H-K1 in Race (2013)

Great News From Singapore! ! !

Race Name : Singapore RCMC GP Series

Date : 2013 Dec, 22nd

Place : Singapore

H-K1 Title :

Best Lap — Nicholas Lee (H-K1 Meen Version )

TQ — Murai Kazuma (H-K1 Meen Version)

Champion — Nicholas Lee (H-K1 Meen Version)

Top 10 — Three H-K1 in A Main

Below race report from our team driver Nicholas Lee :
The last of nitro series race for this year took place last weekend at our newly resurfaced track. We were never short of famous drivers attending our races for the past few years. We had the honour of Murai Kazuma, the man behind the Ko Propo for the past decade, and now the staff of Super Rajikon shop in Tokyo, racing both the KM 1/10 and a loaned 1/8 classes.
The weather forecasted rain during the weekend but fortunately, we had a fairly sunny weekend. Approximately 30 drivers or so took part.
Kazuma took the TQ spot with his Meen version HK-1 car. I had trouble with my engine tuning for the first two rounds of qualifyings. I thought I would have had a decent third round of qualifying but I hit some stones on the racing line and my car flew off.
This would put me last in the A final. I started the final well and was waiting for the opportunity to overtake cars one at a time. My mechanics, Nelson and Bobby, have done a great job in ensuring nothing went wrong in the final. I won the race 4 laps ahead after 40 minutes of final. Unfortunately for Kazuma as he had engine failure in the final and finished 4th.

Great News From Japan! !
Race Name : TamTam Grand Prix

Date : 2013 Dec. 15

Place : TamTam Gifu Branch (Permanent Racing Track)

Participants : 40 drivers (50% drive H-K1)

H-K1 Title :

Best Lap : Shimazaki Shinya (11.72sec)

Champion—Shimazaki Shinya (H-K1 Meen version)

2nd Place—Keisuke Fukuta ( H-K1 Meen version)

Top 10 : 5 x H-K1 in A-main

Below race report from KM Japan president Mr. Manabu Mizota :

We hope you are fine.
We have a good news from Japan. Last weekend, one of the biggest hobby shops in Japan, name TamTam organize their last series race in their own track in Gifu branch. More than 40 participates was there, and KM Team drivers also attend this race.
Our team driver Shimazaki (his nick name “Baresark” was true) had very bad driving during the qualifying, so he start from D-main final, but bum up from D main to A main. 20 minutes Grand final, KM Team, Fukuda and Shimazaki battle each other, and finally Shimazaki had comfortable lead and won this last race in year 2013! !All participants and a lot of spectators are big surprised their H-K1’performance on the final race.
Not only race result, almost half participant drive our H-K1, so it was also good opportunity to support private drivers by our world class team drivers.

Great News From Japan! !

Race Name : All Japan PGTC 1/10 GP Touring Series (6 races)

Place : Japan

H-K1 Title:

2013 Series Champion (Open Class) : –Oohigashi (H-K1 Meen Version)

Below Report from KM Japan President Manabu Mizota :

Dear Sirs and Madams,

We have a great news from Western part of Japan.
One of the most famous 1/10 GP Touring series race (6 races in 6 different tracks) in Japan, called PGTC.
This year 2013, Oohigashi who drive H-K1 Meen Version got Series Champion! !
For open class, nearly 100 drivers attend, so very hard to get the series champion,
but Oohigashi attend 5 races, and all races he finish very high position, so finally he got this great award.
Moreover, not only Series champion, a lot of end users switch to H-K1 in these days, and all of them are satisfy with their new chassis.
Share of H-K1 is only increasing among available different chassis in Japanese market.

Thank you very much for great weapon for GP Touring fans! !

Great News From Hong Kong! !

Hang double at Hong Kong GP Race! ! !

Race Name : 2013 Hong Kong HKRCSA GP Series (round 4)

Place : Hong Kong TRC Racing Track

Date : 2013, Nov 24th

• 1/10 GP

Best Lap : Hung Cheung Hang ( 19.293 sec ) — H-K1 Meen version

TQ : Hung Cheung Hang — H-K1 Meen version

Champion : Hung Cheung Hang — H-K1 meen Version

Top 10 : 4 H-K1 in A main

• 1/8 GP

TQ : Hung Cheung Hang — K8 proto-type 2

Champion : Hung Cheung Hang — K8 proto type 2

Great news from Japan! ! !

