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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.

View the Truggy podium here

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.

Continue reading the report here

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.

View the 21.5T podium here

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]

May 19, 2017

Protoform WCICS Rd7 – Report

The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Seriesflew into the beautiful Northern BC mountain town of Kamloops, British Columbia for round 7. As expected, Touring Mod was fast and full of action. Blake Bell would be the driver to beat opening up with a 36 lap run. Round 2 proved to be a shaky heat for all drivers with no impressive pace. But all the stops came out for round 3 when the top 5 heard the tone. Blake settled it with a 37 lap run, the only one of the weekend.

Continue reading the report here

May 18, 2017

Highest sign Jörn Neumann

Korean company Highest has announced the signing of multi-times European Champion, Jörn Neumann to their team. The Serpent factory driver will use Highest servos in all of his rides and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very thankful to be a part of the Highest team. The performance and design of their servos are incredibly good. I am looking forward to use them in all my cars. Thank you again for getting me on the team.

Source: Highest [highestrc.com]

May 18, 2017

Kum Yew wins 4WD class at NOOB race

The recent NOOB race in Singapore was once again held on a loose dirt track, making for completely different traction conditions after the previous day’s Urban Astro Buggy Champs held on astro turf. Xray’s Kum Yew secured the TQ honours while teammate, Dennis Chiang would line up on the 2 spot on the grid. In the finals, Kum Yew got off to a bumpy start when a collision at the new step down feature dropped him down the field. Mark Lim capitalised to take the lead, with Danny Png in 2nd and Dennis in 3rd. With Kum Yew suffering a DNF, the race finished in that order. In leg 2, while Kum Yew led off the start, he lost the lead to teammate Dennis after a coming together with a back-marker. Calm and measured driving saw Kum Yew regain the lead from Dennis that he would hold onto for the win. This set up an exciting showdown for the final leg with three drivers still in contention for the overall win. After a clean start, the pair of Kum Yew and Dennis led the field around. With growing confidence, Kum Yew put in consistent laps to pull away from the field. However, traffic at the tight step down feature caught Kum Yew out once again and allowed the chasing pack to close in on him. Kum Yew once again dug deep and managed to complete the rest of the final mistake-free to win leg 3 and secure a hard-fought overall win. Dennis recovered from a rough final to finish overall 2nd, while Mark Lim was overall 3rd.

View the final results here