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June 16, 2016

Victorian Drivers Series Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Victorian Drivers Series was held at the regional club on Mildura, around 550km northwest of Melbourne. Over 140 entries were received for the event, including close to 20 in the under 16 junior class, the first to be held at the famous club’s new facility which their members ha. With a very large red clay track with a unique diagonal centre straight, and winter desert climate giving freezing mornings and sunny afternoons, the event was a challenge for all racers. The surface was very cold and slick in the mornings but grooved up through the day, making tyre choice critical. With the large entries the meeting was run over 3 days, practice Friday and Saturday morning, qualifying Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, finals Sunday afternoon.

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June 16, 2016

Gavin Kwok wins at Chinese GM Cup

GMCGavin Kwok wins at Chinese GM Cupup

The 3-Circles Battery track in Xiamen, China recently played host to the GM Cup. In the triple Touring Modified A-mains Xray driver Gavin Kwok would take wins in A1 and A2 after being in battles with both Xray team mate Gary Huang and Yokomo’s Faiho. Ultimately Gary would grab the runner-up spot with two second place finishes and even a win in A3, where he also scored the fastest lap of the weekend, while Faiho had to settle for third overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 16, 2016

2017 The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The Dirt Racing have announced that the 18th annual, 2017 The Dirt Nitro Challenge will once again be held at the famous Fear Farm facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The dates are set at February 22nd to 26th 2017. As the new entry and class limit proved to be a success, with the 2016 race selling out and allowing the event to run smoothly with a scheduled race itinerary and 10 pm finish time, the 2017 DNC will continue to implement the same format to insure a successful, scheduled event. As usual The Dirt offers a discounted entry fee for a limited time in the Summer. Starting Saturday June 18th the early entry fee is 60US$ and it will be available until an allotted number of entries are sold. Classes will be the same as last year with the 40+ drivers allowed to run in addition to the regular classes. To enter, paypal fees to thedirtracing@aol.com and put the racer info in the notes section, or email Joey Christensen at thedirtracing@aol.com. More information about the race can be found here.

June 16, 2016

Bima Racing Track On–road Touring Champs – Report

The Colombian Electric On-Road regional championship recently concluded, with all the seven rounds, run from January to May, being held at the well-known Bima Racing Track in the capital city of Bogota. After the seven rounds, Andres Chaparro (Tamiya) would walk away with the title in Touring Superstock 10.5T, showing consistent performances over the season. Jorge Rodriguez (Xray) took the vice–championship title and Alejandro Marulanda (Xray) would manage the final podium spot from Leonardo Buitrago (Tamiya) in fourth.

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June 15, 2016

Gosvig & Folman win at Danish EP On-road Nats Rd2

Round two of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Tollose. Originally the event was also planned as part of the Nordic Championships but in the end it was “only” a Danish national. As for the track, the traction available and the presence of loads of 180 degrees turns made for lots of understeering the competitors had to cope with. In the Touring Super Stock class Mike Gosvig would take the overall TQ from local Frederik Brolos with both swapping positions constantly. Mike would take the opening qualifiers by only 3/100 of a second while Frederik came out fastest in Q2. For the final qualifier Mike then opted for a setup change which handed him the win in Q3 and with it the overall TQ.

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June 15, 2016

Ntkovca & Maliński win at Polish Open Race

The RC Car club of Murowana Goślina near Poznan in Poland recently held an open race as a practice event before the upcoming Oder Pomerania Cup. In the 1/10th 2WD class Pawel Ntkovca would come out successful from Sergiusz Kulak in second and Mateusz Geleta in third. Elsewhere in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy category it was Marcin Maliński who took the day’s win from Sergiusz Kulak and Mateusz Dudzic in second and third respectively.

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June 15, 2016

Christopher Krapp joins Schumacher off-road team

Schumacher have announced the signing of German frontrunner, Christopher Krapp to their off-road race team. Although better known for touring cars, Christopher is also a World class off-road driver, having achieved podium finishes at the EOS and also German Nationals. Christopher will be competing in both 2WD and 4WD classes and he is sure to add great strength to the team and Schumacher looks forward to having him on board. Christopher had this to say:

I would like to thank Schumacher Racing and especially Muz and Robin for putting the trust in me and giving me the opportunity to restart my off road campaign again! Schumacher is well known for their dedication in doing competition racing cars and thats why I choose to use their off road cars! I am really excited to become a member of this great Team and I am looking forward to share my experience with them. See you at the racetracks!

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 15, 2016

Miedema & Bakker successful at MACH club race Rd3

The iconic MACH Heemsteede track in the Netherlands recently saw the third round of the club race championship. In the competitive Formula class Jitse Miedema took the TQ from Stephan Beelen and Niels de Zwijger in second and third respectively. The opening A-main then looked like a done deal for the pole position holder until Jitse made a mistake as he got on the dirt, letting him drop to third behind Stephan and Niels. But with the help of some traffic, a good car and with maximum attack, Jitse was able to recover and to regain the lead in the closing stages. A2 then was a more easy affair for Jitse who controlled the race from the front, eventually bringing home the win from Stephan Beelen and Niels de Zwijger. This was then also the top 3 overall result.

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