First attempt 1/10 GP Japan series by Shimazaki Shinya (Japanese Baresark–東洋狂戰士) with H-K1 Meen Version.
Fighting againsted the best world class Japanese drivers,
took the TQ and leaded the A main final until the last few minutes before the rain came.
It was a pity that he couldn’t hold the car because of the rain condition and
have to drop back just behind the new crowned 1/8 world champion Tadahiko Sahashi and stand on 2nd place!

Race Name : 2013 PGTC 1/10 GP Touring car Japan Series Final Round

Date : 2013 Nov, 3rd

Place : Hokusei Track, Japan

H-K1 Title :

(Super Expert Class)

Best lap : Shimazaki Shinya (19.038)

TQ : Shimazaki Shinya

2nd Place : Shimazaki Shinya

(Sportman Class)

2nd Place : Hajime Ohhigashi

Great Job by Shimazaki Shinya & Hajime Ohhigashi! ! !

We have great news from Hong Kong!

Race name : Hong Kong HKRCSA GP Series (Round One)

Date : 2013/9/15

Place : Hong Kong

H-K1 Titles :

Champion — Leung Chun Wai (H-K1 Meen Version)

Top 10 : Three H-K1 in A-main

Great News From Japan!

Race name : 2013 JMRCA All Japan 1/10 GP National Championship (Sportman class)

Date : 2013 July 19~21

Place : Japan Chiba

1/10 Titles :

3th Place — Kyo Hei Oguchi

2 H-K1 in Top 10

We have great news from Czech Republic!

Race name : Czech GP Championship

Date : 2013 July 20~21

Place : Czech

H-K1 Titles :

TQ — Pavel Jansa

Champion — Pavel Jansa

3th Place — Micheal Jansa

We have great news from Thailand!

Race Name : 2013 RCCA Thailand GP National Champion ( Round 1 )

Place : Khuntien,Bangkok Thailand

Date : 2013 July 20~21

K 8 Titles :

TQ — Charlee P

Champion — Trin

3 x K8 proto type in A Main

H-K1 Titles :

TQ — Charlee P

Champion — Meen V

2nd — Chavit G

6 x H-K1 in A Main

We have great news from Malaysia! ! !

Race Name : 2013 Malaysia KL International GP open

Date : 5~7 July 2013

Categories : 1/10 & 1/8

Total participants : 140 drivers

Team KM & PRC again got almost full victory! !

1) 1/10 TQ and Champion—-Meen V H-K1 MV version

2nd Place——–Azri  H-K1 MV version

3rd Place———-Trin T H-K1 MV version

Best Lap (18.232)—Charlee P H-K1 MV vesrion

Five H-K1 MV version car in A main

2) 1/8  TQ————Meen V K8 Phototype

Champion——Trin T K8 Phototype

2nd—Azri K8 Phototype

Best Lap (16.379)—–Charlee P K8 Phototype

Four K8 phototype car in A main

Good news from Korea !

First race for H-K1 in Korea and get podium position,it was a good start! ! !

Race name: 2013 Korea Serpent Cup

3rd  Kim, Geon-Su / HK-1 / Nova / 30:03.521 / 103laps

Below race report :

His name is Kim, Geon-Su.

He was get the Korea Champion title on 2009.

He come back in three years.

By the way, He driving new machine, not have time to practice and set up for machine test.
Unfortunately…. he had trouble engine in qualifying in race.
But, He was not ready for the engine. So, He has worst performing engine in the final.
Korea RC People say about his come back to the return of the king!
Let’s hope he will still to see topmost podium.

Great news from Czech 1/10 National Championship round 3 !

Date : 30 June 2013

Race Name : Czech Republic 1/10 on road Championship

Best Lap—Pavel Jansa

Champion—Pavel Jansa

9th Place—Micheal Jansa

Top 10—Two H-K1 in A Main

Below race report :

KM wins to 3 round of Czech republic championship 1/10 on road.
Last weekend, round 3 of the Czech Championship was held on the
Blansko circuit. It is small and technical track. As we did not attend
the free practice, we had a little delay compared to other
competitors. The weather was almost perfect with about 24°C. The
organisers prepared the track with sugar water, so we had good grip.
Michal found basic setup quite early. Pavel had some engine problems
during the first two rounds of qualifications. He replace the engine
and drove the final round of qualification 3rd place overall. In our
semi-final we finished in second and third place. Before the main
final we had to change the setup, because our car was still
understeer. I think we both found good package finally, with which We
have been really competitive. The 45 minutes of the main final was a
hard fight for first 4 places with many changes in order. After 30min
Michael had to retire from second place to the rear differential
failure. Pavel took the victory in the last 30 seconds of the race and
set the fastest lap of the race also. It was dramatic and perfect
race. Thanks KM Racing for their perfect products.

