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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

October 11, 2011

Giannis Sotiropoulos claims Greek 200mm title

Giannis Sotiropoulos has taken yet another victory in Greece with his Serpent 733 TE, this time at the last round of the Greek championship. Taking the win by over a lap from second, Giannis had carried forward his qualifying pace, where he was able to claim pole position, into the main final and could lead the race from beginning to end. With this victory Giannis Sotiropoulos was able to secure the 2011 Greek 1/10 nitro on-road National title.

Image: RC World [rc-world.gr]

October 10, 2011

Mike Blackstock wins 1/12th 13.5 at IIC

The IIC (International Indoor Championships) is one of the most competitive and prestigious on road RC race events in the world. Conceived and run by race director extraordinaire Scotty Ernst, the annual IIC pulls the top racing talent from all around the globe. The contest takes place on a world-class carpet track where racers battle it out to see who has the right stuff to come out on the top. The IIC is RC onroad racing at its best and is definitely worth checking out. In the 1/12th scale class it was Team Associated’s Mike Blackstock that won the 13.5 class running his RC12R5.1 with the new LiPo conversion kit.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

October 9, 2011

Clean sweep for Naoto Matsukura at 2011 IIC

This weekend saw the annual IIC take place in Las Vegas, with a record entry of over 400 participants making their way to the Riviera Hotel for this carpet on road event. In the blue ribboned events, modified TC and modified 1/12th, it was Yokomo factory driver Naoto Matsukura who took top honours in qualifying in both classes against a World Class field including 3 TC World Champions and a whole host of other top talent from Europe, Asia and of course North America. In TC it was Naoto from Ronald Volker, with Marc Rheinard, Alexander Hagberg and Vikto Wilck completing the top 5, while in 1/12th it was Naoto from Juho Levanen, Ronald Volker, Keven Hebert and Paul Lemieux. In the TC final Naoto was never challenged, setting the fastest lap on the way to the win by just over 2 seconds from Yokomo team mate Volker, with Taniya team driver Viktor Wilck claiming 3rd. In the 1/12th scale class, as back to back World Champion Matsukura again showed a clean pair of heals to the rest of the field as he won the 8 minute encounter by nearly 6 seconds in front of the Associated pairing of Keven Hebert, who briefly held the lead, and Mike Blackstock, the pair separated by just 3 tenths of a second.

View the TC & 1/12th podiums here

October 8, 2011

Asian Touring Series Pilot Race announced

Following on from the success of the Euro Touring Series, organizers Scotty Ernst and Uwe Rheinard will be bringing their successful formula to the Far East for the Asian Touring Series. Based on the same formula that has been so successful in Europe, the ATS will also focus on the fun and joy of touring car racing. The team will remain the same with Red RC and chief time keeper Hartmut Wenzel joining Scotty and Uwe in Asia and together we plan to show everyone how much fun & excitement one can have at one of our events.

Continue reading here for more details

October 7, 2011

Meccamo fuels sign Silvio Hächler

French fuel company Meccamo have announced the signing of 1/8th scale Swiss National racer Silvio Hächler. The young Mugen driver will continue to run the company’s Meccafuel on road 25% fuel to power his Novarossi engines for the coming seasons.

Source: Meccamo [meccamo.com]