Last weekend’s Korean Sweep Challenge saw new Serpent Korea recruit, Wonseok Jang walking away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. In a field of 120 drivers Wonseok Jang took the TQ after the qualifiers and he went on to win the A-main from Kyosho’s Dani Choi while Bumkyu Kim (Tekno) rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The JConcepts Spring Indoor National Series was held at the Pacific Northwest’s premier offroad dirt track better known as Tacoma R/C Raceway in Tacoma, Washington this past weekend. Since the addition of TRCR to the Indoor National Series two years ago, the 3rd edition of the Spring INS has definitely grown in popularity and has become the Pacific NW’s biggest race. This year’s event attracted drivers from all four corners of the United States as well as pulling in a few racers from Canada to make for an ultra-competitive field of drivers all battling for the Spring Championship title.
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The fourth round of the RC Cannibals Renti championship was held at the Athen-based RC Cannibals Renti track. Nikos Vasiliades would take the day’s win from Tamouratzis in second and Korinis, who rounded out the top 3 result.
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Round six of Singapore’s Urban Touring Series was held the past weekend. Xray’s Dominic Quek started out strong with the fastest run in all qualifying rounds, to take the TQ in the Open class while Tamiya driver Ng Wei Quan secured the TQ in the 17.5 Non-Boost category. In the finals, Esmail Apandi (Awesomatix) would bounce back to win the opening A-main as Dominic scored a DNF due to a stripped spur gear. Colin Tong (Xray) would finish 2nd. In leg 2, Dominic held on to his early lead before a small mistake allowed Esmail through to take the win. In the final leg, Dominic would once again suffer a DNF due to a blown tyre, and Esmail would make it a perfect three out of three with another win.
The third round of the Czech Open series was held on the tight and bumpy track in Mlada Boleslav. Xray’s Kaja Novotny would TQ round one and two of the qualifiers to grab the overall TQ and after some tough semi finals, with the track becoming more and more bumpy, Kaja would also put his car on the 1 spot for the main final. Right from the start of the A-main Kaja, on a different tyre choice than in the qualifiers and semi, was able to gap the field but problems during the second and third fuel stop made things interesting again. With a last lap pass though Kaja was able to grab the win from Serpent’s Jiri Mara in second and Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) in third. Elsewhere in the Junior class standings Frantisek Kalenda (Xray) would come out successful thanks to making the A-main.
The second round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway and in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was TLR’s Tanner Denney who brought home the win in the 10 minute single A-main format. Behind him Team Associated’s Jake Mayo ended the race some 17 seconds down in second while a lap down Steve Harris (Mugen) had to settle for third.
Image: Tanner Denney
Round three of the British 200mm Nationals was held at the fast Halifax track. The weather was very good with temperatures around 25 Degrees Celsius and Saturday’s practice saw Joe Kerry setting the pace getting down to 16.0 laptimes, with his best only 0.06 from the lap record. Alex Thurston was second quickest around 0.4 seconds back, just ahead of Matthew Cook who was third fastest. Overnight rain washed away some of the grip so it took a little while to build it up again on Sunday. By the end of qualifying it was Kerry who took the TQ with a time of 19/311.78.
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Italian company Reds Racing have introduced the Gen2 venturi inserts for 3.5cc off-road and on-road engines. The off-road specific Gen2 venturis are available in 6mm, 6.5mm, 7mm and a new 7.5mm variant with the innovative design improving fuel mileage and torque while also making for better tuning stability. The on-road Gen2 venturi is available in 8mm, 8.5mm and 9mm variants and it features a higher torque, maintaining mid and top range power and fuel consumption.
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