The opening round of this year’s HSH Sundayrace Cup was held at the HSH race track in Dintikon, central Switzerland. 35 drivers signed in for the four categories and beautiful weather made them all smile right from the start. In the premier Touring Modified class it was a clear win for local hero and TQ holder Michele Manzo in front of Boris Siladi 2nd and Jan Hässig 3rd.
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The final round of the Malopolska Grand Prix was held in Cracow recently. The event was held on ETS black carpet and over the season the series attracted driver from Poland, the Czech Republic and even France to compete in the several electric on-road classes such as Pro Stock 13.5T, Spec 17.5T, Formula 21.5T, 1/12th Pan Car 6.5T, GT 17.5T Boost, Kadet/Rookie 21.5T and E-14 Rally. In the Pro Stock 13.5T class it was Arkadiusz Smyk (Tamiya) with the TQ and win from Jakub Kłapacz (Team Magic) 2nd and Marek Cisek (Team Associated) 3rd. Maciej Gałecki, Zbigniew Chełmiński and Piotr Szałapak would round out the top 6 results. Overall wit was Jakub Kłapacz with the title from Marek Cisek 2nd and Maciej Gałecki (Tamiya) 3rd.
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The second round of the Belgian FBA Electric On-road Nationals took place over the weekend at the MRCG club in Genk. The fast and flowing track is located in a motorsport heaven with a karting and a motocross track in the near neighbourhood. Practice was held on Saturday with the warm and sunny weather making for lots of action on the track. Unfortunately some drivers opted to not start due to not liking the grip provided by the new Voltante spec tyres. In the premier Touring Modified class speeds of over 110km/h were achieved, whoever the traction available was ideal for the swift cars and so some drivers opted to use different motor windings for the race in order to cope with the conditions. No one was in doubt that Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) would claim the pole position, however former European EFRA Stock champion, Rémi Callens (Team Magic), came quite close during his second run. In the end, he had to settle for 2nd in front of Mitchell Van Es (Awesomatix), Thomas Stockman (Xray) and Florian Joos (Xray). Q3 was not run by most drivers because of a torrential rain that flooded the track. Before the finals, the track was dry, but the grip levels were a bit lower than before.
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The opening round of the Galician Electric Track Championship was held at the challenging track in Orense this past weekend. Dirt and bumps took the best of the drivers and in Touring Modified it was ARC driver Fran Miño who made the best out of the conditions to snatch the TQ from David Fagil (Serpent) and Andres Gonzalez (Infinity). In the opening A-main it was Andres with the win following as Fran ran into issues while in turn it was Fran with the win in A2 as Andres had a mishap. In the decisive A3 it was again Fran with the win as Andres had more issues and ultimately had to settle for 2nd behind Fran. David Coten (Infinity) would round out the top 3 result. Over in Formula it was Fran Miño (Xray) with the TQ and win.
Round 2 of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Manspach this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Alexandre Duchet with the TQ from Loic Jasmin and Thomas Vigneron. The opening A-main then saw Loic Jasmin walking away with the win as Alexandre scored a DNF, however with wins in A2 and A3 Xray driver Duchet secured himself the overall win from Awesomatix’s Loic Jasmin 2nd and Xray’s Alex Laurent 3rd.
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The BRCA National Electric Touring Car season kicked off at the weekend at the very popular Cotswolds track. After many seasons racing with the Sorex control tyre this year the series has switched to the Sweep tyre, but apart from the change of tyre it was business as usual for the top UK racers. Joining the domestic field for 2018 was Alexander Hagberg who was fresh from his recent ETS win in Spain. Three classes were up for grabs, Modified, 13.5 boosted and 13.5 blinky and 110 drivers lined up for round one of qualifying early Sunday morning. In Modified Olly Jefferies was out to defend his title while Elliott Harper and Chris Grainer looked to end a domestic drought that saw neither of them win a UK national in 2017, Kyle Branson and Alexander Hagberg were also on hand and looking for their first UK national wins.
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Michal Orlowski has taken an important A1 victory at the EOS finale in Germany, the Schumacher driver going to the front on the opening lap after a mistake by team-mate & Top Qualifier Joern Neumann. Chased by title rival Bruno Coelho, the Pole then got a further break when the defending champion traction rolled allowing Orlowski to take control of the race and even survive a small mid race roll. With Neumann and Coelho’s incidents dropping them down the field it would be 6th place starter Martin Wollanka who would finish second. The Austrian would see off a strong challenge from Neil Cragg who completed the top 3 ahead of AE team-mate Joona Haatanen, Neumann and Martin.
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Schumacher will start 1-2 on the grid for the Euro Offroad Series championship deciding 4WD A-Main, with Joern Neumann continuing his reign at the EOS’ first ever outdoor event at Arena33. Top Qualifier and winner of 2WD, the German claimed the 4WD pole with his second TQ run in the fourth & final qualifier while, having TQ’d Q3, title contender Michal Orlowski will start 2nd. The only other driver with a TQ run but having a fraught Q4, defending champion Bruno Coelho will line his Xray up third ahead of the Associated of Neil Cragg and Yokomo of Lee Martin.
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