AOC: North Americans dominate in Shanghai as TQs win every class

0 April 11, 2015, 8:39 a.m.

By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

Every driver at the Asian On-Road Championships race at RCI V2 in Shanghai, China ran triple mains, making for a great day of competitive racing at every level. In the end, the Top Qualifier of all six classes that competed went on to win the top trophy - and in all but one case, the fastest driver of the weekend did so in convincing fashion.

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13.5 Blinky 1/12th Scale

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Mr. Jiang (second from left), the Director of CMAC (Car Modeling Association of China) joined Scotty Ernst and Rick Wang in presenting the trophies to the winners,. The trio announced that next year's AOC race in China will take place at the new track in Beijing that is being built for the 2016 IFMAR ISTC and 1/12-Scale World Championships. Formula 1 fans need not worry - Rick is planning on organizing an off-road event on the SMP RC Racing turf track in the RCI V2 complex to give RC racers an excuse to visit.

That's all from Shanghai! The next stop for the Asian On-Road Championships is Hobby Habit in Adelaide, Australia, on June 19-21. For more information, go to www.aocrc.com.

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