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July 4, 2016

2016 Schumacher BTCC Rd4 – Report

This past weekend saw the Schumacher BTCC drivers visit the super fast circuit of Halifax for the fourth round of the championship. As usual on Saturday many drivers turned up to practice, the weather was mixed and there was also the occasional heavy downpour of rain, however due to the temperature it meant that the track would dry very quickly. A few drivers braved the wet conditions but most waited for it to pass. Sunday was a totally different story, everyone woke up to bright sunshine and it would stay for most of the day. In the Modified class Elliott Harper was away at the touring car Euros in Slovakia for this event, however there were still many fast drivers in attendance. It was Olly Jefferies who took three out of the four qualifying rounds to secure himself pole position for the final. Behind Olly it was a very close battle between Chris Grainger and Kyle Branson. With Chris winning the final qualifying round, this meant he would line up 2nd on the grid and Kyle 3rd.

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July 4, 2016

Rob Janssen wins AMCA club race Rd3

The Dutch AMCA club recently held their third club race on the popular Appeldoorn race track. Rob Janssen would take the TQ from Eric Mulder and Richard Arts and Rob would also sweep the triple A-mains to take the day’s win from Richard Arts and Jan Kraanen while also scoring the fastest lap. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Eric Mulder would come in fourth while Elibert Sievers completed the top 5 result.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

July 4, 2016

Lucas Grainer doubles at Slovakian Nationals Rd3

Round three of the Slovakian 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship was held at the RC-Comorra Raceway in Komarno. Hot weather made for dusty track conditions and it was Team Associated driver Lucas Greiner who took a double TQ to start both the 2WD and 4WD A-mains from the pole position. At the end of the day he would also bring home the wins in both classes, although it took him some time to find the rhythm and pace in each leg. Michal Nagy would come in second in the 2WD class while Adam Urban rounded out the top 3 result.

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July 4, 2016

Nor-Cal On-road Championships – Report

For the first time ever, on-road racers were given a chance to compete in the Nor-Cal Champs and have a shot at taking home one of the coveted Boxing Belts. The format was Rocket Round for qualifying with a last chance qualifier on Sunday before the triple A-Mains in all classes. Modified Touring Car drew in some heavy hitters like Eric Albano, Lex Tyler, Ethan Erchinger, Joe Nolasco and Elliot Miyashiro though it would be EJ Evans to take home the belt from Leo Zaho and James Davenport.

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July 3, 2016

Völker & Ratheisky win 2016 European titles

The 2016 EFRA European Electric On-road Championships were held this weekend at the iconic Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. Classes run were the usual Touring Modified and Touring Stock categories as well as, for the first time, a 1/10th Formula class. Ronald Völker (Yokomo) and Jan Ratheisky (Xray) would grab the TQs in the Touring classes while Mike Gosvig (Xray) took the top qualifier honours in Formula. In the opening Touring Modified A-main a collision between Bruno Coelho (Xray) and pole position holder Ronald made way for Alexander Hagberg (Xray) and Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) with the latter holding the upper hand thanks to a very late move on Alex.

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July 2, 2016

2016 Chinese National Onroad Champions crowned

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The 2016 Chinese Nationals, organised by the Car Modelling Association of China, was once again run at the amazing 3-Circles owned ARC International Raceway in Xiamen in the south east of the country. The facility featuring both an onroad and offroad track, set side by side and overlooked by a huge 200m long 3-storey pit area, driver stand & viewing area played host to 260 entries competing in 9 different classes in both onroad and offroad. With offroad still to be completed, onroad was run first and after 3 extremely warm and humid days, interrupted by rain, we saw 4 new National Champions crowned.

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July 2, 2016

Völker, Ratheisky & Gosvig TQ at EFRA On–road Euros

The 2016 EFRA 1/10th Electric On–road European Championships are being held this week at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. After five rounds of qualifying in very hot weather conditions it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who put his car on the 1 spot for the triple A–main events with Xray’s Bruno Coelho coming in second. Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) rounds out the top 3 result for now.

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July 1, 2016

Carsten Keller teams up with Team Associated

German Team Associated distributors LRP have announced the signing of Carsten Keller to run the RC8B3 and RC8B3e at all major races across Germany and Europe. The former SWorkz driver and national frontrunner will also use LRP, AKA, JConcepts and Sanwa equipment, with the campaign for his new chassis sponsors starting at the forthcoming EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championship A in Spain. Carsten has the following to say about the deal:

I want to thank Jürgen Lautenbach, Andy Krämer and the whole LRP team as well as Team Associated for making it possible for me to run a full “Blue package” from now on. I am very proud of all the faith LRP is having in me and I am sure their efforts will pay off. I will do my best to represent all brands as good as possible.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]