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November 11, 2015

Chris Nielsen wins at DRCMU Series Rd3

The third round of the the Danish DRCMU series was held in Tinglev, in the southern part of Denmark, close to the German border. This meant that the race attracted quite a few German racers, and therefore the driver lineup was the biggest of the series so far. In the Touring 17.5T Blinky class championship leader Chris Nielsen came out fastest after the practice from Bjarke Nyskov and Rasmus Skjoldborg Jakobsen. The qualifiers then had Bjarke coming out fastest by winning Q1 and Q2 while Chris was able to take the TQ in the final qualifier to grab the 2 spot on the grid. Nicolai Nielsen would end the qualifiers on the 3 spot, Mirko Scheuer rounded out the top 4 result.

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November 11, 2015

Malaysian National Championship Rd6 – Report

The sixth and final round of the Malaysian National Championship was held at the huge KLIRCC track in Kuala Lumpur, home of this year’s Large Scale World Championships and GT8 Cup. The MNC was held for the first time at this track and the event attracted a record entry of around 80 racers that signed in to race in the the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Boosted, Touring 13.5T Blinky and Mini. In the Touring Modified class Azri Amri grabbed the TQ and the win in front of Wong Kok Wai in second and Michael Lim in third.

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November 11, 2015

French 1/10th Off-road Nationals final round – Report

The final round of the French 1/10th Off-road National Championship was held in Neuvile de Poitou. High-grip carpet combined with low-grip sections made setup a bit tricky and in the 4WD class it was Lorenzo Crolla (Xray) who came out fastest from Xray teammate Mathieu Briere who both won two qualifiers but the better tie-breaker would hand Lorenzo the overall TQ. In the finals, Lorenzo was again super fast and he didn’t make any mistakes, sweeping all three finals for the overall win. Behind him the race was on for the runner-up spot between Mathieu Briere and Julien Formentin (Team Associated) with the better end for Julien. Mathieu then would round out the top 3 result.

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November 10, 2015

Matteo Berlincioni takes Italian Formula title

The Italian AMSCI Electric Outdoor Championships were recently held at the Miniautodromo Il Lombrico in Milazzo. 80 drivers from all over Italy fought for the title in the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T as well as Formula. In the Formula class Matteo Berlincioni (MDRacing) would TQ the opening qualifying round while Basile (Tamiya) came out fastest in round two. The remaining qualifiers would be held on Sunday morning and it was again Berlincioni who was on a mission by TQing round three and four, which allowed him to sit out the fifth and final round to save tyres for the finals. With Berlincioni, Basile, and Putrino (Xray) all scoring round TQs the title fight was on between these three drivers in the finals. Ultimately Berlincioni would be able to convert his pole position into wins in A1 and A2 to take the Italian national title from Basile and Putrino.

Source: MDRacing [mdracingrc.com]

November 10, 2015

Alex Ilievski takes Australian Touring 13.5T title

‪Alex Ilievski takes Australian Touring 13.5T title

This year’s Australian National Championships were held at the Whalan Model Car Club in NSW. The event attracted more than 100 entries, bringing the best drivers from around Australia in all classes. With four different drivers in Touring Stock 13.5 having a TQ on Saturday the top qualifier was still up grabs on Sunday morning. Ultimately Tony McMahon was able to put together two fast round to take the TQ.‬

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November 9, 2015

Adam Drake doubles at JBRL Nitro Series finale

Thunder Alley Raceway Beaumont, CA. hosted the final round of the JBRL Nitro Series. The event had 180 entries and as always attracted a good mixture of World-class drivers and regional talent. Adam Drake was top qualifier in Electric Buggy and Drew Moller was the top qualifier in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck but it was Adam Drake who took the win in the premier Nitro Buggy class. Drew Moller finished second and Steve Harris rounded out the podium in third. In the Nitro Truck category Drake and Moller had a great race, but in the end Drake took the win. Moller and Gomez finished second and third. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class, Steve Harris grabbed the win followed by Drake and Snyder.

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November 9, 2015

Autumn Shoot Out Series Rd3 – Report

The penultimate round of the Autumn Shoot Out Series was held at C.A.R.S in Chesterfield. Round 3 saw a field of over 50 entries and Andy Murray was on form in the LMP 10.5 qualifying as he took TQ by a clear three laps from Richard Norris. The 13.5 class was a lot closer with Fred Hatfield just managed to take the TQ in the last few stages for qualifying. The Formula class qualifying could’t have been more exciting, Mark Burgess took an early TQ but run into a lot of problems in the remaining rounds. It was James Wright who took control in the latter rounds with a dominant run to take TQ by a clear lap. He would be joined on the front row with Swifts team mate Stephen Baggley. The remaining five positions were split by just five seconds. For GT12, qualifying was controlled by Craig Mawson who held TQ from start to finish. He was closely followed by Mark Jewitt and Andy Murray. The final promised to be another entertaining show like Round 2.

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November 9, 2015

Jack Neal wins at Silverstone Winter Series Rd2

At the recent second round of the Silverstone Winter Series David Poulter set TQ in the 2WD Buggy class and he led a very close and entertaining final for over four minutes, under constant pressure from Schumacher teammates Nathan Waters and Jack Neal. Finally Dave made a small error, which blocked Nathan, and allowed Jack Neal to squeeze past and take the win, from David in 2nd and Nathan in 3rd.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]