June 17, 2019

Daniel Bernabe sweeps EFRA Buggy B Euros

The EFRA 1/8th Buggy European Championship B was held at the Silla track in Valencia, Spain this past weekend. Daniel Bernabe made a near clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking the overall TQ thanks to winning three of the four qualifying rounds. Oscar Navarro came in 2nd after the qualifiers after TQing one qualifier. The 45-minute main final then again had Daniel Bernabe (Agama/RC Concept) coming out on top, leaving behind HB Racing/Performa Racing’s Elias Johansson in 2nd, a lap down. Only two seconds back it was Mugen/Ultimate Racing’s Oscar Navarro who would round out the top 3 podium result.

View the final result here


June 16, 2019

Asian Onroad Championship Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Asian Onroad Championship was held in Seoul, Korea at the beautiful GRC Raceway. This was the fourth visit of the championship to this wonderful facility and beside some very swift local talent it was the 2006 Electric Touring World Champion Andy Moore and 2012 200mm World Champion Meen Vejrak from Thailand who bolstered up the international field. With every passing main in the Modified touring class, no one could guess a winner. In the A1 final, TQ Akio Sobue had collected a win but only managed to finish fifth in the A2 final. E.C Kim had also collected a win in the A2 final and a second place finish in the in the A2 final.

Continue reading the report here


June 16, 2019

EFRA Electric On-road European Championship – Report

The 2019 EFRA Electric On-road European Championship was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this weekend. The event started off on Thursday with three rounds of free practice, two rounds of timed practice, and one round of qualifiers. After the timed practice it was Bruno Coelho sitting in 1st position in Touring Modified, while Jan Ratheisky was 1st in Touring Stock and Formula. The day finished with the opening qualifying round where Bruno Coelho took the Modified, Oliver Bultynck took the Stock class and Jan Ratheisky topped the Formula class. Another four rounds of qualification were held on Friday. Qualification in the Stock class was very competitive and four different drivers had at least one TQ run including young Oliver Havranek. After all good racing it was Bruno Coelho taking overall TQ in mMified, Oliver Bultynck in Stock class and Jan Ratheisky in Formula.

Continue reading the report here


June 12, 2019

3rd Annual Pan Car Masters – Report

The 3rd annual Pan Car Masters was held at the iconic MRTM Lostallo track in Switzerland. More than 50 racers from seven countries attended the race that saw the running of 1/8th Electric Stock, 1/8th Electric 4S Modified, Formula, Classic Formula as well as three Pro10 classes. As usual for Lostallo the weather was constantly changing with Thursday having mixed conditions, Friday being sunny and Sunday being very mixed again. The fastest class of the weekend was Pro10 Modified with about 120km/h top speed. Tobias Weist (VIP Performance) from Germany took the TQ from fellow countryman and teammate, Timo Schad. Schad and Roger Eiffler (Team Associated) shared a TQ round but Timo hold the upper hand in the tie-breaker.

Continue reading the report here


June 11, 2019

Fabrizio Teghesi teams up with Ielasi Tuned

Ielasi Tuned from Italy have announced the signing of Italian off-road front-runner, Fabrizio Teghesi. Fabrizio will power his Kyosho rides using Ielasi Tuned’s Hummer7T WC competition engine while also helping with testing and development.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]


June 11, 2019

Davide Ongaro dominates RCGP Series Rd3 & Rd4

Rounds 3 and 4 of the newly-founded RCGP Series were held in Fehring, Austria over the weekend. Saturday’s round 3 saw Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro taking the overall TQ and he would also cruise to the win in the opening of the two A-main finals to make a first step towards taking the overall win. A last lap tangle secured Infinity’s Kyle McBride the runner-up spot from Infinity teammate, Lee Martin while the SWorkz trio of Jörn Neumann, Elliott Boots and Juan Carlos Canas came in 4th to 6th place.

Continue reading the report here


June 6, 2019

EWS Abroad 2019 – Announcement

Oli Meggitt and the EWS Team will again be holding their EWS Abroad event this summer. Taking their style of races into Europe, the race will again be held at the beautiful MAV Aigen Schlägl circuit in northern Austria on the weekend of 13-14 July. The race will be for all drivers, from hobby drivers who want a fun weekend racing, to professionals who want high level competition on a perfectly prepared track. There will be classes for all on-road electric categories, including Touring Car Modified, Super Stock 13.5 and Fun 17.5, Fronti, Formula, 1:8 Electric, and 1:5 electric Super and Stock Bike. All the information, including details on hotels and rules, can be found here and entries are open now here. For more details, please contact the EWS team at ewsevents@mail.com.


June 4, 2019

Greiner wins at EFRA GP Series Rd3 as Balestri takes title

The third and final round of the EFRA GP Series was held at the iconic Türkheim track in Germany last weekend. The 1/10th 200mm Touring class was dominated by Serpent’s Dominic Greiner, who took the win in the 45-minute A-main with a margin of three laps on runner-up, Dario Balestri (Infinity). Xray’s Leo Arnold came in 3rd, some six seconds short of Dario’s time. Carmine Raiola and Patrick Nähr completed the top 5, some two laps behind the Leo. Overall in the championship it was Dario Balestri with the title from Infinity teammate, Carmine Raiola on the runner-up spot. Serpent’s Alex Thurston came in 3rd to round out the overall top 3 podium.

View the overall top 3 podium here


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