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November 9, 2009

Groskamp & Chi Hung win at Shepherd Asia Cup

The beginning of this month saw the 1st Shepherd Asia Cup held at the TRC race track in Hong Kong. In 1/10th scale the race was open for everybody while in 1/8th scale only Shepherd drivers could attend. To support the local drivers Shepherd Micro Racing has sent the international top drivers Jilles Groskamp and Daniele Ielasi. Additionally factory member Armin Weihert attended the event to help the 72 participants with all technical questions.

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November 8, 2009

Philipp Tschupp dominates Stans Winterchamps

The Stans Winterchamps took place this weekend in Stans in the centre of Switzerland. The stock touring class was dominated by the TOP Racing team with former Swiss Champion Philipp Tschupp taking the TQ spot ahead of his team mates Stefan Helbach in 2nd and Florian Hauser in 3rd. In the race itself the results remained the same from qualifying with Tschupp taking the win in the first 2 legs of the A-main to take the overall win the Helbach taking 2nd spot and setting a new lap record of 9.77 seconds, while Hauser took 3rd spot.

Source: HS Online Distribution [hsonlinedistribution.com]

November 6, 2009

Keven Hébert wins 13.5 at 2009 Halloween Classic

Having already touched on the pan car classes at last weekend’s Halloween Classic in Cleveland we received some brief news on the touring class. As has become the norm, Keven Hébert drove his Reedy/LRP-powered TC5R to a convincing victory in the Super Stock 13.5 Rubber Class a class which has started to become the most prestigious touring car class in the U.S., and Hébert’s specialty. Qualifying on the outside of the front row, Keven quickly gained the lead and never looked back to cap another successful weekend. In the Pro Foam TC class, Drew Ellis debuted the LRP X-12 Stock Spec 10.5. After qualifying third, Drew steadily worked his way into the lead and held on for the win. The Classic also served as round 1 of the 2009/2010 Northeast Grand Slam Series and with their victories, Keven and Drew take their Northeast Grand Slam points lead heading into the Holiday Challenge at The Track in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

November 5, 2009

Maxim Claes joins Capricorn RC

We have received word that Belgian racer Maxim Claes has joined Italian company Capricorn RC. The 16 year old Xray driver will use the company’s engines, fuel and other accessories during next season. After only 3 and a half years of driving, Max has had his best season to date, making the semi final at both the European A and B 1/10th 200mm Championships, as well as taking 2nd place at the Belgian nationals and becoming club Champion at the MACH in Heemstede, the Netherlands.

November 5, 2009

Aaron Buran doubles up at the 2009 Halloween Classic

The Halloween Classic has traditionally been known as the official warm-up for the Indoor Champs that follow in November and this year the crew at the Gate put the race on in a Holiday Inn with 190 entries taking on the 96 x 40 CRC Fasttrak road circuit. As part of the Northeast Grand Slam series, the Pro classes would be limited to 10.5 brushless motors. In the Pro-12 division, CRC cars, tires and the new Advanced speed control were up to the task as Max Kuenning used his Gen-XL car to T.Q. the division. In the A-main, Aaron, Max and Associated’s Kevin Hebert battled for the win. The 3 drivers were quite close with Max slightly quicker but unfortunately for Max he had an early race board meeting dropping him to 3rd position trying to find a way around Hebert in 2nd. All the while, Buran driving steady and cool under pressure was able to keep enough distance between the battling duo to take the win. Max made a couple moves on both Kevin and Aaron but couldn’t hold on and ended up 3rd. A great result for both drivers.

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November 4, 2009

12hr Tamiya Marathon Hungary

Last weekend saw the 12 hours Tamiya Marathon held in Nagydorog, Hungary, organised by the Hungarian Tamiya Dealer. The endurance race was held for the second time, after a very successful first event last winter. The race also was the 1st Round of the Hungarian Endurance Championship and started 08:00 with the kit cars handed to the teams for building which was also included to the race time. Just like at the old Le-Mans races where the racers had to run across the track to jump into their cars with the exception that their cars were already built. The rules were not changed from the previous year, each team this year got a 2007 Subaru Impreza TT-01 kit, which had to be assembled, painted and stickered. The only difference was the colour of the bodies. Two Mabuchi 540 motor and two sets of Take-Off tires were allowed to use, in case of broken parts only one of each could be changed without extra penalty (certain percentage from the total laps were subtracted at the end).

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November 4, 2009

Euro Touring Series – Round 2

After a successful opening round in Kastellaun, the next round of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series moves on to the beautiful city of Budapest in Hungary on November 27/28. Making its first appearance on the ETS calendar last season, the race produced one of champion elect Jilles Groskamp’s greatest passing maneuvers as he overtook Toni Rheinard on the last corner of the last lap of the third leg of the A-Main to secure the overall victory. Like the season opener, there will be a strong line-up of team drivers making the trip to the Dabas-Diego Sports Centre. Heading that entry is championship leader Viktor Wilck, who will be joined by his World Champion Tamiya team mate Marc Rheinard. Xray will be in attendance with Martin Hudy, who finished the event on the podium last year, and their young charger Elliot Harper. Associated will be armed with Juho Levanen who showed very strongly with his TC5R in Kastellaun, qualifying third on the grid with a TQ run in Q3. 2006 World Champion Andy Moore is also confirmed.

For more information about the event and where it takes place go to the Series page on the ETS site here.

November 4, 2009

KO Propo America 6th annual EP GP

The 6th annual KO Propo America Grand Prix will be making its return to Southern California. West Coast R/C Raceway (WCRC) in La Mirada, CA will host this year’s event on December 12th-13th. Located at 15095 Canary Avenue, La Mirada, CA 90638, WCRC is about 15 minutes from Disneyland, 10 minutes from Knott’s Berry Farm and other popular southern California attractions. Classes offered will be Touring Car (Modified, 13.5 & 17.5), F1 (Silver Can), RCGT (17.5) and mini RCGT (Silver Can). This will be a controlled tire race and tires will be available for sale at the event.

Further information can be found on the KO Propo website here.