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January 4, 2018

Arrowmax Asia Race Cup China Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Arrowmax Asia Race Cup China was held in GuangZhou recently. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Alfred Lao who took the top qualifier honours. In the opening A-main it was again Alfred on top but in A2 he made an unforced error which ended his race. For A3 the up and coming racer was reminded to keep his cool and this was exactly what he did and by bringing home the win in the final A-main he also secured himself the overall win from Zhang Zhou 2nd and Li Cong 3rd.

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January 3, 2018

Schumacher GP 2018 – Report

Last Saturday saw MB models hosting the Schumacher GP at their awesome facility near Leeds in the UK. The main GT12 class was run on Contact green stripe control tyres, LPM12 was open tyres and Touring on Sorex 28RK tyres. The meeting had been fully booked for months in anticipation, with 60 GT12, 20 LMP12 and 18 Touring drivers lining up to do battle in the four qualifier one final format. In GT12 it was new Schumacher driver Adam Catchpole at his first large event with Schumacher doing battle at the top with Schumacher’s own Andy Murray.

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January 2, 2018

Justin Fales doubles at ROAR Region 4 champs

Coined the Fuel National Warm-up, Warm-up race, the ROAR Region 4 8th scale Off-Road Championship was held over New Years’ Eve weekend having been rescheduled due to bad weather condition on the original date. With the race being held at Southside R/C Raceway in Lake City, Florida, this gave many local racers a glimpse at a chance to run 1/8th scale on the 2018 Fuel Nationals track. Luckily, the weather held out amidst cold mornings but warmed up during the day that gave the track surface a bit of extra grip. The layout was smooth and flowy with fantastic jump sections mixed with terrific off-camber turns making the layout a challenge on every lap.

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January 2, 2018

Thilo Tödtmann wins at German EP on-road regional

Last weekend the second round of the German electric on-road regionals, a qualification race for the German nationals, took place in Grossauheim near Frankfurt. In the Formula class Shepherd‘s own Thilo Tödtmann took the TQ honours and in the finals two wins in A1 and A2 secured Thilo the overall victory, with the fight for the runner-up spot being undecided until the last final. With a clean run Markus Specko defended his position and took the overall 2nd place with Andreas Giesa obtaining the final podium spot making it an all-Shepherd podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 29, 2017

Sunpadow International Offroad GP – Announcement

The 2018 Sunpadow International Offroad GP will be held from March 16th to 18th at the ARC International RC Car race track in Xiamen, China. The event will see 1/8th nitro and electric buggy racing on a redesigned track. Registration is now open and all information can be found on the official event website here.

December 22, 2017

Milan Mudra sweeps a round of the Lestr Cup

A round of the Czech-based Lestr Cup was held recently and it was Xray’s Milan Mudra who took double TQs and wins in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. Václav Brož (Xray) came in 2nd in the 2WD category from Kyosho’s Jan Kapička in 3rd. Over in 4WD it was Jiří Dvořák (Xray) and Fanda Kalenda (Serpent) who completed the podium results.

View the 4WD podium here

December 22, 2017

’17 JConcepts Indoor National Series – Report

The 2017 JConcepts Indoor National Series has come to an end recently and with over 1500 entries for the year and highlighted by the biggest names in the industry, the JConcepts INS7 season set new records for participation, competitiveness, while promoting a fun racing atmosphere. Points were calculated with a win being maximum points of 100, 2nd place was awarded 99 and so on. There is also a TQ bonus of 1 point making a TQ and win a total of 101 points. 3 races out of 5 were required to enter into the overall series total.

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December 21, 2017

Pedro Gomes TQs & wins at RC Oeste indoor race

The RC Oeste indoor track in Portugal recently held their 6th anniversary race. Racing in both the 2WD and 4WD classes was very close and in the 2WD category it was young Pedro Gomes (Xray) who took the TQ and also the wins in A1 and A3 for the overall victory from Marco Timoteo (Team Associated) 2nd and Nuno Casal Ribeiro (Team Associated) 3rd. The Xray duo of Miguel Santos and Filipe Miranda would round out the top 5 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]