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March 25, 2013

Mibosport Cup Rd8 report

The grand final of the Mibosport Cup presented by Yokomo took place recently and the race attracted over 130 drivers from the Czech Republic and many other European countries including ETS Champion Ronald Völker. Again the race was held for a variety of electric onroad and also offroad classes such as 2WD a 4WD buggy, Stock Zero 17.5T, Modified TC, Formula and Yokomo GT. For Dash for Voucher Race the organizer drew one of the offroad categories, final A 2WD, and the fastest driver was Jiri Mara.

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March 25, 2013

Bowie Ginting wins Indonesian Regionals Rd1

The First round of the Indonesian Regionals, the Jakarta EP Championship was held at SIS track, Jakarta. The race was attended by a very strong 50 competitors competing in the 10.5 Super Stock class, Stock 13.5 class, 1/12 Pan Car class and FWD classes. Very hot and sunny conditions welcomed all the racers on race day but since it rained the previous night there was lots of dust and sand left on the track which made the track surface very loose compared to Saturday’s practice day. The Superstock qualifying saw Bowie Ginting place his Xray into the TQ spot with 19 laps in 5.09. Rama Tribudiman was next with his Tamiya in 2nd with 19 laps in 5.14 with Xray driver Ronny Suwarto being the last man to take 19 laps in a 5.16. Defending national champion, Heri Susanto was a bit shy of the 19 laps and finished his best run in 18 laps @ 5.00 with Suwardi Suliandy completing the top 5.

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March 24, 2013

Asian Onroad Championship – Announcement

Asian Onroad Championship - Announcement

The world renowned Scotty Ernst is heading East for his latest venture, the newly announced Asian Onroad Championship. The AOC will be a group of standalone events that travel around Asia. On Road racing is extremely strong in this part of the World and the roots of many of the companies that design and manufacture cars and parts are located within Asia making this the perfect place to make an exciting Championship. In this the opening year they will begin with 4 events, starting in China then on to Australia, Thailand and ending in Japan. The races are open to Super Stock (13.5 Boosted), Stock (17.5 Non Boost), FWD (17.5 Non Boosted) and F1 (21.5 Non Boosted) plus each event may have other additional classes depending on local interest. Full information on the series can be found at the official site here.

March 24, 2013

Mark Smyka wins 1/12th 17.5 National title

The 17.5 1/12 class at the 2013 ROAR Carpet Nationals was ultra competitive. Qualifying rounds that saw the top 3 cars finish .04 of second apart from each other, and the difference between making the A Main or watching it was .02 of a second. After qualifying 3rd overall Viper RC driver Mark Smyka would win one of tightest spec class battles seen in a long time, winning from Joe Trandell and pole sitter Jon Williams. Mark’s National Title is his first after many years of racing different classes and it is also Viper’s first On-Road National Championship and second overall after winning 2011 Off-Road 17.5 National Championship.

Source: Viper RC [viper-rc.com]

March 23, 2013

Menicucci takes Italian UISP League title

Francesco Martini reports on the recent UISP League race in Italy. ‘For the first time, this year the Italian league UISP was split in two days with 5 qualifying round by round: three on Saturday afternoon and two on Sunday followed by the finals. This new formula has allowed us to have free practice on Saturday morning in order to make the drivers try the tires and start to see the values on the tracks. Until the morning the signs were good and our T4 seemed to have something more than the others in all categories.

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March 22, 2013

Prumper & Vogel take German Indoor titles

At the weekend of 16th to 17th March 2013, the 2013 German TC Championship took place in Geilenkirchen and Marco Kaufmann penned this report. To get some track time prior the race on the small and technical high demanding track and to compensate the home advantage of many drivers the Team Xray Germany already traveled on Thursday. After the first practice we were working on the setup. The T4 worked perfectly, so I was able to get 3rd position on the grid for the A-Mains. The latitude of the track was so tight at some sections, that it was difficult to overtake another driver side by side and also in an accurate way. So you had to wait until the driver in front of you made a mistake.

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March 22, 2013

Josh Cyrul triple at 2013 ROAR Nationals

Last weekend saw the best racers in the USA attend the 2013 ROAR Carpet On Road Nationals held in Horsham Pennsylvania. In the Modified TC class Josh Cyrul, driving the new Team ARC R10 chassis, set the early TQ pace for drivers to chase. From the start of the buzzer Josh drove his ARC R10 to the finish line never looking back giving him his first 2013 TC Modified Roar National Title ahead of Ralph Burch and Andrew Ellis.

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March 22, 2013

Edu Escandon wins 1/10th 200mm Rd1 in Spain

Round 1 of the Spanish Nationals took place in Ferrol, at Naron´s track. It was the first time that the Nationals visited this track, so it was a new experience for all drivers. On Friday the track was wet in some areas and most drivers couldn’t test their cars until late the afternoon. Unfortunately, Saturday started with a completely wet surface and we suffered heavy rain all day long, so drivers started to work on their cars to preserve the electronic parts.

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