December 3, 2018

Raiola & Groskamp win at US Nitro World Cup

The 2018 US Nitro World Cup was held at the Homestead RC Raceway, host of this year’s IFMAR 1/10th Nitro Touring World Championships, this past weekend. The event was held in four Nitro on-road classes and in 1/8th Open it was Infinity’s Carmine Raiola with the TQ and win, leaving behind Infinity teammate Dario Balestri in 2nd, a lap down. Alberto Picco would end the 45-minute main final in 3rd, some 8.2s down on Dario. Another Italian, Marco Vanni would come in 4th, 13 laps in front o Roniel Regalado.

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December 3, 2018

2019 AWS Rd3 – Report

This past Sunday was the day to hold the third round of the AWS 2019 at Nene Valley Raceway with slightly lower numbers this weekend as 32 drivers made the trip to The Nene. The day kicked off with a round of timed practice and the drivers found the track tricky as to was very moist. After the round of practice everyone went into three rounds of qualifying with the best two to count. After a 45 minutes break for lunch the club went through the three 15 minute finals of the day. In the Buggy A-final, Jon Spencer took 1st place, Chris Sharpe-Simkiss took 2nd place. The very lucky driver Chris Lovell managed to get back up to 3rd after an unlucky crash at the start. Scott Follington took 4th place after a good battle with Chris.

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December 3, 2018

Ray Munday wins at 2018 Victorian State Titles

The final major race of the Australian calendar for 2018 was the Victorian State Titles, held at the Knox track in Melbourne with just over 100 entries received. Mother nature played a role this year with unseasonal heavy rain washing out practice and the scheduled 2WD day. The entire event was squeezed into the final day of racing, with the sun and traffic helping the outdoor clay track to groove up perfectly. In 4WD Modified Ray Munday took the TQ from Andrew Selvaggi and 12-year-old Lachlan Munday. In the finals Ray took A1 from Selvaggi after a close battle, with Lachlan Munday taking his first state title A final in A2 to take it to A3. Ray took the win, giving him the overall title from Lachlan, with Selvaggi tieing for third but losing on a countback.

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December 2, 2018

Sobue claims pole position for Rd4 at TRC

Akio Sobue will start from pole position in round 4 of the OneTen series having taking his 2nd TQ run of the day. Nicholas Lee will start from 2nd position, the Yokomo driver tying on points with Andy Moore but having the faster time thanks to his Q3 run. Jin Sawada and Felix Law complete the top half of the grid. Sobue was the only driver in the top heat on new tires but due to the heat felt the track was more loose than before. The Infinity driver also noticing a more considerable drop off in pace later in the run compared to earlier. For the final, Akio said he will simply mount his final set of tires.

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December 2, 2018

Q2 goes to Andy Moore

Andy Moore has TQd the 2nd round of qualifying at the OneTen series in Hong Kong, the Infinity driver heading home Nicholas Lee, Jan Ratheisky and Felix Law, the top 4 all deciding to run one of their new sets of Sweep tires for this round. Jin Sawada was quickest of the drivers who decided to use old tires, team mate Akio Sobue ending in 9th having run 2 run old tires. With the knowledge of his team mates running old tires Andy Moore bolted one of his 2 remaining fresh sets, the result being that he now has a 1st and a 2nd and at a minimum will give him a 3rd on the grid, saying he doesn’t believe he can produce a better result in the remaining two rounds.

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December 2, 2018

Sobue opens up Rd4 in Hong Kong with TQ

Round 4 of the OneTen series presented by Infinity kicked off early this morning with one round of controlled practice followed by the first of 4 rounds of 4 minute qualifiers which will determine the grid for this afternoon’s single 8-minute A-main. Akio Sobue was again the pace setter this morning, running the fastest lap of the first rounds of qualifying to take a 3 seconds advantage over Infinity team mates Andy Moore and Jin Sawada. Hay Lai would take 4th for the round driving his Xpress with Serpent driver Felix Law fastest of those running in the 2nd fastest heat, in 5th. Running on new tires for Q1 Sobue knew that with Nicholas Lee on old tires he had to put in a safe run, the Yokomo driver having saved one more of the 5 allocated tires than the Japanese driver. Continuing to run his Infinity IF14 unchanged since yesterday, Akio, like all his competitors, are now playing the tire strategy game with all drivers expected to keep one new set for the single 8 minute main.

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December 1, 2018

Sobue & Ratheisky take overall wins at OneTen Series Rd3

Japanese driver Akio Sobue has wrapped up the overall Modified victory in Rd3 of the OneTen Series presented by Infinity. In a repeat of the opening leg of the triple mains, the Infinity driver was able to pull clear of the chasing pack, lead by Nicholas Lee. The top 4 running in the same order as they started, it was Andy Moore who cracked first, crashing out on the now infamous main straight kerb, retiring on the spot. Nicholas Lee lead another 3 way battle, this time with Jin Sawada and Jan Ratheisky following behind. Jin was holding position until a main shaft bearing on his IF14 failed causing him to strip his spur gear and putting him out.

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December 1, 2018

A1 wins for Sobue & Ratheisky

The opening A-main at TRC in Hong Kong has seen a clear win for Infinity driver Akio Sobue. The Japanese driver defended an early attempt by 2nd placed starter Nicholas Lee and was able to build an early lead, which would never be headed. Behind, Nicholas Lee gave chase but made a mistake coming onto the straight and was swallowed by the following pack dropping him to last. The Yokomo driver would get back up to eight but following another mistake pulled up to save his car and tires.

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