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July 18, 2017

EWS Summer Edition – Report

The Adur Model Car Club on the south-coast of England again hosted the popular Essex Winter Series organising team this weekend, as they put on their Summer Edition race. The weather was kind throughout the whole weekend, with just a few spots of rain during the early practice rounds but not even enough to slow the lap times down. This was also the first major race event in the UK at which the well-known ETS Volante tyre and Tonisport/MR33 hand-out additive was used, so the organisers arranged the format to give everyone plenty of track time to get used to the new rubber. It didn’t take people long, with track-record pace being up for grabs on not only new, but also used tyres as well, taking most of the tyre strategy out of play.

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July 18, 2017

Mustafa Alp doubles at TORC Nationals Rd3

Round 3 of Turkish TORC Nationals was held at the Efmod track recently in hot and windy weather conditions. Xray’s Mustafa Alp made clean sweeps in the Nitro Touring and Electric Prostock classes to secure the pole positions for the main finals. In the opening two electric A-mains Mustafa never looked back to take dominant win while the battle for the runner-up spot was between young Ahmet and Poyraz. In A1 and A2 Poyraz held the upper hand thanks to fresher tyres but in A3, that Mustafa sat out, Ahmet took the win which equalled the overall 2nd place for him while Poyraz had to settle for 3rd.

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July 18, 2017

RC LeMans Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of this year’s RC LeMans Series was held this past weekend at the Model Race Genk Club in Belgium. Known for its low traction the track still presented itself in good condition thanks to the outstanding work of the club members, a lot of cleaning and even sugar prepping. In the fast LMP1 class Tobias Weist, Tim Altmann and Reinder Wilms traded the top spots and ultimately it was Tim who took the TQ from Reinder and Tobias. Kai Altmann came in 4th, Patrick Vannieuenhuysen completed the top 5 result.

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July 18, 2017

Guy Rinkevich doubles at 1/10th Buggy Israeli League

The 1/10th Buggy Israeli League was held recently and it was Guy Rinkevich who took wins in both the 2WD and 4WD classes. Yosi Abel obtained the runner-up spot in both categories while Tom Mushkatel rounded out the podium in 2WD and Avi Yadgar completed the podium result in the 4WD class.

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July 18, 2017

2017 Hot Race Summer Cup – Report

Gubbio in Italy played host to the 2017 Hot Race Summer Cup this past weekend. As usual the event attracted some of the country’s fastest electric on-road drivers and also guests from abroad with the 2017 edition drawing close to 100 entries for the four different on-road categories. While the racing action on the track was intense there was also a lot to do off the track with the organisers made sure everyone had a great time with loads of drinks, music and the famous Saturday evening party. Racing wise and in the Invitational Modified class it was Alessio Menicucci who took the TQ and win from Alessio Mancini and former 200mm World Champion, Alexander Hagberg in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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July 17, 2017

Nicolas Bregante successful at ACAR Championship Rd2

The second round of the Argentinean ACAR Championship was recently held in the City of Bragado. In the Pro Buggy class it was Nicolas Bregante with the win from Matias Lence in 2nd and Gianni Lupacciolu 3rd. The Buggy Master class was won by Mauro Lence from Damian Montiel and Alejandro Di Meola while the Open Buggy win went to Federico Bonzas. The 1/8th E-Buggy victory went to Ivo Novelli from Kevin Negruzzi and Damian Montiel Finally in the Truggy class it was Gustavo Alberdi who snatched the top spot.

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July 17, 2017

Speed King Tour Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of this year’s Speed King Tour was held at the Crest Speedway indoor carpet track. A new track layout built in the week prior to the event meant the locals had less of an advantage and the organisers also decided to enforce a control tyre rule with the new Rush carpet tyre being chosen for the event. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Yokomo driver and local hero, Yugo Nagashima with the TQ from Crest Speedway shop assistant Hayato Ishioka (Kyosho) and Infinity driver Akio Sobue in 3rd. Right from the start of the 7-minute A-main event, Yugo was chased by Hayato with the top 2 being a class of their own. Hayato tried to catch up on Yugo but a mishap of Ishioka gave Nagashima room to breathe. In the end Yugo would maintain the gap to bring home the win from Hayato in 2nd while privateer Toyoki Yamada completed the top 3 result. Elsewhere in the Touring Stock class it was Kazuki Yamashita with the win. The Speed King Tour now has a small summer break with the next round being held at the Twin Ring Honguu outdoor track on September 24th.

Source: Speed King Tour [facebook.com]

July 17, 2017

Hupo Hönigl doubles at Austrian EP Buggy Nationals Rd3

The recent third round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the MAC Traiskirchen track. Different from the previous two rounds, this race was held on a super high traction track with the abrasive surface and sugar treatment making for close racing. Xray’s Hupo Hönigl would TQ the opening two rounds of 2WD while up and coming Lucas Grainer (Team Associated) came out fastest in Q3 and veteran racer Peter Pinisch (Team Associated) won Q4. Overall this meant Hupo would take the pole position for the triple 2WD A-mains.

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