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October 7, 2013

Vejrak fastest in FP4

While Jilles Groskamp’s time set in the morning’s second practice remains the fastest time, it was KM Racing’s Meen Vejrak who topped Day 2’s fourth round of free practice at the 1:8 World Championships in Japan. The 200mm World Champion set the fastest 3-consecutive laps in a time of 49.687 with FP3 pace setter Tadahiko Sahashi (49.759) second fastest. Posting identical times (49.897) Team Shepherd’s Oliver Mack and Mugen’s Takaahi Shimo posted the third fastest time followed by KM Racing’s Adrien Bertin. Transponder problems meant Groskamp failed to register a time in both FP3 & 4 but the Dutch ace was still happy with his Shepherd and in particular in FP4 during which the sun finally broke cover over the Keitune Racing Speedway.

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October 7, 2013

Groskamp sets early pace in Japan

Jilles Groskamp set the early pace on Day 2 of practice for the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Chiba, Japan. After two of six rounds which make up today’s schedule at the Keitune Racing Speedway, the Team Shepherd driver set the fastest three consecutive laps with a time of 49.207 followed closely by Serpent’s Yuya Sahashi (49.249) and the Mugen of Pre Worlds race winner Takaahi Shimo (49.286). An event that marks the debut for HB in what many view as the Formula 1 category of R/C, Hideo Kitazawa took his R8 to the fourth fastest while Teemu Leino was the second fastest non-Japanese driver, the Finn posting the 6th fastest time ahead of 200mm World Champion Meen Vejrak.

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October 6, 2013

Joe Kerry takes Rd9 of British 200mm Nats

The last round of the 2013 British 200mm National series took place at the fantastic Cotswold circuit at Kemble airfield. The conditions were much better than expected with dry weather all weekend and even some sunshine on the Sunday as well. This gave all drivers plenty of time to find the right set-up on Saturday. At the end of practice it was Joe Kerry setting the pace with his O.S. powered Serpent 747 consistently hitting 16.1 laptimes.

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October 5, 2013

ORRCA Queensland On-Road EP Titles – Report

The ORRCA Queensland On-Road EP titles were held at the Bayside track in Brisbane with some fierce competition, and some impressive results. The annual event is always held at the last weekend of September to coincide with the school holidays, to encourage young drivers into the sport. The Modified class saw the Australian champion, Kyosho driver Simon Nicholson taking the TQ and race win with Corey Broadstock (Yokomo) 2nd and Jason Dorn (Hot Bodies) in 3rd.

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October 5, 2013

Xray Moravia & Slovakia Cup – Announcement

Xray announce the seven round Xray Challenge Moravia and Slovakia Cup. The cup will be held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia on seven weekends starting at the 19th of October with the last round being held at the 29th of March 2014. The race schedule sees open practice on the Friday afternoons with three qualifiers and finals being run on Saturday. Classes run at the events are 2WD and 4WD Buggy, Formula, Formula Classic, Pan Car 1/10, Touring Car 21.5T Blinky, Touring Car 17.5T Blinky and Touring Car Modified. More information and all dates can be found here.

October 2, 2013

ROAR announce 2014 calendar dates & tracks

ROAR have announced the dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2014. The Hobbytown Hobbyplex Raceway will play host for the Carpet On-Road Nationals from the 26th of February to the 2nd of March. The 1/8th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 30th of April to the 4th of May by the Gulf Coast Raceway in Porter, TX, while the Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run at Thornhill Racing Circuit from June 18th through to the 22nd. Not surprisingly the Paved Electric On-Road Nats will take place at the Full Throttle Raceway in Kissimee, FL, host of the 2014 Electric On-Road Worlds, from the 30th of July to 3rd of August. Space Coast Parkway in Cocoa, FL is set to host the 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals from August 20th to 24th and last but not least come the Fuel On-Road Nationals on the weekend of October 29th to November 2nd at the Fort Myers R/C Car Club in Fort Myers, FL.

October 2, 2013

Edu Escandon wins Spanish 200mm championships

The final race of the 2013 Spanish 200mm nationals took place the Getafe track in Madrid with a total of 70 drivers attending. The schedule saw free practice on Friday with the qualifiers starting on Saturday. Intermittent rain made things interesting on Saturday with round number three being the only one run in dry conditions. Sergi Franch came out taking TQ in front of Victor Palaez and Inaki Pahissa. Johny Pastor and Juan Hidalgo completed the top 5 with hot candidate for the overall title, Edu Escandon sitting in 6th place after the qualifiers. In the final, Edu Escandon was on a mission swiftly making is way up and ending the race in first position taking not only the day’s win but also the overall championship. Juan Hidalgo came in second both in the race and the championship with Nacho Lopez ending the day in third position. Edu’s Xray team mate Fabio Barbosa completed the season in third place overall.

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October 2, 2013

Archibald & Boogie win at Regional Pavement champs

At this year’s ROAR Regional Pavement championship Sweep’s Aja Archibald dominated the GT8 class and not only TQ’d every round of qualifying but also went on to win the 30 minute final to claim the Regional championship back to back with his NYS championship the month before. In 10th touring car Ray Boogie took home the winning honours after qualifying second.

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