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October 21, 2013

Knapp, Grosse and Ficco win at IIC

Knapp, Ficco and Grosse win at IIC

The 2013 International Indoor Championship in Las Vegas again saw a huge number of drivers attending in the pan car classes. In 1/12 13.5T CRC’s Andrew Knapp dominated qualifying by winning 3 out of 4 rounds and he also lead the final from wire to wire. The 1/12 17.5T class had Randy Grosse (CRC) taking the win from team mate John Wiita who finished second. In F1, a growing class in the U.S., CRC’s Brian Wynn took TQ with the CRC Works Team Formula 1 prototype and looked like he would easily win the A main until he was taken out in the very last lap by a backmarker handing his team mate Mario Ficco (CRC) the win.

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October 21, 2013

Essex Winter Series 2013-14 Rd1 – Report

The third season of the Essex Winter Series got underway last weekend. The series had already attracted a maximum capacity of 120 entries for every one of the six-round series, with entries completely selling out within 4 hours of opening. This year saw the addition of the Modified Class, alongside the popular Pro Stock class for 13.5 turn motors and open speed controllers). The Stock class moved over to the now-standard 17.5 zero-timing format. As the racing got underway, all eyes in the premier Modified Class, which this year is sponsored by Muchmore, were on Euros podium finisher Elliott Harper, as he made his debut at a major carpet event with his Team Durango DETC410. Elliott showed that despite limited carpet testing with the prototype car, he had quickly got it dialled in as he topped every one of the four rounds of qualifying. Behind, the battle for second place was between Kyle Branson, best known for his on-road gas racing, Matt White and last year’s EWS Pro Stock Champion, Paul Pinkney. Kyle took second in round one, ahead of Matt and Paul, whilst Paul was second in round two. Kyle found more speed in rounds three and four to take the second place points to secure him second place on the A Final grid, with Paul ending third overall and Matt fourth.

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October 20, 2013

Keven Hebert double at 2013 IIC

Now in its 9th year, the International Indoor Championships (IIC) has become an unrivaled RC racing extravaganza. Top drivers from around the world gathered at the classic Riviera Hotel & Casino to battle for the newly introduced IIC championship belt. Race organizer Scotty Ernst once again created a challenging layout while Sin City provided plenty of after-hours activities for those that wanted to put the day’s racing activities behind them. Reedy/AE factory driver Keven Hébert won the 1/12 Modified and Super Stock 13.5 TC classes last year and was looking to make it two in a row. After four hard-fought rounds of qualifying, Keven started on the pole position in Super Stock 13.5 and in the third position in 1/12 Modified. Driving his Reedy-powered 12R5.2, Hébert took control of the 1/12 Modified A-final just past the one-minute mark and never looked back. With no serious challenges, he was able to comfortably win the class for the second year in a row and claim the IIC championship belt. The pole position start in Super Stock 13.5 TC allowed Keven to drive his Reedy-powered TC6.1 Factory Team prototype to an early lead. Unchallenged, Keven took the wire-to-wire win to earn his second championship belt of the weekend and second class win in a row.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

October 17, 2013

2013 BIRC Race – Announcement

The organisers of the Bangkok International RC Car Championship got in touch to tell us that this event will take place on the weekend of the 1st of December in Bangkok, Thailand. The race is the first international event to be run on the new ‘Huge RC’ track built by former World Champion Surikarn C., the next being the TITC next February, with this amazing facility being fully covered and sporting a large asphalt track as well as lots of pitting space. Expected to attract top racers from Europe and around Asia, the event will be open to several 1/10th and 1/12th on-road classes including Touring Car Modified, 13.5T boosted, 13.5T blinky and 17.5T blinky, FWD, Mini, F1 rubber and foam as well as a 1/12th pan car class. More information about the BIRC, which will see Scotty Ernst on the microphone, can be found here.

October 17, 2013

José Figueiredo takes win at PTS

Last weekend the first round of the Portuguese Touring Series took place at the C.R.A.P. track in Lisbon. In qualifying TOP Racing driver José Figueiredo TQ’d all four heats of the Stock class with fellow driver Carlos Costa taking the 2nd spot on the grid. In the finals José made a clean sweep by winning all three legs handing him the win in front of Carlos Costa.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

October 16, 2013

Eric Anderson wins 17.5T Touring Car at IIC

The International Indoor Championships is a classic event which marks the start of the indoor carpet season. It is held on an annual basis at the Riviera Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Boulevard. Beside the Touring Car Modified Rubber class several other classes such as 17.5T and 13.5T TC Stock, 1/12 Modified and Stock as well as World GT were run. In the 17.5T Touring Car class RC America driver Eric Anderson brought home the win with fellow Xray drivers Craig Xavier and Michael Herald Jr. in tow.

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October 16, 2013

Duarte Faria wins at Madeira regional champs Rd5

The 5th round of the Madeira Island regional championship took place at the Pista da Cancela track. Duarte Faria took the win in the 200mm nitro class in front of Paulo Kibby Rodrigues and Alcino Camacho. Nuno Rodrigues and Luis Angelo completed the top 5. The win of the 5th round also secured Duarte the runner-up spot in the 2013 championship.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 15, 2013

Iwahara wins at Red Carpet Series Rd3

The third round of the Red Carpet on-road series was held by the Red Carpet Hobbyshop in Semarang, Thailand. The series is run in a Super Stock 10.5T class and saw the attendance of 21 drivers. Because of rain the organisers had to cancel the third and final round of the mains handing the win to Serpent driver Iwahara after two A-finals in front of Andre Frandong (Spec-R) and Jon Ambar (Hot Bodies). Donie W (Serpent) rounded out the top 4.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]