We have the great news for H-K1 and K8 in 2013 Hong Kong Novarossi Cup ! ! !

Name of the race : 2013 Novarossi Cup in Hong Kong

Date : 30 June 2013

Track : TRC

Perfect win for KM Racing

1/10 :

Best lap : 19.051

TQ & Champion

Hung Cheung Hang use H-K1 WC Meen Version

2nd Place

Leung Chun Wai use H-K1 Evo 2

6th Place

WaDee H-K1 Evo 2

Three H-K1 in A main

1/8 :

Best lap : 16.736

TQ & Champion

Hung Cheung Hang use K8 phototype car

Race Report :

Hang made one lap ahead of all Hong Kong top drivers in both 1/10 & 1/8 class for 3 rounds of 7 mins qualify.

In both A main finals Hang performed clean victory from the beginning to the end and leaded the 2nd driver by 6 laps in 1/10 and 1 lap in 1/8.

It was again proved how strong is World Champion car H-K1 and the excellent potential of K8! ! !

We have great news from 2013 OS Futaba Cup @ Jakata Open ! ! !

1/10 GP ( Full Victory for KM Team )

TQ — Meen V

Champion — Nicholas Lee

2nd Place — Chavid saligupta

3rd Place — Meen V

A Main — 6 x KM H-K1 in Top 10

1/8 GP ( KM Team attend with 4 K8 sample cars )

TQ — Meen V

3rd Place — Meen V

A Main — 4 x KM K8 sample cars in Top 10

Below Race Report from Nicholas Lee:

The annual Futaba Cup took place last weekend in the city of Senayan in Jakarta. The track was resurfaced two weeks before the event but the layout remains the same as to the one I attended last year. The surface was sugar watered for increased traction on Saturday. This year’s event attracted drivers from 8 different countries, but most notably, 1 Reigning World champion from Thailand ( Meen.V ) and 2 Worlds finalists ( Alexander Hagberg and Chavit ).

As I had a good result finishing 2nd last year for the 10th and the 8th scales, I was hoping for a strong result. My dad and I arrived on Wednesday and we headed to the track right away. There were some new rules for this year as addictive is allowed and 4 rounds of 5 minutes qualifiers were to be ran. My initial plan was to break-in engines and choose the best engine for the race. However, I had a stressful week because none of my engines would finish 5 minutes. I wasted the time stressing on my engines rather than finding a competitive car setup and tyre combination.

In qualifying, I ran out of fuel at 3 minutes 30 seconds only to have found out that I had a hole in my fuel line. Second qualifying was decent and put me on 4th spot. I was pushing for a faster run on the 3rd qualifier but broke my car as I went too close to the wall on the straight. I decided to make some changes to a harder differential oil for the 4th and last round of qualifier. Car was much more stable and easier to drive, but could not make a faster time.

In the final, I had a bad start when attempting to make a pass on Charlee P. I went sideways and dropped to the back of the field. Minutes later, I was battling Bowie for the 5th spot. I made a contact on him and waited for him. We had a good 10 minutes of battle until he flamed out. 15 minutes into the final, I found myself in 3rd spot. With Meen leading and Hagberg close behind. Hagberg ran out of fuel multiple times and that moved me into 2nd spot. Moments later, Meen flamed out twice. And I would find myself leading the race after changing tyres. I won the race ahead of Chavit and Meen.

Thank you Mr.Kenny and HANG for your continue and effortless support and also trust in me. My win is always because of your support and I wont forget! Please continue to support me I really appreciate everything you do for me! And my win is dedicated to you and the crews for the support!

We have good news from Japan!

Adachi won again in JRCC series race!!

Race Name:2nd JRCC Series Race

Place:Boss Speed Racing Track Tokyo japan

Date:2013,May12th

H-K1 Titles:

1.TQ–Adachi

2.Best lap–Adachi

3.Champion–Adachi

Race Report:

There was a second JRCC series race at Boss Speed Racing Track…. and

again, Adachi-san won this race… 2nd is again JMRCA Sportsman class

Champion (last year) with Kyosho R4 chassis. The number of participants were

not many, but no one can race with Adachi with H-K1 there!!

