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August 24, 2013

FEMCA title a ‘Special win’ for Hara

FEMCA title a 'Special win' for Hara

8-days on from making the shock announcement that after 13 years of racing for HB the had left the team, Atsushi Hara claimed a ‘special win’ today as he became the FEMCA 1:8 Offroad Champion after a near perfect day at Fengtai Raceway in China. Racing as a privateer with a Mugen that he went out to a hobby shop and bought himself, the Japanese ace won the 1-hour final easily from Top Qualifier Dani Choi and Sheng Chie Huang who had a great battle towards the end of the race.

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August 24, 2013

Proline Indoor Championship – Report

The Proline Indoor Championships were hosted by Arizona’s newest indoor RC facility Warehouse 3. Due to the amazing turnout of 327 entries the format was shortened from 4 qualifiers to 3 qualifiers but still using the standard qualifying points format with this being only a two day event. Things started off good for the TLR team with Charles Hicks taking the round 1 TQ of Modified Truck, Chris Wheeler then TQ the first round of both Mod SC in mid motor and 2WD Modified Buggy. Trevor Clement would TQ Pro 4 SC. Round 2 would have Charles again taking the TQ in Modified Truck to clinch the overall TQ position, Trevor and Chris also took the TQ in their respective classes. Charles TQ’d the 3rd and final round of Truck Modified for a clean sweep as did Chris in the Pro 2 class. Kevin Kimberly took the final round of Pro 4 for a TLR sweep of qualifying in that class.

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August 24, 2013

Vekemans wins Superstock at Belgian champs Rd6

Geoffrey Vekemans wins Superstock at Belgian champs Rd6

During the 6th round of the Belgian electric touring car championships it was Gregory Werniers who took TQ in the Superstock class. A strong Olivier Riffon managed to put his car on the second spot with Christophe Charlier ending up in third place after the qualifiers. At the start of the first final Christophe Charlier was hit by trouble forcing him to start late. Meanwhile Gregory was in the lead and Olivier Riffon made a mistake in lap 2. Geoffrey Vekemans was hunting Stephane Roufosse and Gregory was not able to get away from Stephane and Geoffrey. Gregory made a mistake in lap 8 and Geoffrey took the lead after passing Stephane. This handed him the win in front of Stephane and Gregory.

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August 24, 2013

Wurst & Lenaers are 2013 Western German champs

Christian Wurst and John Lenaers are the Western German 1/8th nitro on-road champions. Serpent racer Wurst took the title and the prestigious #1 start number for the 2014 season in class 1, Mugen driver Lenaers caught the title in class 2. The decisions about both titles were taken at the fourth and final round at Oberhausen that, for the first time in the 2013 season, was spoiled by rain. Enjoying a permanent #1 start number in 2013, Uwe Baldes entered the final race as the reigning champion and also as the leader in the class 1 ranking after three rounds, equal on points with Xray racer Claus Nauth, with Karl-Heinz Meister on the third spot. The initial position was clear, seven racers were able to fight for the crown in Oberhausen.

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August 24, 2013

Hara on pole for FEMCA final

Atsushi Hara is on pole position for the 1:8 Offroad FEMCA Championships after the Japanese ace convincingly won his Semi final in the faster time. A lack of clarity in the ruling meant there was a long wait before the grid was finalised with officials disagreeing on the interpretation of the rule. JMRCA representatives were adamant that the rule should see the pole position go to the winner of the odd Semi final as this was deemed the faster race as it contained the Top Qualifier. With Sheng Chie Huang beating Top Qualifier Dani Choi this would have but the Taiwanese driver on the pole for the 1-hour title deciding race. In the end a call to IFMAR’s Sander De Graaf saw the ruling interpreted as the driver with the fastest time from the 2 Semi finals getting pole position, Hara’s time being 2 laps faster than that of Huang.

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August 23, 2013

STRC SCX10 gun metal anodised alloy parts

ST Racing Concepts introduce new option parts for the Axial SCX10 by re-releasing their AX10 option parts that work with the SCX10 chassis. The parts come in a new-to-the-product-line gun metal anodising and include CNC machined aluminium C-hubs, steering knuckles, 4-link plates, steering links and rear lock-outs. Available in black, silver, green and now in gun metal colour.

Source: STRC [teamstrc.com]

August 23, 2013

Chris Miller wins at 2013 Proline Indoor Champs

The 2013 Proline Indoor Championships was held at the Warehouse 3 in Peoria, AZ. The race had a total of 327 entries with racers from all around showed up for some great racing and good times. Tekin’s Chris Miller was able to secure the 2WD SC Pro Lite division over 37 other entries. He continued to have a good event taking 1st in the 4wD Mod Buggy class with his Durango buggy over nearly 30 other entries.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

August 23, 2013

Nick Joosens wins at Belgian TC nationals Rd6

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The 6th round of the Belgian 1/10 Electro Touring Car championship was held at the excellent MRCL track in Bierset. The weather was superb on Saturday but come Sunday it started to rain. With a mix of dry moments and rain showers, qualification was difficult for everyone. Manuel Henriet set the fastest time with his Awesomatix, with Nicolas Delisé in second place and Bart Van Sande taking the third spot on the grid in the Efra class.

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