The "Asian On road Championship" series made its way to RCI Raceway in Shanghai China last week. The AOC series is a "Scotty Ernst production" and the host facility "RCI" is owned by the "Wang" racing family. Needless to say the race was amazing with every detail of the great event well organized and conducted. The RCI indoor Circuit is a 110/60ft permanent carpet facility in the massive city of Shanghai.
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The "AOC" China saw drivers representing eleven country's from many regions of the world, Some of those drivers included IFMAR world champions in Hayato Matsuzaki(JP) and Surikarn Chaidajsuriya(THAI). Other drivers in attendance included Nicholas Lee of Singapore, JJ Wang among many others from China, and the North American contingents of Rick Howart, Kevin Hebert, Eric Anderson, Felix Law, Tiny Welch, Paul Lemieux and Eric Epp.
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MOD TC:
Mod TC saw Paul Lemieux with his XRRAY T4 find pace late in practice and carry it over to qualifying, Paul would take TQ over JJ Wang and Hayato Matsuzaki. Though the finals were eventful, the final result would be qualifying order with Lemieux taking victories in A1 and A2 over JJ in second and Hayato In third overall.
13.5 BLINKY TC:
This class belonged to Eric Anderson and XRAY T4 all week. It seemed his result was never in danger. Eric TQ'd and won A1 and A2 in convincing fashion. Yao Guang Tang finished second with the Canadian Eric Epp "The Shepard Face" rounding out the podium with a great drive.
13.5 BOOSTED TC:
Though entry count was low, this was possibly the most competitive class at this years AOC. Daryl Thong took home the win but not without a fight from Yaowei Guo who would take the A1 win but eventually have to settle for second overall as Daryl made the best of A2 and A3. Jimmy Qian would round out the podium.
12th SCALE STOCK:
Very much as the 13.5 Blinky TC division Eric Anderson (XRAY) was again the driver to beat. Eric took TQ and a series of A1 and A2 wins in the class. Heng would finish with a strong campaign in second with Hiro Nakatani finishing third.
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Mod TC
1. Paul Lemieux - XRAY T4
2. JJ Wang
3. Hayato Matsuzaki
4. Kevin Hebert
5. Nicholas Lee
6. Felix Law
7 Rick Howart
8. Stick King
9. Rocket Zhang 10. Chau Man Chan - XRAY T4
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13.5 Blinky TC
1. Eric Anderson â“ XRAY T4
2. Yao Guang Tang
3. Eric Epp
4. ZI Lie Huang
5. Jae Ho Yu
6. Kris LO
7. O Xiao
8. Mihnea Lupu 9. Nate Northrup â“ XRAY T4
10. Tiny Welch
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13.5 Boosted TC
1. Darryl Thong
2. Yaowei Guo 3. Jimmy Qian â“ XRAY T4
4. Salton Dong 5. Eric Anderson â“ XRAY T4
6. Lo Lao
7. Jimmy So
8. Fu Xiao
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12th stock
1. Eric Anderson â“ XRAY X12
2. Heng
3. Hiro Nakatani 4. Wen Bo Lu â“ XRAY X12
5. Bob Peterson
6. Yao Guang Tang
7. Rick Wang
8. Fang Jie Ding
9. Marcus NG
10. AI Lou
