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September 23, 2024

Isaacs adds 2024 ROAR Paved Onroad title

Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs added yet another ROAR National title to his CV successfully defending his Modified Touring Car crown at the Electric Paved Onroad Nationals which took place in Texas over the weekend. Hosted by N-Control RC Raceway, Isaacs was in dominant form topping all four qualifiers to secure the overall TQ ahead of Xray’s Chris Adams with Aidan Ferrell completing the Top 3. In the triple A-Mains, Isaacs would win the first encounter comfortably over Adams, repeating the result again in A2 to wrap up the title early. With the other podium placings still to be decided in A3, Adams would DNF after 3-laps but getting ahead of Ferrell, Michael ‘Toastie’ Toth took the win to secure the final step on the podium behind Adams. Also racing in 17.5 Touring Car at the event, Adams would TQ and win to claim a National title ahead of Ferrell and Craig Xavier, the Top 3 finishing as they qualified.

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September 22, 2024

1:12 WC Top Qualifier Anderson set for MonTech NYGP

2023 IFMAR 1:12 World Championship Top Qualifier Kemp Anderson is the latest title contender to be confirmed for the upcoming MonTech New York Grand Prix. Taking place from October 10-13th at 360v2 RC in New Rochelle, 2024 marks the sixth edition of the high profile US indoor race. Recently turning his attentions to becoming a full time RC racer having graduated college, Anderson was runner-up to last year’s double NYGP Champion Sam Isaacs in 1:12, also joining his Awesomatix team-mate on the Touring Car podium. The 22-year-old returns to take the fight for victory in both Mod 1:12 and Mod Touring Car to Isaacs, Xray’s Keven Hebert and 1:12 Spec World Champion Max Mächler with more high profile driver announcements expected. With 12 class titles up for grabs, Touring Car is divided into Modified, 17.5T SuperStock, 21.5 Stock, and 25.5 LMH (LeMans Hypercar) while 1:12 is divided in Modified GTP, SuperStock GTP, Stock GTP, and GT12R. Additionally there will be racing for USGT, PRO10, USVTA, and FWD. To book your entry for the 2024 MonTech New York Grand Prix click here. Red RC are excited to traveling to the 360v2 RC track for the first time to cover this year’s NYGP.

Source: Fordham 360 Hobbies & Raceway [Facebook]

September 18, 2024

IFMAR publishes ISTC World Championship entry list

IFMAR has just published the latest entry list for the upcoming 1:10 Electric Touring Car World Championship with 6 of the categories 8 World Champions set to make the trip to the US in November. The 12th running of the ISTC World Championship will be hosted by Finishline RC Raceway in Bakersfield, California, from Nov 5-10th where reigning Champion Bruno Coelho will try to emulate Davide Ongaro’s recent 1:8 Offroad feat of three consecutive wins of the biggest prize in racing. With the ISTC Worlds first held in 2000, it is great to see inaugural Champion and all time great of the sport Atsushi Hara back on the entry list. Hara’s last ISTC Worlds was in China in 2016 but this year the Japanese legend has enjoyed a return to competitive international racing.

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September 17, 2024

Iris sweeps Austrian FWD Nationals

After all six events of the Austrian Nationals the 1:10 FWD championship concluded with German manufacturer Iris securing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th place in their first full year of competition. Veteran racer Philipp Stadler, with 3 wins and 3 TQs emerged as the new Austrian Champion while alongside him, two young talents, Matheo Buchhalt (2 wins, 1 TQ) and Loris Buchhalt (1 TQ), took 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, locking out the overall championship podium and securing the youth title as well. Markus Buchhalt rounded out the excellent results with a strong 6th place in the overall championship. While the team used the ONE.05 chassis for the first five rounds, the final race of the series marked the debut of the new ONE.1 and it enjoyed the perfect debut taking the victory!

