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October 13, 2011

Lambert & Kellner win @ 2011 IIC

CRC pilots Kenny Lambert and Fred Kellner have won the 17.5 1/12 scale and 13.5 World GT classes at the recent 2011 IIC in Las Vegas. Kenny used the brand-new CRC Gen-Xi 1/12 scale car in combination with a CRC Rockt Fuel battery, CRC/Black Art R8C body and CRC Pro Cut magenta and pink tyres. In 13.5 World GT class Patrick Morehead took the TQ with his CRC Gen-X 10 with Gen-X 10LE driver taking the overall win in the finals.

Click here to view the 13.5 World GT winner

October 13, 2011

Sebastian Recio wins Argentinian championship

Capricorn got in touch to tell us that Sebastian Recio has won the recent Argentinian 1/8 scale on-road championship. The race took place at the 2007 World Championships track in Cordoba. Sebastian (Capricon/Novarossi) was able to get TQ after qualifying and also won the main final in front of Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi) and Agusto Quinteros (Serpent/Novarossi).

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 13, 2011

Leo Arnold wins 2011 French Cup

The 2011 French Cup was held last weekend at the Louviers track in the North of France. In qualification, Arthur Leclercq took the TQ honors with his Capricorn with Basile Concialdi, French Champion 2011, in second position with another Capricorn. In the 30-minutes final it was young driver Léo Arnold with his Team Orion powered Capricorn in front of Basile Concialdi (Capricorn/Orion) and Frederic Bourillon (KM/Orion) after a great battle between these 3 drivers.

View the final results here

October 12, 2011

Entry to open for DHI Cup 2012

The organizers of the 2012 DHI Cup have been in touch to tell us that entry for next January’s event starts this Thursday at 20:00 o’clock CET on MyRCM. Many of today’s top drivers have won this race as one of their first big victories on the international scene. Starting with Andreas Myrberg in 2001, to Jilles Groskamp and Juho Levanen. Current world champion Marc Rheinard, European champion Ronald Völker and former World Champion Atsushi Hara, to mention just a few, are some of the great drivers that have participated and won in the past. This year DHI-CUP has renewed itself with an offroad track alongside the traditional onroad track, so now offroad drivers can join be part of this great event.

October 12, 2011

Seyong Oh wins Korean 200mm title

The 2011 Korean National Championship for 1/10th 200mm was held this year at the Kirina RC Circuit located near the capital city of Seoul. With a lighter turnout than previous years there was still plenty of competition at the front. Qualifying saw Capricorn racer Hyunho Ahn take the top spot from team mates Kiyong Hong and Seyong Oh with Mugen driver Yeonchul Kim rounding out the top 4. In the final electrical problems for Hyunho and engine problems for Kiyong saw the pair retire promoting 3rd place starter Seyong Oh to the top spot where he would hold on for victory and the title. Yeonchul Kim would take the runner up spot for Mugen, while Serpent racer Yeongjun Kim would complete the podium.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 11, 2011

Atsushi Hara dominates Super Stock at IIC

The 2011 International Indoor Championships was once again held at the Riviera Hotel and Casino on the world-famous Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. With over 60 entries, one of the largest classes at this year’s event was the Super Stock TC class. Utilizing 17.5 motors and boosted ESCs, the class featured some of the world’s top drivers turning laps nearly as fast as those in the Modified TC class. Reedy factory driver Atsushi Hara was clearly the man to beat. The defending champion was extremely fast in practice and continued to show no mercy in the qualifying heats. After four rounds of qualifying, Hara’s fastest time was nearly 4 seconds faster than the next best driver which meant he would start the A Main from the coveted pole position. At the sound of the start tone, Hara shot into the lead thanks to the power of a Reedy Sonic 17.5 motor and 5000mAh LiPo battery. An early challenge from Reedy teammate Keven Hébert was the only threat to his dominance. But eventually Hara managed to build a comfortable gap to the chasers and cruise to victory.

Source: Reedy [rc10.com]

October 11, 2011

Joe Kerry takes British title with last round victory

The last BRCA 1/10th 200mm national race of the championship was at the Mendip circuit last weekend with the title still up for grabs. Saturday’s practice was run under dry and sunny conditions with championship contenders Joe Kerry and Adam Catchpole looking quick all day. Sunday morning turned out to be very windy, cold and damp. This made qualifying quite difficult for some of the top drivers but the track eventually dried out for the final qualifier and everyone was able to set a decent time. Alex Thurston took FTD just in front of Joe Kerry with Adam Catchpole qualifying in 6th position. In the final Joe took the lead on the very first lap and began to race away from the rest of the field. At the end of the 30 minute final Joe was the winner after holding off the challenge of Mark Green towards the end of the race. This final result makes Joe Kerry the 2011 British 200mm National Champion. Adam Catchpole finished runner up overall with Alex Thurston taking third overall.

Thanks to Joe Kerry for the report.

October 11, 2011

Henriksen wins Danish 1/8th Nationals

The last round of the Danish 1/8th scale nationals was run at ODRC club in Odense. The track is small and has no space for error’s so it’s technically challenging to drive 1/8 on this track and it’s normally very slippery too. There was some rain overnight and it actually cleaned the track so the grip was better on Sunday. After 5 rounds Shepherd driver Henrik Christensen was leading with only 2 points, and the Danish point system also gives points for TQ, so when fellow Shepherd-Novarossi racer Jon Pedersen took the TQ on Saturday there was only one point between 1st and 2nd place. He took the pole-position in front of Henrik Christensen and Mikael Skals in third position.

Continue reading the report here