KM RACING DOMINATES 2nd ROUND OF SANTO ANDRE CHAMPIONSHIP

THE MOST IMPORTANT REGIONAL TOURNAMENT OF BRAZIL HELD ITS SECOND ENCOUNTER LAST WEEKEND. THE HOMETRACK OF KM RACING DRIVERS RECEIVED SOME GUYS TO PRACTICE FOR THE UPCOMING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

ON SPORTSMAN CLASS A VERY EXCITING 30 MINUTE RACE SAW THE TQ DRIVER RICARDO BRESSAN (H-K1) BATTLING HARD WITH KYOSHO DRIVER RAFAEL YAMAMOTO. ON A 5 MINUTE STRATEGY RICARDO LOST THE LEAD BUT IN THE END IT PAID OFF. RAFAEL WAS LEADING THE RACE WITH ABOUT 2 SECONDS OF ADVANTAGE AND TRIED TO AVOID A SPLASH AND GO, BUT RAN OUT OF FUEL 2 CORNERS BEFORE THE FINISH LINE, LETTING RICARDO CROSS THE LINE ON 1ST PLACE

1ST – RICARDO BRESSAN – KM

2ND – RAFAEL YAMAMOTO – KYOSHO

3RD – KAIQUE LIMA – SERPENT

THE EXPERT CLASS HAD A SMALLES LINEUP. REIGNING NATIONAL CHAMPION FABRICIO ZAMPERETTI (H-K1) TQ’D AND DESPITE AN ENGINE FLAMEOUT ON PITLANE EXIT AFTER THE 1ST STOP FOR REFUELLING, HE RECOVERED AND WON THE 45 MINUTE FINAL WITHOUT ISSUES, 2 LAPS AHEAD OF BERNARDO KOKEMPER AND WITH TEAM MATE FLAVIO FATINANZI (H-K1) FINISHING 3RD

1ST – FABRICIO ZAMPERETTI – KM

2ND – BERNARDO KOKEMPER – SHEPHERD

3RD – FLAVIO FATINANZI – KM

We have the great news from Japan!!!

Race Name: The 1st Zac Cup

Place: Keitune Racing Track (same as WC track)

Date: 2013 May 5th

Result: 1st place H-K1 Fukuda

4th place H-K1 Adachi

2 more H-K1 private drivers in A final

Not many people show up, but top drivers from all over Japan… KM Team Driver Fukuda won the race with comfortable lead… and even 3 more H-K1 chassis were in A final!! Especially, very last minutes, Adachi flame out because of running out fuel, without that he was sure to get one of podium position…but he save his luck for next big race!! Not only team drivers, but also private H-K1 users prove big advantage of H-K1 chassis during this memorial 1st Zac Cup race!! Thank you for the great weapon for races!!

H-K1 Got Good Result In Japan!!!

In this race, JMRCA Sportsman class Champion (title holder) also attend, but X-champion Adachi-san beat him. Also, very fast driver, Track owner’s son is attend, but Adachi-san has a comfortable margin during the whole final 20 minutes race!! Another H-K1 driver is also in this final. Race Name: JRCC Series Race

Date: 2013 Apr.14

Place: Boss Racing Track

Participants: 11

We have the great news from Italy!!!

Dario & H-K1 EVO2 won First Race of Italian National that took place in Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA) last week end.!!! We have the great news from Italy!!!

Dario & H-K1 EVO2 won First Race of Italian National that took place in Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA)of Italy last week end.!!!

Race Name: 1st Italian National

Date: 2013 March 1st~3rd

Place: Acquaviva Delle Fonti Race Rack Italy

H-K1 Titles:

1. Best Lap & track record–Dario Balestri(15.892sec)

2. TQ & Champion—Dario Balestri

3. 5th Place–David Lopini

Below race report: from Dario:

We race first italian national last weekend. But there was a sad story happened. The father of one of driver had heart attack and they go to the hospital Because he rwas in serious situtation…. Then all serpent team go with him in hospital, and all other driver with the official director of the race choose of not race the final, in sign of respect of this person and serpent team.

The official director of race decided that the official Result is the classification of qualify.

Then we WIN FIRST NATIONAL RACE.!!! Another young KM driver David also stand 5th place in expert class!!!

The CAR was perfect and i think I can also win easily if there was a final. You can see the qualify; 4 second in 5 minuts on the second driver is very inportant.

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