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June 8, 2018

Intense 1:10 battle expected at ENS Germany

After a successful opening round to the 2018 Infinity Euro Nitro Series in the Netherlands last month, Round 2 of the high profile Onroad Nitro Championship is back on familiar asphalt as the world’s best drivers descend on the Minidrom Ettlingen track in Germany this weekend (8-10 June). With the championship’s debut in Rucphen adding two new winner’s names to the ENS roll of honour, Jilles Groskamp taking 1:10 and Robin D’hondt winning 1:8, Ettlingen is a track which presents its own unique challenges. The fourth year of inclusion on the ENS calendar, the track has a traditional nitro layout but has one particularly distinct characteristic, a very fine asphalt from the 2014 resurfacing of the track. In terms of winners, in 1:10, the class proving ultra competitive given it is a World Championship year for touring cars, the track has produced a different winner each visit. In 1:8, Simon Kurzbuch has won on the previous two visits with Dario Balestri winning on the track’s first appearance on the ENS calendar in 2015, but with the championship’s 17th race attracting over 110 entries the battle for victory will be as intense as ever.

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June 8, 2018

International RC Car Championship 2018 – Report

The annual International RC Car Championship IRCC was held at the Centrai International Airport in the Japanese Aichi prefecture last weekend. This unique event is held at the airport’s event hall meaning oversea drivers can reach the track very easily with also the hotels, restaurants, shops etc. being within very short distance. The event was held in seven classes and as usual star MC, Scotty Ernst was there to announce the race and he even made his entry in the AOC FWD class, eventually finishing in 6th position. Full results of the event can be found here.

Source: IRCC [ircc.jp]

June 6, 2018

RC Lemans Series Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the 2018 RC Lemans Series was held in Düren, Germany recently. The track recently underwent some refurbishment with new track barriers fitted and in time for the event the club also laid down a fresh coat of sugar water to up the traction. Saturday kicked off with the practice rounds in beautiful weather and after a couple of runs the traction came up really nicely, making for low lap times and smiling faces all around. Sunday race day again started off in sunny weather, however there was a chance of rain in the afternoon. In the Modified LMP1 class it was a 4-horse battled for the overall TQ between Timo Schad, Tim and Kai Altmann as well as Reinder Wilms and after three rounds of intense qualifying it was Timo on pole followed by Kai, Reinder and Tim.

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June 6, 2018

Robert Batlle TQs & wins at French Mugen Cup

The 2018 Mugen Cup was hosted by the French Reims EMC club last weekend, attracting some of Europe’s fastest Mugen drivers to compete against a strong French contingent. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Spanish frontrunner, Robert Batlle with the TQ from fellow countryman Juan Carlos Canas. After the combined triple 12-minute A-mains, of which two counted for the overall results, it was again Robert who would hold the upper hand as he brought home the win some 19 seconds in front of Juan Carlos as Frenchman Eliot Marcon came in 3rd, another 24 seconds down. Marcel Guske from Germany and Kevin Michaudet from France completed the top 5 results.

Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]

June 4, 2018

Völker & Mächler win at TOS Apeldoorn

Round 5 of the Tonisport Onroad Series West Division was held at the Dutch Apeldoorn track over the weekend. The race attracted many racer from all over Europe and also overseas that tried to get some laps under their belts in preparation for the Dutch round of the 2017/18 ETS that will be held at the AMCA track later this month. In the premier Touring Modified it was the Yokomo duo of Ronald Völker and Christopher Krapp out in front with the two dominating the practice rounds, qualifiers and finals. After the qualifiers Ronald would obtain the TQ spot from Christopher 2nd and Xray’s Alexander Hagberg, who also took a round TQ, in 3rd. The finals then were a done deal for the Yokomo guys that snatched the 1-2 spots ultimately as Alexander Hagberg retained his qualifying position to round out the top 3.

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May 29, 2018

Sunpadow International RC Car GP – Announcement

The organisers of the Sunpadow International RC Car Grand Prix, held at the ARC International Raceway in Xiamen, China, have announced that the 2018 edition of the race now has been shifted a week back from its original date, now taking place from the 9th to the 11th of November. The premier classes will be 1/8th IC Track and 1/10th Electric Touring Car with additional categories being 1/8th Electric On-road, 1/8th Electric Moto and 1/5th Electric Moto. More information about the event can be found on ARC Raceway’s official website here.

May 28, 2018

Volker & Sobue complete final Reedy Race podium at Tamiya Raceway

Ronald Volker and Akio Sobue completed the podium at the 21st running of the Reedy Race of Champions, both drivers registering wins in the 12th and final round of racing at the legendary race’s final farewell to the Tamiya Raceway track. With Marc Rheinard wrapping up his 7th Reedy Race title with a win in the penultimate round of racing, the final series of races was about deciding the podium with the first race up the important one in the fight for 3rd. Contenders Sobue, Viktor Wilck and Christopher Krapp lined up together with Wilck also having an outside chance of taking second overall from Volker but his main focus was on keeping the final podium position he had held all day. Starting on the front row, Sobue got the perfect start to take the lead and while Wilck tried to chase him down he couldn’t get by the Infinity driver. With Krapp having a rough race behind them, Akio would get the win snatching 3rd overall from Wilck on tiebreak. With that position settled, the final race would see Volker and Rheinard line-up on the same grid and having duelled it out for the win all weekend until Volker suffered a DNF this morning, it would be a fitting end to the event as the pair but on a world class duel that highlight exactly why the Tamiya track has been such a hit with drivers. Coming through the field, they battled over the win with Volker putting a great pass on Rheinard even complimenting his rival afterwards on his ‘nice move’ on him. While Rheinard will go down as the last driver to win the Reedy Race at the Tamiya track, Volker has the claim of winning the last ever race.

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May 28, 2018

Rheinard bids farewell to Tamiya track with record 7th Reedy Race title

Marc Rheinard has bid farewell to the iconic Tamiya Raceway with a 7th Reedy Race of Champions title. Having come into the final day of the event, at a track many believe is what makes the unique format race so special, after starting the day with a win the Infinity driver wrapped things up in the penultimate round of racing. His 5th Reedy win at the track, which will disappear later in the year and become a storage facility, Rheinard’s man rival Ronald Volker needed a win in the 11th round after suffering a DNF a round early. With Rheinard up in the first race of the round, he made that quest even more difficult for his fellow countryman by taking his sixth win of the 21st running of the unique heads up racing event. For Volker, his disappointing day continued as he could only manage 5th in his race behind Viktor Wilck handing Rheinard the title and the honour of being the last Reedy Race winner at the Tamiya track.

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