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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.

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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.

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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.

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July 8, 2017

South Africa Worlds build on target

Last August it was announced that the 10th running of the IFMAR World Championships for Electric Touring Car was being awarded to South Africa. A decision that was met with some strong resistance, racers divided over safety following incidents at previous World Championships hosted there, as time has passed teams & drivers appear to be more accepting of the location. Despite this some unsubstantiated talk has been doing the rounds that the event will not go ahead in South Africa. Taking on the responsibility for putting on the 2018 Worlds, Antonio Caroli has been travelling to the Reedy Race of Champions in the US and the ETS in Slovakia to talk to racers interested in making the trip to Welkom.

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July 4, 2017

David Ronnefalk sweeps Swedish 1/8th E-Buggy Nats

Hot on the heels of securing his sixth national Nitro Buggy title, HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk also came out successful at the recent 1/8th E-Buggy nationals. Held on a purpose-built track at the Boras Stadspark and in front of many spectators David took the overall TQ and also the win from Elias Johansson (Team Associated) in 2nd and David Hassel (HB Racing) 3rd.

Source: David Ronnefalk | Image: Elias Johanssen

July 4, 2017

2017 UISP Outdoor Championship – Report

The recent Italian UISP Outdoor Championship was held at the Tricolore race track in Reggio Emilia on a small to medium sized track. Classes run were Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T and Touring Stock 17.5T. In the premier Modified class and after a battle that was decided in the final stages of the race, it was Walter Floris (Xray) who took the win from Adalberto Zapparoli (Xray) and Luca Torreggiani.

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July 4, 2017

Michal Orlowski joins Arrowmax

Arrowmax have announced the addition of Schumacher factory driver, Michal Orlowski to their works team. The reigning EOS 2WD champion will use Arrowmax tools and accessories to build, maintain and set-up his rides and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very pleased to join the Arrowmax racing team. It will be a pleasure for me to use their wide range of tools and setup accessories to prepare my cars. I am looking forward to working with them in the future!

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]