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February 10, 2020

Louth RCCC Schumacher Winter Series Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the 2019/20 Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club took place over the past weekend. In Touring 13.5T Mitch Fiddling would set the initials pace in the opening round. Chris Lovely would pick up the mantle and take the further two rounds of qualifying with his Xray T4’20. Alex Brocklebank would take his Schumacher Mi7 to take the top spot in the final qualifying round giving him 2nd overall. Callum Chapman would take his mid-motor Xray to 4th with some consistent driving. Joseph Cocking take his Yokomo BD10 to 5th, Jay Kay with his BD9 would slot into 6th and Daniel Burks would round out the A-final with his Xray T4’20.

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February 10, 2020

Kaiho & Akimoto win at Yatabe Arena Champs

The iconic Yatabe Arena in Tsukuba, Japan held a round of their Off-road Championship yesterday, attracting some of the area’s fastest electric off-road racers. In 2WD Modified it was Kyosho’s Kohta Akimoto with the overall TQ some 0.3 seconds in front of Yokomo’s Nana Kaiho. The single 5-minute A-main event then saw the top 2 swapping places, meaning Nana would walk away with the win a lap in front of Kohta as Yokomo’s Hiroshi Ohtsu came in 3rd to round out the podium. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Kohta with the overall TQ, however this time he would bring home the win some 2.3 seconds in front of Nana Kaiho as Hiroshi Ohtsu once again completed the top 3.

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February 10, 2020

Rose & Schreven win at DieHard RC Winter Series Rd8

Round 8 of the DieHard RC Winter Off-Road Carpet Series was held at DieHard RC in Snohomish, Washington, attracting 180 entries. In the 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Weylin Rose, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, with the win in the single 6-minute A-main even, leaving behind Tyler Wilbur in 2nd, only 0.4 seconds behind. 9th place qualifier, Jonathan Cantrell came in 3rd to round out the all-Team-Associated top 3 results.

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February 8, 2020

Ronald Völker takes pole at German ETS

Ronald Volker secured the overall top qualifying position in the final group of qualifying of Saturday’s action at Round 2 of the 2019/2020 Euro Touring Series in Daun, Germany. Ronald took the advantage in Saturday morning’s Q3 to move ahead of overnight pole sitter Marc Rheinard, and backed that up with the fastest time in Q4 to ensure that his BD10 would lead the field away for the triple leg finals. Lining up second on the grid will be Marc Rheinard, the Tonisport-backed driver campaigning an Awesomatix this weekend with support from the factory team. Visibly showing fresh motivation with his new chassis, Marc was a little disappointed to be pushed to second on the grid, but with his laptimes almost identical to Ronald’s, it is expected to be a tough fight at the front in the finals.

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February 8, 2020

Marc Rheinard leads ETS Daun after day 1

The first full day of Round 2 of the Euro Touring Series is taking place in Daun, Germany, this weekend. With an additional practice day added on Thursday due to the 410+ entry count, the event officially got underway on Friday with Seeding Practice and the opening two Qualifying rounds. After the two rounds were completed late on Friday evening, it is Marc Rheinard who sits atop the standings with a TQ in the opening qualifier, backed up by a second in Q2. The driver, now officially working for and representing Tonisport, is piloting an Awesomatix chassis this weekend with support from the factory team. Obviously happy to be back on top of the standings following being dismissed by Infinity just before Christmas, the multi-time World Champion will have his work cut out for him tomorrow to remain at the top of the standings.

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February 7, 2020

Essex Carpet Clash Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the popular Essex Carpet Clash took place last weekend, with a track layout with a couple of jump sections that many found difficult to master. In 2WD Buggy Ellis Stafford confirmed his pole position for the finals, by taking rounds 1, 2 and 3 of qualifying. Kyle Moon lined up 2nd after being at the top of the score sheets consistently in qualifying. Stephen Brown also up at the sharp end of qualifying managed to line-up 3rd just ahead of Christopher Delves. In 4WD, it was a three-way battle for pole position. With Mark Lewis topping the score sheets in round one. Stephen Brown then took the second round but it was John painter who has been fast all season, managing to take the last two rounds of qualifying and giving him pole position for the final. Brown would line-up 2nd on the grid with Lewis in 3rd only separated by half a second on the count back scoring system. Jamie pickles would line-up 4th.

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February 7, 2020

Team Associated sign Max Mört

Team Associated have announced the multi-year signing of up-and-coming Finnish 1/8th off-road racer, Max Mört. Max has been one of the fast-rising European racers and is looking to continue his upward trajectory. The former long-time JQRacing factory pilot will be racing the full line of Team Associated vehicles, but will concentrate on 1/8th scale with the RC8B3.1 during the summer months and keep his driving skills sharp during the winter with his B6.2. When asked about joining the reigning IFMAR World Champion team, Max had this to say:

Team Associated is one of the most successful brands in all of RC, so it goes without saying that having the opportunity to join was a great thing for me. I also think the guidance when joining Team Associated will push me forward in my personal career. Given the high level of International teammates, I will have a great group of people to help and push me to be my best.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

February 6, 2020

Alex Zanchettin returns to Team Losi Racing

Team Losi Racing have announced the signing of Italian 1/8th off-road front runner, Alex Zanchettin to the TLR Europe team for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The former Italian National Champion, multi-time EFRA Euros and IFMAR Worlds finalist will campaign TLR’s 8ightX platform at all major European events starting with this weekend’s Montpellier GP in France and he has the following to say about the deal:

It is a great feeling to be back with TLR, so many good memories and great achievement are linked to TLR during my racing career and I will do my best to add more of them in the upcoming seasons.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.eu]