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November 11, 2015

French 1/10th Off-road Nationals final round – Report

The final round of the French 1/10th Off-road National Championship was held in Neuvile de Poitou. High-grip carpet combined with low-grip sections made setup a bit tricky and in the 4WD class it was Lorenzo Crolla (Xray) who came out fastest from Xray teammate Mathieu Briere who both won two qualifiers but the better tie-breaker would hand Lorenzo the overall TQ. In the finals, Lorenzo was again super fast and he didn’t make any mistakes, sweeping all three finals for the overall win. Behind him the race was on for the runner-up spot between Mathieu Briere and Julien Formentin (Team Associated) with the better end for Julien. Mathieu then would round out the top 3 result.

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November 10, 2015

Matteo Berlincioni takes Italian Formula title

The Italian AMSCI Electric Outdoor Championships were recently held at the Miniautodromo Il Lombrico in Milazzo. 80 drivers from all over Italy fought for the title in the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T as well as Formula. In the Formula class Matteo Berlincioni (MDRacing) would TQ the opening qualifying round while Basile (Tamiya) came out fastest in round two. The remaining qualifiers would be held on Sunday morning and it was again Berlincioni who was on a mission by TQing round three and four, which allowed him to sit out the fifth and final round to save tyres for the finals. With Berlincioni, Basile, and Putrino (Xray) all scoring round TQs the title fight was on between these three drivers in the finals. Ultimately Berlincioni would be able to convert his pole position into wins in A1 and A2 to take the Italian national title from Basile and Putrino.

Source: MDRacing [mdracingrc.com]

November 10, 2015

Alex Ilievski takes Australian Touring 13.5T title

‪Alex Ilievski takes Australian Touring 13.5T title

This year’s Australian National Championships were held at the Whalan Model Car Club in NSW. The event attracted more than 100 entries, bringing the best drivers from around Australia in all classes. With four different drivers in Touring Stock 13.5 having a TQ on Saturday the top qualifier was still up grabs on Sunday morning. Ultimately Tony McMahon was able to put together two fast round to take the TQ.‬

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November 10, 2015

Atsushi Hara wins at Serpent GT Cup Series Rd3

‪Atsushi Hara wins at Serpent GT Cup Series Rd3‬

Round 3 of the Serpent GT Cup Series was held this past weekend at the TRC racing track in Hong Kong. The event‬ attract‪ed‬ 60 entries which by far ‪was‬ the biggest turnout ‪in‬ the series‪’‬ history. To make the event even more special, world‪-‬famous pro-driver Atsushi Hara ‪made‬ a guest appearance ‪to compete against the other drivers using‬ Serpent‪’s‬ ‪”hand out” ‬GT Cup edition‪ nitro on-road GT car‬.‪ The race format saw triple ten minute qualifiers with the A-main being a 45 minute affair and to no one’s surprise it was Atsushi who grabbed the TQ position after the qualifiers with a 10 seconds margin on runner-up Hui. But despite having a somewhat easy A-main Hara had to call for a time-out just before the start as a faulty connector within the transmitter caused him problems and he had to start from the back of the field after getting it fixed. At the end of a very entertaining A-main Hara took the win despite having to work himself through the field. Behind the now privateer‬ driver, Hui Chin Ho‪ ended the 45 minute main on the runner-up spot while‬ Nelson Woo‪ completed the top 3 result. The next round of the 13th of the Serpent GT Cup will be held on December 13th at the SRC racing track in Shenzen, China.‬

‪Source: Serpent [serpent.com]‬

November 9, 2015

Adam Drake doubles at JBRL Nitro Series finale

Thunder Alley Raceway Beaumont, CA. hosted the final round of the JBRL Nitro Series. The event had 180 entries and as always attracted a good mixture of World-class drivers and regional talent. Adam Drake was top qualifier in Electric Buggy and Drew Moller was the top qualifier in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck but it was Adam Drake who took the win in the premier Nitro Buggy class. Drew Moller finished second and Steve Harris rounded out the podium in third. In the Nitro Truck category Drake and Moller had a great race, but in the end Drake took the win. Moller and Gomez finished second and third. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class, Steve Harris grabbed the win followed by Drake and Snyder.

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November 9, 2015

Yaniv Sivan wins Israeli League Rd3

Round 3 of the Israeli League was held at the Speed Racing Track and after three rounds of qualifying Yaniv Sivan grabbed the TQ from Aviv Mimon and Omer Assayag. In the 40 minute main final Yaniv Sivan and Omer Assyag battled for the lead while Aviv Mimon at first hold onto the third spot with Gil Harush in tow until around the 8 minutes mark Omer Assayag had a flameout and Aviv Mimon moved to second position. With the positions looked to be settled Aviv Mimon had rare technical issue around the 36 minute mark and he had to quit, promoting Or Balulu into the second spot followed by Aviv Aviton in third. At the end it was Yaniv Sivan (Kyosho/Reds Racing/Pro-Line) who took the win from Or Balulu (Agama/Bullett/Pro-Line) and Aviv Avitan (Kyosho/O.S./Pro-Line) in second and third respectively.

Thanks to Yaniv Sivan for the report.

November 9, 2015

Autumn Shoot Out Series Rd3 – Report

The penultimate round of the Autumn Shoot Out Series was held at C.A.R.S in Chesterfield. Round 3 saw a field of over 50 entries and Andy Murray was on form in the LMP 10.5 qualifying as he took TQ by a clear three laps from Richard Norris. The 13.5 class was a lot closer with Fred Hatfield just managed to take the TQ in the last few stages for qualifying. The Formula class qualifying could’t have been more exciting, Mark Burgess took an early TQ but run into a lot of problems in the remaining rounds. It was James Wright who took control in the latter rounds with a dominant run to take TQ by a clear lap. He would be joined on the front row with Swifts team mate Stephen Baggley. The remaining five positions were split by just five seconds. For GT12, qualifying was controlled by Craig Mawson who held TQ from start to finish. He was closely followed by Mark Jewitt and Andy Murray. The final promised to be another entertaining show like Round 2.

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November 9, 2015

Jack Neal wins at Silverstone Winter Series Rd2

At the recent second round of the Silverstone Winter Series David Poulter set TQ in the 2WD Buggy class and he led a very close and entertaining final for over four minutes, under constant pressure from Schumacher teammates Nathan Waters and Jack Neal. Finally Dave made a small error, which blocked Nathan, and allowed Jack Neal to squeeze past and take the win, from David in 2nd and Nathan in 3rd.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]