörn sat out the third leg of the A and Hupo took up the fight, taking second which he held to the line for 4th overall. Lee Martin took 2nd overall with Neil Cragg in 3rd.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

August 27, 2011

Taiwan On Road National Championship Rd3

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of Taiwan On Road National Championship take place in central Taiwan, hosted by Titan RC Track. The beautiful beach side and newly refurbished course attracted a total of 73 pilots from all around the island. Classes included 1:8th scale, 1:10th 200m and 1/10th EP 190mm and with the growing popularity of the electric power RC cars the biggest group was EP 1/10th scale which attracted 48 drivers.

Continue reading the report here

August 26, 2011

Teemu Saarinen takes Finnish National title

This year saw a tight battle at the top of the Finnish 1/10th 200mm National Championships, with 3 different race winners in four races. The first two races were held in small tracks which are more suited for Electric racing and the last two races were held in larger European type tracks. After 4 races it was a clean sweep for Mugen in the standings with Teemu Saarinen winning, Sami Munck came second and Tony Raikas third.

View the final standings here

August 26, 2011

Thailand Invitational – Announcement

The hosts of the 2012 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championships at RC Addict in Bangkok, Thailand were in touch to tell us about the Thailand Invitational race that they are running from the 7th to the 13th of November this year. Taking place in the same conditions as the Worlds which will also be held in November, the year after, if you are competing at this event you really need to be at this race. Having organised 3 World championships in the past you can be assured it will be a great race. It will be run to IFMAR rules and will use Maxima controlled fuel for 1/10th and Team Orion fuel for the 1/8th scale class. For more information you can contact Jarb at nitrowc2012@gmail.com

August 25, 2011

Xray Column – Testing and Once Again…Testing

The 54th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about his extensive pre event testing schedule ahead of the busy summer of European Championships.

I tested some new prototypes of front and rear braces, but after a few tests I returned to the original ones. Martin and Ales were spending most of the time testing and comparing different tires to adapt to the changed track conditions which was now completely different from last week‘s tests.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 25, 2011

Olivier Bultynck wins Rd5 in Belgium

Round 5 of the Belgian 1/10th on-road Touring Car Championship was hosted by the MRG club situated in Genk last weekend. It was Olivier Bultynck who dominated the qualification in front of Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens. Following a rain shower the first final would be interesting but Olivier Bultynck took the lead followed by Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens. It was sure that this race would go between these three guys and Ollie was going well with Thomas trying to follow. On lap 12 Thomas made a mistake and Ollie was gone and Nick took second place and Thomas came in as third. The second final and Olivier could control the race but on lap 9 his car broke and Thomas took the lead. Thomas took the win in front of Nick and Nicolas. The third final would decide the overall and Olivier Bultynck got into the lead with Thomas Stockman close behind him. Nick Joosens was not so happy and could not follow the leaders. But Thomas made a mistake and Nick was up into second place. Ollie could cruise now to victory and his third win this season in the championship with Thomas Stockman second and Nick Joosens third.

Read the full report here.

August 25, 2011

Agama USA sign Jason Branham

Agama USA have announced that Jason Branham has joined their growing team. Jason has been consistently rising to the top in the pro 1/8th buggy class in the United States and his recent accolades include a championship win in the 2010 R/C Pro Series in Pro 1/8th buggy, an A main appearance at the Dirt Nitro Challenge in the Pro Buggy Class and a recent podium finish at the Futaba Nitro Challenge last month. Jason had this to say about the deal:

I am very excited to sign with Agama Racing and I want to thank Agama USA, Gene Hickerson and Andrew Smolnik for this opportunity. I have worked very hard to get to where I’m at today and in signing with Agama they have assured me that they are as committed to racing as I am. I will work as hard as possible to help Agama make great competitive race cars, and ensure that Agama customers are happy with their rides as well. I’m looking forward to getting into the winners circle with Agama’s high quality A8 racing buggy.

Source: Agama USA [hobbyprousa.com]

August 24, 2011

Meen V wins 1/10th Rd3 in Thailand

The 3rd round of the RCCA Thailand 1/10th 200mm National Championships took place last weekend at RC Addict in Bangkok, host of next year’s World Championships. Qualifying saw KM Racing driver Meen V take the TQ spot with his H-K1 chassis and he would convert that pace into a race win, setting the fastest lap of the event on the way to the checkered flag. Paphon would take 2nd spot with Gem completing the podium in 3rd both driving the Xray NT1.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]