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July 9, 2013

John Ermen wins 1/8th at West German regionals Rd3

Last weekend saw the third round of the West German nitro on-road regionals at the fast and tricky Hamm track. The weather on Saturday was rainy but the track dried up at around 2 o’clock and was afterwards sprayed with sugar water to up the traction a bit. On Sunday the weather was much better with the sun coming out making for around 23 degrees ambient temperature. After three heats of qualifying Steven Cuypers put his car in front with John Ermen in second and Emil Kostadinov in third position.

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July 8, 2013

Reinder Wilms wins Pro10 Stock class at Benelux+ Race

Reinder Wilms wins Benelux+ Pro10 Stock class

The 2013 Benelux+ Race took place at the high speed track of the Baanbrekers club in Rucpen, Netherlands. The track was well prepared and the organisers put in a lot of effort to make it a great event. The meeting was run in four classes including Pro10 Stock and Modified as well as Touring car Stock 10.5T and Modified. The hot weather made chassis set-up and cooling crucial especially in the Pro10 classes and in Pro10 Stock is was Reinder Wilms (RC Devil PC10H3X) who took TQ with Alexander Fokke (Team Associated RC10L2.5) and Joost Kuiper (P235 SE) in tow. Joost had to sort out radio problems during the qualifiers but thankfully other drivers were able to help out with a borrowed transmitter and receiver. After the three finals Reinder Wilms was able to secure the overall win with Alexander Fokke in second and Joost Kuiper in third place.

Thanks to Alexander Fokke for sending the report.

July 8, 2013

Tironi & Redaelli win at Capricorn Trophy

Tironi & Luca win at Capricorn Trophy

This past weekend the Capricorn Trophy for 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road cars was held at the track of Melzo in Italy. The race saw the attendance of many fast Italian drivers such as Dario Balesti, Daniele Ielasi and Francesco Tironi. In the 1/8th class it was that Francesco Tironi who took the pole position in front of Dario Balestri with both showing a great performance in the final but a servo failure caused a DNF for Dario making way for Francesco (Capricorn) who won in front of Claudio Codazzi (Capricorn) and Massimo Aliprandi (Mugen).

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July 8, 2013

Jacques Libar wins Luxembourg nationals Rd3

Round 3 of the Luxembourg 1/8th scale on-road nationals was held this weekend on the fast LMCC track in Luxembourg. On Sunday drivers faced dry and very hot weather, and it was Dirk Richard who took the pole position in front of Jacques Libar and Alexey Yaramishyan. The 30-minute main final saw the Xray driver Jacques Libar cross the finishing line in first position, followed by Dirk Richard (Serpent) in 2nd and Patrick Beltrallo (Motonica) in 3rd place.

Thanks to Raymond Libar for sending the report.

July 7, 2013

Matsukura makes it seven 1/12th titles in a row

The Japanese JMRCA 1/12th scale nationals were held this weekend at the World famous Yatabe Arena. 3-time World Champion Naoto Matsukura was looking for his 7th consecutive 1/12th scale National title having dominated the class in his home country for close to a decade. Qualifying would go the way of the Yokomo driver who would start from pole position ahead of Hideo Kitizawa (Corally) in 2nd. On to the finals and Naoto would not have the best of results in the opening leg, a mistake dropping him down the order eventually recovering to 3rd, while Kitizawa took the win. The 2nd and 3rd final were business as usual for Matsukura and he wrapped up yet another title with Kitizawa taking 2nd spot despite a bad 2nd leg, while Hayato Ishioka (CRC) rounded out the top 3.

Image: Naoto Matsukura

July 6, 2013

Raiola Carmine is 2013 Italian Champion

Having previously written about the final round of the 2013 Italian 1/8th scale Championship which took place at the fantastic Cassino track we neglected to mention the title fight which was won by Raiola Carmine. The Xray driver was already very close to the championship title after taking the win in Gubbio and being 4th in Bologna. On Saturday, only two rounds of qualifying could be run due to the rain. Carmine finished 6th but had a good pace for the finals. In the finals we saw a thrilling one hour race. Carmine was driving safe to keep the 3rd place which was enough for the overall victory. His competitors who need to win were driving hard to get the win. Carmine avoid any kind of fighting and his 3rd final position in the race brought him the 2013 national champion title, quite an achievement against some of the best drivers in the world.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 5, 2013

2013 FEMCA Championships – Announcement

2013 FEMCA Championships - Announcement

The Car Modelling Association of China have contacted us to invite everyone to the 2013 FEMCA Championships for 1/8th buggy and 1/10th ISTC which takes place in Beijing from the 18th to the 28th of August. The organisers are putting in a huge effort to make this an amazing race with a new purpose built facility for offroad located in the Fengtai Sports Center, which hosted many major sports events including the softball during the Olympics, as well as the already existing tarmac onroad track which previously hosted the Beijing International RC Invitational. Together with Masami Hirosaka, Trevor Reid and Charlie Siribodhi from FEMCA they will ensure that this a well run event. China is still an emerging market for RC and believe it or not this will be one of the first major Championships to be held on the mainland. Entries are open right now, and there are already some major names confirmed, and Red RC will be in attendance to cover the event. For more details you can visit the official event website here or view the stage 1 & 2 reports here.

July 5, 2013

2nd KM World Cup & Zac Cup – Announcement

KM Racing announce the second KM World Cup & ZAC Cup. The race will take place on this year’s IFMAR 1/8th nitro on-road track in Japan from the 30th of August to the 1st of September and is the last chance for competitors to hit the track before it will be closed until the World Championships. The race is run in 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm and open to any chassis brand. International stars such as Adrien Bertin, Meen V., Dario Balestri and Keisuke Fukuda already signed in. More information can be found here very soon.