The opening round of the Madrid regional series saw Alberto Garcia walking away with the win in the 45 minute A-main encounter. Starting from the 1 spot Alberto would take the win one lap ahead of runner up, Oscar Navarro. Javier Pombo completed the podium result another lap down while Daniel Vega and Pablo Landaburu rounded out the top 5.
Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]
The first AARCMCC title event of the year took place this weekend in Canberra, Australia. The host club ACTMCRC made the choice to use sugar water on the track, making for awesome grip conditions. In the Touring 13.5T class Alex Illievski took the overall TQ by winning four of the six qualifying rounds. Come the finals it was clear how dominant Alex was compared to the field, as he was some 9 seconds ahead of the second place driver. The win was then wrapped up by the 2nd final and overall Alex would be sidelined on the podium by runner up, Dan Maher and third placed Ben Steiner.
Source: R1 Wurks [r1wurks.com.au]
The 2016 edition of the famous Thailand International Touring Car Championship, TITC, was held this past week at the RC Addict track in Bangkok with around 250 drivers attending in various electric on-road classes. Super hot asphalt temperatures of sometimes above 60 degree Celsius combined with a somewhat bumpy track made for challenging conditions for the drivers who had to seek for a setup that allowed for consistent lap times over the five minute runs. In the Touring Modified class Xray’s Bruno Coelho made the best out of the conditions and he would grab the overall TQ after the qualifiers by winning three of the six qualifying rounds. The Yokomo duo of Meen Vejrak and Ronald Völker would line up in second and third while Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) and Alexander Hagberg (Xray) would round out the top 5 result.
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The 3rd Annual Lonestar Challenge will be held from April 22nd to 24th at the Thornhill Racing Circuit. Recent renovations turned the track into was is possibly the largest covered off-road facility in the World. The event will be held in the usual array of 1/8th off-road as well as 4×4 Short Course classes and it acts not only as the ROAR Fuel Offroad Nationals warm-up but it is also a round to the U.S. Pro Cup. More information and sign up can be found here.
The opening round of the 2016 California Touring Series was held at 209 RC Raceway in Stockton, California. In the Touring Modified A-main, Yokom driver Eric Albano led the field but had some bad luck. The battle then was between Brandon Clemens (Awesomatix) and Rick Hohwart (Team Associated) and ultimately Brandon came out victorious to grab the Touring Modified win at round one. Rick’s Team Associated team mate Randy Caster would complete the podium result behind Rick.
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The fifth round of the Tonisport Wintercup was held at the MAC Adenau carpet indoor track in several electric on-road classes. Jaques Libar would be the man to beat in the Formula category as he managed to win all qualifying rounds to grab the overall TQ after the qualifiers. He also set a new track record with a 12.073s in the progress. The finals then again saw a clean sweep of Jacque who took an easy win in A1 and A2 while A3 was a different affair as setup changes he made lead to an oversteering and traction-rolling car. Nevertheless he won the leg with a margin of about two laps. Runner-up Kevin Gehrke and third placed Jörn Mayers completed the top 3. Overall the win handed Jacques the 2015/16 Tonisport Wintercup title from Kevin Gehrke and Raymond Libar.
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Serpent have announced the signing of 2015 BRCA 1/10th Nitro On-road Champion, Alex Thurston to their team. Alex’ 2016 campaign will include a full season of BRCA National races, all ENS events, the Worlds in Gubbio as well as selected 1/10th Electric and 1/8th Nitro races. Alex had the following to say:
I am very proud to join the Serpent team, We have a fantastic team which is really doing well now and showing how good our products really are so I am very happy to join the team. Because I am young I can be mentored by the more experienced guys around me in the team in order to gain more knowledge as well. I would just like to thank all the guys at Team Serpent for giving me this opportunity to join the team. I think this year my racing package is as strong as it has ever been so I believe that the results are there. If you need any help with your Serpent Cars at any race I am attending please feel free to ask any questions and I hope I can give you the answer straight away. See you at the track soon!
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
HB Europe have announced the addition of former European Champion and multiple Portuguese National Champion, Miguel Matias to their team. The former Xray driver recently left the team after being with the Slovakian manufacturer since 2014. It is understood that Miguel will attend both national and international 1/8th off-road events with HB’s range of vehicles.
Source: HB Europe [hbeurope.com]
