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December 20, 2017

2017 Keilor Cup & Victorian Drivers Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth and final round of the Victorian Drivers Series was held at the Keilor Track in Melbourne. Over 130 entries were received for the event, which was re-run two weeks later than planned due to unseasonal summer rain washing out the original date. The Keilor club had prepared a classic outdoor dirt track which grooved up through the weekend but still had a fine dust layer in the hot summer weather, making tyre choice and setup critical to get maximum traction. Racers had travelled from as far away as Broken Hill, Mildura and Adelaide to join in this successful series. The Keilor Cup this year had extra meaning due to the recent passing of life member and long time president Mark Polistena, and many racers carried memorial stickers on their vehicles to honour his memory.

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December 20, 2017

RCManiacs Cup – Report

The RCManiacs Cup was held recently at the RCManiacs asphalt outdoor track with racers from Athens, Patra and Argos in attendance. Kiriazis Michalis took the TQ in the Touring Modified class while posting a new lap record in the process. In the A-mains, Kiriazis would score three wins to secure an undefeated win, however he was in a close battle with Fillipos Issakidis 2nd and Christos Vasilopoilos 3rd.

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December 20, 2017

Mibosport Cup Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Mibosport Cup was held at its traditional location, a sports hall in the small town of Hrotovice in the Czech Republic. Taking place the weekend before Christmas added to a holiday atmosphere and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves, as racers could be found wearing Santa’s caps and under the smell of brake cleaner was a nice touch of vanilla coming from sweets in little boxes. And even though the holidays are around the corner, the race again counted 230 entries, showing the series has place in everybody’s calendar despite it being Christmas time. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday and the majority of racers used the opportunity to fine-tune their gear. Especially the Formula class was a nice surprise, attracting 35 drivers.

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December 20, 2017

2017 AMAER Festival – Report

The town of Maringa in the Parana state of Brazil played host to the 2017 AMAER Festival recently. The race attracted on-road racers from all over the region as well as other states and the warm weather provided excellent conditions for the 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road class Ricardo Nesi and Chrystian Nozawa had a hard-warming fight with both pushing each other to score new records lap after lap. Ultimately it was Ricardo with the win from Chrystian Nozawa in 2nd and Anderson Bortolossi in 3rd.

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December 19, 2017

Denny Giacomelli wins at Friendly Cup Rd2

The second round of the Italian Friendly Cup was held at the RC-Evolution track recently. After the three round of qualifiers it was Denny Giacomelli with the pole position for the A-mains from Beggio Gianluca 2nd and Daniele Monzani 3rd. The opening A-main was won by Daniele Monzani while the win in the second and third leg went to Denny Giacomelli who also took the overall from Daniele Monzani and Diego Locatelli in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

December 19, 2017

Alessandrelli & Schmid win at TIT Cup Rd2

The second round of the TIT Cup was held in Schöfltand, Switzerland in several electric on-road classes. In Touring Pro Stock it was Roberto Alessandrelli (Xray) with the win from the Team Magic duo of Philipp Huber and Renato Isler. Andy Huerzeler and Adrian Lüscher would round out the top 5 result. Over in the Formula class it was electric off-road specialist Nico Schmid with the win from Florian Schmid, Luca Martinelli, Bernd Georgi and Daniel Koch.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 19, 2017

Jared Phair sweeps Time To Let It Rip Trophy race

The Time To Let It Rip Trophy race was held this past weekend at Barnstormers RC in Chester, New York. Different than other tracks in the area, this track was very tight and was 100 percent dirt. No clay, no tyre saucing or softening, just simple green and water was the ticket for tyre prep. Jared Phair would take the double TQ, coming out on top in Modified 4WD Buggy and 2WD Buggy. Ultimately Jared would also bring home the win in both classes, with Jack Bonhomme and Scott Salzer coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 4WD class while the top 3 was completed by Mike Billings and Frank Babriecki.

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December 19, 2017

Distrital Coimbra Series Rd3 – Report

This past weekend the third round of the Distrital Coimbra Series was held in Oliveira de Frades, Coimbra, Portugal. In the Nitro Buggy it was Team Associated driver, Nuno Filipe Ferreira who took the day’s win from HB Racing’s Joel Soares in 2nd, the latter having an entertaining A-main has he had to start from the pits following an engine flame out at the start of the final, but still managed a podium result. Behind the two, Mugen’s Paulo Pinto completed the top 3 results.

Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]