May 17, 2018

Sweep to be official tire supplier for OneTen series

The organisers of the new 2018/19 OneTen Chinese EP Racing Series presented by Infinity are extremely pleased to announce Sweep Racing as the official handout tire supplier for the series. With a long history of supporting major series and races around the World, including the upcoming Reedy Race in California, the Korean brand will supply their popular QTS and EXP range of tires for both the Modified and Stock classes at all 4 rounds of the championship which kicks off on October 6-7 (updated date) at RCI V2 in Shanghai, the only carpet race of the season. Sweep will also be the official handout additive supplier for the 3 outdoor asphalt races, the series going outdoor from round 2 in Hong Kong in December before moving to Guangzhou in January for round 3 and ending back in Hong Kong in March. Tires will be available trackside at all venues in the week leading up to each event and each entrant receives one free set with their entry.

More information on the OneTen Series can be found here.


May 17, 2018

Danish 1/10th Off-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Danish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Kolding recently. The hosting club had an arrangement with a motorsports festival to build a temporary track on the site, ensuring massive impact to the thousands of spectators. It made for a special atmosphere, although in all honesty the electric-powered cars had a hard time competing with the attention the real cars drew and the noise and dust from the full-size vehicles was a bit distracting at times. The purpose-built track offered loads of grip, however it was also a bit bumpy so everyone was after the best in terms of setup and tyres.

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May 16, 2018

Sober & Bauer win at Dutch 1/8 IC Track Nats Rd2

The second round of the Dutch 1/8th IC Track Nationals was held at the AMCA track in Apeldoorn over the weekend. The weekend kicked off with sunny weather on Saturday, however Sunday was mostly wet with especially the mains being held in rainy conditions. The win in the faster NK class went to Joey Sorber who came in 1st some five laps in front of Roy Bakker as Martin Zevenhoven rounded out the top 3 results.

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May 16, 2018

Krystian Kopacki wins at Polish EP On-road Nats Rd1

Last weekend the opening round of the Polish 1/10th Electric On-road nationals was held at the Novy Sacz track. In the Touring Stock class, that is run using the ETS set of rules, it was Krystian Kopacki with the win from Pawel Staszewski. Jakub Klapacz, who started from the P2 spot on the grid following the fastest TQ run of the day, had to settle for 3rd overall after some mixed A-main runs.

View the final results here


May 16, 2018

Delaunay take Elite class win at French IC Track Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the French 1/8th On-road Nationals was held at the Neuville-de-Poitou track last weekend. In the Elite class, the qualification was held in difficult conditions as rain influenced all rounds but ultimately it was Anthony Abisset coming out fastest. In the 45-minute A-final it was Romain Delaunay who would hold the upper hand with a progressive tyre strategy, changing tires only one time, to take the win with a margin of only one second in front of Arnaud Mathieu, while Benjamin Brasset who completed the podium one lap down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]


May 16, 2018

Tim Wood wins BRCA 1/8 Track Nationals Rd3

The third round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit championship took place at the Halifax RC Track in Yorkshire last weekend. Forecast for the weekend was changeable, but thankfully the rain came over night leaving race days sunny and bright. Sunday saw a round of practice followed by four rounds of qualifying and then finals. Due to a damp track, Q1 was delayed to allow the track to dry. Qualifying saw a struggle for 5-minute runs with the top contenders falling short on fuel. TQ was set in round 1 by Tim Wood from Alex Thurston and John Carr.

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May 15, 2018

Bennie Wilkerson wins ROAR Region 2 SCT titles

The final round of the ROAR Region 2 championship was held at Mushroom Bowl Hobbies and R/C Raceway in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania recently. Bennie Wilkerson laid down an excellent performance as he was able to take the TQ in 2WD Mod SCT and 2WD Stock SCT. On top of that he was able to double and win both A-mains and take the overall series championship titles in both classes.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]


May 15, 2018

Nitro-West-Masters Rd1 – Report

The 2018 season of Nitro-West-Masters recently kicked off at the Bad Breisig track, located between Bonn and Koblenz at the river Rhine. 62 racers made their entry for round one of the popular nitro on-road championship. Following some intensive practice at perfect conditions and a familiar come-together to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Nitro-West-Masters on Saturday, the 2017 location of Germany´s 1/8 scale Nationals was hit by rain during the night. Only a few drivers dared to enter the 254-meter track during the first two rounds of qualifying but after a break all drivers had the opportunity for one dry run in the third and final heat. Because of the NWM mode with three consecutive laps to count, the drivers had a couple of chances to improve their lap times.

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