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September 3, 2018

Daniel Kobbevik wraps up Norwegian National titles

The final race of the Norwegian EP Buggy nationals was held at Hverven Raceway in Oslo on astro turf. The track was rebuilt for this race, so everybody came to a new track and so nobody had home track advantage. This part of the year is naturally slippery in the morning with more grip during the day, and a little less grip in afternoon. There was only a little free practice in morning, and then right into reseeding, to get it as fair as it could be for this championship. Daniel Kobbevik was much faster than the competition with his Xray XB2. This weekend it was especially one driver that stood out from the rest and it was Yokomo driver Eirik Andreassen. He had really good pace and was second fastest on lap times, so it was more about who was going to start from third to 10 in A-main. After reseeding it was Daniel that topped all those rounds, and it looked the same after quails was done. 4 rounds with TQ.

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September 3, 2018

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd5 – Report

The 5th of the 7 rounds of the Belgian FBA nationals for 1/10 electric cars was held over the weekend of September 1st at the MRCZ track in Zwevegem. This temporary and technical track is laid out on an very smooth asphalt track. The club did their upmost to get the grip levels up from Saturday onwards. Their efforts provided sufficient grip for the races, which were held on Sunday. As always, the racers could choose from 4 different classes, Touring modified, touring stock (the biggest class), touring rookie and F1. F1 has currently a dip in popularity and only 3 racers attended the race in this class.

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August 29, 2018

Ty Tessmann sweeps 2018 Quebec Classic

The 2018 Quebec Classic was held in Napierville, Quebec and hosted by the BegoRC Raceway. The track was a lot of fun with just enough challenge to keep everyone on their toes. The track surface was very unique but also very consistent throughout the day and held up very well. The cars came off clean after a run and there was virtually no tire wear which made for a really good racing surface from a club level all the way up to a high profile international race level. Thursday was open practice and we decided to do a clinic in the morning for any of the drivers that wanted to attend to ask questions or get help with setup. Once the clinic was over we got on the track for some practice, we worked on the setup and got the cars feeling really good. Friday kicked off with controlled practice and one qualifier later in the afternoon. Saturday had two more rounds of qualifying and a 10-minute super pole race to determine starting positions on the grid for Nitro Buggy. Ty Tessmann was able to TQ both rounds of E-Buggy and Nitro Buggy on Saturday to take the overall TQ with David Ronnefalk qualifying 2nd overall in both classes. Ty was also able to win the super pole race and started 1st on the grid for the main on Sunday with David lining up in the 2nd spot.

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August 29, 2018

Groessel wins at Swiss EP On-road Nats Rd5

The fifth round of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was hosted by the MRCAL club in Aigle last weekend. Carl Friedrich Groessel took the overall TQ in the Touring Modified class courtesy of two round TQ, leaving behind Q4 top qualifier, Philipp Huber in 2nd. In the finals the battle for the top spot was on between Carl Friedrich and Philipp with the better end for Car Friedrich as he took the wins in A1 and A3 for the overall from Philipp Huber 2nd and Khounmy Bui 3rd.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

August 29, 2018

Yannic Prümper joins Infinity electric factory team

Infinity has announced the addition of top international touring car driver Yannic Prümper to its EP team line-up. A Worlds finalist and multiple ETS race winner, the German driver adds strength to the team’s IF14 Touring Car programme ahead of the upcoming Euro Touring Series season and sees him reunited with former team-mate and close friend Marc Rheinard. With two months to the opening round of the ETS, which takes place in Vienna, Austria, Yannic will make his official race debut for Infinity this weekend when, together with Marc and Dominic Vogel, he travels to the Aigen circuit in Austria for the inaugural EWS Abroad race. On his deal to join the 2018 Reedy Race and TITC winning team, Yannic said:

I want to thank Team Infinity, especially Kenji Taira to give me the opportunity to join his team. I’m highly motivated to show the best results in the future and race beside big guns inside the team. I’m sure we will have a lot of fun and success in the future.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

August 29, 2018

Pelle Culmsee dominates Swedish Off-road Nationals

Round 3 of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals saw Pelle Culmsee dominating the field. Pelle Culmsee would sweep the competition by TQing the Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and Electric Buggy classes while also bringing home the overall titles with one round to spare. In the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main Pelle would bring home the win by almost four laps while the Truggy main had to be cancelled due to rain. With the overall TQ after the qualifiers the win was also Pelle’s as was it in the E-Buggy class where Culmsee took the TQ and two tone-to-tone wins in the finals.

Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]

August 28, 2018

CTS3 finale – Report

Once again the final round of the CTS3 was held at Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California. As the points chase tightens up for the last round, racers brought their best game. In Modified Rick Hohwart led the series with Brandon Clements and David Jun tied for 2nd. In qualifying it was Brandon who locked up TQ and a die-hard finish to the end with applied pressure by Hohwart who then had bad luck on 2nd to last lap allowing Jun to get by but Jun ran out of time allowing Clements to clinch the overall title as he is crowned the 2018 CTS3 Champion for Modified Touring.

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August 28, 2018

Louth R/C Car Club Winter Series – Announcement

The Louth Radio Control Car Club has announced the second running of its Schumacher Winter Series. Off the back of last year’s successful club championship, the rules and format have remained the same. The series has four different classes, 13.5 Blinky, 17.5 Open, GT12, and Tamiya Euro Trucks. The emphasis is on the racing, and not the size of the budget, or the equipment each driver has. The club has brought the feeling of a big event, with banners, race reports and pictures, but placed it within a club environment. The warm-up race will be held on October 21st with the series kicking off on November 11th. All dates, rules and regulations can be found here and here.