February 12,2012- Novarossi Cup 2012 was held at Junkyard Racetrack. The weather was the key for this successful event as the weather reported to have a a very wet sunday. As early as 6:30am, racers started to show up and getting ready as the weather threatened to cancel the race with a very thick cloudy morning. 9 am, qualifying started . A 12 years old female racer named,Shania, accompanied by his Father/ Mechanic flew all the way from Mindanao Bukidnon to join this race. She finished the race on top 3 for the Buggy B -main considering this kid had only half a day practice on this track and the First FEMALE R/C racer here in the Philippines. Read More…

Before the Mains started, a very light drizzle continue to shower the track and that made a very good traction without any mud building up on the car. On the first Truggy qualifying, Edward with his Cobra truggy and Nova bonito TQd with 18 laps and gave him the pole grid position. With about 15 mins left on the finals, edward maintained a lead of almost 2 laps from the second car Clemen pancho(serpent/Nova Bonito) when a freak accident after making the big triple jump forced him to enter the pit area and fix his broken shock holder and this allowed Clemen pancho to take the lead for good followed by Mugen Driver Jody coseteng and third placer Serpent driver/ Nova Toro Nero Din dong.

For the Buggy, It was clemen pancho with his serpent/ Nova btts who TQd and took the pole grid position but because of an early flameouts, Denis Lucindo driving his Hongnor X3 Sabre with Nova Bonito took/maintained the lead for the entire mains and ended up with 3 laps ahead of fellow HongNor X3 sabre/ Nova BTTS driver Edward sio who was able to finish the race after suffering a bad landing causing his front shock tower to bend badly . Third place was Jody Coseteng , Mugen /Fusion.

Next Event will be the Philippine Masters on March 3,2012- Nitro Truggy and March 4,2012- Nitro Buggy at JUNKYARD RACETRACK. See you all.

Interprovincial Rd.1 2012 report

1/8 Off Road Buggy Malaysia 2012 World Customs Day Cup
Date: 28 – 29 JANUARY 2012 (2 days event )
Location: WPKL Customs Complex, SS 6/3 Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Venue: Football Field (Modified)
Fees: RM 120. 00 ( Lunch and marshal included )

Facilities:

1. Toilets
3. Compressor
4. Washing facilities

Images to follow.

One of the most competitive RC car clubs located in Fort Lauderdale, FL called Mills Pond kicked off their 1st race of the year last Saturday. Race director Bart Collins & the rest of his crew laid down a fresh layout for the New Year in order to get ready for this race. With an amazing 100+ entry, Mills Pond New Year shootout was definitely the race to watch for the weekend.

In 1/8th Pro Buggy A main, it was the battle of the snake. The Local super star, JConcepts/Serpent driver, JP Tirronen had trouble at the start of the race, letting 3rd place Daniel Martinez slip by for the lead. With a consistence pace, Daniel was able to pull a small lead over 2nd & 3rd. The battle between Nick Angelides & JP Tirronen was intense, but this just gave Daniel an advantage. 5 laps later, Nick Angelides turned on his game, putting a charge on Daniel. Daniel’s mistake at the last jump before the straight let Nick take the lead. On the 8th lap, Daniel’s Serpent had a shock failure forcing him to retire from the race. Nick now had a comfortable lead over 2nd place JP. Starting from the 16th lap, JP started to pick up his pace, with back to back 30 second laps, he was slowly catching the leader. With about 3 min left of the race, JP was on Nick’s Bumper. Nick’s pace start to slow down due to tire wear & track condition, while JP’s car got better later on the race, allowing JP to make the move at the back double, passing Nick. With JP’s impressive speed at the end of the race, he was able to put 8 sec over Nick taking the win with Jader Lopez finish 3rd.

Source: Hobby Crap [hobbycrap.com]

This was the 4th annual TFT race held at Mikes Hobby Shop/Gulf Coast Raceway and it was a big one. Totaling 153 entries which was 40 more than the previous year. Racers coming from 3+ hours and more to race for a great cause. There was more than $3000 toys and cash donated which made it hard on the Porter Fire Department to haul off. They ran a very smooth and fun race that started at 1pm and finished at  1am.

Last year’s event I was racing in the sportsman buggy class and won. This was my first expert race at a big event and it was pretty successful. Started out the day strong with 3 decent qualifiers, which placed me 8th in the A-main. In the main I had a great start, in the first corner there was a massive pile up that put me up 4 spots. Coming around after the first lap I was in 4th and then I made a huge mistake by entering a corner with too much speed and traction rolled. Unfortunately there was not marshal close by and after I was turned over I found myself in 13th position. At that point I just took a deep breath and hammered down and kept gaining position after position. With 2 great pit stops and very few mistakes throughout the rest of the race I finished 3rd in my first expert race.

Til Next Time,

Jason Beam

The XRAY XRATED CHALLENGE was held at Circulo Verde Raceway on November 27, 2011. Once again, Team Serpent Philippines joined the race and finished in first place, Jordan Go with Novarossi Toro Nero, and third Place, Edward Sio with his Novarossi Bonito. Another Serpent driver Clemen Pacho failed his bid to the podium due to a couple of flameouts. Second place went to Daniel Sarmiento with his Xray and O.S engine.