Schumacher have announce the addition of Burak and Berkan Kilic to the off-road team. Both have chosen Schumacher cars for their 1/10th off-road program for 2017/18 and they will compete at major races across Europe, including the EOS series and the German nationals.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Singen in Germany played host to round two of this year’s Alpencup series. Michel Buschor (Xray) would take a double win in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes with Elias Ehrmann/Schiller (Xray) coming in 2nd and Roger Frei (Team Associated) completing the podium in 2WD. The 4WD class top 3 result was rounded out by Yokomo driver Philippe Weber and Silvio Pietroboni in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The Rocky Mountain Meltdown was held in Calgary, AB recently and it saw Robert Bowers walking away with the TQ and win in the E-Buggy class. Following some entertaining qualifiers Robert would lock up the TQ and pole position for the final that saw him dropping to 2nd after some early lap mistakes. This meant he would be in a battle with Jordan Anderson and Byron Brown but Robert settled down again and he worked on getting back to leader Carter. Bowers came closer but had a handful to really get to Carter’s bumper until disaster stroke for the leader with one minute to go. With a lucky break Robert got past Carter for that extra lap and to take the win from Jordan Anderson and Byron Mackenzie.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The annual Norwegian 24h Touring Car race was recently held in Lørenskog, Norway. The race format sees teams of a minimum of three drivers battle it out on the track for 24 hours straight using 13.5T blinky powered touring cars. The race is run on spec tyres, with up to three sets being allowed and using a single car – with a spare car for wet conditions. Right from the start Team ARC, with ETS star Helge Johannesen as their fontrunner, and Team Kvinesdal, with the reigning Norwegian Champion would pull away from the field. After a short drizzle and utilising the wet cars, Team Kvinesdal had a good lead after the first hours.
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Round 3 of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Clermont Ferrand over the weekend. In the Touring Modified class Alexandre Duchet would walk away with the win after coming out on top in A1 and A2 and following mishaps of Loic Jasmin. Cyril N’diaye would end the day on the 2nd place, Lucas Urbain obtained the 3rd spot on the podium and Loic Jasmin had to settle for 4th overall.
Round 2 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. Mugen’s Adam Drake made a clean sweep in the 1/8th E-Buggy qualifiers, taking the overall TQ in front of the Tekno RC duo of Dean Rock and Damien Coleman. In the 10-minute main final Adam was again the dominating driver as he took the win a lap in front of Dean Rock while Damien Coleman had to settle for 3rd another lap down.
Image: JBRL [jimmybabcock.com]
The second round of the Czech Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Janovice over the weekend. The super low traction conditions made things interesting especially in the 2WD classes and after the qualifying it was Xray’s Martin Bayer who swept the 2WD Buggy class by winning all qualifying rounds ahead of team mates Novotny, Gotzl, Bidovsky, Miksovsky and Mudra. The 4WD qualifiers were pretty much a blueprint of the 2WD class with Martin taking the overall TQ from Novotny, Miksovsky, Bidovsky, Gotzl and Mudra while the Stadium Truck class was TQ’d by Kaja Novotny.
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The third round of the FBA Belgian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the fast track of Roeselare in the western part of the country. For the organising club RCR it was a special event as it would be the last national electric race at the current track as the circuit will be relocated near the motorway in time for the 2018 season. The long 4-day weekend meant that most drivers had plenty of time to find the right setup on the bumpy track with its long 90m straight line. Many drivers tested a PSS system in order to find the perfect handling but the traditional four classes of Rookie, Touring 13.5, Formula and Touring Modified were run on a single day.
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