February 24, 2007
…ahead of 4th and 5th place racers Jilles Groskamp and Atsushi Hara, racing Xray and HB respectively. The fact that 2nd – 6th positions are covered by 2 tenths of a second shows the tight competition at this event as well as showing the amazing pace of Moore who is so far up front. Click more to see the top 10 qualifiers… 1. Andy Moore 21L 5:15.50 – Hot Bodies 2. Hupo Hoenigl 20L 5:04.48 – Tamiya 3. Ronald Voelker 20L 5:04:64 – Hot Bodies 4. Jilles Groskamp 20L 5:04.73 – Xray 5. Atsushi Hara 20L 5:04.80 – Hot Bodies…
February 22, 2007
This weekend sees the RC circus make their way to Thailand, fresh from the Snowbirds & Winternats in the case of Jilles Groskamp, to race the Thailand International Touring Car Championships, or TITC for short. This years event takes place at the Radio Control Speedway in Jadujag, Thailand and is sure to be a tough race for all involved as it has attracted all 4 IFMAR ITC World Champions as well as some of the best Asian and European racers (see entry lists here). Last years Mod race was won by Marc Rheinard and he is certain to be a…
February 21, 2007
Although we already covered the Winternats I thought it was interesting to get an insight on how the Xray team felt they had performed, considering the hype surrounding the event and the debut of their new 200mm racer, the NT1. While the car definitely performed, it suffered from some off track problems when it mattered most such as poor pit stops as well as the problem that got Jilles Groskamp disqualified after the B-main, but they showed some good speed in the A-main but suffered major tyre wear problems as the track conditions on the finals day changed. Despite using…
February 20, 2007
[youtube]ID5rBBE9oCQ[/youtube] Thanks to the wonder that is YouTube and the enthusiasm of some great spectators with a video camera we can bring you all the important A-mains from the Worlds biggest race, the Snowbirds. This is far better than the webcam as you can actually now see the far corner of the track, those who watched it live online will know what im talking about. The first one is above and is from the Touring Mod final that was won by Jilles Groskamp, the others are below. Check out the other Videos here… [youtube]5kAp_Ov24-Y[/youtube] ^ 1/12th scale Mod A-main [youtube]TU5URHC2W_Q[/youtube]…
February 18, 2007
…Xray NT1, who finished only 3 seconds down on 2nd place Tosolini. Danny Horta and Martin Hudy had a close race for 4th with the Serpent driver getting the position by 1 seconds from the Xray racer after 45 minutes racing. It was worth mentioning that Jilles Groskamp managed to win every final from the H-main to the B-main, only to be disqualified after his car failed scrutiny stopping him from bumping up into the A-main. In the 1/8th scale class it was Chris Tosolini, driving a Kyosho Evolva, that took the win, moving up 1 place from his grid…
February 17, 2007
…Ragusa 5. Kevin Johnson 6. Gary Elias 7. Marcos Moten 8. Jonathan Lei 9. Jerry Deyoung 10. Charles Bone 1/10th E-Main results 1. Jilles Groskamp 2. Mark Harrison 3. Robert Burg 4. Chris Foster 5. Demeterius Blount 6. Fredrik Molzer 7. Ira Schulz Jr 8. Michael Klausner 9. Wayne Hinds 10. Tino Hall 11. Jeff Whiting 12. Jason Bell 1/8th F-Main results 1. Gary Elias 2. Steve Jackson 3. Paul Duggins 4. Corey Delong 5. Daniel Andujar 6. Victor Nazario Jr 7. Leandro Ragusa 8. Melanie Esser 9. Giordano Pieternell 10. Juan Ragusa 1/10th F-Main results 1. Jilles Groskamp 2….
February 16, 2007
…cold conditions to go 9 seconds quicker than he previously managed, to take the pole position from top Xray driver and overnight pole man Ralph Burch. Jilles Groskamp who moved to using a Mega MF motor for his final qualifying runs, managed to get 3rd fastest qualifying time but was disqualified for his car being underweight after the lead weight in his car fell out, which meant that 3rd position went to Kyosho racer Josh Cyrul. In 4th position was Danny Horta, driving a Serpent 720 who managed to move himself up the order and finish ahead of hot shot…
February 11, 2007
All the on road racing at this years Snowbirds have been done and in the Touring Pro Mod category it was Xray driver Jilles Groskamp who won the event in dominating style after early leader Mike Dumas, driving for Losi, crashed out allowing Jilles to take the lead where he was never challenged for the rest of the race. Behind him fellow Xray racer LeMieux lost time after clipping a pipe allowing Tosolini, driving for Corally, to get past and despite Paul fighting back Chris was able to hold him off to take the runner up spot with LeMieux settling…
