The first race of the Belgian national touring car championship 2012 took place in Chatelineau, near Charleroi. Hosted by the MRCC on an indoor track fifty racers made it to the first round of the year. Thomas Stockman (Xray) took TQ followed by Nick Joosens who put his Yokomo on the second spot. Last years champion Olivier Bultynck was third quickest with his Yokomo.
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Following his success in this seasons BRCA 1/12th National series foam tyre manufacturer Jaco are pleased to announce that Olly Jefferies will be joining their team as a factory supported driver. Olly used Jaco tyres throughout his season long campaign at which he dominated both the stock and the modified class with his Associated 12R5.1, up to this point Olly had received Jaco support through UK distributor CML Distribution. With world championships on the horizon a direct deal with Jaco has come at just the right time. This is what Olly has to say about the deal:
I found that Jaco tyres gave me consistency through an eight minute run and throughout the season I didn’t have to think about my tyres choice or prep, the Jaco foam worked well on the all the various tracks and layouts we raced on over the winter series, hopefully now working direct with Jaco it will present opportunities for me and I am very excited about working with them as I prepare for the worlds.
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
Over 100 drivers attended the 2012 Nitro-X on-road race in Hong Kong this past weekend. The one-day race had a tight schedule and after three 7-minute qualifying heats, it was Mugen Driver JJ Wang taking the TQ in both the 1/8th and 200mm sedan class. In the 30 minutes 1/8 A-main final, JJ Wang drove his Novarossi-powered MRX5 to victory winning by 2 laps over Hong Kong Shepherd driver Kwong. In the 30 minutes Sedan A-main final, it was Hong Kong X-Ray driver Poon Chiu who over took the lead with less than a minute to drive from JJ Wang.
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The first race of this years racing season in Santo André, Brazil, supported by Salvadori Racing, KM Racing and Novarossi recently took place. In the Sport class Fabio Mencarelli took the TQ honors and won a very tight 30 minutes final, fighting with KM driver Geandre Rollin until the last 30 seconds. Geandre was leading but could not hold the pressure and a mistake costed him the victory and also the 2nd place, which went to Flavio Fatinanzi who took the runner up spot on the very last lap, leaving Geandre on 3rd place eventually.
Top 3 results Sport class
1. Fabio Mencarelli – KM/Novarossi
2. Flavio Fatinanzi – Xray/Max
3. Geandre Rollin – KM/Novarossi
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The ROAR Carpet On Road Nationals was held at Mike’s Hobby Shop just outside of Dallas, TX in the suburb of Carrollton. In the 1:12 Modified class, Keven Hébert and his 12R5.1 powered by Reedy and LRP laid down the fastest qualifier of the weekend in the final round to start on pole for the triple A-main events. However, the French Canadian wouldn’t need three main events to claim his first Modified National Championship. Rocketing from the pole position, Hébert left the field in A1 and never looked back, taking the victory ahead of teammate Mike Blackstock. In the second A Main, Hébert again got a great start; however, a bobble dropped him back to fifth place at one point. Staying focused, and showing the determination of a champion, Hébert found his way back to the lead and distanced himself from the field to take his first ROAR Modified National Championship.
Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]
Under perfect weather conditions the first round of the Greek 1/10th 200mm nitro nationals took place at the Arena Racing Track in Aspropyrgos near Athens. Already in qualifying the Shepherd drivers Kostas Sidiropoulos and Bill Lykaris showed a strong performance with their Velox V10 qualifying themselves for the A final in second and fifth position respectively. In the 45min main final both Shepherd drivers had a great run with Kostas managin to take over the lead after 34 minutes when the leader suffered a stalling engine. At that time Bill moved to second position with a save distance to the 3rd placed Dimitris Dimitriou (Xray). This was also the finishing order giving Shepherd the first win of the season in Greece with the team making a 1-2 finish.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The Trofeo Max Power took place last weekend at he Riccione track in Italy supported by Massimo Fantini. The qualifiers were dominated by Alessandro Bracci (Xray/Max) and Stephen Massari (Serpent/Novarossi) with the battle going on also in the A final when also Massimiliano Bertozzi was able to keep the pace of both. Stephen then got a mechanical problem meaning the race win for Alessandro in front of Massimiliano Bertozzi and Massari.
Source: Road Race Riccione [roadracericcione.com]
The first of two HPI works challenge races in China took place this past weekend at the Shanghai RCI racing club. Atsushi Hara, Shin Adachi and EC Kim joined the Chinese HB drivers Wang Hai Feng and JJ Wang at the indoor event, which saw more than 30 drivers in attendance. Shin Adachi took TQ but it was JJ Wang having the better end for him finishing first in front of EC Kim from Korea and Atsushi Hara in third. The organisers would also like to send special thanks to Muchmore for supporting the event.
Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.net.cn]
