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November 5, 2014

Swauger & Breton win at ROAR On-road Fuel Nationals

The 2014 ROAR Fuel On-Road Nationals were held at the Ft. Myers RC Car Club in Ft. Myers, Florida. In the 1/8th Open On-road class it was Paolo Morganti (Serpent) who took the TQ for finals and he even led the main for most of the time but a problem cost him dearly, handing the win to Mike Swauger (Xray). Joaquin Desoto Jr rounded out the podium some 10 laps down on Paolo. Those three drivers were the only to complete the full 45 minute final with 4th placed Tony Rice only running for 42 minutes. Ralph Burch had to end his race after two third of the distance but he still made the top 5. In the 1/8th Masters class Chuck Moon took the TQ but it was Peter Breton who grabbed the overall win from Don Jones in 2nd and Rick Davis in 3rd to make it an all-Serpent podium. TQ Chuck Moon came in 4th while Jim Rice rounded out the top 5.

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November 5, 2014

Mike Lyday wins first ever US GT8 national

The first ever US GT8 national saw Joaquin Desoto taking the TQ for the final but he got into trouble in the first minute allowing Mike Lyday to storm into the lead. Mid-race Mike had already built a 4-lap lead over the 2nd place driver which allowed him to take it easy and to cruise to the win in the 45 minute final.

Source: Sweep [sweepracingusa.com]

November 4, 2014

BRCA 1/12th nationals Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the 2014/15 BRCA 1/12th Scale Nationals took place at Tonbridge in West Kent last weekend. A large and highly technical track layout greeted the drivers and for the brits who attended last month’s IFMAR World Championships in Florida the sight of a technical layout and good grip levels was very welcome. The weekend is split into two separate race meetings, with classes for 13.5 and 10.5 stock on Saturday and 10.5 and Open Modified on Sunday. In the 10.5 Stock class, Olly Jefferies was in commanding form driving his Reedy and LRP-powered Xray chassis. He won all four rounds of qualifying and was top qualifier ahead of reigning British Champion in this class David Spashett, driving the Zen-Racing car he has designed and developed himself. Mark Stiles was 3rd for Yokomo/Reedy.

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November 4, 2014

Shepherd Velox E8 1/8th electric on-road kit – Preview

Shepherd have a first official preview of the Velox E8 1/8th electric on-road kit available. After collecting first experience with a conversion kit developed in cooperation with Swiss company TTB Shepherd now introduce a purpose-designed car based on the European Championship winning Velox V8 EC. The car features some new design approaches such as the use of a single 6S LiPo mounted in the same area as the fuel tank on nitro-powered cars with a suitable battery being available soon from Shepherd and other manufacturers. Taken over from the nitro sibling are the suspension, the 3-belt drive train and other features like the laydown steering servo. Another feature is the possibility to mount standard 1/8 brushless motors and ESCs as well as the high-end components of Swiss company TTB without any additional parts needed. For the use of standard components a 7075-T6 aluminium motor mount and a carbon plate for the ESC are included in the kit while the TTB combo can be mounted directly to the chassis plate. Also included will be a high-quality 7075 T6 aluminium chassis plate for optimized engine cooling with a carbon insert to protect the battery from heating up. The kit is set for a release in December with more details and images becoming available soon.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 4, 2014

Markus Hellquist wins at SSIC Rd1

The first round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup for electric touring cars was was held in Vaxjo on a small to medium sized track with quite an open layout and good traction. In the practice rounds Markus Hellquist set a first benchmark by pulling the fastest times in front of Daniel Carlsson and Jonas Andersson. After 3 rounds of qualifying with the best round to count the order kept the same, with Hellquist being 7 seconds ahead of Daniel Carlsson, and 10 seconds ahead of Jonas Andersson.

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November 4, 2014

Elliott Harper announces departure from Durango

Former World Championship podium finisher Elliott Harper has confirmed that he has left Team Durango. The British racer has made the announcement following Durango’s news yesterday that they are dissolving their factory team. The former TRF team driver, who has helped with the development of Durango’s touring car project since signing for the UK based team back in early 2013 had the following to say:

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time racing for the UK-based Team Durango, and we have achieved some great results together. The highlights have been A main appearances at both the 2013 and 2014 European Championships, with a 3rd place podium finish in 2013. I would like to thank everyone at the team for their work and support over the past years and I wish them all the best for the future. However, I felt now was the right time for a change and for me to pursue new ventures. Therefore, I am grateful to Team Durango for agreeing to an early release from my current contract and happy that we part on good terms. I have not made any other decisions yet, and do not currently know where my future lies, but I will now take my time to carefully choose my new destination. My aim is to contend for the UK National title and podium results at ETS events, the European Championships and, importantly, the World Championship in Beijing in 2016. I am confident I will find the right team to give me the support necessary to achieve those goals. I would like to thank all my sponsors and friends worldwide for their on-going support, and I look forward to seeing everyone trackside very soon.

November 4, 2014

Golobic & Recio win at South American Championships

The South American Nitro On-road Championships took place this past weekend at the Hernan Matticoli track in Buenos Aires. The event saw a massive turn out on drivers from five different countries including Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Argentina. A total of 110 drivers attended the on-road classes of 1/8th, 10th and 1/8th GT. In the 1/8th class Juan Pablo Golobic (Capricorn/Novarossi) took the win from Sebastián Recio (Capricorn/Novarossi) and Flavio Elias (Mugen/Novarossi). In the 1/10th 2oomm class Sebastián Recio (Capricorn/Novarossi) came out successful in front of Juan Pablo Golobic (Capricorn/Novarossi) and Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi).

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November 4, 2014

Ian Rickery doubles at South Islands On-Road Champs

Ian Rickery took the double-win at the 2014 South Island On-Road Championships hosted by the Otago R/C Car Club in Dunedin, New Zealand. Ian won the in Modified Touring Car class and backed it up with an impressive 1/12 Modified win.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]