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November 28, 2009

Wilck tops second qualifier at ETS Rd2

After posting only the seventh fastest time in the opening qualifier here in Hungary, ETS championship leader Viktor Wilck has bounced back to top Q2 with a new fastest run of 24L/5:05.938. The Tamiya/Speedpassion driver swapped times with his team-mate Marc Rheinard throughout the 5-minutes but three laps from the end the German lost over 4-seconds when he made a mistake and was hit by the two following cars. Behind the Tamiya pairing Ronald Volker took his LRP powered Yokomo BD5 to third, unable to better his Q1 TQ run time.

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November 28, 2009

Volker takes opening qualifier in Hungary

Yokomo team driver Ronald Volker has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying here in Budapest where the Top 4 drivers were separated by just 1.7 seconds. The German ace, who opted to run the prototype LiPo chassis BD5, said he wasn’t the fastest on track but keeping the run clean had given him the valuable maximum points for the round as he topped the time sheets by 2/10ths from Xray’s Teemu Leino. Leino reported his T3 as having a little push but was OK with second, having also taken a cautious approach to his driving.

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November 26, 2009

Drivers hungry for Euro Touring Series victory in Budapest

Europe’s best electric touring car drivers will descend on the beautiful city of Budapest this weekend (28/29 Nov) when the Hungarian capital plays host to Round 2 of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series. Claiming his first ETS win last month at the 2009/10 season opener in Kastellaun, Germany, Sweden’s Viktor Wilck heads the quality international entry for the 2-day event that has attracted over 160 competitors from across Europe.

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November 25, 2009

Steven Hartson snapped up by Team Associated

Team Associated have announced the signing of young California native Steven Hartson. Steven will race the full line of Associated, Reedy and LRP products including the Reedy 121 VR engine and the LRP 1:8 SPX8 system and like many on the AE team will use Sidewinder fuel combined with JConcepts tires and accessories. Hartson brings the out-right speed comparable to the top electric racers in the world, but as of yet has not had the opportunities to showcase his talents in the 1:8 scene. With multiple A-Main finishes in 1:10 National Championships and major International events, Hartson looks to transfer these results to the ultra- competitive U.S. 1:8 scale scene. Local to Southern California, he’s sure to get his feet wet fast with weekly competitors such as teammate Ryan Cavalieri, Cody King, Adam Drake, Mike Truhe, Ryan Lutz and so on. Hartson’s first race with his Reedy powered RC8B and RC8e will come in two weeks at the Toys for Tots event at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, CA.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

November 25, 2009

Niko Cheng wins Malaysian National Cup

Last weekend the 6th and final round of the Malaysia National Cup 2009 was held at the NRC racetrack near Singapore. For this final event drivers from Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia were invited to celebrate the last race of the season. After three rounds of qualifying Motonica driver Jesse Wu from Singapore claimed the TQ followed by the Shepherd drivers Luk Chee Hung from Hong Kong and Niko Cheng from Malaysia. These three drivers were the only ones to complete a 22 lap qualifier. At the start of the 45 min final Niko Cheng showed good pace and took over the lead followed by Jesse Wu and Luk Chee Hung. For the first 20 minutes the order remained the same until a small driving error of Cheng allowed Wu and Hung to pass him. Soon Hung had to retire due to some problems and the battle for the lead was between Wu and Cheng. But also Wu suffered some technical problems and for the last 15 minutes Niko Cheng cruised to the victory. By winning the grand final of the Malaysian National Cup he also secured himself the championship title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 25, 2009

Moller & Hughes claim JBRL EP 1/8th classes

Tekno RC have been in touch to tell us that their drivers Drew Moller and Ryan Hughes put on an exhibition of skill in the growing Electric 1/8th scale classes at this year’s JBRL series in Southern California. 8 of the top 10 spots were using Tekno RC V3 Chassis’ and it was Drew that raced his Tekno / Mugen buggy to the overall win in the 1/8 Electric Buggy class, with Ryan Hughes right behind him in his Tekno / Losi 8B 2.0, both running Tekno RC Lektron motors and the bulletproof Castle Mamba Monster ESC. The truggy class was no different, being completely dominated by Tekno RC chassis’ with Ryan Hughes taking the overall win in his Tekno / Losi 8T 2.0 running Castle Mamba Monster motor and ESC.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

November 25, 2009

Neo Race 2010 – Announcement

Neo Buggy have announced the return of the Neo race in 2010. Dubbed the Neo 2010, this will be the 5th running of the Neo race, the first being in Belgium in 2005 before moving to the Harper Adams venue in 2006 for the rest of the events, all of which have been organized with the DXR team. This years event will see some changes to the timetable, 7 minute heats and 6 rounds of qualifying rather than five. The event will be run over four days, from the 2nd to 5th April 2010 and comprises of one day of practice, two days of qualifying with a ‘dash for cash’ race Sunday night and finals on Monday. This years race will only run one class, 1/8 Buggy, and they hope to get entries from some of the finest 1/8 offroad drivers to attend, with entry opening on the 1st of December 2009.

For more information visit the official event site here.

November 25, 2009

Recio takes Argentinean Nationals with Rd3 win

Last weekend was the third and last round of the Argentinean Touring car nationals, which took place in Buenos Aires. Pole position for the race went to Sirio/SAC Proyect/Xray driver Sebastián Recio and he also would go on to win the race followed by Juan Pablo Golobic in 2nd with Juan Ignacio Matticoli in 3rd. With his win in this race Sebastián Recio took the title followed by Juan Pablo Golobic and Hernán Lebenban.

Thanks to Roxana Palazzo for the report.