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December 15, 2009

JP Richards wins Super Stock title at JConcepts Clash

TQ Racing were in touch to tell us about their driver JP Richards winning the Super Stock title at the 2009 JConcepts Clash. JP joined the TQ team only three short weeks ago and has had nothing but success since making the move. The class this year was filled with some of the fastest super stock racers in the country, with X-Factory driver Leon Mcintosh in second place with third going to Luke Richards. JP also went on to finish 3rd in 2wd Mod behind Jared Tebo and winner Ryan Maifield.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

December 14, 2009

Homestead RC Raceway to host 2011 1/8th Worlds

ROAR have made the announcement that Homestead RC Raceway, located in Homestead, Florida, will host the 2011 IFMAR 1/8 I.C. On‐Road World Championships. The track will undergo major renovations to ensure that all of the facility will meet the racers demands, with a focus on extending the race track to provide a longer racing line as well as a new driver’s stand that is higher, longer and able to accommodate up to 15 drivers.

Click here for the official statement

December 14, 2009

CML Winter Series Rd3 report

The 3rd round of the CML Winter Series at Frankley Model Car Club was run last weekend and the track started out damp and slippery. In those conditions National Champion Neil Cragg was untouchable, gliding his RC8B around the challenging Frankley track with a deft touch that left the opposition trailing in rounds 1 and 2.

Continue reading the report here

December 14, 2009

Huang Yi-Hou takes Taiwanese Nationals

The final round of the Taiwanese Nationals was held last weekend and attracted drivers from North and South of Taiwan. During race weekend the weather was perfected and high grip conditions meant all drivers could push their cars to the limit, making for some very close battles. Following qualifying the TQ spot went to Wu Zheng-Chung from South of Taiwan. Following the 30 minute Main Final, the top 3 drivers were on the same lap, with Huang Yi-Hou taking the win and the National title ahead of pole man Wu Zheng-Chung in 2nd, with Yeh Ton-Cheng taking 3rd spot. This race was also a Serpent Asia Tour qualifying race and the winner will be sponsored to attend the Serpent Asia Tour race next year in Hong Kong.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

December 14, 2009

Leon McIntosh wins SS Truck at JConcepts Clash

X-Factory sent us a report on their successes at the third JConcepts Clash which was held last weekend at the Lake Park track near Tampa Florida. Leon McIntosh, from Florida, TQd both Super Stock (10.5) truck with his X-60 and Super Stock buggy with his X-6 Squared and would go on to win truck and finish second in buggy. Qualifying and finishing second in Super Stock Truck was the X-60 of Florida’s Zach Genova, who also made the Super Stock buggy A. Chris Bennett from Louisiana TQd modified short course truck with a hand-built X-60 SC and took second.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.om]

December 13, 2009

Atsushi Hara dominates Buggy Part final

Current World Champion Atsushi Hara has won the Buggy Part final in Pattaya Thailand. Having won his semi final from pole position, he would start from the number 1 spot in the 1 hour long final, while big rival current European Champion Renaud Savoya had mechanical problems in his semi after 10 minutes and this ruined any chance of a good result, retiring soon after. A 10 minute delay prior to the start of the A-main called by Kenji Osaka meant he would start from the back of the grid, but from the off it was Hara who was always in command of the race with the only battles taking place for the lower podium positions. The order for a long time was Hara, Greg Degani and Joern Neumann, until the German driver had problems after 45 minutes and dropped back, allowing a recovering Osaka up to the 3rd spot. With 10 minutes to go Meen V. passed Osaka and took the final podium position 2 laps behind Degani in 2nd who was a further 3 laps behind race winner Hara.

Click here for the final results

December 13, 2009

Xray Column – 2010 Ready

The 37th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj runs us through the changes to their car line-up for the 2010 season.

Despite it being “only” November on the calendar, for the model hobby industry it is essentially our year end. The winter season has been running for a few weeks already and the Xmas season is now approaching, so you might think that there is not much to do… but you would be wrong. As with other fashionable products such as clothes & shoes, full-size cars, skis, or bicycles, besides their racing factor RC cars are also fashion items and as such require constant attention and development.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 12, 2009

Jackie Siow takes Malaysian National title

The much anticipated 4th and final round of the Malaysian National Championship took place recently and as it was well into the rainy season the weather was the only concern that all racers had. But it turned out to be a very good day, as the weather was excellent throughout, even becoming too hot at times. The field consisted of 30+ racers that were divided into 4 groups and after qualifying it was Jackie Siow that took the pole position in front of Mizan and Norazam.

Continue reading the report here