March 14, 2016

Reno Savoya successful at French E-Buggy Nats Rd1

Reno Savoya successful at French E-Buggy Nats Rd1

This past weekend the opening round of the French RCMBT 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at the famous Montpellier track. In its fourth season the championship, that is put together by rcmag.com, regularly attracts the country’s fastest drivers such as Yannick Aigoin, Jerome Sartel and Reno Savoya and round 1 was no exception. Following controlled practice on Friday the event saw triple 10 minute qualifiers on Saturday and it was TLR’s Reno Savoya who would take the TQ by winning two of the three rounds. Only Yannick Aigoin denied Reno a clean sweep as the Xray driver grabbed the TQ in the final round by less then 1 second. The triple A-mains then were a done deal for Yannick who won the opening leg with a margin of 10 seconds from Yannick Aigoin and Carl Maignien. In A2 it was again Reno who came out fastest, wrapping up the overall win with one leg to spare. Behind Sayova it was again the duo of Aigoin and Maignien who came in second and third. The third and final A-main then was won by Jerome Sartel from Yannick to grab the final podium spot.

View the top 5 result here

March 13, 2016

Wesley van Helmond wins MIO Cup 2WD title

Wesley van Helmond wins MIO Cup 2WD title

The MIO International Indoor Off-road Cup recently concluded with the fifth and final round of the championship. TLR’s Wesley van Helmond would grab the overall title in the highly competitive 2WD Buggy class, that attracted nearly 100 drivers over the season, with three wins and a second pace from Schumacher driver Oliver Speith who scored two wins and two runner-up spots. The third place was gabbed by Dutch 1/8th buggy star Bart Mullink (Schumacher). In the 4WD Buggy class the overall title went to Yokomo driver David Pauwels in front of the Xray duo of Arie Vos and Jack Box. In the Youth category the winning honours went to Senne Pauwels (Yokomo), son of 4WD winner David, from Max Ceelen (TLR) and Jayden Vos (Xray).

View all title winners here

March 11, 2016

Mike Gee doubles at ROAR Carpet On-road Nationals

Mike Gee doubles at ROAR Carpet On-road Nationals

Last weekend’s 2016 ROAR Carpet On-road Nationals at ProlevelRC in St. Louis, Missouri not only saw the running of a Touring Modified class but also the usual array of Stock racing categories. Starting with Touring Stock 13.5T, the class had Mike Gee coming out fastest after the triple A-mains from Matt Lyons and Kyle Klingforth in second and third respectively. Top qualifier Sam Isaacs had to settle for fifth behind fourth placed Eric Anderson.

Continue reading the report here

March 10, 2016

Oliver Speith wins 2WD class at MIO Winter Cup finale

Oliver Speith wins 2WD class at MIO Winter Cup finale

The final round of the MIO Winter Cup was held at the Model Indoor Oss facility in the Netherlands. Germany’s Oliver Speith would grab the TQ in the 2WD class qualifiers from Jarno Pijpers and Luca Jost who lined up second and third respectively. In the opening A-main, after a tough fight and a final lap tangle with Oliver, Jarno came out successful but Oliver stroke back in A2 to shift the decision about the day’s win to A3. The final leg then again had Oliver Speith (Schumacher) coming out successful as Jarno made to many mistakes to challenge Oliver for the win. Overall Jarno Pijpers (Xray) still managed to grab the runner-up spot from Nigel van Katwijk (Yokomo) in third.

View the 2WD A-final result here

March 10, 2016

Markus Hellquist wins at SSIC finale

Markus Hellquist wins at SSIC finale

The final round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held in Alvesta, hosted by the Wäxjö MS club. The track was quite technical and it offered high traction, making a lot of drivers suffer from traction rolling. In the practice rounds Marc Fisher laid down the two best laps combined ahead of Markus Hellquist and Viktor Wilck, being less than a tenth behind. The qualifying result was based on the best single result, out of three rounds in total. After three rounds Viktor Wilck placed himself on the top spot, 0.052 seconds ahead of Markus Hellquist, and 2 seconds ahead of Marc Fisher. The finals then saw some really close racing between the top three drivers. After incidents that lead to the winner of the opening A-final being disqualified, and after the leader of the second final accidentally hit a car rolling across the track, Markus Hellquist managed to come out successful in A1 and A2 to grab the overall victory. Marc Fischer would end the day on the runner-up spot from Viktor Wilck in third.

View the top 6 result here

March 10, 2016

HIT Winter Racing Series final round – Report

HIT Winter Racing Series final round – Report

The final round of the Czech 2015/16 HIT Winter Racing Series was held with over 80 entries in several electric on-road classes. The event took place in the sports hall of the city of Holešov and it attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers. In the Touring Open class Kuba Simurda took wins in A1 and A2 to grab the day’s win with one final to spare. The fight for the runner-up spot was thrilling until the last final leg, when Ludvík Kurečka set a very strong pace, taking a tone-to-tone victory. Oliver Havránek chased Ludvík for more than half of the race, but mistakes in the second half of the leg did cost him dearly. Finally he had to satisfy himself with the third spot overall. The fourth place went to Radek Voda, who wasn’t able to match his excellent performance from the qualifiers.

Continue reading the report here

March 10, 2016

Adams takes ROAR Carpet Nationals Modified TC title

Adams takes ROAR Carpet Nationals Modified TC title

ProlevelRC in Saint Louis, Missouri was the host of the 2016 ROAR Carpet On-Road Nationals. The Modified Touring Car class had some of the closest racing all weekend long with world class drivers battling it out for the top spot. Chris Adams set TQ in round 4 and would start from the point in the triple A-mains. The Xray driver drove two flawless runs in A2 and A3, securing the Nationals Title in front of Paul Lemieux and Andrew Hardman in second and third respectively.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]

March 9, 2016

2016 IRCC Airport Race – Announcement

2016 IRCC Airport Race – Announcement

The annual IRCC Airport Race will take place from the 10th to 12th of June at the Chubu International Airport in Japan. As usual a purpose-build track will be laid out in an event hall near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, you won’t need to do much travelling and can in fact access the track by foot. The race will see the running of several on-road classes including Stock TC, FWD, Modified and Stock 1/12th scale, Formula, World GT and more with racers from the USA, Korea, Macao and other countries being awaited. Sign-up starts on 10th of March and racers interested can visit the official event site here and the IRCC Facebook page here.

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