The Turkish Buyukcekmece track held their track opening race last weekend with some of the countries fastest 1/8th off-road drivers making for some tight racing. In 1/8th E-Buggy it was Xray’s Alain Sarafyan with the TQ and also the overall victory as Mugen’s Ilker Alarcin and TLR’s Kadir Kahramaner came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 3 of the 4WD South East Regional Series was held at the Barham track last weekend. In the en it was Ed Karry with the wins in A2 and A3 for the overall from Nathan Ralls with 1-3-7 finishes in 2nd. David Poulter scored three straight 2nd place finishes but had to settle for 3rd overall after the tie-breaker with Nathan.
Image: David Poulter
Following a small 7-weeks break the RC-Lemans Series held round 2 of their 2019 season at the Belgian Genk track last weekend. With rain at the opening round things would change dramatically as sunny and hot weather was pleasing the drivers. Round 2 attracted new drivers for the LMP2 class and both the fast LMP1 and stock LMP2 class would be held with nearly full A and B mains which added to the great racing action. Thomas Stenger, reigning German 1/12th Stock champion, took the overall TQ with a new lap and track record in LMP2 and in front of reigning LMP2 champ, Rainer Schad. Mathijs Hermens came in 3rd from Michel van der Velden and Michael Holla. Over in LMP1 it was Kai Altmann with wins in all three qualifiers for the overall TQ from Tobias Weist in 2nd. Round 1 winner, Timo Schad came in 3rd to round out the qualifying top 3. Reigning LMP1 champion Tim Altmann came in 4th after only making the B-main at the opening round. Andreas Dick would complete the top 5 for now.
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Round 3 and 4 of this year’s Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals were held in Zidlochovice recently with round 3 taking place on Saturday and round 4 being held on Sunday. On Saturday Max Götzl would start strong with TQ runs in both Nitro and Electric Buggy and he would be able to keep his pace for the second round of qualifiers too. For round 3 he tried different tyres, however he was still able to come away with the TQ for the overall TQ in both classes. Jiri Mara and Ales Bidovsky came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in Nitro Buggy while Marek Schiller and Ales rounded out the E-Buggy top 3.
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The second round of this year’s Marka Racing Trophy was held at the La Valletta track in Varese, Italy. In Touring Stock 13.5 Luca Pelagotti (Schumacher) had to fend off the attacks of Nik Di Palma (Awesomatix) in the opening A-main final. Fascinating and with great sportsmanship it was Pelagotti with the 2nd place as Di Palma was able to pass him ultimately. In the second final Pelagotti managed to maintain the 1st position until the end while behind him it was Davide Gianuzzi (Awesomatix) who recovered from the 4th starting position. The third final saw a masterpiece of Gianuzzi, who started very well to gain one position after another until he got close to Pelagotti and ultimately got past. When the dust had settled Gianuzzi took the overall win from Pelagotti in 2nd and Di Palma in 3rd position.
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Schumacher have announced the signing of former long-time Kyosho team member, Jessica Palsson to their electric off-road team. Although only 16 Jessica has established herself as a top racer in Sweden and around Europe and Schumacher are extremely delighted to have her on board. The Swedish Champion and EOS A-finalist will race the CAT L1 and Cougar Laydown buggies around Sweden and Europe including the IFMAR World Championships in Slovakia later this year.
Super happy to announce my new 1:10 buggy chassis – Schumacher! I believe combination Schumacher – LRP – Sanwa in 1:10 buggy will work good for me. I think it’s perfect mix and I feel that I’m ready for new chapter in my life. Our first race together will be at WC in Slovakia and then focus on future races. Big THANKS to Robin, Trish, Harvey and all in #schumacherfamily to take me into your racing team. Will be so fun to work with you guys at races!
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Round 6 of the CTS4 was held at SeaTac RC Raceway in Seattle, Washington over the weekend. The track is located in a public park and open to the public daily. Weather from Friday practice was nice and sunny however Saturday and Sunday was overcast which made a slight change to the program but racers were still able to perform well during the qualifiers and mains. In the Modified Touring it was Lex Tyler (Xray) who showed the way in practice and in qualifying securing TQ Honors with hometown hero Korey Harbke within striking distance for a good challenge to Tyler.
Joern Neumann has made it back to back wins in the EOS taking the 4WD win today in Austria in A2, but the biggest prize goes to Bruno Coelho as he wraps up the season with the 4WD Championship title. Having taken the TQ and then the A1 win after an exciting battle with Coelho, Neumann had a much easier A2 after an early mistake from the number 2 starter that effectively dropped him to last. With Coelho out of the equation, Neumann was chased by his team-mate Michal Orlowski. Needing to win today to retain his 4WD title, a mistake from the 2WD Champion on the penultimate lap allowed Neumann to cruise to the finish for the overall win on the championship’s first visit ERT Steyregg. The result also meant that irrespective of the A3 outcome, Coelho was champion again for a third time and Orlowski’s quest for a repeat title double where over. With a rain shower that arrived during the third B-Main delaying A3, the astro surface meaning the track was ready to go back racing once the rain had passed, Coelho went on to cap off his title winning season with the win over Orlowski. Overall this meant Coelho split the Schumacher drivers to claim 2nd on the podium.
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