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September 23, 2017

Akio Sobue is top seed in Hong Kong for CETC Rd4

The season finale of the 2017 CETC presented by Infinity is taking place this weekend at Twin RC Speedway in Hong Kong. With rain delaying the start of the action on Saturday for more than two and half hours, free practice was once again interrupted by some light rain lasting only a few minutes, however the track dried up quickly thanks to the high temperature and sunshine and so the race was able to continue soon after. After two rounds of controlled practice it was Infinity factory driver Akio Sobue who drew first blood. With tire strategy in mind the likeable Japanese driver only took part in the 2nd round of controlled practice and only ran 3 laps to set a 42.350, which was the fastest 3 consecutive laps to take the top spot in the ranking. Akio’s team mate Naoto Matsukura was just 0.26 seconds further back while Yokomo factory driver Nicholas Lee also played the tire conservation game by only running the first round of controlled practice and posting a 43.433, ending up in 3rd. New ARC signing Patrick Chau was 0.5 seconds behind in 4th and was the fastest local Hong Kong driver. Xray youngster Lau Ming Hao was a further 0.05 seconds back and ranked 5th ahead of the factory Serpent pairing of Stick King and Felix Law in 6th and 7th. Local Hong Kong youngsters Fong King and Lolo Sam impressed in 8th and 10th respectively, split by local veteran Fai Ho in 9th.

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September 23, 2017

Southern Rallycross Series finale – Report

The last round of the Southern Rallycross Series took place at Herts Nitro Model Club in Ware Hertfordshire, 30 minutes outside of London. This round would see a fully subscribe round with almost 100 racers, showing how strong regional racing is in the UK for club and pro racers. The race would also be a challenging format as bad weather was on the forecast from 17:30 so speed would be order of the day. Qualifying in Nitro Buggy went to Jamie Clancy, Truggy went to Jon Hazlewood and E-Buggy to George Miller.

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September 22, 2017

Mitchell & Huzel win at PRCP Summer Showdown Series

The PRCP Summer Showdown Series saw Torian Mitchell walking away with the win in the Nitro Buggy class. Jordan Huzel had a good second qualifier and took TQ however at the start of the main final he was rear-ended and pushed off the track. Coming back from 4th place he worked his way back up to overall 2nd while Keith Schroeder ended the day in 3rd overall.

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September 22, 2017

Sulc & Havranek takes Czech EP On-road titles

The Czech Electric On-road Nationals took place in Nachod in changing weather conditions. The weekend started off with practice on Friday while Saturday’s qualifiers being heavily influenced by the rainy weather. Sunday mains day the rain stopped but even in the finals the track was still wet in some parts and in the Touring Stock class it was reigning champion, Oliver Havranek who lead an Xray 1-2-3 with TQ Martin Sponar on the runner-up spot and Ondrej Kohoutek rounding out the podium results. Elsewhere in the Touring Modified class it was Matej Sulc (Xray) with the overall win from Vita Hola (Xray) in 2nd and Karel Dolezal (VBC Racing) 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 22, 2017

2017 Serpent Asia Cup – Announcement

The Hong Kong based TRC racing track will play host to the 2017 Serpent Asia Cup on the weekend of the 3rd of December. After the successful 2016 edition this year’s event will again be held in the Serpent-only classes of 1/8th nitro on-road, 1/10th nitro on-road as well as Open and Spec Cobra GT. A couple of special guests will make an appearance and more information are available here soon.

September 22, 2017

RCSS EB410 titanium screw kit & hinge pin set

RC Speed Secrets have introduced a Grade 5 titanium screw kit and titanium hinge pin set for the Tekno EB410 1/10th 4WD buggy. Starting with the screw kit, the set is available in two colour options, “bling” or “stealth black” and it includes 49 fasteners with deep socket heads for greater durability and less stripping. As for the hinge pin set, it includes eight suspension shafts made from Grade 5 titanium and it scrubs about 1/3 of weight compared to the standard steel pins while also being more corrosion resistant. The set includes four inner, two front outer and two rear outer hinge pins.

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September 21, 2017

Mathieu Briere doubles at Labastide club race

The Labastide club near Toulouse in the south of France held a club race last weekend. In the 4WD Buggy class Mathieu Briere managed to TQ all three qualification rounds and he also took the overall win after coming out on top in the opening two A-mains. The 2nd place was taken by Antonio Da Silva and 3rd went to Sébastien Carrere who rounded out an all-Xray podium.

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September 21, 2017

Rick Vessell joins Wallace Motorsports

Wallace Motorsports have announced the addition of Rick Vessell to their growing team. Rick will be using WRC products for his racing through out 2018, starting with the STX and F-One lines. With his many years of experience within the RC business and racing industry Rick is set to show the potential of the WRC products and help provide trackside support for WRC customers through out the US.

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]