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October 15, 2018

2018/19 Australian Touring Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the newly-formed Yokomo Australian Touring Series ATS took place last weekend at the Melbourne Radio Controlled Circuit Racers (MRCCR) Circuit in Lilydale, Victoria. The ATS brings a fresh approach to EP On-Road racing in Australia, aiming to provide the best racing, experience and entertainment possible to all involved, while maintaining a focus on racer enjoyment. Several of Australia’s top Modified drivers joined the field in Lilydale, making the battle out front very exciting. Seeding practice went to Ryan Maker by a 0.7s margin over Jesse Davis and Sandy Iavazzo. However Davis picked up the pace in qualifying, snatching the win in rounds 1 and 3, while Maker played a slightly different tire strategy to win rounds 2 and 4, holding the overnight TQ before round 5 on Sunday morning.

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October 15, 2018

Sartel & Lantheaume successful at 2018 French Buggy Cup

The Vierzon astro turf track played host to the 2018 French Cup for 1/10th electric off-road this past weekend. Xray’s Armand Lantheaume double TQ’d the 2WD and 4WD Mod Buggy classes, however in the 2WD A-mains it was Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel with the win, leaving behind Young Clement Boda (Team Associated) on the runner-up spot. Armand Lantheaume would round out the top 3 podium result. Over in the 4WD class Armand was able to defend his top spot, taking the A-main win from Jean-Pierrick Sartel in 2nd and Mathieu Briere in 3rd.

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October 15, 2018

Bowie Ginting crowned Indonesian Touring Champ

The third and final round of the Indonesian 1/10th Electric On-road National Championship was held at East RC Speedway this past weekend. Weather was great all day and in the primary Touring Modified class it was points standing leader Bowie Ginting who looked the TQ spot after the qualifiers. Arya Seta started from the 2nd spot while Christian Mamesah had to settle for 3rd after the qualifiers. After the triple A-mains the top 3 order would remain the same as Bowie went on to win A1 and A3 for the overall as Arya came out on top in A2 to secure himself the 2nd overall position. With this result Bowie took the overall championship as Chandra Yosef snatched the vice-championship.

View the final results here

October 15, 2018

JP Richards wins at Winter Points Series opener

Round 1 of the 2018/19 Winter Points Series was held at P&T Hobbies in Indiana. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was JP Richards with the TQ and win from Galen McCreary on the 2 spot. The podium was rounded out by RC legend Brian Dunbar who recently came back out of retirement.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

October 13, 2018

Jilles Groskamp inks deal with ORCA

ORCA have announced the signing of Dutch on-road frontrunner, Jilles Groskamp to their factory team. The former IFMAR Electric Touring World Champion and long-time Team Orion factory driver will use ORCA brushless motors, speed controllers and batteries from now on while also helping with the development of future products. The Thailand-based joins another spearhead of the electric touring car scene, Akio Sobue, who signed with ORCA in July.

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

October 11, 2018

Luis Enrique Carrasco wins at Spanish EP On-road Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Villarreal track last weekend. The event saw the running of the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula. In the popular Touring Stock class it was Richard Rioja with the overall TQ from Luis Enrique Carrasco. With two wins in the opening two A-mains however it was Luis Enrique who hold the upper hand with his Awesomatix from Awesomatix team mate David Rebollo. Xray’s Richard Rioja had to settle for 3rd overall.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

October 11, 2018

Dakotah Phend doubles at TLR Cup West

The TLR Cup West was held at Tacoma RC Raceway in Tacoma, Washington recently, attracting over 150 entires. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was TLR’s Dakotah Phend with the TQ and win from Team Associated’s Harley Yoshii on the 2 spot. Harley would be successful in A1, however Dakotah stroke back in A2 and A3 for the overall, leaving behind Yoshii in 2nd as Schumacher driver Mikey Brown rounded out the top 3 results.

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October 11, 2018

2018 EWS International – Announcement

The EWS Events team has announced details of the 2018 EWS International event. The race will take place on the weekend of the 7th to 9th of December, at the usual Essex Winter Series venue in the South-East of the UK. There will be classes for Modified Touring,13.5 Blinky Super Stock and17.5 Blinky Amateur Stock, all using the ETS-spec Volante carpet tyre. Last year saw the likes of Ronald Volker, Marc Rheinard, Max Machler and Christopher Krapp fighting for the titles, and these drivers have confirmed they will all return, with Infinity, Yokomo, Awesomatix and Xray all committed to sending Factory Team drivers to the ever-growing event. Details and rules can be found on the EWS website. Entries open this evening, 11th of October, at 19:30 UK Time (20:30 CET) on MyRCM and are expected to fill very quickly. For more information or questions, please contact Oli Meggitt (oli.meggitt@gmail.com).