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October 8, 2014

Matsukura cruises to unchallenged TQ in Florida

Naoto Matsukura has cruised his way to an unchallenged fourth consecutive 1:12 World Championship TQ wrapping up qualifying in Florida early with another fastest run in the fourth of the six scheduled qualifiers. The Yokomo driver was again the only driver to turn 53 laps of the Minnreg Hall making it four from four by taking Q4 from rapid American Donny Lia who set a new track record with an 8.822 lap time. Matsukura’s Yokomo team-mate Masatsugu Ido would complete the Top 3. Such was Matsukura’s pace that over the 8-minutes he ran a full lap more than that of fourth place finisher Hideo Kitazawa.

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October 7, 2014

3 out 3 for Matsukura in Florida

At a somewhat subdued 1:12 World Championship, only 44 drivers contesting the longest running electric category World Championships, Naoto Matsukura made it three out three in qualifying at the Florida event. Round 3 of qualifying saw the Yokomo driver again top the times as he became the first & only driver to run 53-laps over 8-minutes to put himself on provisional pole for his quest for a fourth consecutive title. With 3 from 6 rounds to count the only way the Japanese driver can now be denied becoming Top Qualifier is for one driver to top all three remaining qualifiers, the last of which takes place tomorrow morning. Behind Matsukura the continually improving Marc Rheinard, who was 4th in Q1 and 3rd in Q2, set the second fastest time with Hideo Kitazawa completing the Top 3.

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October 7, 2014

Gridworks G-Daub traction compound bottles

Gridworks Racing introduce the G-Daub Traction Bottle, the first product released by the company. The tyre sauce bottles are the perfect solution for racers who want to store their preferred traction compounds in a leakproof bottle that offers lifetime construction, rewritable labels, colour coding, compound concealment, replaceable applicators and more. They are constructed of quality glass and will not become discoloured by the compound. Additionally, the glass bottles are safe for the environment and will not require replacement. The bottles include high quality rewritable labels and come in packs of three including coloured labels that can be affixed to the top for easy identification of different compounds in crowded hauler bags.

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October 7, 2014

Matsukura opens 1:12 Worlds with TQ run

Defending Champion Naoto Matsukura opened qualifying at the 1:12 World Championship in Florida with a TQ run, the Yokomo driver setting the pace over fellow Japanese driver Hideo Kitazawa and Masatsugu Ido. Having convincingly stamped his authority on practice yesterday to be top seed for qualifying, an early crash put Alexander Hagberg out of contention, the Xray driver eventually ending up 11th at the end of the first of the six 8-minute qualifiers.

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October 7, 2014

Lembeck & Greiner win at Oktoberfestpokal

The MCC Türkheim’s Oktoberfestpokal was held this past weekend with over 30 drivers in attendance in the 1/8th nitro on-road and 1/10th 200mm classes. In the 1/8th category Oliver Lembeck took the win from Toni Gruber and Christoph Pietsch while in the 200mm class Dominic Greiner came out successful. The runner-up spot was taken by Toni Gruber while Julian Gaisbauer completed the podium in the 1/10th class.

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October 7, 2014

David Perez takes Spanish Touring Car Modified title

The 4th and the final round of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Valladolid, Spain. During the practice it became clear that David Perez and Johnny Pastor both showed a very good pace making them the event favourites. In the following qualification David made his intentions clear by winning five out of the six rounds to take the overall TQ. For the finals David made some tweaks to the setup of his car but the changes actually slowed his pace allowing Johnny to catch up. Thanks to some tremendous driving David still was able to take the win in the first to A-mains to take the win and the overall Touring Car Modified title and his 3rd national title in a row.

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October 7, 2014

Rebels Race Trutnov Rd1 – Report

The first Rebels Race carpet race of the Winter season 2014/15 was held in Trutnov, in the North of the Czech Republic. The series boasts of a high organisation level, great competition and friendly environment and it is run in the four classes of Touring Car Open, Touring Car Stock, Formula and Hobby. In the Open class Kuba Simurda started out strong into the season by taking the TQ and the overall win. The race for the runner-up spot was on between Vita Hola and Michal Blahovsky and at the end Michal came out successful while Vita grabbed himself the last remaining podium spot. Jirka Janousek, having a comeback to RC car racing, finished in 4th with the top 5 being rounded out by Polish driver Wojciech Rozwadovski.

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October 7, 2014

Ric Bartolozzi takes Australian 1/8th on-road title

The 2014 AARCMCC South Australian IC National Titles were held last weekend with 25 drivers attending in the 1/8th on-road class. Steven Jovanovic (Capricorn) grabbed the TQ after the qualifiers from Jeff Hamon (Mugen) and Peter Jovanovic (Capricorn). The 45 minute final than saw the early retirements of the two Jovanovic’s making way for Ric Bartolozzi (Serpent) who took the win and the South Australian title some four laps in front of Tim West (Mugen) and Leight Dytor.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]