Source: IRIS [iris-racing.com]

September 16, 2024

AOC announces single Korean race for 2024

The Asian Onroad Championships has announced the hosting of a single event for 2024 with long time AOC race hosts GRC Raceway in Korea to stage the race on October 18-20, 2024. This will be the sixth year that Korea has played host to the Scotty Ernst organised championship for 1:10 Electric Touring car with Yokomo’s defending Champion Nicolas Lee already confirmed to head the entry. Also confirmed to make the trip to the newly remodelled GRC Raceway, which is located near the capital city of Seoul, is Akio Sobue. The Axon team driver & World Championship podium finisher is a 3-time winner of the Korean AOC round taking victory in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Sobue will be joined by team-mate Hayato Ishioka while Infinity has confirmed Viktor Wilck for the race. Further international driver confirmations are expected to be announced shortly.

Source: Asian Onroad Championship [aocrc.com]

September 16, 2024

Volker defends eSIC title

Having won the inaugural Electric Singapore International Challenge (eSIC) 12-months ago, Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker successfully returned to the RCMC race track in Singapore where he defended his title over the weekend. The former World Champion would kick off the event with a TQ run but some impressive driving from new ARC signing would see Brayden Stanley top Q2. A close battle in Q3 saw Volker back on top but only just from the Awesomatix of Lucas Urbain, the French driver setting a new track record in his efforts to better the German. One of the organisers of the eSIC event, Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee took the final qualifier but overall it was Volker who claimed the overall TQ, with Lee second, Hayden third and Urbain fourth. In A1 the Top 4 finished as they started with a repeat win in A2 giving Volker the overall win. Winning A3, Australian Stanley would finish runner-up on his eSIC debut with Lee completing the podium ahead of Xpress driver Yugo Nagashima. In the Cayote 13.5T Open Brushless Class, Danny Lim took the TQ and win ahead of Johnson Tsang with Zaccheus lam completing the podium.

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September 8, 2024

3 in a row moves Orlowski closer to ETS title defence

Reigning ETS Champion Michal Orlowski moved a step closer to defending his title as the Schumacher driver claimed his third consecutive win of the current season in Luxembourg today. Winner of the previous two rounds in the Netherlands and Austria, Orlowski continued his reign on the asphalt securing the Roound 3 TQ after posting the fastest time in all four qualifying rounds. Awesomatix’s Lucas Urbain, who recorded his first ever ETS win at the Mini Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg” in 2022, would line up second ahead of team-mate & newly crowned European Champion Marc Rheinard. In the opening A-Main, while both Urbain & Rheinard posted faster lap times, they could not find a way passed Orlowski who would wrap up the overall with another win in A2, this time ahead of Rheinard. Winning A3, Urbain secured the second step on the podium from Rheinard with fourth place going to Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker. In Pro Stock Awesomatix’s Lukas Ellebrock took his second win of the season with Louis Kretschmer and Round 2 winner & reigning Champion Oliver Bultynck joining him on the podium. The ETS moves indoor for the remaining two rounds, the first of which is in Germany at the end of January.

Image: ETS [Facebook]

September 4, 2024

2024 12-hour Italian Endurance Championship – Report

Minicar Fontanellato racetrack, located in the province of Parma, hosted the 2024 Italian Endurance Championship, a 12-hour endurance race featuring teams qualified through the Italian Cups in Northern and Central Italy held last spring. The competition, sanctioned by the Italian motorsport and RC Car Racing Federation ACI Sport, which started at 9:00 PM on Saturday, August 31, and ended at 9:00 AM on Sunday, September 1, provided excitement and spectacle for the enthusiasts present. The cars allowed by the federal regulations in Endurance competitions are based on traditional four-wheel-drive Touring chassis, components, and mechanics. The propulsion is electric and restricted, both in the ESC and motor component, in order to guarantee a balance of performance among all competitors. Bodyshells, regulated by a specific homologation list, are strikingly realistic and referable to the LMH segment of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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