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June 11, 2013

2013 Much More Masters – Report

The 2013 MuchMore Masters was run over three days at the SMA club in NSW. Once again SMA presented an awesome track that seems to be getting better and better every time. Open practice of the Stock class on Friday started slow, with rain the night before creating a cold low grip surface. The early runs were spent tuning the motor and ESC for the upcoming power battle in 17.5 boosted that would follow, the cooler temps allowing everyone to push the motors hard. In the afternoon the track warmed up and the grip came up with it. The teams spent quite a bit of time testing out different ideas for preparation with the new MuchMore Rush tyres that we would be using for the event. These tyres were new for Australia and were under a lot of pressure to do well.

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June 11, 2013

Tim Altmann wins RC LeMans Series Rd3

The 3rd round of the RC LeMans Series took place at the AMC Hamm track in Germany. After a rainy Spring in Germany and to the surprise of all 28 Pro10 driver the sun came out and greeted all contenders with wonderful racing weather. After the qualifiers Sven Stoffels took TQ closely followed by Tobias Weist who was able to set a new track record with 15.4s but he ran out of battery at the end of his run. The third position went to Rene Fischer and the top 4 was completed by Tim Altmann. And it was that certain Tim who was able to win the finals from 4th position leaving Rene Fischer and Sven Stoffels in second and third position. The win in the B final went to Peter Plümacher with Ullrich Steinkau taking the C final. The fastest youngsters was Alexander Steinkau in 12th Position.

Thanks to Frank Büsener for sending the report.

June 10, 2013

Elliot Harper takes BRCA TC nationals Rd2

BRCA TC nationals Rd2 – Report

Round two of the 2013 BRCA TC Series took place at the Stafford track over the past weekend. The Stafford track has been off the calendar for a number of years and was welcomed back by many drivers. Pre-event testing by the top teams and many other drivers soon made it clear that tyre wear was extremely high and tyre management and strategy was going to be a crucial factor. It was soon apparent on Saturday that Elliot Harper with his Team Durango DEX410TC Prototype was the man to beat, as he was setting a blistering pace in the first qualifying rounds. The usual likes of Olly Jefferies, Andy Moore and Chris Grainger were also going strong. Another driver going really strong was the young Schumacher driver Sam Clifton. After five rounds of qualifying it was Elliot Harper who took TQ after an awesome qualifying performance. Olly Jefferies for Associated would be second with Chris Grainger of Schumacher getting his 2013 campaign back on track with a third place A-Main position.

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June 10, 2013

Renaud Savoya doubles at French buggy nats Rd4

The MCCD Dammartin club was the host of the 4th round of the French electric off-road nationals. The race saw 110 entries and was run on a high grip track near Paris. In 2WD Xray’s Renaud Savoya qualified in the top position chased by Team Associated’s Yannick Aigoin and Stéphane Deroch. In the 4WD class it was again Renaud who took the overall TQ but he was chased by his team mate Lorenzo Crolla, who TQ’d the final qualifier, and Rayan Medjoubi. Come Sunday the race had to be cancelled due to excessive rain meaning the qualifying results were taken as final results handing Renaud the win in both classes.

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June 10, 2013

Benelux+ Electric Race – Announcement

The Model Auto Club de Baanbrekers will hold the Benelux+ Electric Race at the weekend of the 7th of July in Rucphen, Netherlands. Run in touring car modified, 10.5T and 13.5T as well as Pro10 modified and stock WGT/F1 classes the race starts on Saturday with timed free practice and will also see large BBQ on Saturday afternoon. Included in the entry free for the touring car classes is one set of controlled Ride Rex 34 tyres. More information can be found here.

June 9, 2013

Ty Tessmann double at 1/10th Pre Worlds

The 1/10th Offroad Pre Worlds was run this week at the Silver Dollar Raceway in Chico, California. Crazy heat and sugared track conditions meant the drivers had a lot to contend with throughout the event. Having found the track to be very low on traction on the first day of practice, the decision was made to coat the surface with sugar, something that is regularly done at the Cactus Classic event each year. It helps race traction and minimizes the work needing to be done to maintain it, however some teams were against its application. The negative however is that it is very hard on tires as well as parts and has so much traction that drivers in 2wd mostly need to switch to mid motor cars. With all that said the conditions were consistent from the 2nd practice day through to the finals. Qualifying would see reigning World Champion Ryan Cavalieri take the top spot in 2wd ahead of reigning 1/8th National Champion Ty Tessmann in 2nd and former World Champion Neil Cragg in 3rd. In the 4wd class Ty would take the top spot ahead of Cactus Classic Champion Ryan Maifield in 2nd and Associated team mate Cavalieri in 3rd.

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June 9, 2013

Baruffolo is European ‘B’ 1/8th Offroad Champion

Baruffolo is European 'B' 1/8th Offroad Champion

The second of the EFRA European ‘B’ Championships this weekend was held at the Ongaroring in Sicily. Local youngster Davide Ongaro would take the TQ spot for Mugen but it was Marco Baruffolo who would dominate in the semi finals to take the pole position for the RB car. Rain on Saturday would flood the track but the local crew got the track back into race worthy condition for Sunday but rain again just before the main final saw drivers struggling with their cars in the 45 minute final. Baruffolo would prove unstoppable taking the win by nearly a lap from Spanish Mugen driver Oscar Baldo in 2nd with Austrian Mugen driver Jurgen Trieb in 3rd.

Full coverage over at Neo Buggy.

June 8, 2013

Luca Redaelli takes European 1/10th ‘B’ title

Luca Redaelli takes European 1/10th 'B' title

The EFRA European 1/10th 200mm ‘B’ championships were hosted by the beautiful Gubbio track in Italy this week. Qualifying on this fast track would go the way of Italian Xray/IDM driver Luca Redaelli ahead of the German pairing of Dominik Greiner in 2nd and Simon Balk in 3rd driving Serpent and Xray respectively, with Davide Gallesi in 4th driving for Capricorn. With no driver guaranteed a place in the main final it was the semi finals which would decide the starting order. Italian Alessio Forte, the 10th placed qualifier, would end up taking the pole position for the final with top qualifier Redaelli lining up in 2nd. In the 45 minute final Forte would hit problems and retire at 24 minutes leaving Redaelli to take the win, closely follow home by Greiner in 2nd, 3 seconds separating the pair, with Simon Balk completing the podium one and a half laps back in 3rd.

View the final standings here