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June 3, 2019

Italian GT12 Series 2019 Rd4 – Report

The popular outdoor tarmac track of A.S.D. Rivoli Racing, located near the shores of Lake Garda, played host to the fourth round of the Italian GT12 Series 2019. With the weather finally cooperating after several rainy weekends in a row, race conditions were perfect with air temperatures reaching 33°C, while track temperatures soared to 53°C during the finals. With a win still proving elusive in the 2019 edition of the Series, Mattia Dall’Oca was more determined than ever taking control of the field already from Q1 and achieving, by the end of the day, the trifecta of pole position, fastest lap and race win. Beside Mattia, the three Qualification rounds held during the morning saw Luca Tassinari showing a strong pace which was ultimately worth P2 on the A-mains’ grid, closely followed by Alessandro Rampini.

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June 1, 2019

Polish Off-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

Last weekend the second round of the Polish Off-road Nationals was held in Murowana Goslina, right next to the city of Poznan. Lots of rain before the week of the event meant the club’s track crew had to work hard to prepare a race-worthy surface and layout, but ultimately everything worked out very well with the track meeting the high demands of the racers. The slightly wet track grooved in nicely during Friday’s practice session and remained in perfectly dust-free, high traction and unbroken condition during the whole racing weekend, ensuring great competition without being too sensitive to car and tyre setups. Racing-wise and in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Bartek Zalewski with the TQ and win from Donat Bula and Tomasz Gadnicki.

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June 1, 2019

Miguel & Nascimento win at Portuguese TC Nats Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the Portuguese Touring National Championship was held at the CRB track in Lisbon with nearly 30 drivers in attendance. Sunny weather and a well-prepared track made for great racing conditions and in the Touring class it was local racer, Serpent’s Hugo Miguel with the overall TQ from Nuno Durães (Mugen) and Mário Miranda (Xray). The finals then saw some great and close racing with Hugo eventually taking the win from Nuno and Mario.

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May 31, 2019

Issei Sasaki crowned JMRCA Touring Sports Champion

The RC Stadium Sodegaura track recently played host to the 2019 JMRCA Touring Sports Japanese National Championships. The race was held in Stock motor classes only and was open for all non-sponsored drivers. In the 17.5T Touring category it was 13-years old Issei Sasaki (Xray) with the win from Yuto Sakai (Yokomo) and Tsubasa Yoshimura (Yokomo).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 30, 2019

Michael Derderian wins at French 200mm Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the French 1/10th 200mm Nationals was held at the Bonneville track last weekend. Michael Derderian would take the win in the main final after a nice battle with Brice Turco, the latter having to settle for 3rd overall in the end. Kevin Rasquin would end the A-main on the runner-up spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 29, 2019

V.d. Akker & Janssen win at Dutch Nationals Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MRC Genk track. For most drivers it was the maiden race at this track as the nationals never visited the track before. Round 3 saw the running of the Touring Modified, Touring Stock and the growing FWD class and in Modified it was the expected battle between the current number 1 and 2, Sidney Blokker and Rick v.d. Akker. As the grip conditions were constantly changing it became very difficult to drive constant lap times. With two of the three rounds to count it came down to the third round of qualifying as both Sidney and Rick had a 1st and 2nd place after twi rounds. The TQ position ultimately went to Sidney with a 1-second margin in the last round.

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May 29, 2019

King of the Mountain race – Report

The Toowoomba RC club hosted the annual King of the Mountain 2-day race meet this past weekend. This year the club partnered with the White Ribbon Event to raise awareness about domestic violence. With over 60 entries the event was as popular as always. After 3 rounds of qualifying Team Associated driver Alex Bernadzik took the TQ and after the 30-minute A-main Alex finished in 1st place, with Mugen driver Aaron Stringer taking 2nd, and rounding out the podium was Mugen driver Jackson Beale in 3rd.

Thanks to Ty Beale for the report.

May 29, 2019

BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship Rd3 & Rd4 – Report

Over the bank holiday weekend the Cotswold club at Cotswold Airport near Cirencester, in Gloucestershire hosted a double header round for the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship for both Nitro and Electric cars. The championship’s round 3 was held on Sunday and in the Nitro class Tim Wood was back in dominant form with his Shepherd taking the win from Serpent’s Alex Thurston while Capricorn’s Neal King took 3rd two laps behind. Some wet weather in qualifying mixed up the grid somewhat with some big names not making the A-final.

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