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May 19, 2015

BRCA Regional Series Rd2 – Report

The Southport club held the second round of the UK BRCA Electric Buggy Regional Series. The track had lots of rain the week leading up to Sunday and the club worked very hard to clear the water off the track. Sunday morning did start off damp and the track dried slowly but it didn’t totally dry up all day. After some very close qualifying in th2 2WD class it was Craig Collinson (Team C) who took TQ with Xray’s Stu Wood, running an XB2 prototype, in 2nd and local hero Chris Evison (Team C) in 3rd. The final was very close right from the start. Craig made a mistake which let Stu and Chris pull away a few seconds. Stu and Chris were head to head until the very last corner of the last lap and Stu tried to go for the inside line but clipped the apex too much and went upside down on top of Chris. After the marshal did his job Chris Evison with the Team C car came out the winner with Stu 2nd less than a second behind him.

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May 19, 2015

Turkey On-road Championship Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Turkey On-road Championship was recently held in the classes of 1/10th Nitro On-road, Electric Touring Car Modified and Stock. With Turkey holding the EFRA 1/10th 200mm European Championships the interest in this class was pretty high with a total of 18 racers signing in, including two guests from Greece. The race was won by Nikos Karabelas in front of Mustafa Alp and Spiros Piknis.

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May 19, 2015

Neil Cragg wins BRCA Nitro Buggy Nationals Rd2

The second round of the BRCA Nitro Buggy Nationals was held in Kent this past weekend. The main final was a thriller to the wire and not a race for the faint hearted. Although Elliott Boots (Kyosho) took TQ, the final was a close battle between Neil Cragg (Team Associated) and Boots for much of the race. Boots held a steady gap but Cragg had a fuel stop in hand. At least until he ran dry – then all hell broke loose. Neil’s misfortune was a gift for Boots until the role was reversed. Boots ran into clutch issues and eventually ground to a stop. Ultimately Neil took the win from Darren Bloomfield (Agama) while Elliott still snatched the final podium spot despite the mechanical issues.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

May 19, 2015

Caribbean Invitational – Announcement

The Jamrock Radio Control Car Club will host the Caribbean Invitational on-road race on the weekend of the 16th of August on the beautiful island of Jamaica. The three-day race will feature open practice on Friday, three rounds of qualifying on Saturday, and a final round before main events on Sunday. Four classes will be offered including 1/8th scale Open, Nitro GT, 1/10th scale sedan and electric touring car. More information can be found on the club’s website by clicking here.

May 18, 2015

John Ermen wins 1/8th at Benelux Nitro Challenge

John Ermen wins 1/8th class at Benelux Nitro Challenge

The opening round of the Benelux Nitro Challenge was held at the iconic track of the AMCA Apeldoorn. In the 1/8th on-road class Seven Cuypers (Mugen/Picco) took the TQ after the qualifiers in front of ARC/Red’s John Ermen. The 45 minute final then saw John taking the win from Steven while Tobias Hepp (Mugen/RB) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

May 18, 2015

Ginting wins at Indonesian National Champs Rd2

The second round of the Indonesian National Championship was held at the Red Carpet Marina in Semarang in the classes of Touring Car Open Brushless, FWD and Mini. In the Open Brushless category Bowie Ginting took the TQ honours after the qualifiers in front of Muhammad Izzah and Ronny Suwarto. The opening A-main had Bowie taking the win 2 seconds clear of Muhammad in 2nd place and Bowie would also come out successful in the second leg when his last set of fresh tyres allowed him to come in 1st some 10 seconds in front of Suwadi Suliandy. After taking the day’s win early Bowie tried some different settings for the third and final A-main which allowed him to not only set a new lap record but also to take the win a lap ahead of Ronny Suwarto. Behind winner Bowie Ginting, Ronny Suwarto and Suwardi Suliandy rounded out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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May 18, 2015

Merlin Depta wins at German Nitro On-road Regionals

During last weekend’s North German Nitro On-road Regionals in Hildesheim not only the 1/10th 200mm category was run but also the premier class of 1/8th on-road. After a rainy practice on Saturday the weather forecast for Sunday guaranteed a dry finals day. Starting from the 2 spot on the grid behind international ace Lars Hoppe (ARC/Reds/Shepherd), Merlin Depta (Serpent/Xceed/Xceed) was able to keep up the pace with Lars. With Andreas Giesa (Shepherd/Picco/Shepherd) in 3rd position Lars and Merlin started to lap the field within the first two pit stops. With a small gap of about only 2 seconds between Lars and Merlin, Hoppe made a mistake and he had to went through the grass, allowing Depta to take advantage of the situation. Further down the field Serpent’s Lennart Skornia (Serpent/Orcan/Shepherd) was able to overtake 3rd placed Giesa with only a couple of minutes to go. At the end Merlin was able to take the win from Lars with a 1-lap margin and in the progress Merlin also set a new official track record of 13,011 seconds at the AMC Hildesheim track.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 18, 2015

HNS Austria Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the opening round of the HNS was held at the AMC Tirol track in the three on-road classes of 1/8th Nitro, 1/8th Electric and 1/10th 200mm. Nice weather, good food and a relaxed atmosphere made for a fun weekend and in the 1/8th nitro class it was Michael Klausner (Serpent/Picco) who came out successful in front of Gerhard Kapferer (Mugen/OS) and Rene Doktor (Capricorn/Reds).

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