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October 10, 2018

JConcepts Fall INS8 – Report

Last weekend the JConcepts Indoor National Series made its way into the great Northeast for the Fall Edition of the highly anticipated nationwide series. Now in the 8th year hosting the JConcepts INS, RC Excitement’s staff in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and local racers go all out to welcome travelers from all over the US for a great race weekend. Known to be the biggest race in the Northeast, Todd Anderson made this one special with all new LED lighting and fresh paint to add wonders to the feel of the event. This year’s track had terrific flow and was a great challenge to all racers as it featured two, very difficult to master, triple jumps that kept everyone in check. Miss the jump by just a little meant losing a lot of time on the track. With the tire choice being of very soft compound slick tires, staying in the line was paramount. Traffic awareness was crucial to your overall run as the key jumps required commitment and precision.

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October 9, 2018

Bruno Coelho wins Cup of Portugal

The annual Cup of Portugal took place at CRB with 22 drivers in attendance. As a special guest, Xray’s Bruno Coelho made an appearance with the World Champion taking the opportunity to race on home soil. As expected Bruno showed a blistering pace with newly-crowned national champion, Serpent’s Hugo Miguel coming in 2nd and Mario Miranda following in 3rd. The start of the opening A-main was smooth, however a couple of corner later Hugo made a pass on Bruno with the latter trying to regain the position later which resulted in a crash of both. After loosing a lot of time the two tried to recover with Bruno ultimately bringing home the A1 win as Hugo had to settle for 3rd. A2 was a less stressful affair as Bruno brought home the win on new tyres easily, taking the overall with one leg to spare as Hugo came in 2nd this time. To not disturb the fight for the remaining podium spots Bruno wanted to sit out A3 but the other drivers asked him to take part anyway. Following a clean start Bruno later had a bobble over a curb, making way for Hugo Miguel. The now-leader drove his heart off but Bruno closed the gap in the closing stages and tried to find a way past, however holding tight lines Hugo was able to bring home the win and with it the overall runner-up spot from Nuno Duraes (Mugen) in 3rd.

Thanks to Hugo Miguel for the report.

October 9, 2018

Carsten Keller doubles at Messe Cup

The annual Messe Cup was held as part of a hobby fair in Leipzig, Germany last weekend. The race saw the running of several classes and it was Carsten Keller who took a double victory in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy categories. Carsten took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he also came out on top after the 20-minute A-main to take the day’s win from Sebastian Winterstein in 2nd and Laurin Czypulowski in 3rd. Over in the E-Buggy category it was again Carsten with the TQ and with a clean sweep in the semifinals and dual A-mains he took his second overall win of the weekend, leaving behind Aaron Rönick and Yanic Grieger in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

October 9, 2018

Sunpadow sign Jin Sawada

Sunpadow have announced the signing of newly-crowned Japanese National Champion, Jin Sawada to their factory team. Jin will use Sunpadow’s line of competition battery packs at all major events from now on.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

October 9, 2018

2018/19 Rug Racers Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2018/19 Rug Racers series was held last weekend. The new series returned with a few changes made to the track in an effort to help with the racing and limit the number of car breakages. The 13.5 Blinky Touring win was taken by long serving Ashley Wiffen. Ashley was being pushed hard by Jamie Hickin but was able to hold him off for the overall A-final win from Jamie Hickin in 2nd and Shaun Batt in 3rd.

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October 9, 2018

Kevin Nielsen joins Xray factory team

Xray have announced the addition of Danish top driver, Kevin Nielsen to their factory team. The multi-time ETS and DHI Cup A-finalist will campaign Xray’s T4 platform at national and international events such as the ETS, DHI Cup, XRS and more and he had the following to say about the deal:

I’m extremely happy and proud to join the Xray factory team. Thanks to Xray for putting the trust in me. My dream just came true. The quality of the products is just amazing, and the cars are on point like the support no matter what level you race at. I will as always try my best to get some great results both in nationals and internationals races.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 9, 2018

Max Gotzl doubles at Czech Open finale

The final round of 2018 Czech Open Series was held last weekend at the popular Horni Jeleni track. Max Gotzl showed a fast pace from the get to, taking a double TQ in the Nitro and Electric 1/8th Buggy classes. In Nitro Tomas Kapicka and Jiri Mara came in 2nd and 3rd respectively, in E-Buggy it was Vaclav Broz in 2nd and Petr Tomasek in 3rd. After a straight forward win in his semifinal Max Gotzl (Xray) would also take the pole position for the Nitro A-main and right from the start the young man opened a gap on the field that he would be able to manage until the end to take his first overall victory of the weekend. Jiri Benes (Xray) came in 2nd while Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) rounded out the top 3.

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October 9, 2018

Daniel Carlsson wins at MSEC Indoor opener

The opening round of the Middle Swedish Indoor Cup was held in Örebro last weekend. In the Touring 13.5T class it was Daniel Carlsson who set the pace in the qualifiers. Local ace Rasmus Karlsson, who showed an incredibly fast on his home track, was 2nd on the grid and lining up 3rd was Per Lindqvist. In the finals Daniel Carlsson (Team Associated) took advantage of his TQ and would win all A-main legs to take the day’s win. Rasmus Karlsson (Schumacher), who had bad luck in the opening final, managed to keep his head down in the the remaining legs to secure the overall runner-up spot in front of the very talented buggy ace Elias Johansson (Team Associated), who had his touring car debut this weekend.

Thanks to Daniel Carlsson for the report.