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May 23, 2017

BRCA Touring Car Nationals – Report

This past weekend saw the popular south coast Adur circuit host round 2 of the BRCA 1/10 Touring car national series. Yet again this year the event was fully booked and the optional Saturday practice saw most drivers taking to the track to fine tune their setups. Raceday started overcast but the wind had died down overnight, releasing the car’s full potential. In the Modified class tyres again proved to dominate the driver’s strategy with defending champion Chris Grainger electing to sit out round 1 clearing the way for round 1 winner Olly Jefferies to take the first leg and then sit out round 2 himself. Chris took round 2 to even it up but Olly came back onto track to take the third leg and secure the pole. Alexander Hagberg took the final round to leave himself tied with Chris, but Chris took the second spot on the grid by virtue of a faster run time. 2016 Adur winner Elliott Harper lined up 4th on the grid with young Harley Eldridge 5th.

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May 23, 2017

Micha Widmaier doubles at South German regional race

A round of the South German 1/10th electric off-road regionals was held at the RC Cars Köngen club this past weekend. The event also marked the season opening race at the track that will hold the German 1/10th 4WD Nationals later in August. Micha Widmaier (SWorkz/Nosram) was the man to beat in the 2WD and 4WD Modified classes as he took wins in both categories with Tobias Hesse (Team C/Absima) and Justin Naumann (Team C/Absima) coming in 2nd and 3rd in the 2WD class while Luca Rau (Kyosho/Hacker) and Justin Naumann (Team C/Absima) rounded out the top 3 result in 4WD.

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May 22, 2017

Dakotah Phend & JR Mitch win at TLR Cup Rd2

The second round of the TLR Cup was held at R/C Excitement of Fitchburg, Massachusetts this past weekend. Open for all brands the event attracted a good amount of entries and in the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class it was top qualifier, Dakotah Phend (TLR) who took wins in the opening two A-mains to grab the overall victory from his TLR team mates JR Mitch and Frank Root. The latter two had some mixed mains with JR recovering from a 7th place finish in A2 thanks to a win in A3 while Frank’s 10-4-2 finish was enough to take the final podium spot on a tie-breaker with Matt Cline and Toddie Anderson.

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May 22, 2017

Thomas Musso doubles at French League 4 race

The Carca track recently hold a round of the French League 4 series and it was Thomas Musso who walked away with a double win in the Open E-Buggy and E-Truggy classes. In the Buggy class Thomas Musso (HB Racing) and Jean-Pierrick Sartel (Xray) battled it out for the win and being tie on points after all A-mains were completed meant the tie-breaker would decide the overall win. Ultimately Thomas would prevail thanks to the quicker times and so he grabbed the overall win from Jean-Pierrick in 2nd while Sebastien Wartelle (HB Racing) rounded out the podium result in 3rd. Elsewhere in the E-Truggy class it was again Thomas who walked away with the win after making a clean sweep in the qualifiers and finals.

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May 22, 2017

Marco Natale wins E-Buggy class at Picco Cup

The Picco Cup was held this past weekend at the Roma Cross Village track in Italy. The event attracted some of Italy’s fastest off-road drivers to compete against several guests from abroad and ultimately Mugen’s Marco Natale came out successful in the 1/8th E-Buggy class, taking the win from Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro on the runner-up spot.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

May 22, 2017

Swiss Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Swiss Electric On-road National Championship was held this past weekend. The HSH race track in Dintikon played host for the race that attracted more than 60 drivers to compete in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Pro Stock, Formula and Swiss GT. Michele Manzo was the man to beat in Touring Modified as he took the TQ and win from teammate Fabian Widmer while Boris Siladi had to settle for 3rd overall.

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May 22, 2017

Cory Parsons & Michael Bruce win at FSEARA Rd7

Round 7 of the FSEARA Florida State Series was held in in sunny Fort Myers this past weekend. The world famous “Fort” track with its challenging but fun layout greeted the 17.5T and 21.5T drivers drivers and in the faster 17.5T class it was Cory Parsons who walked away with the day’s win from Dave Vera 2nd and Joe Sumasky 3rd. In 21.5T it was Michael Bruce who brought home the win from runner-up, Jonny Q while Jason R rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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May 19, 2017

Luke Lee wins BRCA Formula Nationals Rd2

The second round of the BRCA Formula National Championship was held at Aldershot. Qualifying started cold and dry but it was tricky to find grip but as the weather warmed up the lap times dropped. Current UK Formula Champion and championship leader after the first round, Luke Lee (Xray), took a convincing TQ winning all four qualifying rounds. The first final saw Luke take an early lead but his lead was cut by an unfortunate incident with a back marker, however he had enough of a gap to resume in the lead and maintained it till the end of the race. The second final was a repeat of the first – without the back marker incident – Luke sailed off to a comfortable lead and the overall win with James Wright (MD Racing) coming in 2nd and Damian Giddins (Xray) 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]