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January 26, 2018

Sutrisno & Kusnowo win at Jakarta GP opener

The opening round of the Jakarta Grand Prix 2018 was held at the Sunter International Speedway in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event attracted a total of 35 racers to compete in the 1/8th on-road and GT classes with low grip welcoming the racers in the early qualifiers but things got better towards the finals. In the 1/8th on-road class track owner Sadikin Sutrisno (Xray/O.S.) converted his TQ in to a win in front of Tjokki Hasan (Serpent/O.S.) and Jeffry (Mugen/O.S.). Over in the GT category it was TQ holder Rusman Kusnowo (Xray/O.S.) who brought home the win with a 2-laps margin from Sadikin Sutrisno (Xray/O.S.) and Teddy Syach (Serpent/O.S.).

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January 26, 2018

Rivals out to stop Coelho extending EOS points lead in Germany

Following Bruno Coelho’s domination of the Euro Offroad Series season opener back in October, his rivals will be looking to prevent the reigning 4WD Champion from stretching his points lead as the championship visits an all new venue in Daun, Germany, this weekend (26-28 January). In Warsaw, Coelho and the Xray team completed a clean sweep with the Portuguese star taking the TQ and the win in both classes while his team-mates joined him on either side of both the 2WD and 4WD podiums. Having had 3-months to regroup following the deep defeat, rival teams will be aiming for a better showing on the first of the two German stops on the Season #7 calendar.

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January 26, 2018

Lovan RC Challenge Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Lovan RC Challenge was held last weekend with the event again attracting a lot of drivers. French top Stock driver Steve Dellatre made his entry as did Dutch ace, John Ermen while Willy Voisangrain came to defend his win at the opening round of the series. Robin D’hondt also made his entry but was unable to make it to the race unfortunately. Overall 65 entries made for some good racing – not a bad number given the popular GP3F was held on the same weekend. During practice John Ermen set a blistering pace in both the Touring EFRA and Stock classes as did young Liam van de Wouwer who excelled in the EFRA and Formula classes.

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January 25, 2018

RCmaniacs series Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the Greek RCmaniacs series was held at the RCmanicas Argos track recently. In the Touring Modified category the battle was on between Isaakidis and Kiriazis. In the end Filipos Isaakidis (Tamiya) took the win from Mihalis Kiriazis (Xray) while local driver Sotiris Diamantis (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium.

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January 25, 2018

Schumacher Winter Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Schumacher Winter Series was held by the Louth Radio Control Car Club. Minus temperatures outside, but warm temperatures would meet the drivers inside the Meridian Leisure Centre. A more technical track would meet the on and off road drivers. 13.5 blinky the biggest class at this event growing in numbers each time out. James Hart and Alex Brocklebank would share the spoils in qualifying. It was much the same in the finals with these two breaking from the field. Alex in the end taking the win, with two solid results. James Hart would come home a close second, and Mikey Mansell would bring his Capricorn home to 3rd.

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January 24, 2018

2018 Southern Indoor Championships – Report

The 2018 Southern Indoor Championships were held in Autaugaville, Alabama last weekend with 516 entries making for a very competitive field. 1/8th Pro Nitro Buggy saw HB Racing/’s Cole Ogden taking the TQ and win in a very fast field of drivers. Tekno’s Ryan Lutz would come out in 2nd, HB Racing’s Chandler Elliot put in a great drive to finish 3rd, Team Associated’s Blake Pickett 4th and Team Associated’s Evan Vail 5th.

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January 24, 2018

2018 Quebec Indoor Nationals – Announcement

The 4th annual Québec Indoor Nationals will be held at the Dégelis Arena in Quebec, Canada from the 19th to 22nd of April. The track will be designed by JTQ and 70 trucks of clay will make for another awesome experience with indoor pitting available for everyone. Classes run are 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truck, 1/8th E-Buggy and E-Truck as well as 1/8th Nitro Buggy 35+ along 1/10th 2WD, 4WD and SCT 4×4 racing. Sign-up for the race is available here.

January 23, 2018

BRCA Formula Indoor Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the BRCA Formula Indoor nationals took place at the Midlands Raceway permanent indoor venue near Birmingham. The snow during the early hours of the morning meant some drives could not get the venue with traffic disruption but 16 drivers made it to the great facility. Despite being a small track area the layout was fairly flowing and suited to Formula racing. The ETS spec carpet provided good grip for drivers once a few rounds of practice were done. During the two rounds of practice it was Luke Lee, Michael Lee and Ben Cosgrove who seemed to have dialled in to the track setting some quick lap times.

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