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August 24, 2024

Orlowski is European Championship Top Qualifier

Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski is the Top Qualifier at the Monaco RC EFRA 1:10 European Touring Car Championships which are taking place Belgium this weekend. With mixed weather conditions challenging drivers at the Racing Club Roeselare track, Orlowski secured the overall TQ with the fastest times in 2 of the 4 counting qualifiers. Chasing his first European Championship title in the category, the 1:12 World Champion will line up ahead of Marc Rheinard, the Awesomatix driver setting the fastest time for Q3. Defending Champion Bruno Coelho, the Xray driver chasing a 4th consecutive title, will line-up 3rd for the finals having set the fastest time in the fifth & final qualifier. Xray’s Alexander Hagberg, Awesomatix’s Lucas Urbain and the Yokomo of Christopher Krapp complete the Top 6 on the grid. In Pro Stock, it was defending Champion Simon Lauter who claimed the TQ ahead of team-mate & 2022 Champion Olivier Bultynck. Schumacher’s Ollie Payne, who was the top seed after practice, ended qualifying P3.

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August 20, 2024

Red RC to attend MonTech New York Grand Prix

Following the recent announcement on the 2024 edition of the MonTech New York Grand Prix, Red RC is super excited to announce that we will be making the trip to the host track 360v2 RC in New Rochelle, New York, to cover the October 10-13th event. Slotting nicely into our 3-stop World Championships coverage schedule, the MonTech New York Grand Prix will be the first major US based race we will have covered since the 22nd, and unfortunately last, running of the Touring Car Reedy Race of Champions back in 2019. Reaching its 6th edition in 2024, the NYGP, which is supported by Italian bodyshell producer Montech, has established itself as a high profile race on the annual US onroad racing calendar and has drawn many top international entries stateside. In addition to Red RC reporting on how the race unfolds, our friends at Mod Live Media will be live streaming all the action from the indoor race.

Source: Fordham 360 Hobbies & Raceway [Facebook]

August 19, 2024

Hall adds 2WD to 2024 BRCA National titles

Having successfully defended his BRCA British 4WD Buggy National Championship title with his fourth consecutive race win at Round 4 at the end of June, Team Associated’s Tommy Hall has added the 2WD title to his 2024 tally at the championship’s 6th & final round over the weekend. Racing at Boughton Raceway, Hall and defending 27 time British National Championship Neil Cragg came into the final round equal on points following Cragg’s win at the penultimate round. In qualifying it was Hall who took the TQ over his main rival with Schumacher’s pairing of Ben Smith and Lee Martin lining up P3 & 4. Taking A1 & 2 ahead of Smith, Hall claimed his third win of the season allowing him to complete the title double, something Cragg was the last driver to pull off in 2019. Overall Smith would end the season as the 2WD Championship runner-up from Cragg, Martin and Holdsworth brothers Josh and Luke. In Sunday’s 4WD action Cragg would claim his first win of the season ahead of 13-year-old Daniel Pole to finish runner-up to Hall in the final standings.

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August 19, 2024

Hamon completes clean sweep at QLD Champs

Serpent’s Jeff Hamon completed a clean sweep of the Modified Touring Car class at the RC Maker RCRA EP Queensland State Titles over the winning, adding the title to the NSW State Titles he won earlier in the year. With the Bayside Radio Control Car Club hosted event attracting just shy of 100 entries, Hamon would secure the overall TQ after topping 3 of the 5 qualifiers. Making the trip from Singapore, factory Yokomo driver Nicolas Lee would be fastest in the other two qualifiers putting him second in the A-Main ahead of team-mate & defending Champion Simon Nicholson. Setting a new track record in qualifying, Hamon would wrap up the title by taking the first two A-Mains. Lee would win A3 to finish runner-up with Nicholson completing the podium after winning out on the tie breaker with new ARC signing Brayden Stanley. In 13.5T, Awesomatix’s Marcus Askell took the title.

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August 19, 2024

Neumann adds 15th German 4WD National title

Sworkz’ Joern Neumann added yet another German National title to his CV over the weekend, the multiple European Champion taking the 1:10 4WD Buggy title for the 15th time at the distinctive blue surface ESV Bischofsheim outdoor track. Winning the title for the first time in 2005, in qualifying Neumann topped all 5 rounds to secure the TQ ahead of the Schumacher of 2021 Champion Marcel Schneider and Xray of Elias Jordan. In the triple finals that order would stay the same for the final podium line-up. Also racing in 2WD Stadium Truck, the results of both qualifying and the final was a repeat of 4WD Buggy, giving Neumann the double. The 2WD Buggy Nationals are held separately with Neumann the reigning Champion.

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August 15, 2024

Dai crowned Chinese Touring Car Champion

Xray’s Jerry Dai is the new 2024 CMAC 1:10 Modified Electric Touring Car Chinese National Champion. With a weather storm washing out practice, drivers faced into very low grip conditions at FSR International Race Track for qualifying the next day. At the conclusion of the 3 rounds of qualifying it would be the Yokomo of Fong King from Hong Kong who took the TQ ahead of Dai. Over the triple A-Main, the first encounter would see King make an aggressive move that resulted in contact with Dai that saw them finish 3rd and 2nd respectively. In A2 King would retire after the first minute as Dai took the win from the Xray of Ren Jing Feng who qualified 5th on the grid. While King finally converted pole position into the win in A3 on this occasion from Feng with Dai P3, overall however second in A1 and the win in A2 was enough for Dai to take over the title of Chinese National Champion from Fangzhou “Rocket” Zhang who won on the return of the Nationals last year after a 3-year absence of the event. One point behind, King took second on tiebreaker from Feng who completed the podium.

Image: Jerry Dai [Facebook]

August 15, 2024

Izzah wins 2024 XCampus Challenge

Considered one of Indonesia’s biggest RC events with over 100 entries, the annual XCampus Challenge race took place in Banjarmasin showcasing some exciting high-speed action and intense 1:10 Electric Onroad competition. Racing on the smooth 50m x 25m high-grip track, this coupled with sunny and hot weather made the event a true test of both driver skill and vehicle performance over the four different classes. In Modified Touring Car it was the Infinity of Mohammed Izzah who took the win ahead of the Xray of Indonesia’s top international racer Bowie Ginting with the Yokomo of Mohammed Hijrah completing the podium. With wins for Rama Danindro in 13.5T Blinky, Richard Suryadinata in Touring Sportsman, and Arifin in the 13.5T Blinky M Chassis class, the return of the XCampus Challenge in 2025 is already confirmed for the same track and more International driver from neighbouring countries expected.

Source: XCampus Challenge

August 12, 2024

PRO 10 European Cup – Announcement

After a successful event in 2023 with more than 80 drivers from 10 nations attending, the PRO 10 European Cup is back on August 30th/September 1st in Grenoble, France. Once a full EFRA European Championship class counting LRP founder Jürgen Lautenbach as its inaugural Champion in 1990, with another electronics guru Oscar Jansen, now behind new brand Cayote, along with Touring Car World Champion Andy Moore and PRO10 World Champion David Spashett among its Champions, the last Euros was held in 2001, its World status having ended one year earlier. Despite this the class has continued to enjoy an enthusiastic following and under the guidance of PRO10 Series, the PRO 10 European Cup has become a major annual event for the category. Registration for the 2024 edition, with classes for Modified and Stock, close at August 17th.

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