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February 19, 2017

Landen Lewis sweeps Forever Heroes Memorial race

Chehaw Raceway of Georgia recently held the Forever Heroes Memorial race to raise money for the good cause. The small and dusty track was a challenge to any racer with the mindset, “fast is faster”. A slower, more stable vehicle was far superior and Chandler Elliott (Mugen) would take the TQ in the Pro Nitro Buggy class while Landen Lewis (Xray) came out fastest in the Pro E-Buggy qualifiers. Ultimately Landen would walk away with the win in the Pro Nitro Buggy class from Kyosho’s Mickey Griffin and TLR driver Allen Krier and Landen would also sweep the Pro E-Buggy category by taking the day’s win from Mickey Griffin (Kyosho) in second and Larry Cromontia (Mugen) in third.

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February 19, 2017

Nathan Wincek doubles at Lake Park club race

The Lake Park R/C of Florida, USA recently held a club race that saw Nathan Wincek walking away with the win in the 4WD Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy class. Coming from the 3 spot on the 4WD grid the Xray driver took the lead on the second lap and he held off the charge of Ben Pinover (Xray) and carried on for the win. Ben would come in second from third placed Josh Dasch (Team Associated). In 1/8th E-Buggy Nathan TQ’d and he was under pressure early from Jim Hess (TLR) and then later Ben Pinover (TLR) but he was able to lead from the start and go on to take the win from Ben and Jim.

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February 19, 2017

Dutch Tamiya Cup Rd1 – Report

The Dutch Tamiya Cup series recently kicked off at the Racing Arena Limburg indoor track. The 30x14m track laid out with ETS carpet offered a technical layout that made for some entertaining races. The event was held in six different classes including Fighter Buggy, TT01/02 Top Stock, Euro TC and Euro GT. Also run was a Formula class and of course M-Chassis. To spice up racing, the organisers decided to use a different format of two seven minute qualifiers and two mains with the first leg being a seven minute sprint, followed by a ten minute “reverse order start” leg 2 that sees the winner of the opening leg start from P6 while the sixth place driver will start from pole and so on. The whole event was held in a very relaxed and laid back atmosphere and in the fastest class of Euro GT, Florian Joos put his TRF car on pole, followed by Robert Krens. The battle for third was won by Michel van der Velden, just in front of Martijn van der Heijden.

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February 19, 2017

Lee win A2 after Coelho & Hagberg errors

Nicholas Lee has won the second A-Main of the TITC, the Yokomo driver benefiting from errors from race leaders Bruno Coelho and Alexander Hagberg, both incidents delaying a very unlucky Jilles Groskamp. From the start Groskamp had Coelho under intense pressure and on the fourth lap the Xray driver would roll trying to keep the door closed on the Infinity driver. Trying to avoid the Top Qualifier, Groskamp would have to take to the infield allowing third place starter Hagberg into the lead but four laps later he would do almost a carbon copy of his team-mates error. With Groskamp all over the 2015 Champion, on the exact same corner Hagberg was also to roll again, Groskamp having to take evasive action only this time it would end his challenge for both the leg win and that ‘dream’ TITC victory that eludes him. With Lee going to the front after the second incident he would pull clear to add a win to his A1 second place with Andy Moore, from 9th on the grid, finishing 2nd ahead of Infinity team-mate Chavit Sirigupta and Hagberg.

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February 19, 2017

Black Fabrica cleaning glass jar

Black Fabrica have introduced the cleaning glass jar. The convenient pit accessory is usable for differential and drivetrain parts cleaning as the glass will take no harm from popular cleaning solvents such as degreaser, citrus cleaner, lighter fluid, etc. and it is also homes in handy when emptying shocks or differentials. The height and stability of the glass jar reduces likelihood of spilling in the pit area. On top of this the sturdy container can take parts and accessories and it features a plastic screw-on lid that sports a carbon fibre appliqué revealing the Black Fabrica factory logo. The US-made jar measures 60x54mm and it is available now.

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February 19, 2017

Easy A1 win for Coelho with frantic finish for 2nd

Bruno Coelho took an easy win in the opening A-Main of the TITC, the Top Qualifier able to fend off an early challenge from Jilles Groskamp to cruise home to a winning margin of over 6-seconds from Nicholas Lee. While the leader had a straight forward race the battle for second would end more spectacular fashion as Yokomo team-mates Nicolas Lee and Ronald Volker reeled in a slowing Groskamp. With a lack of race announcements creating confusion as what stage the race was at, Lee, thinking it was the last lap, would attempt a pass on Groskamp into the final corner. Hitting the Infinity driver, causing the Dutchman a body tuck, then Volker, trying to capitalise on the incident, would hit his team-mate but the impact stripped his spur gear. Unfortunately for Volker, the race still had another lap to go. With Lee thinking that the race was finished he initially stopped after his contact with Groskamp who continued but on hearing the crowd reaction continued on the lap but Groskamp would spin out allowing him to go by for second. With the incident causing Groskamp’s last lap not to count the result would initially show Volker, with a 4:59.563, third but bringing the error to the attention of race control he was given back the lap demoting Volker a lap down to fourth.

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February 19, 2017

Coelho Top Qualifier at TITC

Bruno Coelho is the Top Qualifier at the TITC after an exciting final qualifier at Infinity Addict Circuit. After taking both of yesterday’s qualifiers, Coelho was the only driver who could deny Jilles Groskamp his first overall TQ at the famous Asia race and initially it looked like the Infinity driver was about fill that void. With Coelho’s Xray coming good from the mid race, the Portuguese driver would start to close the gap and as the heat entered the final minute it was apparent Groskamp was starting to struggle. With Coelho already ahead on the timing screens, Groskamp’s would attempt to keep his dream alive running a tight line off the straight but clipping the curb flipped off the track. While all the attention was on Groskamp and Coelho, Alexander Hagberg was all the time closing on his team-mate but in the end came up 3/10ths short. With Coelho and Groskamp sharing TQ runs each it was Coelho’s time from last night’s Q5 rocket round which would secure the defending champion his second consecutive TITC TQ. With Groskamp second and Hagberg third, Nicolas Lee starts fourth as the best Yokomo ahead of Akio Sobue, whose attempt to try to take third on the grid from Hagberg didn’t materialise. World Champion Ronald Volker would complete the Top 6 on the grid, the 2014 TITC winner very critical of the track conditions drivers faced in the final qualifier.

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February 18, 2017

TITC TQ to be decided in final qualifier

Day 2 of qualifying at the TITC in Bangkok would turn out to be Bruno Coelho’s day with the Xray driver backing up his TQ run in Q4 to take the penultimate round of qualifying over team-mate Alexander Hagberg. A day that consisted of just two qualifiers, the result means it will be the morning before the Top Qualifier of the 15th running of Asia’s biggest race is decided in the sixth and final round, that set to be a shootout behind the defending champion and Day 1 dominator Jilles Groskamp. While Groskamp has three TQ runs compared to Coelho’s two, the Portuguese driver goes into the final round knowing he has the upper hand should it go to a tie break having just posted the fastest qualifying time so far. With Modified first on track in the morning for Q6, the Infinity Addict Circuit is expected to be much slower. After his bearing failure off the start of Q4, Groskamp’s day didn’t get much better with him struggling with a big drop off in pace, the Dutchman deciding not to complete the full 5-minutes. It would be Akio Sobue who would set the early TQ pace but the Infinity driver would also suffer a drop off, falling back behind the two Xrays but holding onto P3 just ahead of Ronald Volker.

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