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October 7, 2013

HNMC Winter Series Rd1 – Report

After a wet Summer the popular Herts Nitro Model Club Winter Series round 1 kicked off with the sun shining, warm temperatures and almost 70 racers attending. Qualifying in Nitro Buggy went to Jack Embling (Mugen), the E-Buggy class had Simon Reeves (TLR) taking the top spot and in Truggy Richard Cousins put his Kyosho on top of the field. In the finals Jon Jazlewood (Agama) came in one lap ahead of Simon Reeves (TLR) with Oliver Currie (Agama) completing the podium. In the 15 minute E-Buggy final Simon Reeves (TLR) took the win a lap ahead of Nigel Morris (Serpent) with Philip Michael (Mugen) another two laps down. In the Truggy class Richard Cousins kept everything together to take the win in front of Colin Drummond and James Morl. The next race will take place on the weekend of the 3rd of November.

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October 7, 2013

Robert Battle wins final round of Spanish Buggy nats

Robert Battle walked away with the win at the final round of the Spanish 1/8th Buggy nationals. In the 45 minute final he beat Kyosho driver Luis Ignacio Candel who came in second position, one lap down. Bryan Baldo finished third, Oscar Baldo and Jorge Soler Diaz completed the top 5.

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]

October 7, 2013

Davide Tortorici wins at Benvenuti al Sud Race

The recent Benvenuti al Sud race took place at a spectacular track with an elevation difference of 15 metres. The F1 Buggy class saw Mugen’s Davide Tortorici taking TQ and also the race win in front of Mugen team mates Giuliano Giusa and Luigi Tridico. TLR drivers Maurizioi Tinnirello and Francesco Errigo completed the top 5.

Source: VP [vp-racing.com]

October 7, 2013

Vejrak fastest in FP4

While Jilles Groskamp’s time set in the morning’s second practice remains the fastest time, it was KM Racing’s Meen Vejrak who topped Day 2’s fourth round of free practice at the 1:8 World Championships in Japan. The 200mm World Champion set the fastest 3-consecutive laps in a time of 49.687 with FP3 pace setter Tadahiko Sahashi (49.759) second fastest. Posting identical times (49.897) Team Shepherd’s Oliver Mack and Mugen’s Takaahi Shimo posted the third fastest time followed by KM Racing’s Adrien Bertin. Transponder problems meant Groskamp failed to register a time in both FP3 & 4 but the Dutch ace was still happy with his Shepherd and in particular in FP4 during which the sun finally broke cover over the Keitune Racing Speedway.

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October 7, 2013

Groskamp sets early pace in Japan

Jilles Groskamp set the early pace on Day 2 of practice for the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Chiba, Japan. After two of six rounds which make up today’s schedule at the Keitune Racing Speedway, the Team Shepherd driver set the fastest three consecutive laps with a time of 49.207 followed closely by Serpent’s Yuya Sahashi (49.249) and the Mugen of Pre Worlds race winner Takaahi Shimo (49.286). An event that marks the debut for HB in what many view as the Formula 1 category of R/C, Hideo Kitazawa took his R8 to the fourth fastest while Teemu Leino was the second fastest non-Japanese driver, the Finn posting the 6th fastest time ahead of 200mm World Champion Meen Vejrak.

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October 6, 2013

Joe Kerry takes Rd9 of British 200mm Nats

The last round of the 2013 British 200mm National series took place at the fantastic Cotswold circuit at Kemble airfield. The conditions were much better than expected with dry weather all weekend and even some sunshine on the Sunday as well. This gave all drivers plenty of time to find the right set-up on Saturday. At the end of practice it was Joe Kerry setting the pace with his O.S. powered Serpent 747 consistently hitting 16.1 laptimes.

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October 6, 2013

MIP Pro8 conversion kit for the SCTE truck

Prototypes of MIP’s Pro8 buggy have been around for some time and now the company released a first official image of the kit. The set is designed to convert a Losi SCTE 1.0 or TLR SCTE 2.0 into a super lightweight 1/8th buggy that will make use of the chassis, drivetrain and most of the suspension parts of TLR’s 1/10th 4WD short course truck. The lightweight drivetrain parts and somewhat lighter shocks combined with the possibility to run lighter motors and battery packs makes for an overall lighter buggy, perfect for tight indoor and outdoor tracks. There is no official release date yet but we guess it the kit should hit the stores soon.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

October 6, 2013

New World Champion to be crowned in Japan

1:8 Onroad is set to crown a new World Champion this week with the news that reigning World Champion Robert Pietsch has not made the trip to Japan for the 18th running of IFMAR’s longest running World Championships. The German has been forced to miss the chance to defend his title due to being struck down with pneumonia. Having attended the Warm-up Race at the Keitune Racing Speedway back in May, the Mugen driver struggled while fellow Mugen driver & World title favourite Takaaki Shimo using O.S. dominated with many rumours circulating since then that Novarossi were struggling to get their engines to suit the specialised track. Having received an e-mail along with a medical cert from Pietsch, his fuel sponsor Jarb Ratanarat of Maxima said its a real shame the strong advocate of onroad nitro racing can’t attend as he feels despite his showing at the Warm-up race he believes he would have had a real chance at a second title.

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