Last weekend saw the first of six rounds of the Austrian National championship run at the MRC Frühwirth Sollenau track, which has been off the National calendar for some years because of a very strange rule, which was canceled at the last AGM of the Austrian federation. With total 69 entries we saw good competition in both classes.
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This past weekend was the first running of the Kosmic GP in Chaplin, CT, USA. As it was run on the same track that will host this year’s US Nationals, there were many top drivers in attendance. In the sedan class it was Kosmic fuel main man and Capricorn team driver DJ Apolaro that took the top spot in qualifying and would go on to win the race by 3 laps ahead of Richie Torres in 2nd and Jamie Corrado in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale class it was Serpent driver Paolo Morganti that took the TQ spot but he hit troubles and could only finish in 4th. It was Capricorn racer Joaquin Desoto Jr that would win by two laps ahead of team mate Jari Taskila in 2nd and Joe Wright in 3rd, 4 laps further back.
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Team Associated is hard at work trying to break the 200 mph barrier with an R/C car. Working together with current record holder Nic Case, check out the video above to see how the progress is going.
Source: Associated [rc10.com]
Last weekend witnessed round 2 of the 2011 1/8th scale British national series was hosted by the Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire. The weather forecast was for showers at some point over the weekend. Saturday was however dry with high winds which seemed to affect the cars badly around the carousal corner. The grip was very low due to a lot of surface dust and required a lot of cars on track to form a clean racing line.
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The final round of the 2011 Indonesian 1/10 200mm national championship session 1 was held at the JITC Race Track in Jakarta, Indonesia. The weather was clear at the start but a little rain came down in heat 2 forcing the organizer to re-run the qualifying round. In qualifying it was Teddy Syach that took his OS powered Kyosho to the TQ spot with 18 laps @ 5.15 followed by Fayakhun Andriadi (Kyosho, 18 laps @ 5.16) and Bowie Ginting (Xray, 18 laps @ 5.17). Chandra Yosef (Xray) and Rama Tribudiman (Kyosho) completed the top 5.
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Last weekend saw round 2 of the Sao Paulo Championship in Fazenda Vesuvio, Indaiatuba, a small city 100km from Sao Paulo. The race was for 1:10 200mm and 1:8 scale. In the 1/8th scale class, new Capricorn signing Flavio Elias broke all track records with the LAB C801, setting a new fastest time of 14.630 and going on to the TQ the event. Flavio would also win the main final ahead the Mugen pairing of Leandro Campos in 2nd and Chung Min Hsu in 3rd. In the 1/10th scale class it was a Capricorn clean sweep of the podium with Leandro Campos taking the win from Erich Heshiki and Chung Min Hsu once again in 3rd.
The Hobby Wing season opener warm up race was held this past weekend in Shanghai at the TRS Junti Speedway and brought together more than 45 drivers from Shanghai and nearby cities of Nanjing and Hangzhou. The featured 11.5 stock class A-Main race saw some exciting action from top drivers in China. 13-year-old JJ Wang driving his HB TCX battled fellow HB factory driver and current Chinese National Champion Wang Hai Feng in breathtaking 8 minutes of non-stop pressure driving in the first 2 finals. JJ prevailed and won 2 finals out of 3 to take the race win. Coming in third was Tamiya Driver and current Chinese National Junior Champion Lu Jun Qiao.
Source: HB/HPI China
Last weekend saw the third round of the French 1/10 nitro touring National take place in Concarneau. In the elite class qualifying it was Maxime Favrelle driving the Xray that took the top spot from Capricorn driver Basile Concialdi in 2nd and Michaël Derderian in 3rd. In the final, Capricorn drivers did the 1-2 with Basile Concialdi taking the win by a lap ahead of Thomas Desmaries in 2nd. Xray driver Thomas Eytard completed the podium in 3rd.
