The 1st Annual Katsu Classic was hosted by Adventure RC in Louisville, Kentucky with over 160 entries including team drivers from Kyosho, Team Associated and TLR. The format consisted of 3 rounds of rocket round qualifying and double A-Mains with the two biggest classes being 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy. The 2WD class saw JP Richards (TLR) taking the TQ from Kyosho’s Luke Richards.
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The first round of the Roma Shock Championship was held at the T5 Track in Rome, Italy. In the Touring Car Modified class Alessio Menicucci was the man to beat after scoring a new track record on Saturday. On Sunday the track was a bit dirtier which forced drivers to adjust their car’s setups but it was again Alessio Menicucci who came out successful and who took the win in front of Alessio Valentini and Simone D’Ottavio. Valter Cola and Alessandro Manciocchi rounded out the top 5 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The final round of the Belgium Electric Touring Car nationals was held at the MRCZ track in Zwevegem. Unlike the previous outdoor races this season, the drivers were greeted by sunny weather to make for good racing conditions on the very technical and low-grip parking lot track. After three rounds of qualifying in the EFRA class Olivier Bultynck took the TQ spot from local driver Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens who completed the top 3.
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Following his recent success in the 1:10 electric 4WD class Micha Widmaier secured himself another German national title by winning the 2WD German junior championship. The nationals took place in Gemünden and unfortunately the weather played a major role once again. By securing the BQ and ultimately winning the B-final in the field of 60 drivers the young Schumacher driver grabbed in second Junior title within a couple of weeks.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
What do 1/10th scale off-road electric drivers get up to in the UK when the weather starts to turn towards winter? Well quite a lot of them have taken to racing indoors with 1/16th scale buggies and nowhere more so than at Caldicot RC Racers who hosted the season-opening UK Micro X 2014 event at their fantastic venue in South Wales. A host of well-known names from the UK scene made their way to the spiritual home of this class of racing for what has become a must-attend event for anyone in the Micro know. Those names included the likes of recently crowned 1/10th off road F2 Champion Andy Jones, former European A-finalist Phil Sleigh and current UK Micro Champion Craig Harris.
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Dave’s RC Track in Hubbard, Oregon hosted the 5th Annual NW Invitational race on a glorious weekend of outdoor fun in the blazing sun. Previously, the great NW Invitationals were held at a tight, indoor clay track, but due to track closures and changes race organizer and Kyosho/Orion team manager Joe Pillars, decided to host this year’s event on an huge outdoor, loamy “dirt” dirt track. Originally, Ryan Cavalieri was scheduled for attendance, but due to 1/8th Worlds in a few weeks, unfortunately he was busy testing and perfecting his prototype RC8.
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Round 6 of the Belgian SCT Cup took place at the famous MBV Kampenhout track. Being used to organise national and international events the club provided a perfect organisation and an awesome astroturf track. As usual the day started on a wet and slippery track but in time for the first qualifier the track had dried, offering tons of grip. In the Pro2 class, Nicolas Evens (TLR) swept all four qualifiers, being the only driver to make 12 lap runs in each round. The following three drivers on the grid all scored a 2nd and 3rd place as best results but the fastest time handed Julian André (TLR) the runner-up spot on the grid, ahead of Laurent Halluin (Team Associated) and Philippe Hautecoeur (Team Associated). Pascal Bouffioux (Team Associated) completed the top 5 in the 2WD class.
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The penultimate round of the Italian LRP Challenge was held at the Parona track last weekend. The one day event saw the running of a Touring Car Modified, 13.5T blinky and 17.5T blinky class and attracted several Italian top drivers. In the Modified class it was Francesco Martini (Xray) who took the win from Marco Gennari (Xray) in 2nd and Andrea Efficace (Yokomo) in 3rd place. The 13.5T class had Marco Puelo (Xray) walking away with the day’s win ahead of Davide Rabitti (Awesomatix) and Umberto Pernice (Xray).
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