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September 20, 2017

Williamson & Boyle take UK Short Course National titles

The UK Short Course Nationals recently concluded with Lewis Williamson and Darren Boyle being crowned the 2017 champions. In 4WD, last season’s champion Lewis Williamson (TLR) was in unstoppable form all season long once taking podium finishes at every round and winning with a perfect 1000 point score and securing the outright series title to become National Champion for the second year in a row. Last year’s runner-up and team mate Darren Boyle (TLR) was 2nd again with Justin Kirk (Tekno) rounding out the podium result.

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September 20, 2017

2017 Southern Nationals – Report

The 2017 Southern Nationals was a highly anticipated race for many. Living up to the hype from previous years, this special race drew in some of the top pro racers from around the nation making it the most competitive Southern Nationals to date. With drivers like Tekno’s Ryan Lutz and Joe Bornhorst, Agama’s Darren Bloomfield, HB Racing’s Cody King, Mugen’s Cole Ogden and Ryan Maifield, the Southern Nationals was set for fireworks during the A-finals.

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September 20, 2017

Marcel Schneider takes 1/10th 2WD Off-Road Nats title

The 2017 German 1/10th Electric 2WD Nationals were held at the MAC Hütschenhausen track recently. The first ever nationals on this full astro turf track held some difficulties for the drivers as the large and fast layout with multiple high speed single double and quad jumps made it hard to manage error-free runs. In addition the weather was very changing and with short showers especially on Saturday for the fastest heat, it made qualifying very difficult. In the 2WD Modified class it was veteran Schumacher racer Ralf Missel with the overall TQ from young Marcel Schneider who put his R Stonem converted Team C TM2V2 on the 2 spot from free agent, Jörn Neumann in 3rd.

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September 19, 2017

Xray Racing Series UK Off-road – Announcement

Xray have announced the XRS UK Off-road series for the coming Fall and Winter season. Held at Midlands Raceway the series will kick off on October 1st with the finale being held on March 4th. The series will be held in 2WD Open, 2WD 13.5T Stock, 4WD Open and Truck Open classes and full event information and sign-up is available here.

September 19, 2017

Serpent Cup Japan – Announcement

The Serpent Cup Japan will be held at the Yatabe Arena on the 1st of October. The event will see the running of the 17.5T Touring Serpent Cup class, 13.5T and Modified Touring racing as well as a range of 1/12th scale Stock and Modified classes and also a 30.5T Formula category. Serpent designer and ETS Formula champion David Ehrbar will be resent at the event and more information will be available on the official Yataba Arena website here or by mailing Japanese Serpent distributors Asuka Create at info@asukacreate.com.

September 19, 2017

2017 TIPS Championship – Announcement

The Tamiya Inf1nity PRCA Singapore Championship will be held on the 21st and 22nd of October at the Marine Parade Radio Modellers Track in Singapore. The race is run in Touring Modified and Open Brushless as well as Tamiya M-Chassis and Racing Truck classes and it will see the attendance of both local driver and guests from abroad with Serpent’s Viktor Wilck, Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee and several Infinity team drivers having already signed in. More information can be found on social media here.

September 19, 2017

Völker & Mächler win at RC Touring-Cup 2017

The ADAC RC Touring-Cup was held at the world-famous Nürburgring last weekend. Run in several electric on-road classes it was Ronald Völker with the TQ in the Touring Modified category from Thimo Weissbauer and Marco Kaufmann. In the Touring Stock class Max Mächler and Alex Kunkler battled for the overall TQ and in the end it was Max who held the upper hand to take the pole position for the finals.

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September 19, 2017

Jorge Flores sweeps ROAR Invitational

The ROAR Invitational race was held with about 70 entries at the G’s RC Raceway in Pennsylvania recently. In the 4WD Modified Buggy and Modified Stadium Truck class it was Jorge Flores with the TQs and wins. Howard Anderson and Rob Regl would come in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Buggy class while Rob Regl and Brandon Stevenson rounded out the Truck podium.

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