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May 14, 2013

Cabezas takes victory in Rd2 of Spanish Nationals

The second round of the Spanish 1/8th onroad Nationals was held in Madrid under sunny conditions and good temperatures. Qualifying saw Oscar Cabezas get the pole-position, being the only driver to make 14 laps on the way to a new track record, while in second position was Carlos Peracho. In the final Cabezas led the entire race and won by more than a lap advantage over Nacho Lopez in 2nd and three laps over Carlos Peracho in 3rd. Oscar leads the National standings with two wins from two races ahead of the third and final race on the 14th of July in Vigo, next to the beach.

View the final standings here

May 13, 2013

Susanto & Tribudiman win Jakarta Regional Rd2

Round 2 of the Jakarta Regional 1/10 EP Championship was held at the Sunter International Speedway Circuit with total of 40 drivers joining the race. The race was ran in the counter clockwise layout and in good sunny weather. In the primary superstock class, current standing leader Bowie Ginting was ill and couldn’t attend the race. In qualifying Teddy Syach took the TQ spot with his Tamiya followed by Heri Susanto and Ronny Suwarto in 2nd and 3rd respectively with their Xrays. Chandra Yosef took the TQ spot in the Stock 13.5 boosted class. The interesting story in the Superstock class was in the main final which saw three different winners in each leg. The main final was won by Heri, Teddy and Ronny. So, there was the same points for all three drivers. With the two best round to count Heri won the race followed by Ronny and Teddy. In Stock Rama Tribudiman successfully took the win from pole man, Chandra Yosef followed by Robert Hendrawan.

View the final results here

May 12, 2013

IRCC2013 Nagoya Airport race – Announcement

The organisers of the annual IRCC event that takes place in Japan have been in contact to tell us about this year’s event which will be held from the 28th to the 30th of June. The race is unique in that it will be held in Nagoya International airport, in a meeting room near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, you wont need to do much traveling and can in fact access the track by foot. Unfortunately, due to the Japanese 1/12th Nationals being held in early July they decided not to have the 1/12th modified class this year. There are lots of other attractive classes and the event is again open to international competitors. Racers interested can visit the official event site here, where you will find all the information also in English.

May 12, 2013

Hobby Arena Romania grand opening

Our friends in Romania got in touch to tell us about their all new state of the art track which recently held their grand opening event. The Hobby Arena track saw hundreds of people come out to enjoy the event and track in Frumusani near Bucharest, not just from all around Romania, but they also had international visitors from Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary, Austria and Switzerland. The opening day was not only the occasion to present the track, it was a festival for the hobby and fun, everything for rc car enthusiasts, whether they are professionals or just hobbyists. The hosts, representatives of Hobby Arena, Autorc Hobby Store and Motosport Racing Team Club, spent every effort to make everybody feel at home. Soft drinks, soda’s, beer, even some meal, everything provided. This is the biggest project of its kind in Eastern Europe, and yes, this was a rc car festival.

View more details & photos here

May 10, 2013

John Ermen wins Benelux Cup

Last weekend the Benelux cup was held in Bierset, Belgium and John Erman filed this report. ‘It was a little bumpy track with medium grip and a long straight. On Saturday we had some practice to setup the new Xray RX8 2013 spec car. I had some problems with the track layout as it was the first time for me on this track. But at the end of the day I had a good setup and the car/engine combination was good to go. On Sunday the weather was perfect, around 25 degrees and sunny. We had 3 qualifications and I was able to get 2nd position tight after Robin. In the last qualification I changed from the Blitz ARX to the Blitz R18 v2 body and the car was instantly better to handle but because some back markers I was unable to improve my time any further. But the car felt allot better than in the first 2 qualifications, so I was confident for the final.

Continue reading the report here

May 10, 2013

Xray Challenge Grand Final report

The Xray Challenge Grand Final was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia and Alexander Hagberg made this report. ‘Once again we saw a perfectly organized event. More than 100 drivers from many different countries joined the race to come and have fun at this great venue. It was a good opportunity as well, to prepare for the upcoming ETS final. The race was run in seven different classes, both electric and nitro, to allow for all kinds of adrenaline charged fun. Unfortunately the weather gods were not with us on Friday as it rained away. It was not a problem for those who had signed up for the electric categories though, as the newly prepared indoor track was open for practice. New curbs and paint gave the track a really nice look and was very enjoyable to race on. Traction levels became high eventually as sugar water was used.

Continue reading the report here

May 9, 2013

Olivier Bultynck wins FBA Nationals Rd2

The second race of the FBA electric touring car championship took place at the indoor hall in Chatelineau. The track was small and very technical and the surface was not giving the grip that everyone had expected, so the key issue was to find a stable and fast car. It was Olivier Bultynck with his VBC car who set the pace. Manuel Henriet, last years winner and driving at his home track, put his car on the second spot on the grid with Nick Joosens in third place. In the first final Manuel tried to attack from the start and was pushing just behind Olivier but after a few laps Olivier found his rhythm and was pulling away from the rest. Manuel was a strong second but for the third spot a big battle was going on between Nick, Thomas Stockman, Maxim Claes and Nicolas Delisé. It was Nicolas who took third place. The second final was a different story. Olivier made a good start but after lap 11 he lost the lead to Manuel who was strong and defended his lead. Olivier made another mistake and Nick Joosens took the second place but everything was still possible in final three. From the start Olivier was pushing hard driving a splendid last final and setting the fastest time in the finals. Also with this win Olivier took the second win in two races. Manuel was very strong at his home track and took second place with Maxim Claes a very good third. Overall results saw Olivier Bultynck (VBC Racing) the winner, second to Manuel Henriet (Awesomatix) and third went to Nicolas Delisé (Team Yokomo).

Source: Swingman [google.com]

May 8, 2013

2013 Nitro-West-Masters – Announcement

2013 Nitro-West-Masters - Announcement

The 2013 season of the Nitro-West-Masters will kick-off at Oberhausen at the upcoming weekend (11/12 May). It is the fifth season of this nitro on-road series in Western Germany, which has become more popular year by year since it was launched in 2009. Last year a total of 106 racers have collected championship points. For the first time there will be six race meetings in 2013, one per month from May to October.

Continue reading the announcement here