April 1, 2012

Ronald Volker takes 3rd straight TCM title

The annual LRP Touring Car Masters took place at its regular home in Eppelheim this weekend. The modified class saw Yokomo driver Ronald Volker take the TQ spot ahead of a Xray’s Alexander Hagberg in 2nd, following a close battle with 3-time World Champion and Tamiya driver Marc Rheinard who would start in 3rd. In the finals Volker would check out in legs 1 and 2 to take his third straight TCM title leaving the battle for the other podium spots to be fought out between Hagberg and Rheinard. With the German having two 2nd places going into the 3rd leg the Swede would need a win. With a mistake from the TRF driver dropping him into the mid pack Hagberg would go on to take the win and with it the runner up spot. Equal on points Rheinard would have to settle for 3rd. In the Pro Stock class Daniel Wohlgemuth took the win from the pole position ahead of Tony Streit in 2nd and Oliver Franke 3rd.

Source: LRP [tcm2012.lrp.cc]


March 31, 2012

Mike Gosvig wins Danish DASU & DRCMU titles

Having TQ’d and won 4 out of 5 round in the Danish championship in dominant fashion Mike Gosvig became champion without running the last round of the DRCMU Danish Championships. Busy attending the other Danish championship in Broendby, Sunday afternoon he was crowned as both DASU and DRCMU champion, 2 very big series in Denmark. In the DASU Championship Tamiya driver Gosvig won the series from Søren Boy Holst and Christian Lehm, both driving TOP, while in the DRCMU series he took the title ahead of Awesomatix driver Morten Iversen and Serpent driver Steven Molsen.


March 30, 2012

Morganti wins Ipanema World GT Championships

Paolo Morganti took the TQ and World Championship in the Open Class at the Ipanema World GT Championship that was held at Barceloneta RC track in Puerto Rico last weekend. In an hour race Morganti went thru some problems when flame out in his first pit stop and lost the first position for a while but was able to recover and keep the lead to finish in first position with his Cobra GT, in second position was Andy Báez and in third was José González.

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March 29, 2012

Paul Lemieux wins ROAR Mod TC title

The US ROAR Carpet on-road nationals were held recently at Mike’s Hobby Shop in Dallas Texas and Team Xray attended this event with many team drivers on hand for support. In the Mod TC class Paul Lemieux piloted his Xray T3’12 to the TQ and with wins in A1 and A2 Paul secured the National title ahead of Keven Hebert. Ralph Burch made his electric comeback, qualifying second on the grid and finishing third overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com] / Image: Live RC


March 28, 2012

Coelho & Cardos win Portuguese Nationals Rd1

The first round of the Portuguese Electric Touring Cars (Mod and 10.5T Stock) took place last weekend in the town of Torres Novas at Mini Autódromo de Torres Novas, host of EFRA 2013 European Electric Championships. 37 drivers attended the race. On Sunday the day was just amazing with clear sky and good temperature with good grips conditions. In the Mod class Bruno Coelho set a new record for qualifying reaching 20 laps in 5m15.97, but the TQ went to Hugo Miguel after wining 2 of the 4 qualifying sessions. Bruno Coelho and João M. Martinho qualified 2nd and 3rd.

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March 28, 2012

Max Kuenning takes 1/12th 17.5 ROAR title

At the 2012 ROAR Nationals, held at Mike’s Hobby Shop in Dallas TX, the 1/12th 17.5 class turned into a ‘who’s who’s’ of RC drivers with many top drivers jumping in the 17.5 division. Qualifying saw On-point front man and owner, Paul Cicarrello take the top spot with CRC driver Max Kuenning a close second. However in the triple A-main format, Max took the first 2 mains to wrap up his National Championship in convincing fashion ahead of Paul Ciccarello in 2nd with Kody Knudtson in 3rd.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]


March 27, 2012

Chris Adams wins 17.5 TC ROAR Carpet Nats

Mike’s Hobby Shop in Texas was the host of the 2012 ROAR Carpet On-Road Nationals. The Touring 17.5 Non Timing class had some of the closest qualifying, with the top five spots separated by a mere 2 seconds.  When it came time for the A-Mains, Chris Adams would drive two flawless runs, running some of the fastest laps of the weekend, and would take down victories in A1 and A2 with his Speedzone LiPo powered TC. What makes the wins even more special is that Chris purchased his Speedzone “Peerless Series” LiPo Pack from the hobby shop, the weekend of the Nationals. The two A-Main wins clinched the 17.5 Nationals Title for Chris and gave Speedzone its first ROAR National Championship.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]


March 27, 2012

Søren Boy Holst wins Danish champs Rd5

The fifth and final round of the Danish touring car indoor championships took place this past weekend at the BRC track just outside of Copenhagen. In the Super Stock class, run with 17.5T motors and on Solaris Medium controlled tyres, Søren Boy Holst (T.O.P. Photon EX Prototype) won the race in front of Mike Gasvig (Tamiya 417) and Danni Eyde (T.O.P. Photon EX Prototype).

Source: TOP [top-racing.jp]


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