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October 18, 2016

2016 Model Mountain Camp – Report

For the second year running the Model Mountain Camp event was held at Storefjell Hotell and Resort. A unique event for Norway the weekend sees both the Storefjell Sprint Touring race and a round of the “King of Nations” drift cup. This year the event had 114 entries from six countries including two foreign guests in the form of Yokomo’s development driver Matsuzaki Hayato and sales manager Aso Minoru. In the Spring Modified class Matsuzaki showed his world class skills and so he took an easy win with the fight being on for the remaining podium spots. Both Lars A. Andersen and André Roine really wanted those spots on the podium, but in the end it was Lars who took the runner-up spot behind Hayato. André, who had a serious crash in the second leg had to let his team mate Anders Mikkelsen by with the latter taking the final podium spot.

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October 18, 2016

Han Young & Sun Young win at Team James Racing Cup

The IP-Chang racing circuit in Korea recently held round 14 of the Team James Racing Cup. Despite rainy weather about 60 drivers signed in for the event that saw Jeon Han Young (Serpent) taking the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class from Hwang Sun Young (Xray) who was in the mix for the win but a broken rear wing cost him a better result. In third Ryan Lee (Mugen) completed the podium result. The 1/8th E-Buggy class had Hwang Sun Young (Xray) coming out fastest from Ryan Lee (Mugen) in second and Kim Ki Suk (Xray) in third.

View the E-Buggy podium here

October 18, 2016

Jörg Tiit wins Estonian Indoor Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Estonian 1/10th Off-road Championship was held in Väike-Maarja over the weekend. Jörg Tiit was the man to beat in both 2WD and 4WD Buggy as he TQed every round of qualifying and he would also take the day’s wins in both categories to round out a perfect weekend.

Source: SWorks [sworkz.com]

October 17, 2016

Essex Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. Another packed entry descended on the EWS venue in the south-east of England, to be greeted by a completely re-vamped track. Brand new ETS-style carpet was in use this year, expanding the track size to a massive 34×24 metres, and Sweep Racing were now on board as the presenting partner, with all drivers using the EWS-spec Sweep carpet tyre, and hand-out additive. This new combination, combined with an improved level of branding and presentation, impressed the drivers and left everyone keen to get their winter season off to a good start.

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October 17, 2016

Urban Touring Series Rd10 – Report

Singapore’s Urban Touring Series reached its season finale this past weekend, with round 10 attracting one of the largest entries so far as it was once again a concurrent national championship points scoring round. The premier Touring Open class would once more be run on a Reedy race format over the best three of five legs. With Nicholas Lee participating in his first local event since making the A-main at the IFMAR Worlds in Beijing, the rest of the grid would have to step up their game to keep pace.

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October 17, 2016

Munday & Zammit win at 2016 Coleman Cup

The Coleman Cup memorial race has been running since 1995 in honor of young racer Brendan Coleman, who had tragically passed away. The 2016 edition was recently held at the Melbourne Keilor Offroad RC Club, where over 80 entries raced for the prestigious trophies. The club worked hard to put on a good track; unfortunately, Mother Nature stepped in during the day, and her ever-increasing gale force winds forced the event to be cancelled on safety grounds after qualifying. 2WD Open saw Ray Munday taking the first place from Andrew Selvaggi second and Cameron Zammit third, making it an all Team Associated podium. 4WD Open saw a result identical to the Victorian Titles two weeks prior, with 15-year-old ‘Cam Zam’ in first place, Ray Munday in second, and 10-year-old Lachlan Munday in third, all driving Team Associated buggies. Cameron also took the Truck Open class while in the highly competitive 17.5T categories, 11-year-old Jordan Isergin continued his strong form with a first in 4WD 17.5T.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

October 14, 2016

Scott Falk to provide Xray Formula tech support

Xray have announced the appointment of Scott Falk as their Formula team mechanic and tech support. Scott will provide service and technical help to all Xray X1 customers at the ETS races and also some major international races. Scott says:

I feel very honoured to be the part of Team Xray. Last formula season was very successful for Xray and I believe that we can build on it and be even more successful this upcoming season. I will give my best to support and help the formula team manager Jan Ratheisky and all Xray customers. So don’t be afraid and come to me if you want to know something or you need a help with your set-up. I can’t wait for the start of the next season and I am looking forward to see you all.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 14, 2016

Bill Sydor wins Spec GT class at IIC 2016

The recent International Indoor Championships in Las Vegas not only saw 1/12th scale and Touring Car racing but also the running of the popular Spec GT class. The category offered super close racing all week, thanks to having handout motor and speed control, as well as a FDR limit. In qualifying, Rod Canare would take the TQ spot, with Devin Patterson starting second and Bill Sydor starting third. In the main, a tap from Canare on the first lap would put him back in the pack, moving Patterson and Sydor to the top. Sydor would follow in Patterson’s shadow for a few laps, and on lap 8 Patterson made a small mistake on the curbing, allowing just enough space for Sydor to go through, giving him the lead which he would not relinquish.

View the final results here