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July 16, 2019

BRCA Juniors & Veterans Championship – Report

The annual BRCA Juniors and Veterans Championship took place at a sunny but challenging Telford astroturf track. The event is a great opportunity for the older and younger drivers to shine, and after some great racing it was Phil Sleigh with the win in 4WD Veteran over 40, Tommy Hall went on to win Under 16 2WD and 4WD, Charlie Saunders walked away with the silverware in Under 13 2WD and 4WD winner and Tony Evdoka brought home the Veteran over 50 2WD and 4WD winner Championship. Over 40 2WD was won by Nathan Ralls.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

July 16, 2019

Schumacher BTCC Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Schumacher BTCC, incorporating the KO GP, took place at the fast Cotswolds circuit last weekend. The series running on Rush control tyres has been greeted with great enthusiasm buy the drivers who have attended, and this round was no different. In the Modified class Olly Jefferies dominated the day running some very fast times. Olly took the overall win from Glen Westwood and Chris Ashton.

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July 16, 2019

Atsushi Hara appointed Neidhart Asian sales manager

Neidhart has announced the signing of 2-times IFMAR World Champion, Atsushi Hara as their Asian sales manager. Hara, who won the 2008 1/8th scale Off-Road IFMAR World Championship title with the Neidhart brand HB Racing, will now take over the position as sales manager for Asia. As such, he will be responsible for the sale of all Neidhart brands in the Asian market. Interested dealers and distributors can reach Hara at atsushi@neidhart.com. Besides his job as sales manager Asia, he will also be involved in the development of new vehicles and electronics for the HB Racing, Team Orion and Performa Racing brands while also attending select local and international events. Atsushi has the following to say about the deal:

I would like to say thanks so much to Mr. Philippe Neidhart, Oscar Jansen and Adrien Bertin for giving me this great opportunity. Also, I am very happy to come back to HB Racing as my “Home.” When I left HB Racing in 2013, I didn’t think I could come back. But now I am back with the Neidhart SA family so I have big motivation, and I’m looking forward to the future of our RC industry.

Source: Neidhart [neidhart.com]

July 16, 2019

JConcepts Super Indoor Tour Rd1 – Report

Summer time racing in Florida can be a huge challenge with daily thunder storms rolling through causing havoc with many of the state’s outdoor tracks. JConcepts decided to keep racing going strong throughout the summer time rain and kicked off its inaugural Super Indoor Tour this past weekend at NewRed Hobbies located in Ocala, Florida. With this new 3-race series, the organisers decided to try out a new race format giving racers more track time and heads-up racing. Qualifying would consist of 2 rounds of 4-minute long qualifiers using the best 3 consecutive laps with a resort between rounds 1 and 2. All racers then get to race double mains (no bumps) for all classes giving them more heads-up racing and multiple chances to produce their best results. Overall finishing position would be determined by your best finish with fastest time being the tie-break, so if bad luck struck in the first main, you still had a shot of the overall win or a better finish from main 2.

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July 16, 2019

BRCA 1/8th Circuit Nationals Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Nationals was held at Mendip RC Raceway this weekend. 32 drivers were in attendance in nitro and 7 had booked in electric. The track was nicely prepared and sprayed to ensure grip would be good and consistent. The track was still dusty for practice on Saturday morning but the grip quickly came up under the Somerset sun. It was all about getting good lines and watching tyre wear, which would prove to be a bit of an issue on race day. Sunday started as usual with the drivers’ briefing, during which a minute silence was observed in memory of Dave Waters, former BRCA Chairman, who recently passed away.

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July 15, 2019

Xray Racing Series Singapore – Report

The 2nd running of the Xray Racing Series Singapore took place this past weekend at the Urban RC onroad circuit in downtown Singapore. The event was headlined by the entry of Xray factory driver Alexander Hagberg, who joined his Singapore teammate, Dominic Quek. Singapore’s 2-time IFMAR finalist, Nicholas Lee, also participated, alongside a number of notable foreign entries. A total of 63 entries took to the starting grid, making this one of Singapore’s largest EP events in recent history. In qualifying for the premier Modified Class, the crowd witnessed a close battle by the trio of Lee, Quek and Hagberg, with each taking TQs in Q1, Q2 and Q3 respectively. With 2 of the 4 rounds counting, the overall TQ would be decided only on day 2 of the event when Q4 took place. With intense pressure to secure the coveted TQ spot, it was Hagberg who finished 0.5secs ahead of Quek to secure the pole position start in the finals. Lee would start 3rd.

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July 15, 2019

Elias Johansson doubles at Swedish Cup Rd2

The second round of the Swedish 1/10th EP Off-road Cup was held at the K-raceway and hosted by the Karlskrona Miniracing Club recently. The weekend started off with a Friday evening practice session. Come Saturday and 2WD time it was HB Racing’s Elias Johansson who led the way in A1 with Team Associated’s Wilhelm Skjoldebrand and Xray’s Alexander Landen being in a battle for the runner-up spot.

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July 15, 2019

BRCA Truggy & E8 Buggy Nationals Rd4 – Report

The East Shrewsbury club recently held round 4 of the 2019 BRCA Truggy & E8 Buggy Nationals. 44 drivers made the trip to the Shrewbury track and the day started off chilly but dry which is the most important thing. After the drivers briefing the organisers cracked on with the two round of timed practice, and with only four heats a round the race director started each round on the hour to keep things simple. After practice things went on with the qualifying portion of the day, three rounds of which with the best two to count. The track was very bumping and was proving a big challenge for a lot of drivers. In the end it was Matt Lewis, who drives for Team Associated, take the TQ with his Truggy, Tekno driver Mitchell Booth took 2nd overall, Matt’s team mate with Associated Jon Howells took 3rd place overall. In E-Buggy it was Matt’s brother Mike Lewis take the TQ with his Associated car. Tekno driver Mitchell Booth took 2nd place overall and finally Simon Reeves took 3rd overall.

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