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October 14, 2014

BRCA 1/10th IC series Rd7 – Report

The final round of the BRCA 1/10th IC series was held at the Mendip circuit in Weston-Super-Mare. A total of 36 drivers took part in the meeting with 21 drivers in the 200mm class and 15 in the Sports GT class. On Sunday the first couple of qualifiers were damp, meaning that the FTD runs would be posted later on. In Round 1, Alex Thurston and Andrew Hastings topped the 200mm and Sports GT classes respectively by making the most of the drying track. The pair again topped Round 2 with their Serpent/OS and Shepherd/Sonic machines. 2014 champions Mark Green and Glyn Beal went quickest in Round 3 with their Novarossi and OS powered Serpents. In the final round Joe Kerry and Andrew Hastings completed the fastest runs of qualifying to TQ the meeting. Alex Thurston and Mark Green qualified 2nd and 3rd overall in the 200mm class with the Top 3 separated by just 1.5 seconds. Glyn Beal and Jason Thompson put there Serpents in 2nd and 3rd for the Sports GT A Final.

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October 13, 2014

Matsukura is Touring Car World Champion

Naoto Matsukura is the new Electric Touring Car World Champion. Just days after relinquishing the 1:12 World title he held for six years, the Japanese driver becomes the sixth winner of the sport’s biggest accolade achieving something that eluded his mentor & RC legend Masami Hirosaka. The 8th running of the championships, four drivers went into the third A-Main at the Kissimmee track in contention for the title. Despite an intense challenge from pre-event favourite Ronald Volker, Matsukura took the A3 win and with it his fourth IFMAR World title. Finishing the leg third behind the Yokomo team-mates, Xray’s A1 winner and star of the Florida event Bruno Coelho would finish second overall leaving a disappointed Volker to complete the podium.

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October 13, 2014

Bejing announced as 2016 Worlds host

With the 2014 Touring Car World Championships having just concluded in Florida, the sport’s governing body IFMAR have made the announcement that the ninth running of the 1:12 & ISTC Championships will take place in China, with Beijing successful in its bid to host the 2016 event. With the FEMCA bloc also receiving bids from Japan and Thailand, this will be the first time an IFMAR World Championship has been held in China providing a great opportunity for the sport to promote itself in the world’s biggest economy. The announcement was made by IFMAR Vice President Bob Ingersol with Rick Wang on hand to represent the race hosts CMAC (Car Modelling Association of China).

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October 13, 2014

Dave Poulter wins at SWS Rd1

The 1st round of the prestigious Silverstone Winter Series attracted 92 entries in the premier 2WD buggy class, and it was new Schumacher driver Dave Poulter who unexpectedly set TQ. Dave has shot up the rankings since he joined the team, and he was joined at the front of the grid by team mates Simon Moss and Nathan Waters with their Cougar KFs.

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October 13, 2014

DHI-Cup 2015 – Announcement

The 2015 edition of the DHI Cup will be held from the 9th to 11th of January in Odense. As in previous years there will also be a 1/10th electric buggy race run alongside the traditional touring car event which in 2015 will see Touring Car Modified and Super Stock classes with the latter using “blinky” speedos and LRP 13.5T motors. Tyres for the touring cars will be LRP CPX which are provided by event partner LRP as are the 13.5T X20 brushless motor for the Super Stock class. Entries are open from Wednesday October 15th on on MyRCM and more information about the race can soon be found here and here.

October 13, 2014

Hazlewood & Reeves win at HNMC Winter Series Rd1

Round 1 of the HNMC kicked off this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class Elliott Boots took the TQ but the 20 minute final had Jon Hazlewood (Agama) taking the win from Jack Embling (Mugen) who was able to held off Elliott Boots (Kyosho) for the runner-up spot. In 1/8th E-Buggy Simon Reeves came out successful in front of Mugen team mates Richard Cousins and Ian Barnard while Philip Michael took the win in the dying Truggy class. The next round of the series will be held on October 26th.

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October 13, 2014

LRP Touring Car Masters 2015 – Announcement

The 2015 edition of LRP’s Touring Car Masters will take place from the 23rd to 25th of January. While the 18th running of the event is set for a much earlier date in 2015 there will also be some other changes such as double points for the LRP-HPI-Challenge classes, starting in two different classes will be allowed, there will be triple finals for all classes and the organisers also provide a new and improved carpet. Also new is an updated tyre rule with every driver being allowed to use an unlimited amount of hand-out tyres. More information (in German language) about the race, that will be run in a Touring Car Modified class beside five different LRP-HPI-Challenge categories, can be found here (PDF file).

October 13, 2014

Jason Nugroho wins Jakarta Buggy Championship Rd4

The 4th round of the Jakarta Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya Track in Serpong, West Java. The race format would be 3 rounds of 10 minutes qualifying with the two best rounds to count followed by the finals with 5 drivers bumping up to the next main. The 45 minute main final then got tough and challenging for many drivers as the dusty track caused a lot of flame-outs and it was Jason Nugroho, coming from 5th position on the grid, who made the best out of the conditions by getting in front around the 30 minute mark and never looking back. The Xray driver was able to retain the lead to take the win in front of Adrian Wicaksono (Kyosho) and Chopin Yusuf (HongNor).

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