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August 8, 2016

Schumacher Scottish GP – Report

Last weekend saw the running of the BRCA supported Schumacher Scottish Grand Prix, hosted by the Stonehaven club. The BRCA touring car section were keen to explore the possibilities of including clubs further afield from the normal tracks that normally host UK nationals, disappointingly none of the big name UK drivers made the trip but that did not distract from what was a very competitive meeting. In the Modified class Peter Eagles was pre-event favourite and he went on to take TQ, and in the finals he fought off an early challenge in the first two finals from Andrew Walters and these two would be first and second with Chris Briggs completing the podium.

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August 8, 2016

Tino Weller takes German Touring Stock Junior title

During last weekend’s German Electric Touring Car Nationals it was Tino Weller who took the Touring Stock Junior class title. The most popular class at the Nationals, Tino came in 6th in the B-main, a position that earned him the 2016 Junior category title.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

August 8, 2016

Kurzbuch setting practice pace at 200mm Worlds

Simon Kurzbuch is setting the practice pace at the 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championships in Gubbio, Italy. The reigning 1:8 World Champion sits top of the time sheets from pre-event favourite Dario Balestri with 8 of the 12 rounds of free practice at the Miniautodromo Internazionale M.Rosati track completed. A driver with limited experience in the 1:10 class, Kurzbuch took his Shepherd to the fastest three consecutive laps in this morning’s opening practice bettering the fastest time of the first official practice day set yesterday evening by Balestri’s Capricorn. With no clear advantage holder so far in terms of outright pace, the top 6 so far made of drivers representing 6 different manufacturers, the separation is only 0.156 of a second. For reigning champion Alexander Hagberg his title defence has not started out well with the Xray driver finding himself 56th fastest of the 120 starters.

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August 8, 2016

RC LeMans Series South division finale – Report

The final round of the RC LeMans Series South division was held at the MSC Rötz club this past weekend. The event also was the warm-up race for the German Nationals in September and beside the usual classes of LMP1 Modified and LMP2 Stock the race also offered a chance for drivers to run in the growing 1/8th Electric Modified and Stock Buri categories. In the LMP1 class it was Tobias Weist who took the TQ with a 2-laps margin on local hero, Bernhard Hummel and Roman Krejci. Hot on the heels were also Christian Fischer and Timo Schad.

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August 8, 2016

Nejc Mihelič takes Austrian 1/8th Nitro On-road title

Last weekend saw the running of the final round of the Austrian 1/8th scale Nitro On-road National Championships. Held at the LAMAC track and going into the final round the race for the overall championship was still on between Nejc Mihelič, Herfried Pucher and Gerhard Kandelhart. Mihelic showed a great pace on Saturday as he won two out of two qualifiers, but he would make some mistakes on Sunday of which Pucher took maximum advantage to take the overall TQ. Mihelic then came out fastest in the Superpole by 2 tenths of a second to grab the second direct qualifying spot beside ARC team mate Herfried Pucher. Just before the main final Kandelhart had to call for a time out due to technical issues, resulting in a loss of his 3 spot on the grid to start from 11th place. Up front the race for the win and the overall championship was on between Nejc and Herfried and while Herfried made a mistake Nejc was able to score the win from Herfried in second and Pascal Knoller in third, making it an all-ARC podium. In the championship and with two wins Nejc Mihelič grabbed the title from Herfried Pucher and Gerhard Kandelhart in second and third respectively.

Source: Mihelic Racing Team

August 8, 2016

Darren Bloomfield wins at BRCA Nitro Buggy Nats Rd4

Round four of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held in Pembrey, Wales over the weekend. The track was pretty tight with an oiled surfaces which would hold up well albeit for some holes that appeared. The 45-minute A-main was won by Agama’s Darren Bloomfield from Mugen driver Lee Martin and Milan Dragojlovic (Kyosho) in second and third respectively. Jack Embling and Simon Willetts completed the top 5 result.

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August 8, 2016

Jonathan Yeung sweeps MRC Buggy Summer Race

Foshan in the Southern part of China played host to the MRC Buggy Summer Race this past weekend. The track’s maiden race for the 2016 season attracted both local drivers and also participants from Hong Hong to race in several 1/8th off-road classes. In the premier category of 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was young Jonathan Yeung who took the winning honours, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. At first Jonathan was hindered by traffic but he kept his cool and with fast and consistent laps the 14-years old would soon start to chase leader Mr. Li and at about the 30-minute mark Jonathan was able to make use of a mistake by the leader, promoting Jonathan into the lead. From that moment Yeung and Li would swap the lead several times and on the final lap things got even more interesting as both made mistakes but Jonathan would emerge on top of the carnage to take the win from Li in second and Carson Yeung in third.

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August 8, 2016

Max Mächler takes German National Stock Touring title

The German National 1/10th Electric On-road nationals were held this past weekend at the RC-Sportfreunde Singen club in the south of the country. In the Touring Stock class it was Valentin Hettrich who took the pole position for the triple A-mains but problems in A1 and A3 despite a win in A2 only meant the 6th overall place while Max Mächler (Awesomatix), starting from the 2 spot on the grid, made maximum use of Valentin’s issues, taking wins in A1 and A3 to grab the overall Stock title from Alexander Stocker (Awesomatix) in second and Danuel Wohlgemuth (Xray) in third.

Image: Max Mächler