The final day of the 2013 CRCRC Winter Mid West Championships, is…the finals. With the continued record breaking warm temperatures keeping the humidity in the building at the Ohio RC Factory, and the soil remained moist. Traction is not an issue, but getting steering is because of the amount of rear grip. Barcodes in Gold are the go-to tire for the JConcepts drivers in buggy, and Pressure Points are the tire in SCT.
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The Philippine Masters 2013 at Junkyard RC Race Track, the biggest event for 1/8th RC Nitro Offroad in the Philippines, ended just a few days ago and it was another successful Masters as racers from different places joined the 2 day event despite the heavy downpour the night before the big day. On Saturday morning as drivers started to show up at the trac the weather looked really bad as it was still drizzling lightly, but since the entire track was covered the whole night while raining the track remained in good shape for racing. 3 rounds of qualifying started around 10 a.m and the thick clouds started to clear a little. During the first set of qualifying, drivers were having a hard time producing a good lap as some parts of the track were covered with mud and made the cars heavy. In the 2nd and 3rd qualifying rounds, the track was in perfect condition with good grip and Aussie driver Zac Ryan with his Losi/Novarossi took the overall TQ with 16 laps with only a 0.02 seconds ahead of one of the top local Serpent/Novarossi driver Clemen Pancho.
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Serpent have introduced the 411 ERYX 2.0, the next big development stage for the 411 platform. Featuring an ultra low centre of gravity, it’s lighter with optimized weight distribution and sports a high performance geometry and top quality materials throughout. The new version was used at the recent DHI Cup with Marc Fischer qualifying 2nd and taking 3rd in the final with three 411-ERYX cars in the A-main.
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The Yokomo Euro Touring Series returns to the Czech Republic this weekend (January 18-20) after a year out with the second round of the 2012/13 series attracting a record 319 entries on the world famous electric touring car championship’s third visit to the town of Hrotovice. Having opted out of last season’s ETS calendar after it was awarded the date for the opening round of the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series, the return to the Sport-V-Hotel facility has proved hugely popular with competitors from 25 different countries set to make the trip to the 29th ETS race.
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Popular southern California race series, the JBRL have announced dates for each of their 8 round nitro offroad and electric offroad championships. The Nitro series will kick off on April 6th at Thunder Alley and will finish on November 9 at Jimmy Babcock’s own track Hot Rod Hobbies, while the Electric series gets underway on March 2nd at OC/RC Raceway and again will end at HRH, on the 19th of October. You can find the full list of dates here (Nitro) and here (Electric) or by browsing Red RC’s race calendar page here. Full series information can be found here.
The 25th Annual CRCRC Winter Mid-West Electric Off-Road Championships were held this past weekend in Jeffersonville, OH. This is known as the first big electric off-road race of the new year as well as being one of the longest on-going races to date. This years event reached an outstanding 355 entries. Team Orion would once again have 2 of their aces in attendance this year with Jared Tebo and Ryan Cavalieri. The overall qualifying order in each class was determined by the points system which would take each drivers 2 best qualifying round finishes out of 4. The top 10 drivers from each class would automatically go into the A-Main Events. This would be the first year CRCRC incorporated the bump-up system to their electric race. Lower main events up through the B’s were ran earlier on main day. The top 2 finishers from each main event would bump into the next main. This would make a 12 car field for the triple A-Main Events.
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Team HB/HPI Racing have announced that 2012 Triple World Championship Podium Finisher and former World Champion Atsushi Hara will continue with Team HB/HPI Racing through the 2016 RC racing season. After an amazing 2012 season with strong podium finishes at all 3 World Championship Events, Atsushi is looking forward to an even better 2013 season. Atsushi Hara will be campaigning the HB TCXX, R10 and D812 platforms for the upcoming season. Here are a few words from Atsushi Hara:
I am very happy to re-sign for Team HB/HPI Racing through the 2016 racing season. I have spent the majority of my Professional RC Driver career at HB/HPI Racing, signing my first contract in 2001, over 11 years ago. I am looking forward to adding more title wins in the coming years and to also contribute to the growth of HB/HPI Racing.
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Shepherd have announced that 2012 1:10 EP World Champion Jilles Groskamp returns to their Factory Racing Team for the upcoming nitro on-road season. The Dutch driver, who raced for Capricorn last season, is going to race 1/10th scale and 1/8th scale and will attend both European Championships as well as the World Championship 1/8th scale in Japan in October. With his experience and his professional engagement he will be an important part of the team to improve their current products and test future developments. Jilles had the following to say:
I’m very excited and happy to be back onboard with Shepherd for the 2013 season. This year I will be racing both 1/8 and 1/10 including the Worlds in Japan for the 1/8. I would like to thank Patrick and the rest of the crew who wanted to give me this opportunity again. See you at the track soon!
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
