August 24, 2013

Proline Indoor Championship – Report

Proline Indoor Championship – Report

The Proline Indoor Championships were hosted by Arizona’s newest indoor RC facility Warehouse 3. Due to the amazing turnout of 327 entries the format was shortened from 4 qualifiers to 3 qualifiers but still using the standard qualifying points format with this being only a two day event. Things started off good for the TLR team with Charles Hicks taking the round 1 TQ of Modified Truck, Chris Wheeler then TQ the first round of both Mod SC in mid motor and 2WD Modified Buggy. Trevor Clement would TQ Pro 4 SC. Round 2 would have Charles again taking the TQ in Modified Truck to clinch the overall TQ position, Trevor and Chris also took the TQ in their respective classes. Charles TQ’d the 3rd and final round of Truck Modified for a clean sweep as did Chris in the Pro 2 class. Kevin Kimberly took the final round of Pro 4 for a TLR sweep of qualifying in that class.

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August 24, 2013

Hara on pole for FEMCA final

Hara on pole for FEMCA final

Atsushi Hara is on pole position for the 1:8 Offroad FEMCA Championships after the Japanese ace convincingly won his Semi final in the faster time.  A lack of clarity in the ruling meant there was a long wait before the grid was finalised with officials disagreeing on the interpretation of the rule. JMRCA representatives were adamant that the rule should see the pole position go to the winner of the odd Semi final as this was deemed the faster race as it contained the Top Qualifier. With Sheng Chie Huang beating Top Qualifier Dani Choi this would have but the Taiwanese driver on the pole for the 1-hour title deciding race. In the end a call to IFMAR’s Sander De Graaf saw the ruling interpreted as the driver with the fastest time from the 2 Semi finals getting pole position, Hara’s time being 2 laps faster than that of Huang.

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August 23, 2013

Chris Miller wins at 2013 Proline Indoor Champs

Chris Miller wins at 2013 Proline Indoor Champs

The 2013 Proline Indoor Championships was held at the Warehouse 3 in Peoria, AZ. The race had a total of 327 entries with racers from all around showed up for some great racing and good times. Tekin’s Chris Miller was able to secure the 2WD SC Pro Lite division over 37 other entries. He continued to have a good event taking 1st in the 4wD Mod Buggy class with his Durango buggy over nearly 30 other entries.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

August 23, 2013

Jörn Neumann joins Team Orion

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Team Orion announce the addition of 4-time European Champion Jörn Neumann to their international race Team. The German frontrunner will be using Team Orion’s 1/10 and 1/8 electric products on the upcoming World Championships in the U.S. and also through 2014. This is what Jörn has to say about the deal:

“I am very happy to be back at Team Orion. They were one of my first sponsors back in 2004 when Oscar gave me motors and batteries to Win my 1st European Championship. After testing Team Orion’s Vortex R10 Pro ESC’s, Vortex VST2 Pro brushless motors and touch screen chargers there was only one choice for me: Team Orion. I would like to thank Philippe, Oscar and Joe for this opportunity and I’m looking forward to many successful years together. I would also like to thank everyone at Speed Passion as well. They helped me a lot during the last 3 years. I wish them all the best in the future. “

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

August 23, 2013

Magnus Vässmar wins 2WD at Swedish nationals

Magnus Vässmar wins 2WD at Swedish nationals

The Swedish electric off-road nationals took place at a dirt track in Falun, Sweden. The race attracted many top drivers from all over Sweden including Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk and Christoffer Svensson, TLR’s Oskar Levin and Otto Ausfelt, Team Associated’s Niclas Månsson, Schumachers Kenneth Malkusson to name a few. Track layout was pretty small and not too that technical and it was Schumacher’s Magnus Vässmar who took TQ in front of Kenneth Malkusson. The finals had some nice battles to offer and Magnus took the win with Kenneth Malkusson in 2nd. Oskar Levin completed the podium.

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August 23, 2013

Bruno Coelho wins Portuguese Albufeira race

Bruno Coelho wins Portuguese Albufeira race

Xray’s Bruno Coelho has won the Albufeira opening race in the South of Portugal. The race for the 43 drivers started with three rounds of qualifying and no practice at all and in the end it was Bruno Coelho who took the overall TQ. The start of the main final was a bit of a disaster for the Xray driver who ended up at the rear end of the pack in the beginning but he moved his way back into the lead and brought home the win one lap ahead off S-Workz’ Antonio Peixe with Xray team mate Joao Ramos completing the podium.

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August 23, 2013

Jakub Pietrzak wins Polish off-road nats Rd6

Jakub Pietrzak wins Polish off-road nats Rd6

The sixth round of the polish off-road nationals took place in Nova Gadka near Lodz. Due to heavy rain only two races took place on Saturday but Sunday had three rounds of qualifying and the finals and in the end it was Xray driver Jakub Pietrzak who took the winning honours with his XB4 buggy on the very demanding track.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 23, 2013

Wu claims first Chinese 1:8 Offroad National title

Wu claims first Chinese 1:8 Offroad National title

Taiwanese driver Chin Yi Wu claimed his first 1:8 Offroad Chinese National title this morning at the Fengtai Raceway in Beijing.  This year’s single race Chinese Nationals was held alongside the FEMCA Championships which are being hosted for the first time in China at Beijing Model Sports Association’s all new facility.  Starting from 4th on the grid a good start saw Wu take his SH engines Z-Car to the front of the field early on from where he would lead through to the end of the 30-minute encounter.  It was a 1-2 result for the Z-Car and SH Engines with SH owner Lien Sheng Chang, who started third on the grid, taking second in the final minute of the race.  Driving a Sirio powered Team C buggy, Top Qualifier Wei Zhan completed the podium.  The Chinese driver was running second until he ran out of fuel at the 29-minute mark allowing Chang through to second.

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