July 27, 2016

Neil Cragg takes European 2WD Electric Off-road title

Neil Cragg takes European 2WD Electric Off-road title

This week’s 2016 EFRA European Electric Off-road Championships are held in Valladolid, Spain. First up was the 2WD event that saw the battle between UK’s Neil Cragg, campaigning Team Associated’s new B6D buggy and Germany’s Jörn Neumann, running a prototype of the forthcoming Serpent SRX2 Mid Hybrid low-medium traction buggy. Jörn would TQ three of the five qualifying rounds but the better tie-breaker time handed Neil the overall TQ. Behind the two Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski would line up third on the grid. In the opening A-main, Jörn would follow Neil in his slipstream but never found a way past and so the top 3 would end the leg as they started. A2 then had Jörn taking the win ahead of Michal while Neil had to settle for fifth due to massive traction rolling problems. In the third and decisive A-main, Neil brought home a very narrow win, only some two tenth of a second ahead of Michal while Jörn came in fourth. Ultimately and with two wins, Neil Cragg would take the 2016 2WD title from Jörn while young Michal rounded out the podium in third.

View the final results here

July 27, 2016

Giuliano Marra wins at Swiss Touring Nats Rd4

Giuliano Marra wins at Swiss Touring Nats Rd4

Round four of the Swiss Electric Touring Nationals was held at the HSH outdoor track in Dintikon. In the Pro Stock class Giuliano Marra made a clean sweep in the qualifiers to take the pole position for the finals from Jan Hässig in second and Cedric Brütsch in third. Giuliano and Jan would also make it out in the triple A-mains with Giuliano taking wins in A1 and A2 and Jan coming in first in A3. Overall Giuliano Marra (Yokomo) took the winning honours from Jan Hässig (Yokomo) while Marco Balmer (Team Magic) snatched the final podium spot in the tie-breaker.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

July 26, 2016

Shin Adachi confirmed for Dragon Stone Champs

Shin Adachi confirmed for Dragon Stone Champs

Adding to the growing talent pool of the 2016 Dragon Stone Asian Buggy Championships, the event’s organisers have announced the confirmation of one of the industry’s most notable and experienced racers, Team Serpent’s Shin Adachi. With Shin’s massive experience in 1/10th scale electric vehicles as multiple time Japanese National champion, Shin is also lead designer and team manager of Team Yokomo’s offroad division. In addition, Shin also plays a crucial part in Team Serpent’s 1/8th nitro development program. On top of his 1/10th scale accomplishments, Shin has made numerous appearances in Japan’s Nationals finals, a NeoBuggy finalist, and current 2016 FEMCA Vice Champion in 1/8th scale. Having Shin on hand will be great addition as he will be able to apply his experience and expertise to help all Team Serpent customers as well as demonstrating his 1/8th nitro prowess on track.

July 26, 2016

Jens Becker wins at NRW Offroad Cup Rd5

Jens Becker wins at NRW Offroad Cup Rd5

The fifth round of the NRW Offroad Cup was held at the Langenfeld astro turf track over the weekend. With close to 100 entries the event was again very well accepted and many drivers used the race to get some practice runs before the German Nationals at the same venue later this year. Jens Becker would be the man to beat in the 2WD Buggy class as he won all three qualifiers to grab the overall TQ and the pole position for the triple A-mains. In A1 Jens suffered technical issues but he stroke back in A2 and A3 to take the day’s win from Marcel Schneider and Michael Rybski.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 26, 2016

Robert Krens wins at Dutch Nationals Rd4

Robert Krens wins at Dutch Nationals Rd4

Round four of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MBC track in Gouda. In the Touring Stock class it was Schumacher driver Robert Krens who took the TQ and, thanks to wins in A1 and A3, the overall victory from the Team Magic duo of Rob Jansen and Richard Arts. Rick Van Den Akker and Martijn Spaans completed the top 5 result.

View the final results here

July 26, 2016

Giovanni Verbrugghe crowned 1/5 Touring Euro Champ

Giovanni Verbrugghe crowned 1/5th Touring Euro Champ

The 2016 EFRA 1/5th scale European Championships were held in Bologna, Italy last week and in the 30-minute main final it was Belgium’s Giovanni Verbrugghe who walked away with the win. Verbrugghe snatched the runner-up spot from Ales Bayer, who suffered from changing weather conditions, while Italy’s Lamberto Collari controlled the pace on the front end of the pack. Pole position holder Patrick Folman was out of the title race following several off-track experiences and another prominent victim of unplanned off-road excursions was leader Lamberto who spun out in the closing stages of the final, promoting Giovanni Verbrugghe into the lead that he would hold onto until the checkered flag to take the 2016 European Championship title from Lamberto Collari while Patrick Folman was able to recover to third overall.

Thanks to Giovanni Verbrugghe for the report.

July 26, 2016

Prague hosts Inaugural Junior World Championships

Prague hosts Inaugural Junior World Championships

The city of Prague in the Czech Republic will host the inaugural Junior World Championships from the 3rd to 7th of August. Organised by the newly founded International Youth RC Models Association IYRCA in cooperation with the Pan European Society for Culture, Education and Scientific & Technical Cooperation, the Car Modeling Association of China, the RC Car Club Czech Republic as well as the International Federation of Model Auto Racing IFMAR, the event is especially aimed at young RC car drivers. The race will  be held under the patronage of IFMAR’s Dallas Mathiesen, who will be present throughout the week, and it will see the running of four different classes including Touring Stock, Touring Modified, Formula Modified 17.5T/21.5T and 1/14th scale Touring Stock. 1/10th Touring Stock will be the premier category with the class seeing the use of hand-out kits and electronics that can be purchased and kept for a symbolic entry fee of 20 Euro including a set of GQ28R tyres. 1/14th scale is again a hand-out class while Touring Modified and Formula Modified, the latter run with open rubber tyres, 17.5T to 21.5T motors and blinky ESCs, will require the drivers to bring their own equipment. The Stock classes are run solely as Under 13 and Under 19 categories while in the Modified classes additionally see open age categories if required. Full event information as well as sign-up are available on the IYRCA website here.

July 26, 2016

European F1 Masters – Announcement

European F1 Masters – Announcement

The European F1 Masters will be held from the 19th to 21st of August at the world-famous Lostallo track in Switzerland. The race will be held under technical rules similar to the ETS ones but drivers need to bring their own electronics and tyres. The time schedule sees open practice on Thursday with the practice fees already included in the entry fee, followed by free practice and controlled practice on Friday. Saturday again sees controlled practice with the opening qualifiers on the afternoon. Lastly Sunday is scheduled for the remaining qualifiers and the finals. Due to the size of the track each group will be run with 10+ cars, ensuring exciting races. More information is available on the event’s Facebook page here and sign-up for the race can be done here.

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