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March 18, 2013

EFRA 1/8 IC track EC spots available

It has been over twenty years since the premier event for 1/8 IC track last visited the UK. On 22nd to 27th July 2013 you are invited to be part of this spectacular event to take place in the north of England at the Halifax track. The fast flowing circuit successfully hosted the 1/10 IC 200mm European championships in 2006 and has since been improved further to host this event for 1/8 drivers. The warm up event takes place 1st and 2nd June. Nearby airports include Leeds Bradford and Manchester providing a link to those travelling from central Europe. Many ferries are also available to the UK. Find more information on the dedicated event site.

March 18, 2013

Tomi Mairue wins Finntrack Prostock class

Last weekend saw the last race of the Finntrack Championship in icy Finland. The race took place in the town of Mynamaki, near Turku. The Prostock class has been the most competitive in the series, with way over 60 racers. The four race series saw four different winners and the races proved to be ultra competitive with just one to two tenths of a second per lap separating about 15 top racers from each others. Team EuroRC/Yokomo has been pretty solid from the first race to the last, with a really strong team and the new BD7 car. The series was finally won by Team EuroRC/Yokomo BD7 driver Tomi Mairue. Tomi drove a solid series with three second place finishes and one win placing him in front of Arto Heinonen’s Serpent and Jarkko Mustonen, who also drove Yokomo BD7.

Source: EuroRC [eurorc.com]

March 18, 2013

Protoform Gianna GT teaser

Protoform got in touch to show us this teaser image of their upcoming Gianna GT World GT body shell. We do not have more information about it other than this rendering but we heard the body will make its first public appearance within the next two weeks.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]

March 18, 2013

McKenzie & Williamson win HNMC Rd9

The ninth round of the HNMC Winter series took place at the club’s astro turf track rather than the dirt venue due to best British weather conditions. 51 races braved the conditions and it was Kevin Brunsden who dominated qualifying in buggy with Richard Cousins taken TQ in the truggy class. Richard was not able to conserve his position in the finals with Kong McKenzie taking the win from Callum Niblett and Gary Brace. In the truggy class Ian Williamson was able to steel the win from TQ Richard who had James Morl in tow. Round number 10 of the Winter series will take place at the weekend of the 31st of March.

Click here to view the truggy podium

March 18, 2013

DJ Apolaro wins at Copa Del Pacifico

The Copa Del Pacifico was run in Peru at a very demanding permanent on-road track with extreme bumps and very high traction. During the qualifiers the race was on between DJ Apolaro and Pablo Morganti, both posted very quick times and it was Pablo who took TQ for the semifinals the fastest drivers had to go through as there was no direct qualification. DJ had used the qualifiers to work on the car setup for the final and his strategy should pay off as he ended up with a fast and easy to drive car whereas Pablo seemed to struggle with setup. From the beginning of the A main DJ was able to pull away from the field and even a tire change and a stripped belt in the closing minutes of the race did not stop the Capricorn driver who won the race seven laps ahead of Pablo Morganti with Fabrizio Martello taking the position on the podium.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

March 18, 2013

JJ Wang wins big at China SMP Opening Race

Team C team driver JJ Wang took a clean sweep in three classes at the opening race of the new SMP off road track in Shanghai, China. Driving his Thunder powered Team C TM2 and T4, JJ won both the 2WD and 4WD buggy class including taking TQ in 2WD. In the 4WD Short Course class, it was a real battle between Horizon’s newly signed Hong Kong factory driver Frankie and JJ but in the end, the latter took the victory with his TS4 completing a sweep of three classes at the inaugural race.

Click here to see the other podiums

March 18, 2013

Spanish 1/8th EP buggy nationals report

Last weekend the first round of the Spanish 1/8th off-road nationals took place at the new RC La Nucia track. Being of a high-speed design with some smaller double and triple jump sections setup was crucial. After the qualifying Serpent driver Sergio Martinez took TQ followed by Daniel Vega (Agama) and local driver Toni Alcalá (Serpent). The finals were a bit chaotic because the track became bumpy meaning drivers could run into errors easily. At the end European Champion Daniel Vega had the pace to win the race followed by TQ driver Sergio Martínez, and Alberto García (Serpent).

Click here to the top 10 result

March 18, 2013

Kenji Tsuruta doubles at Tresrey Off-Road Race

Round 11 of the Tresrey Off-Raod Race was held at the RC Maniax Arena in Izumi-city, Osaka, Japan. A total of 90 entries made it to the event with 49 drivers attending in the 2WD class and 41 in 4WD. Tresrey driver Kenji Tsuruta (TLR) won the 2WD class with Osamu Kamo (Tamiya) in second and Toshihiro Ueno(TLR) in third place. In 4WD class it was again Kenji Tsuruta (Team Durango) who won the race with 15 year old Syun Mukaiyama (Tamiya) in second place and Osamu Kamo (Tamiya) coming in third. After the award ceremony, Tresrey held a big lucky draw prize which included a TLR22 kit, Team Durango items, Speed Passion controller and motors, Viper RC controllers and motors as well as Highest servos.

Click here to view the 4WD podium