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February 8, 2019

Sudhoff tops CP1 at ETS Daun

Freddy Sudhoff has topped the first round of controlled practice at the Euro Touring Series in Daun, Germany. After an almost 4-month break in ETS action, Sudhoff opened the second round of the championship by taking his Awesomatix to the fastest 3-consecutive laps ahead of reigning champion Bruno Coelho. Behind, Marc Rheinard almost matched Coelho on pace, his arch rival quicker by just 2/1000ths of a second. It was a strong start to the weekend for Xray with Alexander Hagberg and Elliot Harper making it three of their cars in the Top 5. Completing the Top 6 would be Yokomo’s Christopher Krapp with team-mate and winner of the season opener Ronald Volker 8th behind Infinity new recruit Viktor Wilck.

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February 8, 2019

South East GT12 Regional Rd3 – Report

The final round of the popular South East regionals was held last weekend at the Sidcup Club just outside London. Racing on a slightly larger track than the previous regionals, with a mixed layout provided very close racing. As the racing got underway the championship contenders Niall Cochran and Owen Smith would be very close on pace throughout qualifying. After four rounds Niall would line up on pole from Owen by just over two seconds. James Scott qualified in 3rd and young Josepth Moore completing the top 4. In LMP David Spashett showed what was possible by taking pole from a returning Ryan Coxail by two laps, Lee Palmer qualified 3rd and Ant Lockyer completing the top 4.

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February 8, 2019

David Ronnefalk signs with Performa Racing

Newly-formed Performa Racing have announced the signing of World Champion racer David Ronnefalk to their factory team. The HB Racing factory pilot will race, test and help develop Performa Racing electric and nitro power units and accessories for off-road and on-road racing. Performa Racing’s Adrien Bertin says: “Over the past two years we have had great success with HB Racing, and some of our HB team drivers wanted to use a complete Neidhart SA package that included the car and power source. After some talk with Neidhart SA owner Philippe Neidhart, we decided that the Performa concept will work alongside HB Racing.” From elite world class racers like Ronnefalk to club racers around the world, Performa Racing is committed to deliver industry leading products developed by the most experienced designers and tested by the top racers in the R/C industry. Look for the complete line Performa products to roll out in early 2019, including nitro engines, electric motors, speed controllers, batteries for on-road, off-road, crawlers and much more.

Source: Peforma Racing [performaracing.com]

February 7, 2019

Xray Racing Series Italy Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Italy, a 3-race indoor tour, was held recently at the SRC track with 70 drivers in attendance. In the premier Touring Modified class, Menicucci lead the race from the qualifying rounds with Mazzeo, Baruffolo, Romagnoli, Piersante and Mancini fighting for the remaining podium places. In the end it was Menicucci with the win from Baruffolo and Romagnoli (all Xray).

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February 6, 2019

Kilic brothers sign with AKA

AKA Europe have announced the signing of Germany’s Burak and Berkan Kilic to their team. The two youngsters can already look back on some very impressive national and international results and they will be using AKA rubber on their Agama rides starting immediately.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

February 6, 2019

Gassauer & Janssen win at Dutch EP On-road Nats

The Dutch Electric On-road Indoor Nationals were held at the Racing Arena Limburg track in Sittard last weekend. The weekend saw practice on Saturday and racing on Sunday, the latter being divided into free practice, triple qualifiers and double finals. The Touring Modified class suffered from a shockingly low turnout on drivers, however ETS A-main finisher Patrick Gassauer, current Dutch modified champion Rick Van den Akker, former Belgian champion Steve Lambrechts, as well as “Party Animal” Florian Joos would still make for a very high level of driving.

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February 6, 2019

Essex Carpet Clash Rd2 – Report

After the huge success of the first round at the end of December the Essex Carpet Clash returned to Hornchurch, Essex, for round 2 of what’s proving to be a very popular new off road series, with yet again a full entry for 4WD and 2WD. After listening to the drivers feed back from the previous round, a few small changes were made to both the pitting and more importantly the track. Additional jumps were added for this round and strategically positioned to give a fun and more driver-friendly track. The addition of a cross over jump proved a real favourite with the racers and looked great for the spectators. There was a slight change in the race format for this round giving the drivers even more value for money. Practice, four round by round qualifying runs and three finals for all.

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February 6, 2019

Elias Johansson wins Swedish EP Off-road Nationals

The last weekend saw the running of the Swedish Electric Off-road Nationals in Sundsvall. The race was a bit special because it was held like a mix of a Reedy race style and a regular 1/8th scale bump-up format. The qualifying was decided Reedy-style while the finals were held in a bump-up form with semis and main final. After the four qualifying rounds it was Elias Johansson on top, Wilhelm Skjöldebrand 2nd and Micke Svensson in 3rd. They were the only one’s who went through all the qualifying rounds with victories only. In 4th it was Lukas Larson and Felix Angseryd held 5th.

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