November 19, 2019

2019/20 Mibosport Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Mibosport Cup was held last weekend in Hrotovice, Czech Republic, attracting nearly 230 entries from ten different nations. The race saw the attendance of World Champion, Ronald Völker as well as fast off-road girl Jessica Palsson and racing kicked off on Friday with free practice with most drivers being present already, however a few opted to join the field on Saturday morning. In the premier on-road class of Touring Modified Ronald Völker declassified the rest of the field by quite a margin, taking the day’s win. Behind him, the race for the runner-up spot was won by Oliver Havranek, who defeated Matej Sulc in 3rd position. Harley Eldridge finished 4th and Kuba Simurda came in 5th.

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November 19, 2019

Carlos Barros TQs & wins at IRC Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Spanish IRC Series was held at the IRC Arena in Callosa de Segura this past weekend. In the Touring 10.5T Stock class it was Carlos Barros with the overall TQ after making a clean sweep in the qualifiers and he would also bring home the wins in all three A-main legs for the overall win in front of Jesus Dato Vidal and David Perez Molina. With one round to go Carlos is currently leading the overall championship and he is also the pre-event favourite going into the season finale.

Source: Vortex Racing [facebook.com]

November 19, 2019

Tobias Vogel wins at Longwy Winter Series opener

The opening round of the popular Longwy Winter Series was held last weekend in Longwy, France. The club, which is situated in the northern part of France, laid out a nice and flowing carpet track with the event drawing more than 100 entries and the biggest class of the weekend was the Touring 13.5 Superstock category with over 50 entries alone. After the triple A-mains and When the dust had settled, it was Tobias Vogel with the overall victory from Florian Joos in 2nd, the latter having to cope with a power deficit in A2 and A3 but was able to secure the overall runner-up spot with a win in the third A-main as Alexander Becker would round out the top 3 results.

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November 19, 2019

Reds Racing signs Burak & Berkan Kilic

Reds Racing have announced the signing of young and talented Burak and Berkan Kilic to their factory team for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The two brothers will be using Reds Racing nitro engines and electronics and will be attending several important races in the next months. Burak and Berkan are both really enthusiastic and proud of being part of Reds Racing team.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

November 18, 2019

Nicholas Lee takes Indonesian Touring Mod title

The Indonesian Touring Car Championship was held in Jakarta this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee with the overall TQ from Bowie Ginting, Izzah M., and Ronny Suwarto, all of which scored at least one round TQ. After the triple A-main events it was still Nicholas on top as he won A1 and A2 for an early overall as the Infinity duo of Peter Antonijzs and Izzah M. came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Dash [dash-rc.com]

November 18, 2019

Michele Manzo TQs & wins at Swiss Indoor Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss Electric Indoor Nationals was held at the FAMA track in Bulle this past weekend. In Touring Modified it was Awesomatix’s Michele Manzo with a clean sweep in the qualifiers, leaving behind Claude Hollinger in 2nd after the four rounds. The triple A-mains then again saw Michele checking out in all three legs for the overall win from Team Magic’s Philipp Huber 2nd and HB Racing’s Kevin Zwahlen in 3rd.

Image: Michele Manzo

November 18, 2019

SARDA National EP Off-road Championship Rd4 – Report

The Ultra Raceway of Pretoria, South Africa was host to the 4th and final round of the SARDA National Electric Off-road Championship last weekend. Track was very challenging with a good mixture of open high speed and tight technical sections and also adding to the challenge was its bumpy high grip carpet surface while rocketing temperatures also made it tricky. All this provided the drivers with some of the most exciting racing seen this year with everyone hunting the top step of the podium. The top qualifiers would be Hein Kotze in 2WD Modified, Charles Hollander in 4WD Modified, Wikus Coetzer in Stadium Trucks and 2WD Short Course Trucks as well as Ian Cloud in 2WD Stock and Shaun Haasbroek in 4WD Stock. When the dust had settled after the A-mains, it was Charles Hollander with the win in 2WD Mod Buggy from Hein Kotze in 2nd and Abri Kohn inn 3rd.

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