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February 13, 2023

Schumacher Winter Series Rnd 6 – Report

Round 6 of the Schumacher Indoor Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club would conclude the series over the past weekend. With a strong number of entrants it would turn out to be a frantic day of racing. Chris lovely would sow up qualifying taking all four rounds with his Xray x4 23, with Series Champion Alex Brocklebank locking out 2nd with his Schumacher Mi8. The fight for third included six drivers all with scores that could put them in the prime position. In the end Matthew Cook with his Mugen chassis would have two 3rd round scores, behind him two more Schumacher Mi8’s of Daniel Burks and Joseph Cocking. Daniel Leonard would place his Awesomatix into 6th ahead of Peter Craig with his Schumacher.

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February 12, 2023

Hagberg wins penultimate round of EWS

Alexander Hagberg has won the fourth & penultimate round of the Essex Winter Series. The Swede continued Xray’s winning streak in the popular indoor British based series as he became the third different winner of the current season on a guest appearance at the Deanes Sports Centre. In qualifying it was Xray team-mate Harley Eldridge who got out of the blocks first as she topped the opening qualifier. Hagberg got up to speed by Q2 to take control, and secured pole position. In the Final, Alexander had a unchallenged lights-to-flag win, whilst behind some close racing led to some side-by-side action, allowing Schumacher’s Chris Grainger to take second from reigning champion, & winner of the previous two rounds.

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February 12, 2023

Orlowski wins 2023 Charity Race

Michal Orlowski has won this year’s ‘Charity Race’, the 2023 edition of the Italian race marking the 12th running of the annual event that has raised thousands of euros for local charities. Racing at the RC Landia indoor carpet track in Scandiano, the Schumacher driver took the TQ from team-mate Mattia Collina, both drivers notching up two TQ runs each from the four rounds of qualifying but with his Q2 pace the fastest time recorded it was Orlowki who would line up on pole position. In the finals, the Polish driver completed a clean sweep of wins while behind Collina and Luca Romagnoli had a close battle for P2. In the end it would be a Schumacher 1-2 with Collina getting the tie breaker to secure second with Romagnoli’s Xray completing the podium ahead of Germany’s Marco Kaufmann.

Image: Michal Orlowski [Facebook]

February 6, 2023

JConcepts Winter Indoor Nats wins for Horne & Phend

The JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals travelled to San Diego over the weekend and it was Team Associated’s Aydin Horne and TLR’s Dakotah Phend who took the big wins at SDRC Raceway. The first stop of 5 events on the INS13 calendar, in 2WD Buggy it was Horne who took the TQ ahead of Phend and Tekno’s Ryan Maifield, the later running Team Associated chassis’ at the event. Qualifying opened with Tom Rinderknecht topping Q1 from Maifield but P4 & 5 in the next two rounds left the Xray driver fourth on the grid. In 4WD, Phend topped the first and third round qualifiers to take TQ honours ahead of Associated’s Spencer Rivkin who was second fastest ahead of Horne in all three runs. Again Rinderknecht would post a TQ run setting the pace in Q2 but like in 2WD he would start the 4WD A-Main from 4th. In the finals the Top 3 would lined up on the podium as how they qualified. 2WD went down to A3, which was duly won by Rivkin from 6th on the grid giving him 4th overall. In 4WD, Phend tied things up early with wins in A1 & 2 leaving Rivkin to win A3 from Horne who completed the overall podium.

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February 5, 2023

Coelho & Rheinard win Snowbirds

Bruno Coelho and Marc Rheinard are the two big winners of this year’s Snowbird Nationals. In Modified Touring Car, defending Champion Coelho took the overall TQ for Xray from the Awesomatix of Rheinard with Alexander Hagberg lining up 3rd. With just a single A-Main to decide the winner of the 29th running of the iconic American race, World Champion Coelho would hold off his German rival taking the win by 2/10th of a second. A further 1.6 seconds back, Hagberg made it an all European podium line-up. Top American finisher would be ROAR National Champion Sam Isaacs in fourth. In the 1:12 GTP Modified it was Rheinard who was Top Qualifier. The reigning 1:12 World Champion lead the 8-minutes from start to finish posting the fastest lap in the process. Behind former World Champion Hagberg came through from 5th on the grid to finish 2nd ahead of 2nd and 3rd place qualifiers Donny Lia and Iaascs.

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February 5, 2023

Orlowski caps of double EOS title success with 4WD win

Michal Orlowski has capped off a double EOS title victory with the 4WD Buggy win at the season finale in Germany. The Schumacher driver had struggled in Saturday’s 2WD action as team-mate Broc Champlin took a debut win in the series in style from the TQ but still secured the overall title. Switching to 4WD however it was business as usual for the Polish driver as he topped all three rounds of qualifying. Starting the triple A-Main as Top Qualifier, he wrapped up his second 4WD victory of the season with wins in A1 & 2. Completing a very successful debut in the carpet surface series, American visitor Champlin made it a 1-2 for the British manufacturer. Taking the win in A3, Bartosz Zalewski from Poland completed the Round 3 podium for Xray.

Image: Michal Orlowski [Facebook]

February 4, 2023

RC Vision & CML partner for youth racing & STEM fun

RC Vision, the organiser of the King of Clubs RC Series, has announced a new partnership with CML Distribution to provide a free “arrive and drive experience” for children and young people at each race meeting. With the aim of promoting the benefits of RC racing to the next generation, the series will be offering an exciting and educational experience to young people in 2023. “We are thrilled to announce our partnership with CML Distribution and FTX,” said Andy Hyde, RC Vision Director. “The King of Clubs RC Series has always been about promoting the exciting and educational aspects of RC racing to children and young people. With this partnership, we are taking things to the next level and providing a unique opportunity for young people to experience the thrill of RC racing.”

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February 3, 2023

Champlin impresses to take TQ on EOS debut

One way to impress your sponsors when they fly you half way across the World is to perform well and Broc Champlin has exceeded that by securing the overall TQ at the season finale of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany. Making his debut in the series, the American took his LRP powered Schumacher to the fastest time in all three rounds of 2WD Buggy qualifying on the carpet track. In Q1, Champlin topped the times from new team-mate and former series Champion Lee Martin and Sworkz Micha Widmaier. In the second round, the visitor was even quicker, this time fastest from Widmaier and European Champion Tommy Hall. Wrapping up the first day of action in Daun, Champlin made it three from three becoming the only driver to record 18 laps. Behind, Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup posted the second fastest time of Q3 with reigning EOS Champion Michal Orlowski third fastest. With the 20-year-old from Las Vegas making his EOS debut from pole position, behind him Widmaier starts second with Martin 3rd followed by Orlowski, Kaerup and Hall.

Image: Jurgen Lautenbach [Facebook]