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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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March 22, 2013

Grosse & Knapp take ROAR 1/12th titles

CRC are reporting that North Dakota driver, Randy Grosse (RG1), took his Gen-X 10LE to a ROAR National title in the World GT class last weekend winning A2 and A3. Team mate Andrew Knapp took another ROAR National Championship taking the 1:12th scale 13.5 class with the CRC Xti car. The driver from Grand Rapids took the TQ spot as well totally dominating the event. His teammate RG1 also ran strong in 13.5 taking his CRC Xti to a 1-2 sweep.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

March 21, 2013

Shepherd Velox V10 Pro details

Shepherd have released an image and details of the final design of the soon to be released and completely revised Velox V10 Pro. The re-designed front end features a ball-raced wire anti-roll bar, a narrower differential, new lower and upper wishbones, a carbon body mount support and a very small aluminium servo saver. The front lower arms can be mounted in two different positions using some eccentric inserts to adjust the roll-center, a unique feature in this class. Additionally the front shock tower has been updated to suit the latest geometry-changes of the shock position for a better steering response.

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March 21, 2013

Spashett double at BRCA 1/12th Nats Rd5

David Spashett continued his near dominance of the 2012/13 BRCA 1/12th Scale Nationals at round 5 of the 6 event series in Stafford last weekend. In the 10.5 blinky stock class on Saturday, David took TQ by the slender margin of 0.2 seconds ahead of Team Associated/Reedy factory driver Olly Jefferies who made a one-off return to this years championship at Stafford. Mark Stiles lined up 3rd on the grid for the A final driving an LRP/Reedy powered CRC with Olly’s team mate Zak Smith and the Serpent of Chris Kerswell completing the top-5.

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