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September 19, 2018

Ed Callan wins at Autumn Cup

The Autumn Cup was Robin Hood Raceway and YORCC club’s final outdoor race event of this year’s off-road season and it was held last weekend. 2WD Buggy qualifying was a showdown between Edward Callan and Ben Smith with each driver taking two rounds a piece. Coming down to countback on the fastest time, Edward missed out by just 0.1 second. In a change from the normal, traditional five minutes, the finals were run over six. Managing to get past Ben on the first lap due to a small mistake, Ed stayed out in front despite pressure from Ben to win and secure the Autumn Cup 2WD class.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

September 19, 2018

Marc Valero wins at French Pro10 race

The Montpellier track in Southern France played host to an open Pro10 race last weekend with local drivers and guests from Spain in appearance. In the Modified class it was reigning Spanish Champion, Marc Valero who set the benchmark during practice and qualification, smashing the current track record by 0.5s to a 17.481s. The opening A-main was pretty much smooth sailing for Marc but he hit some troubles in A2, however he was able to recover to take an early overall win while also winning A3 for a total sweep.

Source: VIP Performance [vip-rc.com]

September 18, 2018

2018 5th Scale World Challenge – Report

This past weekend Steel City Speedway hosted its first 5th Scale World Challenge. Steel City is located at the world famous California Speedway home of Nascar and Indy Car events. Located on the main road in its right at the gateway to the Infield, GoCart Track and Drag Strip bringing the sights and sound of racing to this incredible facility. The track itself is 250×125 and up to 16ft wide lanes making it the perfect size to stretch out the power of the 5th scale cars. Many drivers flew in from all over the world representing the Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, and the United States. Attendance was low from the US as other 5th scale events conflicted but many still traveled from Northern California and Texas.

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September 18, 2018

2018 Cow Patty Classic – Report

Nuggets Ranch Raceway of Arcadia, Florida, home of the 2018 ROAR On-road Fuel Nationals, held the 2018 Cow Patty Classic race this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Open class it was Joaquin Desoto Jr. with the TQ, however in the 30-minute A-main event it was George Martinez with the win some two laps in front of Chuck Moon. Gianni Giorgio came in 3rd another lap down while TQ holder Desoto Jr. had to settle for 5th overall, a lap down on 4th placed Rob Crawford.

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September 17, 2018

Nuno Duraes takes Portuguese 200mm title

The ARMAIA track played host to round 5 of the Portuguese IC Track Nationals this past weekend. In the 200mm class it was Carlos Manuel Rodrigues who set the pace as he took the overall TQ after winning the second, third and fourth qualifying round from Q1 winner, Nuno Duraes. After the semifinals however it was Nuno with the pole position for the 30-minutes long A-main, but due to clutch issues Duraes had to ask for a time out, meaning he had to start dead last. By the first round of pitstops Nuno had already recovered to 2nd thanks to a brilliant start and he started to chase Carlos Manuel for the lead. In the closing stages Nuno ran out of tyres and it looked like Carlos would bring home the win but a mistake of Carlos during the final fuel stop meant Nuno would be able to take the win with a narrow 1-lap margin from Tomas Andrade while Carlos Manuel had to settle for 3rd overall. Thanks to the win, Nuno was awarded with the 2018 National Champion title.

Thanks to Nuno Duraes for the report.

September 17, 2018

Prumper wins European Reedy Race at Nurburgring

One of RC racing’s most legendary races took place at one of the world’s most legendary real race tracks, the Nurburgring, and it was Reedy Race debutant Yannic Prumper who came out top of the 12 rounds of heads up racing. With the International Reedy Race of Champions bidding farewell to one of RC’s most iconic tracks this year, Tamiya Raceway in California, the European Edition of the Touring Car Reedy Race came about as part of the Euro Offroad Series opening round which ran as part of the Blancpain GT Series weekend that was running on the Nurburgring’s Grand Prix track. With 18 invited drivers in Modified, the entry was headed by 7-times Reedy Race Champion Marc Rheinard and another of the race’s multiple champions Ronald Volker.

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September 17, 2018

Orlowski ‘makes up for 2WD’ with 4WD victory at Nurburgring

Reigning double Euro Offroad Series Champion Michal Orlowski has won 4WD at the season opener at the Nurburgring in Germany, the Schumacher driver saying ‘this makes up for 2WD’ in which he finished 3rd yesterday. Orlowski secured his 5th EOS career win of 4WD when he again managed to stay ahead of second place qualifier Bruno Coelho, the Xray driver only coming into contention in the final round of qualifying. Top Qualifier, after taking 3 of the four rounds of qualifying, Orlowski again came under pressure from Coelho in A2 but got a break when his rival got caught up on the wall. Handing the Pole a comfortable lead, two laps later he would have his own mistake allowing Schumacher team-mate Joern Neumann to close right in for a challenge on the lead but the tight track would catch the German out allowing the recovering Coelho back into 2nd. From there he was closing down the leader but another error gave enough breathing space for Orlowski to take the final by more than a second & a half, his first 4WD victory from the TQ starting position. Winning A3, new rules for Season #8 prevented Orlowski from racing the third A-Main, Coelho would finish 2nd with Daniel Kobbevik, 2nd in A3, rewarded for a great performance with the final step on the podium.

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September 17, 2018

Drake & Bornhorst win at Southern Indoor Nationals

The 2018 Southern Indoor Nationals were held in West Monroe, Luisiana this past weekend. The event was held in several 1/8th Nitro and Electric as well as a single 1/10th Open SCT class and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Cole Ogden with the TQ from Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz. Pro Nitro Truggy was TQ’s by Tekno’s Ryan Lutz with teammate, Joe Bornhorst in 2nd. Over in Pro Electric Buggy the top 2 again were taken by Ryan Lutz and Joe Bornhorst. Onto the finals and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win in the 45-minute main final, some 5.6s in front of Joe Bornhorst while TQ Cole Ogden had to settle for 3rd overall, a lap down.

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