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October 17, 2018

Sunday Race Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of this year’s Sunday Race Cup was held at the HSH race tracks in Dintikon, Switzerland. 22 drivers in three categories signed in, making for good racing in perfect weather conditions. In Race Truck it was a clear win for Tobias Kunz in front of veteran racer, Luigi Manzo and Micha Kühne. Tobias had a perfect day with the TQ and wins in all three A-mains. Micha Kühne looked like he would wrap up the runner-up spot, however a crash in the final A-main meant that Luigi hold the upper hand to finish 2nd overall.

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October 16, 2018

Simon Lauter TQs & wins at RT Pegasus Masters

The 7th annual RT Pegasus Masters was held in Piding, Southern Germany last weekend. The race was held in several electric on-road classes, attracting some of the region’s fastest drivers. In the popular Touring Stock class it was Simon Lauter who would sweep the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from team mate Christian Donath on the 2 spot. The finals again were an all-Simon show as he took wins in all three legs to grab the overall from Christian Donath 2nd and Florian Botzenhart 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

October 16, 2018

2018 TOS Masters – Report

The 2018 TOS Masters was held at the Arena33 indoor track in Andernach last weekend. The grand finale of the 2017/18 Tonisport Onroad Series attracted some of Europe’s fastest electric on-road racers and in the Touring Modified class it was Infinity’s Marc Rheinard who set the pace on home soil after the qualifiers. Awesomatix’s Frederik Südhoff came in 2nd, Yannic Prümper (Infinity) rounded out the top 3. The triple A-mains then delivered three different winners in the form of Marc, Frederik and Yannic and when the dust had settled it was Yannic with the overall win, tie on points with Frederik who had to settle for 2nd. Marc Rheinard rounded out the top 3.

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October 16, 2018

Adam Drake doubles at JBRL Nitro Series Rd7

Round 7 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Central Valley R/C Raceway in Madera, California. As usual the event attracted both local talent and pro racers alike and in the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win from HB Racing’s Anthony Westergaard 2nd and HB Racing driver Marcus Garrett in 3rd.

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October 16, 2018

JConcepts Fall Super Cup Rd3 – Report

Race 3 of the Fall Super Cup Championship Series traveled to one of Florida’s best-kept secrets, Mills Pond R/C Raceway over the weekend. With origins dating back to the 1980’s, Mills Pond has been around for quite some time and after 30+ years of operation, has matured like fine wine and has to be considered one of Florida’s best tracks. The layout was fun. Mills Pond is more like a 1/8th track than it is 1/10th, but works both ways. The track was high speed and the jumps were definitely challenging as the grip level was always changing throughout the day. The huge triple in the middle required a perfect setup and a clean run to clear consistently. The switchbacks and off-cambers really tested racers’ timing and calculated car placement while carrying speed. By late afternoon on Saturday, the track was hooked up and the racing absolutely exceptional.

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October 16, 2018

Adam Vink successful at ROAR Region 2 Champs

The ROAR Region 2 Championship was held at The Track in Gaithersburg, Maryland last weekend. In the 4WD Buggy class it was the duo of Adam Vink and Mark Unrath that pulled away right from the start of the A-main. Mark would maintain about a three second lead for most of the race, but with about a minute to go he crashed at the triple. Adam was able to get around him then and lead the last three laps to take the win from Mark Unrath 2nd and James Denmark 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 15, 2018

Karl Jackson wins at HMNC Winter Series

The opening round of the HNMC 1/10th Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK. Held in ever changing, slippery conditions the 2WD Buggy class was won by Karl Jackson from Paul Timberlake. Nigel Buck came in 3rd to round out the podium in front of 4th placed Darren Windsor and 5th placed Alex Carter.

Image: Paul Timberlake

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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