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March 21, 2016

Eric Albano wins Touring Modified at CTS Rd2

Round two of the California Touring Series was held at the famous Ripon RC Speedway, home of the Original Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions. Due to weather permitting conditions, the turnout was mild with close to 60 entries. This weekend’s top qualifier and Modified Touring Car winner, Eric Albano (Yokomo) showed a dominant performance with Team Associated drivers Rick Hohwart and Gonzalo Cortes finishing a respectable second and third. Round 3 will be held at Speedworld Raceway in Roseville California on the 17th of April.

Source: California Touring Series [facebook.com]

March 20, 2016

Akio Sobue makes it two in a row at Speed King Tour

The 2016 Speed King Tour continued with round 2 held at the GP-1 circuit in the Tochigi prefecture. The event marked the maiden outing for the series at his indoor tarmac track that offers high-bite and high-speed conditions for the drivers. 2013 “Speed King”, Yugo Nagashima took the TQ honours in the Modified class with his Yokomo from VBC driver Hayato Ishioka in second and opening round winner Akio Sobue (TRF) in third.

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March 19, 2016

Mcgee & Williams successful at Masters Finals

Last weekend saw the sixth and final round of the fantastic Worksop Series taking place. With no let up in drivers wanting a race entry to this hugely popular series, it was a full line up of 15 heats, with 8 heats of 2WD and 7 heats of 4WD. As always Round by round qualifying was the racing format, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. Some championship contenders were unable to make this race, therefore it meant that no overall championship positions were yet decided and all was still to play for in the top 10 in both championships, therefore the points at this event were vital for some drivers.

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March 18, 2016

Andersson wins Swedish 1/12th Modified title

The recent Swedish Electric On-road Nationals held at the IRC Arena saw a lively battle for the 1/12th Modified title between Alexander Andersson and Marcus Hellquist. Alexander was fastest in four of the five qualifying rounds but Marcus managed to take the overall TQ with an even faster time. In the opening A-main Marcus would come out fastest from Alexander who in turn won A2, meaning the third and final A-main would bring the title decision. In A3 Alexander managed to slip by Marcus in the opening stages of the race and he would then be able to manage the gap so Alexander Andersson (Yokomo) would ultimately take the win and with it the 2016 title from Marcus Hellquist (Xray). Magnus Hedlund completed the top 3 result.

Thanks to David Gutefeldt for the report.

March 17, 2016

Xray Winter Series Morava finale – Report

The final round of the Xray Winter Series Morava was held in the sports hall of Jedovnice with more than 70 drivers attending in the five classes of Touring Open, Touring Stock 17.5T, World GT, Formula and Hobby. Especially the Open A-mains were a pretty exciting affair after pre-event favourite, Kuba Simurda, suffered from a broken battery pack in A2. Returnee Jarda Kopecky would make maximum use of the situation to finish the leg with a win. Therefore it was all about the final A-main but with a fresh battery pack Kuba was off and away to take the day’s win from Jaroslav Kopecky in second and Michal Vitamvas in third. Overall Kuba would also take the series title in the Open class. Michal Vitamvas came in second from third placed Margony Erik.

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March 17, 2016

JR Mitch triples at Region 4 Championships

The ROAR Region 4 1/8th scale championships were held at Triple Nickel in Bartow, Florida. A staple in the Florida racing scene for decades the facility put in one of the best layouts the state has seen. A very fun flowing circuit with well built jumps and elevation changes throughout the lap. The weather held up nicely allowing a good groove to form in the racing line however the threat of rain led to a little under-water issue on Sunday due to the forecasted rain that never came, let the track get a little dry and slick dust on main event day making set up and tyre selection crucial.

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March 17, 2016

Ronald Völker wins at MRCL Winter Series finale

The fifth and final round of the popular MRC Longwy Winter Series was held last weekend in a total of five different classes. Beside Touring Stock 10.5T and Superstock racing there was also a Touring Modified class that attracted some of Europe’s fastest drivers. Yokomo’s Ronald Völker would take the TQ honours from former Yokomo team mate Yannic Prümper who had his first official outing for new chassis sponsor VBC Racing. Behind the two Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) completed the top 3 result after the qualifiers. The A-main finals saw Ronald coming out fastest in A1 from Olivier Bultynck and Lucas Urbain (VBC Racing) while in A2 Yannic came out successful from Lucas and Ronald. Therefore the decision for the day’s win would be made in A3 where again Ronald was the man to beat as he grabbed the win from Yannic and Olivier, handing the German the overall victory from fellow countryman Yannic Prümper while Lucas Urbain had to settle for third.

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March 17, 2016

Michael Kammer wins at LRP-HPI-Challenge

A round of the popular German LRP-HPI-Challenge was recently held in Halle, in the eastern part of the country. The MSC Halle club laid out a nice and challenging track and in the Touring Stock class Michael Kammer would grab the TQ after winning two of the three qualifying rounds. Fabian Erhardt and Steffen Stein would line up in second and third for the triple A-mains. In the opening main Fabian would take the win after a mistake of Michael but the latter stroke back in A2 and A3 to take the day’s win from Fabian and Steffen who matched their qualifying results.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]