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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]

July 3, 2017

Schiffner & Krause take 2017 German Truggy titles

The 2017 German Truggy Championship was held at the MRC Leipzig track over the weekend. In the Nitro Truggy class it was Agama driver Ronny Schiffer who took a maiden truck title from young Johannes Klatt (Mugen). TLR driver Sascha Nelson came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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July 3, 2017

Tom Cockerill doubles at Kampenhout GP

The annual Belgium GP was held at the MBV Kampenhout track in changing weather conditions. Yokomo’s Tom Cockerill would sweep the event by taking the wins in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes to take a double victory. Ben Jemison (Schumacher) and Team Associated driver Jesper Rasmussen would round out the 4WD podium while Wesley van Helmond (Schumacher) and Wounter Wynen joined winner Cockerill on the 2WD podium.

July 3, 2017

Matsuzaki & Martin win 2017 JMRCA 1/10th Buggy titles

The 2017 JMRCA 1/10th Buggy Japan National Championships were held this past weekend at the iconic Yatane Arena. Hayato Matsuzaki (Yokomo) would grab the TQ in the 2WD class while Kaito Kodera (Yokomo) came out fastest after the 4WD qualifying. After the 2WD A-mains it was still veteran racer Matsuzaki on top to take another All-Japan Championship title, after a 9-year long winning drought, with Kohta Akimoto (Kyosho) and Lee Martin (Yokomo) rounding out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 4WD category Lee Martin took his maiden JMRCA title from Kaito Kodera 2nd and Kohta Akimoto 3rd.

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