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March 8, 2011

Kazuya Tanaka signs for TecnoPower

Rody Roem’s emerging engine brand TecnoPower has signed big name driver Kazuya Tanaka from Japan. The deal, brokered through national distributor Hirofactory, sees the reigning Japanese National champion and Kyosho factory driver run the Italian made engines. Having already run the motors in testing he is happy with the stability, reliability and believes there is much more torque and top speed than his previous engines.

Source: TecnoPower [tecnopower-motor.com]

March 8, 2011

ROAR amend saddle pack height rule

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ROAR have announced that 2S Saddle packs in excess of 25.1mm tall are no longer permitted. “The 2008 ROAR rules originally permitted saddle pack batteries with a maximum height of 32mm based on the batteries available at the time. The rule was change in late 2009 to a maximum of 25.1mm to make them consistent with the majority of battery packs available on the market. The batteries in excess of 25.1mm were grandfathered for a period of one year to allow drivers to use packs already purchased under the original rule. The one year period expired in late 2010, so batteries legal for ROAR competition for the 2011 season and beyond will need to be in compliance with the existing rule. The battery packs in question will be removed from the approved list.”

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]

March 7, 2011

Mugen Racing sign JJ Wang

Mugen Racing are excited to have JJ Wang signed up for their 2011 race team. The 13-year old from California is an up and coming young driver who recently qualified into the A-mains on his first trip to the Winternats. JJ also finished the 2010 racing season in sedan ranking 34th at the IFMAR World Championships held in Texas. JJ had this to say:

I am very excited about the 2011 season with Mugen Seiki and I look forward to racing with Mugen at the upcoming World Championships in Miami as well as to the new MTX5 when it launches later this year.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

March 7, 2011

Adrian Bernsten dominates Norwegian Winter Series Rd4

The 4th round of the Norwegian Winter series was held at the big sportshall in the small village of Spydeberg recently, which is 50 km south-east of Oslo, and Adrian Bernsten sent us this report. We saw a 600m2 big track with same layout as was used at the Nordic Championship held earlier this season (November 2010). The only difference was that we now used white and red corner dots to mark the corners better. There were 43 drivers over three classes; 1/10 touring modified, 1/10 Pro Stock and 1/12 scale and we drove three qualification rounds with the best out of three-system.

Continue reading the report here

March 7, 2011

Cody King victorious at SoCal Grass Roots series Rd2

Round 2 of the popular Southern California Grass Roots series was held at Thunder Alley RC Raceway in Beaumont last weekend. This particular series is drawing rave reviews, as the entry fees are reduced to fit the tough economy, as well as encouraging a fun family oriented atmosphere. The series boasts kid classes where racers under 14 years of age can start out with Short Course competition. The attendance would reflect this popularity, as round 2 drew 220 entries, the 2nd largest draw in the history of Thunder Alley for a one day event. Fresh off his Nitro Challenge podium performance, current World Champion Cody King was in attendance at round 2. Cody didn’t disappoint, earning TQ honors in both buggy and truggy, and winning the buggy final in convincing fashion over Team Losi’s Matt Castellano. Cody built a half lap lead in the truggy main as well, only to have a servo horn break ending his bid. Joining Cody in the winner’s circle was intermediate class driver and Southern California hot shoe Jim Pierce, who won his main in dominant style lapping the field. Both drivers were using similar equipment, running the MP9 chassis with Orion power and AKA rubber.

March 6, 2011

Ahoniemi & Honigl claim European 1/12th titles

CRC has done the double at this weekend’s European 1/12th scale championships in Montbrison, France with team drivers Simo Ahoniemi taking the Mod title and Hupo Honigl the Stock title. In Modified qualifying it was Yokomo driver Ronald Volker that took pole position by 2.5 seconds ahead of Simo Ahoniemi in 2nd and Hupo Honigl in 3rd spot, while in the Stock class it was Hupo Honigl that took the top spot by over 7 seconds ahead of Markus Mobers in 2nd and Vesa Yli in 3rd. In the Modified A-mains, it was not a good race for TQ Volker, with a non finish in leg 1 and 2, and despite winning the final leg, this would net the German driver only 6th overall. Leg 1 and 2 were taken by Finnish driver Simo Ahoniemi to wrap up the title with one leg to spare. Austrian Hupo Honigl took 2nd despite a non finish in leg 1, coming back strongly with two 2nd places to take the runner up spot, while rounding out the podium was Associated team driver Olly Jefferies. In the Stock class Hupo took his CRC car to the title with a win in each of the first two legs with Serpent factory driver Markus Mobers taking a consistent runner up spot with three 2nd place finishes. In the final podium spot was Belgian Corally driver Olivier Bultynck who took the win in leg 3 to leap frog Vesa Yli for the 3rd place.

View the final standings here

March 5, 2011

Nitro-West-Masters – Announcement

The Nitro-West-Masters, a soaring series of nitro on-road races in Western Germany, will continue in 2011 for its third year. Five races, a new class and a new procedure as well as the Nitro-West-Warmup are the main novelties for the upcoming season. Following three rounds in 2009 and four in 2010 the championship will extend to five races on five different tracks. Beside the regular categories 1/8 scale (VG8) and 1/10 scale 200mm (VG10), the so called HC8 is announced for the Nitro-West-Masters for the first time. Key point of the HC8 is the mandatory use of a unified engine, the Novarossi N21-ST including the EFRA #2015 pipe. This class is based on the Hobby-Cup, a competition organized by Shepherd Micro Racing and successfully held in the south and mid-region of Germany in recent years.

View more information here

March 4, 2011

Aird & Robertson win Orion On-road Cup Rd4

Team Associated were on top form again at Moto Arena in Silverstone, where the Milton Keynes Club were the hosts for the latest round of the Orion On-road Cup. With a full meeting of 14 heats to get through, it meant four rounds of qualifying and one final for all. In the hotly contested modified field recent TC6 convert Johnny Aird continued his good form to claim second on the grid whilst in the 10.5t class Keith Robertson took third on the grid at his first meeting with the new TC6, using Novak Kinetic/Ballistic power. In the mod final Johnny took an early lead and never looked back to take a fine win. The 10.5t final was a great race with some really close racing. With the five minutes up, Keith put the power of the new Reedy 60C Lipo battery to good effect and took the win to make another double victory for the Associated touring team.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]