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September 3, 2020

HNMC GP2020 – Race report

The HNMC GP2020 took place over the recent bank holiday weekend with the club able to host the race during the Covid-19 closures having worked closely with the BRCA on safety solutions to make it happen. The format has remained the same for last three years with Saturday having controlled practice, Sunday is for qualifying with finals on Monday. Saturday was a damp day with drivers in heat 9 and 10 deciding not to run as it was so wet. On to qualifying and in Nitro Buggy Callum Niblett took the top spot with Jamie Clancy and Simon Reeves taking rounds 3 and 5 to end up 2nd and 3rd. Truggy would see James Baxter from Richard Cousins and John Niall in 3rd, while in E-buggy it was Michael Lightfoot from Darren Hayden-Ball with Mike Cradock. Evening fun was had with the longest distance travelled with one full tank of fuel. The winner was Glenn Smith, 2nd went to Toby Nicoll, while Craig Russell was 3rd, the top 2 completing 16 laps each, well off the record held by Karl Jackson of 18 laps back in 2018.

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September 2, 2020

Rihard Lainemäe double at Estonian Nats Rd3

The third round of the 2020 Estonian Offroad Racing Series took place at LaitseRallipark, the one day event consisting of morning free practice, 4 qualification runs followed by a single 10-minute sprint final. After Qualifying it was Rainer Ressar in Nitro Buggy and Karl Martinson in eBuggy taking the top spot, with Rihard Lainmeäe taking a close 2nd in both classes. The finals saw the track evolve to very high grip but also very bumpy, which made the conditions even more difficult and made for very interesting racing. Rihard Lainemäe would win both finals followed in nitro buggy by Rainer Ressar in 2nd and Reimo Kosk 3rd and by Martinson and Marko Kivisild in eBuggy.

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September 2, 2020

JConcepts 2020 Updated event status

JConcepts have reached out to provide an update on the status of their events scheduled through the end of the year. Some events have had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns or locally governed standards being more restricted on public gatherings. Other events as indicated will go off on schedule starting with the Northeast Turf Nationals in Enfield, Connecticut.

View the full updated status of JConcepts events here

September 1, 2020

Miguel & Nascimento win at CRB Cup Rd2

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the CRB Cup take place in Lisbon, Portugal. Despite restrictions a solid number of drivers turned up in both touring and formula to enjoy a clean, sugar watered track and a beautiful sunny day. In TC, Rodrigo Ferreira (Awesomatix) drove brilliantly and took the TQ spot. During the finals, there was some amazing head to head competition, but in the end Hugo Miguel (Serpent) took the win followed by Rodrigo Ferreira and Rui Rodrigues (Xray).

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August 31, 2020

TRCA Offroad Series Rd3 – Report

Last weekend saw the third round of the TRCA offroad series at the beautiful and unique track of Titan RC Arena in Warsaw, Poland. The event was open to Modified and Stock Buggy classes as well as Truck Pro and mini classes and every driver was able to take part in a lottery. 2wd modified qualifying was dominated by young Xray driver Bartek Kramza followed by Sebastian Migal. A1 and A2 then again went in Bartek’s favour as he brought home the win in both legs to take the overall from Sebastian in 2nd. Jeremi Kramża (Schumacher) came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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August 27, 2020

2020 Schumacher GP Italy – Announcement

Schumacher have announced the 2020 edition of the Schumacher GP Italy. Held at the 4th of October at the popular RC Landia track in Scandiano, renowned for hosting the popular annual Charity Race and host for the upcoming EFRA GT12 European cup in November. The event will act as a warm up race to that event, with GT12 among the classes catered for, but the event will also see LMP, Touring Car and FWD classes run. More details can be found here (PDF) with sign-up available here.

August 27, 2020

Xpress sign Felix Law

Xpress have added all-round nice guy and multi-class talent, Felix Law to their factory team. Felix is known for his vast touring car knowledge and will attend all major races in the U.S. while also helping racers with track-side tech support.

Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]

August 27, 2020

Maclan Racing welcome Felix Law

Maclan Racing have announced the signing of Felix Law to their factory team. The US frontrunner and IFMAR Worlds finalist has inked a multi-year and while running Maclan Racing electronics at all major races he will also represent the brand at the track while helping with R&D of forthcoming new brushless speed controllers and motors. Felix has the following to say about the deal:

I’m excited to join the R&D team of Maclan Racing. With the initial testing of the products Willie has to offer, I found their lineup to be focusing on quality & racing needs. With all my knowledge from the past, I will do my best to evolve their product to the next level.

Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]