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October 7, 2013

Tobias Weist wins RC LeMans Series Rd7

The 7th and final round of the RC LeMans Series took place at the Model Race Genk track in Belgium. Dry weather on Saturday meant top conditions for the practice runs in which the top drivers scrapped on the old track record. After Sunday’s qualifiers Tobias Weist took TQ with a 20 laps run in front of Tim Altmann and Sven Stoffels. Come the finals Tobias and Tim battled for the top spot with both deciding one of the three A mains. The decisive race ultimately went to Tobias as Tim made a rare mistake denying him the win. Frank Büsener came in second, Tim finished third. Sven Stoffels, third after the qualifiers but not on the podium, had a bit of a relief by setting a new track record in A main number three with a 15.093.

Source: RC LeMans Series [rc-lemans.de]

October 7, 2013

Shimo tops final Day 2 practice in Japan

Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo topped the final round of free practice bringing Day 2 of the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Japan to a close. The Pre Worlds race winner managed a time of 49.515 over 3-consecutive laps in the sixth of the day’s 8-minute practice runs followed closely by Serpent’s Tadahiko Sahashi (49.564) and KM Racing’s Keisuke Fukuda (49.803). Overall the fastest time of the day (49.207) was set by Team Shepherd’s Jilles Groskamp in the second of the cooler morning runs while in the final practice the Top European was his team-mate Oliver Mack who posted the 4th fastest time.

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October 7, 2013

Vejrak fastest in FP4

While Jilles Groskamp’s time set in the morning’s second practice remains the fastest time, it was KM Racing’s Meen Vejrak who topped Day 2’s fourth round of free practice at the 1:8 World Championships in Japan. The 200mm World Champion set the fastest 3-consecutive laps in a time of 49.687 with FP3 pace setter Tadahiko Sahashi (49.759) second fastest. Posting identical times (49.897) Team Shepherd’s Oliver Mack and Mugen’s Takaahi Shimo posted the third fastest time followed by KM Racing’s Adrien Bertin. Transponder problems meant Groskamp failed to register a time in both FP3 & 4 but the Dutch ace was still happy with his Shepherd and in particular in FP4 during which the sun finally broke cover over the Keitune Racing Speedway.

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October 7, 2013

Groskamp sets early pace in Japan

Jilles Groskamp set the early pace on Day 2 of practice for the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Chiba, Japan. After two of six rounds which make up today’s schedule at the Keitune Racing Speedway, the Team Shepherd driver set the fastest three consecutive laps with a time of 49.207 followed closely by Serpent’s Yuya Sahashi (49.249) and the Mugen of Pre Worlds race winner Takaahi Shimo (49.286). An event that marks the debut for HB in what many view as the Formula 1 category of R/C, Hideo Kitazawa took his R8 to the fourth fastest while Teemu Leino was the second fastest non-Japanese driver, the Finn posting the 6th fastest time ahead of 200mm World Champion Meen Vejrak.

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October 6, 2013

Joe Kerry takes Rd9 of British 200mm Nats

The last round of the 2013 British 200mm National series took place at the fantastic Cotswold circuit at Kemble airfield. The conditions were much better than expected with dry weather all weekend and even some sunshine on the Sunday as well. This gave all drivers plenty of time to find the right set-up on Saturday. At the end of practice it was Joe Kerry setting the pace with his O.S. powered Serpent 747 consistently hitting 16.1 laptimes.

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October 6, 2013

New World Champion to be crowned in Japan

1:8 Onroad is set to crown a new World Champion this week with the news that reigning World Champion Robert Pietsch has not made the trip to Japan for the 18th running of IFMAR’s longest running World Championships. The German has been forced to miss the chance to defend his title due to being struck down with pneumonia. Having attended the Warm-up Race at the Keitune Racing Speedway back in May, the Mugen driver struggled while fellow Mugen driver & World title favourite Takaaki Shimo using O.S. dominated with many rumours circulating since then that Novarossi were struggling to get their engines to suit the specialised track. Having received an e-mail along with a medical cert from Pietsch, his fuel sponsor Jarb Ratanarat of Maxima said its a real shame the strong advocate of onroad nitro racing can’t attend as he feels despite his showing at the Warm-up race he believes he would have had a real chance at a second title.

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October 5, 2013

ORRCA Queensland On-Road EP Titles – Report

The ORRCA Queensland On-Road EP titles were held at the Bayside track in Brisbane with some fierce competition, and some impressive results. The annual event is always held at the last weekend of September to coincide with the school holidays, to encourage young drivers into the sport. The Modified class saw the Australian champion, Kyosho driver Simon Nicholson taking the TQ and race win with Corey Broadstock (Yokomo) 2nd and Jason Dorn (Hot Bodies) in 3rd.

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October 5, 2013

Xray Moravia & Slovakia Cup – Announcement

Xray announce the seven round Xray Challenge Moravia and Slovakia Cup. The cup will be held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia on seven weekends starting at the 19th of October with the last round being held at the 29th of March 2014. The race schedule sees open practice on the Friday afternoons with three qualifiers and finals being run on Saturday. Classes run at the events are 2WD and 4WD Buggy, Formula, Formula Classic, Pan Car 1/10, Touring Car 21.5T Blinky, Touring Car 17.5T Blinky and Touring Car Modified. More information and all dates can be found here.