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April 16, 2016

JJ Wang dominates AOC season opener

With a very strong performance in A2, LRP driver JJ Wang has taken overall victory at the opening round of the AOC held at RCI V2 in Shanghai. In a straight up battle with Ronald Volker the local ace took a decisive win over the German, ending the Yokomo driver’s 100% winning record at the AOC. Jan Ratheisky improved upon his A1 finish by taking 3rd place after another incident involving Naoto Matsukura, this time with Jilles Groskamp, allowed him to get through. Naoto would recover from 6th to 4th after a very late incident between the Dutch driver and local driver Rocket Zhang.

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April 16, 2016

WRC Racing F-One/LM16 titanium rear axle

Coming from Italian company WRC is a titanium rear axle for the F-One and LM16 1/10th scale pan cars. True running and light of weight yet very rigid the axle is a direct replacement for the stock part on WRC’s formula and endurance pan car kits.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

April 16, 2016

JJ Wang takes easy A1 in Shanghai

Local ace JJ Wang has taken a clear win in the first Modified A-main at RCI V2 in Shanghai, taking the hole shot and never being challenged, also helped by an early incident between Ronald Volker and Naoto Matsukura that allowed him to build an early gap. The beneficiary of the incident was Jilles Groskamp, who managed to sneak passed the carnage and up into 2nd. A mid race pass on 4th place finisher Jan Ratheisky gave Chinese legend Motor King the 3rd position.

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April 16, 2016

Protoform WCICS Rd8 – Report

The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series round 8 finals brought racing excitement to Canada’s beleaguered Oil capital, Calgary, and was met by the largest turnout ever for a carpet race in Alberta. Hosted by CarCar it was a great Finals race weekend. As usual, CarCar’s long time track director Jim created a layout that perfectly balanced driving skills in the tight sections, with multiple passing opportunities. In the Touring Modified class TQ, Xray’s Blake Bell would lead from the tone for the first 5 laps, when an infield touch would drop him to 2nd, and Team Associated’s Peter Toszer would take the lead. A pattern that would repeat several times during this great race, with Team Awesomatix’ Wayne Mah joining the party in the second half. The last 10 laps were nose to tail, some of the best racing all weekend, with Toszer/Bell/Mah coming across the line just a second apart.

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April 16, 2016

Wang takes rocket round to TQ AOC

JJ Wang is top qualifier in Shanghai having topped the final round in qualifying in what were quicker track conditions as heavy rain outside lowered the track temperature and increased humidity. The only driver to manage a 31 lap run all weekend, he also set a new fastest lap on his way to the top spot. Ronald Volker will start 2nd, having also improved his time despite a heavy hit against the barriers early in the race tweaked his car. Naoto Matsukura takes 3rd with a solid run that saw him break into the 9 second lap times, leap frogging a disappointed Jilles Groskamp who also made a mistake and will now start from fourth on the grid.

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April 15, 2016

Jonathan Yeung teams up with Tekno RC

Tekno RC have announced the signing of Hong Kong based Jonathan Yeung to their team. Jonathan at the age of 13 has already won the 2015 National Chinese championship and a numerous other events in China and abroad. He will use the company’s EB48.3 and NB48.3 1/8th buggies and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am excited to be part of Tekno Team! The latest EB48.3 and NB48.3 are outstanding in performance and reliability. I have no doubt that teaming up with Tekno can help me to reach higher level in RC racing. I would like to thank Tekno RC for offering me this chance to join the team and I am looking forward to a successful year and a great 1/8 nitro buggy race in Las Vegas Worlds later this year.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

April 15, 2016

Van Helmond & Mullink win at Helmond Kickoff Race

The recent Helmond Kickoff Race attracted about 100 entries with drivers coming from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Xray pilot Jarno Pijpers started from pole position into the Nitro Buggy main after winning the semifinals. At first he was in a battle with Bart Mullink (Agama) until Wesley van Helmond (TLR) made it a triple up front. All three were in a position to win the race and ultimately it was Wesley who brought home the win from Jarno, who was able to pass Bart for the runner-up spot.

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April 15, 2016

Tasos Paparegas successful at Greek EP Buggy opener

The opening round of the Greek 1/10th Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the new clay track of the Zorri RC facility in Athens. In the 4WD class Tasos Paparegas would start into the race with a strong showing in the qualifiers in which he kept Ntelmpenteris and John Paparegas behind in second and third respectively. The finals then were a pretty intense affair but Tasos managed to bring home the win in all legs to grab the overall victory from Ntelmpenteris in second and Amaxas in third.

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