JConcepts have reached out to provide an update on the status of their events scheduled through the end of the year. Some events have had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns or locally governed standards being more restricted on public gatherings. Other events as indicated will go off on schedule starting with the Northeast Turf Nationals in Enfield, Connecticut.
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Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the CRB Cup take place in Lisbon, Portugal. Despite restrictions a solid number of drivers turned up in both touring and formula to enjoy a clean, sugar watered track and a beautiful sunny day. In TC, Rodrigo Ferreira (Awesomatix) drove brilliantly and took the TQ spot. During the finals, there was some amazing head to head competition, but in the end Hugo Miguel (Serpent) took the win followed by Rodrigo Ferreira and Rui Rodrigues (Xray).
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Last weekend saw the third round of the TRCA offroad series at the beautiful and unique track of Titan RC Arena in Warsaw, Poland. The event was open to Modified and Stock Buggy classes as well as Truck Pro and mini classes and every driver was able to take part in a lottery. 2wd modified qualifying was dominated by young Xray driver Bartek Kramza followed by Sebastian Migal. A1 and A2 then again went in Bartek’s favour as he brought home the win in both legs to take the overall from Sebastian in 2nd. Jeremi Kramża (Schumacher) came in 3rd to round out the podium.
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Schumacher have announced the 2020 edition of the Schumacher GP Italy. Held at the 4th of October at the popular RC Landia track in Scandiano, renowned for hosting the popular annual Charity Race and host for the upcoming EFRA GT12 European cup in November. The event will act as a warm up race to that event, with GT12 among the classes catered for, but the event will also see LMP, Touring Car and FWD classes run. More details can be found here (PDF) with sign-up available here.
Xpress have added all-round nice guy and multi-class talent, Felix Law to their factory team. Felix is known for his vast touring car knowledge and will attend all major races in the U.S. while also helping racers with track-side tech support.
Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]
Maclan Racing have announced the signing of Felix Law to their factory team. The US frontrunner and IFMAR Worlds finalist has inked a multi-year and while running Maclan Racing electronics at all major races he will also represent the brand at the track while helping with R&D of forthcoming new brushless speed controllers and motors. Felix has the following to say about the deal:
I’m excited to join the R&D team of Maclan Racing. With the initial testing of the products Willie has to offer, I found their lineup to be focusing on quality & racing needs. With all my knowledge from the past, I will do my best to evolve their product to the next level.
Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]
The 2020 Russian Cup and Russian Championship was a double header race that took place at the Lemar Modelsport track recently. Due to the Coronavirus the race wasn’t so well attended, but racing was tight an in the end it was Maxim Laverychev with the win in the Modified Touring classes of both the Russian Cup and the Russian Championship with both races run on the same weekend. Ilya Plakhotnik came in 2nd overall in the Russian Cup while Andrey Samoylenko rounded out the top 3.
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Round 6 of the JBRL Electric Series was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California last weekend. In 2WD Open Buggy it was Tyler Fenster with the overall win from Carlos Arredondo Jr. on the runner-up spot. Mason Templeman came in 3rd overall to round out the podium.
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