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October 10, 2016

Fotinos successful at Greek EP Off-road nationals Rd3

Round three of the Greek electric off-road nationals was held at the Zorri RC track in Athens. In the 4WD class Delbederis took the overall TQ thanks to round TQs in Q2 and Q3 but the finals were a different affair as the TQ holder struggled with traction in the opening main but he would come out fastest in A2. A3 then saw Delbederis being dead last after an incident with another car and he was only able to recover to third. Overall Fotinos (Yokomo) would take the win from Delbederis (Xray) in second and Papanikolaou (Kyosho) in third. With two races left, and thanks to his second place at round three, Delbederis now leads the overall championship.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 10, 2016

Silverstone Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The Silverstone Winter Series kicked off with a great day’s racing at Moulton College in Northampton, UK. The main 2WD class featured 100 drivers. With brand new EOS style carpet and with Schumacher Minipin 1 or Minipin 2 control tyres there was plenty of grip and negligible tyre wear.
Veteran racer Ellis Stafford took the 2WD win with his TLR buggy, closely followed by Schumacher drivers Greg Williams and Charlie Ware.

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October 10, 2016

Belgium On-road Indoor season opener – Report

The opening race of the Belgium indoor on-road season was held at the Beerse sports centre near Antwerp on a purpose-built 40x20m track. Classes run were Touring Modified, Touring 10.5T blinky, Touring 17.5T blinky as well as a 21.5T Formula and a silver can beginners class. Practice would start on Saturday afternoon with the triple qualifiers and finals would be held on Sunday. In the Modified class, Thomas Stockman showed his class by placing his Yokomo on pole despite missing the practice on Saturday. Mitchell Van Es was in close contention while Florian Joos, Stefan Rommens and Athan De Witte qualified in fourth and fifth respectively.

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October 10, 2016

MRC Speed Weekend – Report

This past weekend the MRC Speed Weekend was hosted by the Model Racing Club Vianen. Th first large indoor race of the season was held on a purpose-built track in a sports hall in Vianen near Utrecht, The Netherlands and it saw the running of the three classes of Touring 10.5T Blinky, Touring 17.5T using red Trackstar motors, and Formula 21.5T. The track was laid out using ETS carpet and the opening day saw free practice followed by controlled practice. In Touring 10.5 Robert Krens (Schumacher) would win the reseeding, based on three consecutive laps, from Eric Bresser (Xray)  and Michel Peterse (Xray). Touring 17.5 had Wesley van Dijken (Xray) coming out on top from Rob Janssen (Team Magic) and Ronald Arts (Team Magic) while in the Formula class it was Jitse Miedema (Xray) who came out on top in front of Ruud Knoester (Xray) and Michel van der Velden (Xray).

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October 8, 2016

Belgian SCT Cup Rd6 – Report

The penultimate round of the 2016 Belgium SCT Cup was hosted by the Buggy Club Seraing. After losing their previous track as the rental contract was not renewed, the club set up a great temporary track including rostrum, catering and a really nice layout. Unfortunately, as in far too many occasions this year, the weather is not with the organizers and drivers and the day would start under rain. Thankfully the wet stuff stopped before the qualifiers but came back in time for the finals, making the race really challenging for both men and machines. The opening qualifier of the Pro2 class saw Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) and Nicolas Evens (TLR) having a close run, separated by one tenth of a second at the end of the 6 minutes race. Stéphane Vanyper (Team Associated) was already 10 seconds behind. For the second round Géry found lots of pace and he took a clear win ahead of Nicolas and fast newcomer Didier Delférière (Kyosho). In last round, the scenario up front was pretty much the same while youngster Guillaume Laffut (TeamC) took a brilliant third place to line up third on the grid behind Géry and Nicolas.

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October 8, 2016

Andrew Knapp sweeps IIC 1/12th scale classes

This week’s International Indoor Championships was held at its new destination, the Westgate Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas following the demolition of the old and trusted Riviera, home of the IIC for many years. Andrew Knapp would make the triple in the three classes of 1/12th Modified, 13.5T Super Stock and 17.5T Stock. Top qualifier in the Super Stock category and starting a bit further down the order in Mod and Stock, Andrew would take the top spot in the 8-minute Modified A-main from TQ Alexander Hagberg who ultimately finished on the runner-up spot from Keven Hebert in third. Super Stock would see Andrew taking the winning honors from Ray Darroch and Michael Hanulec in second and third respectively and to round out a perfect week Andrew came out fastest in the Stock class, taking the win a lap ahead of Craig Xavier and top qualifier John Wiita.

Source: Trinity [trinityrc.com]

October 7, 2016

Jefferies & Askell win at Livvies Smile race

The past weekend the Tamworth club held the annual Livvies Smile event. The race is an afternoon/evening event with a variety of classes. All the money raised from the drivers entry fee goes towards the charity helping disabled children which is a great cause. Olly Jefferies (Xray) took command of the 1/12th scale 6.5 class taking fastest time in every round of qualifying to line up a lap and half clear of the rest. Over in the 13.5 class Marcus Askell (Xray) would have a close battle with Mick Farrell (CRC) through qualifying to eventually line up second.

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October 7, 2016

Swiss Electric Off-road Nationals Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the Swiss Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the MRCP club’s carpet track in Obernau. The track was wet the whole time and thus very slippery and not easy drive. In the 4WD class Nico Schmid set the pace to take the overall TQ from his brother Florian. In the mains Nico continued to dominate, taking the overall win from Philipp Jeisy in second and Florian Schmid in third. With the fourth win in a row, Nico Schmid (Xray) was crowned the Swiss 4WD champion from Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) in second and Fabian Luca Schmid (Yokomo) in third.

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