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October 17, 2022

Cavalieri & Maifield with the wins at Kinwald Klassic

The third annual Kinwald Klassic took place over the weekend at Hobby Action RC Raceway, Arizona, with Ryan Cavalieri and Ryan Maifield taking the wins in buggy. In qualifying it was Team Losi Racing’s Cavalieri who took the TQ for both buggy classes. In the three rounds of qualifying he posted the fastest 2WD time in Q2 and fastest 4WD time in Q3. With Team Yokomo’s Maifield second fastest in both it was Tom Rinderknecht who would completed the top 3 each time. With all three A-Main results to count, Cavalieri took the overall win with a win, a second & a win with Maifield, the A2 winner, finishing second overall with 1up Racing’s Matthew Gonzales completing the podium. In 2WD, Maifield took the opening leg but was only fourth in A2. With another win in A3 he was the overall victor ahead of Gonzales and Rinderknecht with Cavalieri having to settle for 4th despite his A2 win, his retirement from A1 meaning he had to carry the 11th place points. With the Kinwald Klassic a race set-up to remember legend of the sport Brian Kinwald, the biggest winner on the day was charity and the Crohns Colitis Foundation who received a cheque from Hobby Action for $4,500. This money was raise through the track raffle with Mountain Mikes Pizza topping up the total donation with a further cheque of a $1,000 for the charity which is working to cure Crohn’s disease.

Image: Hobby Action RC Raceway [Facebook]

October 17, 2022

Isaacs takes ROAR Electric On Road Paved Nationals

Sam Isaacs is the 2022 ROAR Electric On Road Paved National Champion. This year’s event took place at Valkaria RC Raceway in Malabar, Florida, with 125 entries over the classes. Four rounds of Modified qualifying saw Isaacs’ Awesomatix go fastest in 3 with the fastest time from Q3 giving him the TQ ahead of the Xray of Mike Gee who topped the final qualifier. Serpent’s Felix Law would line up third on the grid. In the finals, Isaacs took A1 as the Top 3 remained static and taking another win in A2, this time over Xray’s Chris Adams, it was yet another National title for Isaacs. With fifth place qualifier Adams winning A3 he would finish Runner-up with Gee completing the podium. Gee would take the title in the 17.5 class, with Dave Vera and Cory Parsons joining him on the podium.

Image: Valkaria RC Raceway [Facebook]

October 13, 2022

Minidrom Ettlingen seeks support to prevent closure of famed track

A favourite among some of the best racers in the World, German track Minidrom Ettlingen is looking for the support of the RC community as plans for a Biogas Plant look set to see the track closed by 2024. The club has been operating for 40-years and the track has attracted some of the best racers from around the global to the city of almost 40,000 through events such as IFMAR World Championships, EFRA European Championships, Euro Nitro Series and the ETS. Built on land owned by the city, the ground has been earmarked as the site for the new 50,000 ton organic waste fermentation plant. The club is looking to highlight the value of the track to local tourism in terms of hotels, restaurants and suppliers and on a wider level how vital the track & its strong club are for R/C racing in Germany and also Europe. Red RC have been guests of the club for many races there over the years. The racing has always been entertaining and the club have always looked after us well. We also love the banking around the track which makes for great spectating. Already World Champions Dominic Greiner, Simon Kurzbuch and Robert Pietsch, among others, have got behind supporting the club.

You can support the club in their quest to ensure Minidrom Ettlingen remains a favourite track among racers for years to come by signing the online petition which can be found by clicking here.

October 12, 2022

EssexCarpetClash5 Round1 – Report

EssexCarpetClash returned the first weekend of October for their fifth year championship in the southern region of England. This year, there were a couple of changes compared to previous years, the main being a limit to the number of rear sets of tyres used for the day. A maximum of 2 sets, but the second set (if you chose to use them) could only be used in the finals. Eleven car heats and finals were the other addition, but this was accompanied by a larger track and in turn a longer lap time giving everyone space on the track. As in the past, it was the best 2 qualifying runs from 4 (round by round qualifying) to count for the final grid positions. Ed Kerry, (now running a Serpent) edged the pole position slot from Harley Eldridge (Xray) who were both joint on points, only separated on countback by less than 2 tenths of a second. 3rd on the grid would be last year’s champion Klye Moon (Willspeed).

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October 11, 2022

Thurston crowned British 1:8 Onroad Champion for 3rd time in a row

Alex Thurston was crowned British 1:8 Onroad National Champion for a third time in a row over the weekend, the Capricorn driver being presented with his trophies at the 7th & final round of the championship at Halifax. Having already locked in the championship with 5 TQs, 4 wins, a 2nd and a 3rd, Thurston attended the season closer to support fellow Capricorn and Ielasi Tuned drivers as well as giving newly crowned 1:10 Champion Stefan Chodzynski the opportunity to try 1:8 for the very first time and drive his championship winning car. The season finale was won by Team Shepherd’s Tim Wood who finishes as Vice-Champion with Capricorn’s Andy Hasting third. Thurston will now focus his attentions on 1:10 Nitro Onroad in preparation for next month’s World Championship in Thailand.

Image: Alex Thurston [Facebook]

October 11, 2022

Lewis Hamilton endorses RC racing for diversity & inclusion in STEM

An interesting feature by F1 broadcaster Sky Sports on the great work being done by RC Vision who are championing our sport and the need for diversity and inclusion in STEM. RC Vision is a social venture working to engage young people who are underrepresented in motorsports careers and STEM industries using the exciting sport of radio control car racing. Having cut his teeth in racing through RC, it is great to see 7-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton showing support for the work being done.

Source: Sky Sports F1

October 11, 2022

Schumacher Winter Series Rnd 1 – Report

The first round of the 2022-2023 Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club took place over the weekend. A new year, new faces offered some close and intense racing. The Core RC 17.5 class was the class for this season and was heavily entered, the class would have national drivers and regional drivers alike attend for this first round. In the end it was last season’s 13.5 champion Chris Lovely who would pilot his Xray X4 to the top of the time sheets. Chris would top all 4 of the qualifying rounds, the race for second was strongly contested by the Schumachers of Alex Brocklebank, Daniel Burks and Joseph Cocking each of them staking a claim. Lisa Keen would have an ever improving day with the new Xpress chassis ahead of Gareth Jaine and his 1up Racing x4.

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October 10, 2022

Sugiura defends JMRCA National title after 2 year break

Yusuke Sugiura has successfully defended his JMRCA Japanese1:8 Offroad National title as the championship was hosted for the first time over the weekend since 2019 due to Covid. The weekend was very much a repeat of 2019 as the Futaba Buggy Track in Ichihara City hosted the championship once again. Topping three of the four rounds of qualifying to secure the overall TQ, Sugiura would again lead home Sanwa’s Kouki Kato in the 1-hour final, crossing the finish line with a 1-lap advantage for his fourth consecutive National title win. Making it an all Mugen podium was 3rd place qualifying Shin Adachi who finished just 1/3 of a lap behind Kato.

Image: Kouki Kato [Facebook]