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July 12, 2013

Keith Chui wins 13.5T at AOC

The first ever Australian AOC Race saw close to 200 entries and was one of the biggest races in Australia for a long time. On-road meetings in Australia are normally run on asphalt outdoors, the AOC Race was a different affair as it was held indoors on Carpet, a difficult task with no practice or preparation on the surface for many home drivers. In 13.5T touring cars Keith Chui was on fire from the first practice run, setting lap times that were as quick as the Modified cars, after qualifying was finished Keith was on TQ after a super strong 4th round Qualifying run, all eyes were on him this weekend. Xray team mate Corey Broadstock was also looking strong with consistent runs through qualifying eventually starting 5th off the grid for the finals. At the end Keith was able to conserve his performance by winning the class in front of Corey Broadstock and Justin Vergunst.

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July 12, 2013

AE Cup EP Offroad Champs Indonesia – Report

The AE Cup Indonesia was held in Graha Raya Tangerang-Indonesia outside Jakarta and attracted over 40 racers who battled in 2WD and 4WD buggy as well as 2WD and 4WD short course truck classes. The event saw two five minute qualification rounds and triple seven minute mains. In 2WD Wuzi Sevta took the TQ and win from Kris Heriyana and Dimas Arianto while Rama Tribudiman TQ’d and won 4WD buggy leaving Dimas Arianto and Jiriel K behind. In 2WD SC Rama Tribudiman TQ’d the class but had to make way for Wuzi Sevta in the finals who scored the win. Third on the podium was Sunny TS. 4WD SC was TQ’d by Jiriel K who ended up fourth in the final as Ewa, Adrian and Haviedz took place 1 to 3.

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July 12, 2013

Hartson, Olson, Thornton & Gildark win at TGS

The 200+ entry Top Gun Shootout took place at the San Diego RC Raceway and in the Expert 1/8th Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Steve Hartson who won the race just in front of Tekno RC’s Barry Baker and Pres Ilog who rounded out the 3rd podium spot with his EB48. In the 1/8th buggy Sportsman class Matt Thornton came back to the podium with his Tekno buggy. Pulling out a first place finish Matt was followed by MIP’s Eustace Moore and Tekno RC’s Jeff Gapp. In the Pro4 class Tekno RC’s Barry Baker had an exciting race placing 3rd behind MIP’s Matt Olson and TLR’s Dustin Evans. In the 4WD SC Sportsman class, the Tekno SCT410 swept the podium with Nick Gildark coming in first, follow by Matt Thornton and Alyssa Dunn.

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July 12, 2013

Novak charging, motor and solder accessories

New from Novak come several useful things such as a charge adapter for XT60 connectors, bearing oil and solder flux. Starting with the adapter, the harness comes factory-assembled with 4mm bullet type male plus on the charger’s end, an XT60 plug on the batter end, JST/XH balancer adapter and 2mm bullet type male connector for the battery side balancer port. It is designed to work with Novak’s XT60 power plug system and LiPo chargers that have 4mm charge output jacks, and a 3-pin JST/XH balance socket.

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July 12, 2013

Renard & Pauwels win at Belgian SCT Cup Rd3

Renard & Pauwels wins at Belgian SCT Cup Rd3

In a great mix of zen attitude, firmness and professionalism, the crew of BPT Merchtem hosted the first Belgian SCT Cup race of the year to be run on astroturf. Track is located in a sport complex and features a challenging layout, with a quite bumpy surface, fast corners as well as big air jumps. The grip fluctuated a lot during the day, starting by being very low due to morning dew and being high once the generous sun dried it out before first qualification heat. The race also saw the attendance of many new faces who mixed things up. In 2WD qualification, Jean-François Renard (TLR 22SCT) and Nicolas Evens (TLR 22SCT) battled for pole position, both showing a significantly faster pace than the rest of the pack. In the end Nicolas got the TQ in front of Jean-François with Filip De Keersmaecker (Durango) taking third place on the grid.

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July 12, 2013

Adam Drake doubles at The Dirt Rio

The inaugural “The Dirt Rio” took place at the AMA-UFRJ facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The facility was founded in 2004 with its focus on airplanes. In 2012, the club built an off-road track with the help of Hobby21’s owner Leandro. The event hosted driver’s from seven different countries and The Dirt crew build a fun layout that made for great racing. The event kicked off with practice Friday night, followed by one round of controlled practice on Saturday morning. Qualification points were used to set-up the finals using driver’s three best runs out of the four rounds of qualifying. TLRacing/Novarossi/Pro-Line driver Adam Drake was the top qualifier in 1/8th nitro buggy and nitro truck. In the truck final Adam was able to take the victory with his 8ight-T 2.0 equipped. The buggy class also saw a clean sweep of Adam as he easily took the win in front of the competition.

Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.

July 11, 2013

VBC Racing Wildfire D06 announced

VBC Racing announced the forthcoming release of their Wildfire D06 electric touring car kit. It is understood that the car will be highly different form the current kit and that it will incorporate some of the latest touring car design ideas. All information on the kit will become available soon with the kit hitting stores in August.

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]

July 11, 2013

Ronnefalk holds overnight TQ in Reims

Swedish ace David Ronnefalk holds the overnight TQ at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships after he topped a second round of qualifying in Reims, France, taking his Orion powered Kyosho to the fastest time in Q3 by 4-seconds from Xray’s Renaud Savoya with Lee Martin taking his Mugen to third. Setting the 12th fastest time, the closing heat of the day saw defending Champion Darren Bloomfield post his best round with the British driver confident he can build on that in tomorrow’s final two qualifiers.

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