Red RC » Electric

July 11, 2017

Muhammad Izzah doubles at Indonesian National Rd2

The second round of the Indonesian Electric On-road Nationals was held at Sunter International Speedway in Jakarta with about 40 racers from all around Indonesia competing in the Touring Modified and FWD classes. In Touring Modified it was Muhammad Izzah who scored a TQ in Q1 and Q2 which secured him the pole for A-main. Q3 belonged to Christian Mamesah which meant a P2 spot on the starting grid for him. The opening two A-main legs brought different winners meaning the decision for the overall win would be made in A3. With Izzah winning A1 and Bowie coming out fastest in A2 the stage was set for an entertaining final A-main. Ultimately Izzah would lead the way by a comfortable margin with Bowie coming in 2nd while Ronny Suwarto completed the podium result.

Continue reading the report here

July 11, 2017

Nicholas Lee wins Urban Touring Series Rd7

Round 7 of Singapore’s Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend at the Urban Onroad Raceway. The event saw the first appearance of top local Nicholas Lee in the 17.5T Blinky Touring Car class. As expected, Nicholas (Yokomo) set the pace in qualifying by scoring TQ runs in the first two of three qualifying rounds. Series leader Dominic Quek (Xray) would have to be contented with a 2nd place start in the A-Main, with YS Heng (Yokomo) in 3rd. The bump-up B-final was led off by Chee Lip Keong (Yokomo) and young Sean Lee (Tamiya), who both looked like they would comfortably bump-up to the A-Main. However, a mistake by Sean at about the 3-minute mark gave Hasron Robana (Xray) the chance to move ahead and eventually snatch the last bump-up.

Continue reading the report here

July 10, 2017

David Ronnefalk takes four national titles in eight days

Sweden’s David Ronnefalk seems to be on a mission these days after wrapping up four national titles within eight days. After scoring wins at the 1/8th Nitro Off-road and 1/8th Electric Nationals, the record national champion also came out on top at last weekend’s 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals, bringing home the win in the 2WD class on Saturday and the 4WD class on Sunday, making it a total of four titles within the last eight days and setting his national title count to 15 overall. Alexander Landen in 2nd and Elias Johansson in 3rd would round out Saturday’s 2WD podium while on Sunday Elias would hold the upper hand over Alexander to take the runner-up spot as Alexander completed the podium.

Image: David Ronnefalk

July 10, 2017

Hofer & Schmid win at Swiss EP Off-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the Swiss Electric Off-road Nationals was hosted by the EFAC Hohenems club in changing weather conditions this past weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Patrick Hofer who grabbed the TQ tie on points with Nico Schmid while Adrian Müller obtained the 3 spot after the qualifiers. In the 4WD category it was again Patrick who came out on top of Nico while Michel Buschor would line up in 3rd after the qualifiers. In the 4WD finals, pole position holder Patrick suffered a DNF in A1 but he stroke back in the following two finals to leave Nico behind in 2nd place overall as Michel Buschor rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the 2WD category Nico would hold the upper hand over Patrick who would come out fastest in A1 but with wins in A2 and A3 Nico secured himself the day’s win from Patrick Hofer 2nd and Martin Weidmann 3rd.

Image: Patrick Hofer

July 10, 2017

Viktor Wilck wins Swedish Electric Touring title

The Swedish On-road Championships were held this past weekend in Örebro in changing weather conditions. With rain expected for Friday night all drivers were keen to get as many laps under their belt as possible on practice day. The actual race started on Saturday morning and heavy rain meant only two qualifying rounds would be held with three more scheduled for Sunday. In the Electric Touring class Markus Hellquist set the pace on the wet track with Viktor Wilck coming in 2nd. On Sunday the sun came out again and dry weather meant good racing conditions for the drivers. In Electric Touring, Q3 was won by Viktor on new tyres while Q4 was a pretty close affair on old tyres between Hellqvist and Wilck with the latter still managing the TQ. Q5 on new tyres again went to Viktor who would line up on the pole position for the triple A-mains of which he would win the opening two to take the win and with it his 8th national title. Markus Hellquist came in 2nd from Alexander Andersson in 3rd.

View the final results here

July 10, 2017

Rheinard & Hofer win at German Nationals warm up

The warm-up race for the German Electric On-road Nationals was held this past weekend at the MBC Bamberg club in the south of the country. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Marc Rheinard who took three of the five qualifying rounds to grab the TQ from Christopher Krapp who managed to win two qualifiers to line up in 2nd on the grid. In Touring Sport it was Daniel Wohlgemuth with the TQ while Martin Hofer, with whom Daniel was tie on points, had to settle for 2nd after the tie-breaker. In Touring Hobby Sören Sparbier came out on top while in Formula, the largest class of the weekend, it was veteran racer Alexander Stocker with the overall TQ.

Continue reading the report here

July 10, 2017

Neil Cragg takes BRCA 2WD Buggy title

Round four of the BRCA 1/10th Off-road National Championship was held at Boughton Raceway this past weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class, run on Saturday, Team Associated’s Neil Cragg would dominate the qualifying by TQing three of the four rounds, with Yokomo’s Lee Martin also taking a round TQ to line up in 2nd. In the triple A-mains Neil again was the man to beat and with three wins he came out victorious and by doing so he would also take the overall title, his 21st national championship in total. Lee Martin had to settle for 2nd at round 4 with Schumacher’s Tom Yardy rounding out the podium. Sunday’s 4WD class also saw Neil on top of the proceedings and with a win from Lee Martin and Tom Yardy he is now in a good position to fight for the 4WD title at the remaining rounds of the championship.

Image: Neil Cragg

July 9, 2017

SARDA ORE Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2017 South-African ORE national championship moved to the TRAP RC Venue in Pretoria. Free practise was held on Thursday and Friday with good winter weather in the Gauteng Province pleasing the drivers. The club did some good repair work on the track and a fast track with some technical sections proved demanding for most drivers. The strong 2017 Touring Modified class was represented by all the top and new drivers in South Africa and they pushed hard during the practice rounds and qualifying to achieve the best performance with their cars. During the practice rounds the local Liebenberg brothers showed great pace with their Capricorns while the Xray team mates Anderton Smith, Hein Kotze, Shaun Schutte, Antonio Caroli and Ashley Hurley also had great some great sessions.

Continue reading the report here