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October 10, 2017

RC-Lemans Series Rd6 – Report

The sixth and final round of the 2017 RC-Lemans Series was held recently at the Dutch Velp track. The race for the overall championship titles in the LMP1 Modified and LMP2 Stock classes was still wide open and it was the first time in the 12-years long history of the series that three drivers would battle for the title at the final round. In LMP1 reigning champion, Tim Altmann set the pace in Q1 while Kai Altmann came out fastest in Q2. Timo Schad secured himself the final qualifier with the fastest time in front of Tobias Weist meaning that all title favourites would make it into the top 3 after the qualifiers.

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October 10, 2017

Abrahamek crowned Czech national 200mm champ

The Czech National 200mm Championship recently concluded with the fifth and final round and it was Michal Abrahamek who took the overall title. Ending three rounds of the championship on top of the podium earned Michal the title as Michael Jansa and Pavel Jansa snatched the final podium spots.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 10, 2017

Gary Huang TQs & wins at HKRCSA race

The HKRCSA race was held at the Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong recently. Xray’s Gary Huang, who entered the race to prepare for the forthcoming Xiamen Grand Prix, took the overall 1/8th nitro class TQ after the rain-shortened qualifiers. In the main final Gary would lead from tone to tone to bring home the win from Capricorn driver Luk Chi Hung and Mugen’s Lai Hay.

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October 10, 2017

Bill Lykaris takes Greek national 1/10th 200mm title

Last weekend the fifth round of the Greek national on-road championship took place at the famous Fanatix Racing Track located in the north of Athens. In the 1/10th Nitro category Bill Lykaris (Shepherd) came out fastest, setting the pace all weekend and winning the race in front of John Sotiropoulos (Mugen) and Vaggelis Totomis (Capricorn) who completed the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively. With three wins and two runner-up spots Bill already took the national title before the last race and he will be crowned the national champion at the forthcoming final round.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 10, 2017

2017 International Indoor Championships – Report

The 2017 edition of the International Indoor Championships was held at the Westgate Resort and Casino, for the second consecutive time. As usual the event attracted the the fastest electric on-road racers from the US as well as a lot of guests from abroad and in the premier Touring Modified class it was Germany’s Ronald Völker with the win from Sweden’s Alexander Hagberg and Japan’s Naoko Akiyama.

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October 10, 2017

Magnus Vässmar wins at MSEC opener

The opening round of the 2017/18 Middle Swedish Indoor Cup was held in Orebro, Sweden this past weekend. The track was technical and provided medium high traction throughout the race day. In the Touring Modified class Magnus Vässmar took a convincing TQ by securing all rounds of qualifying with his Muchmore-powered Schumacher car. Daniel Carlsson and his Hobbywing-propelled Team Associated would line up second on the A-Main grid followed by Rasmus Karlsson (Schumacher/Muchmore). The finals got underway and Magnus took A1 with a tone-to-tone victory and with a 1-lap margin. Daniel took the runner-up spot in front of Andreas Johansson. In A2 Magnus had a DNF due to a clash with a backmarker which would leave the overall result open for A3 to decide as Daniel won A2 in front of Rasmus. In A3 Magnus took the overall win courtesy of a tone-to-tone win in front of Daniel and Rasmus and this would also be the overall top 3 result.

Thanks to Magnus Vässmar for the report.

October 10, 2017

Ogden & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd7

Last weekend Palm Desert Raceway hosted round 7 of the JBRL Nitro Series on a fresh layout that was put in the week before by Joey Christensen from The Dirt. The turnout was 130 entries and Adam Drake was the top qualifier in Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truck, and Electric Buggy. However it was Cole Ogden with the win in the Nitro Buggy class while Drake was able to bring home the wins in Nitro Truck and E-Buggy. Elsewhere Robert Wickham won the 40+ Buggy class and Daniel Harms won Sportsman Truck.

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October 9, 2017

Jefferies & Finlay Open EWS Championship with Wins

The 2017-2018 Essex Winter Series Presented By Infinity got underway this weekend. Once again, a full capacity entry provided a busy and competitive day of racing, as a an all-new track layout greeted the drivers to kick off one of the largest on-road series in Europe. Olly Jefferies, the winner of last year’s season-closing EWS International got off to the best start, topping the opening round of qualifying ahead of defending series champion Elliott Harper. Kyle Branson, the only driver to have beaten Olly in the UK so far in 2017, also remained in contention and took third in the round ahead of Chris Grainger. The top three were covered by just 7-tenths of a second after five minutes, highlighting how close the competition could be this season.

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