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December 28, 2017

Robert Batlle signs with Hot Race Tyres

Hot Race Tyres from Italy have announced the signing of reigning EFRA European 1/8th Nitro Buggy Champion, Robert Batlle to their team. The Spanish Mugen driver has inked a 2-years contract and while running their products at events around the world, he will also assist with product development as well as being the new Hot Race Tyres distributor for Spain. Robert says:

It is an honour to let you know that I will be part of HotRace team for the upcoming years! When I tested the tires I got really surprise about the speed and consistency they have, also because of the passion Nicola put into the development of the tires, I love the way he works so I just can say yes to his project! I invite you all to test this tires as Hot Race off road tires have just two years old, but you will love the feeling of driving them!

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

December 20, 2017

Mibosport Cup Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Mibosport Cup was held at its traditional location, a sports hall in the small town of Hrotovice in the Czech Republic. Taking place the weekend before Christmas added to a holiday atmosphere and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves, as racers could be found wearing Santa’s caps and under the smell of brake cleaner was a nice touch of vanilla coming from sweets in little boxes. And even though the holidays are around the corner, the race again counted 230 entries, showing the series has place in everybody’s calendar despite it being Christmas time. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday and the majority of racers used the opportunity to fine-tune their gear. Especially the Formula class was a nice surprise, attracting 35 drivers.

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December 18, 2017

Olivier Bultynck wins at Longwy Winter Series Rd2

This past weekend the second round of the MRC Longwy Winter Series took place in Longwy, France. The event was booked out after five minutes and a total of 115 drivers attending made for some stiff competition. In the Formula category Olivier Bultynck started from pole position and he would also set the pace in the A-mains with his Shepherd car. Winning A1, also setting the fastest lap of the weekend, traffic issues in A2 prevented an early overall victory, but he came back strong in A3 to take the overall win in front of Jacques Libar (VBC Racing) and Nicolas Delisé (Roche) who completed the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 11, 2017

Alexander Hagberg wins at Charity Race

The annual Charity Race was held at the RC Landia track in Scandiano, in the region of Emilia Romagna in Italy. More than 100 drivers joined the race in multiple classes, with the main purpose being to collect money for a local children’s hospital. In the 1/12th Open Modified category, Alexander Hagberg managed to put his car on the TQ spot after three perfect runs to secure overall TQ. Alexander’s team mate, Bui Khounmy, had a great run in qualifying as well, winning Q4, to eventually line up 2nd on the grid. The finals started well for Alex with a win in A1, which he was also able to repeat in A2, with a big margin, while also setting a new sub-ten second track record. Ultimately Jonni Pagani would obtain the runner-up spot from Bui Khounmy 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 11, 2017

Phutiyotin wins East RC Invitational Year End Race

The annual East RC Invitational Year End Race was held at East Speedway, Jakarta with Touring Open Brushless as the primary class of the race. It was Yokomo’s Charlee Phutiyotin who secured the pole position for A-main by one second ahead of fellow Yokomo racer Bowie Ginting. Former ISTC World Champ Surikarn Chaidajsuriya (Destiny) would be line up 3rd ahead of local Christian Mamesah (Serpent) and Arya Seta (Mugen). The main final was run under the lights and Charlee would convert his pole position into an overall win ahead of Bowie and Muhammad Izzah (Xray).

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December 11, 2017

Völker, Mächler & Ehrbar win at EWS International

The fifth running of the EWS International saw Ronald Völker, Max Mächler and David Ehrbar take the overall victories respectively in the Modified, Super Stock and Formula classes. In the previous four editions, it had always been a British driver standing atop the podium in every class, but this time signalled a changing of the guard, as a strong international field prevented any UK drivers from taking victory this time out.

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December 9, 2017

Overnight TQ for Volker & Hofer at EWS International

Ronald Volker has taken the honours of being the first non-British driver to secure the overall pole position at the EWS International as Yokomo continued their strong showing from practice, in both Modified and Super Stock classes, as qualifying got underway. The fifth running of the race, now firmly established as the highlight of the UK racing scene and a fixture on the European calendar, saw the TQ position confirmed for the current World Champion after he set the pace in all three rounds of Qualifying held today. “All the qualifiers went well” was Volker’s reaction. Explaining that his focus had been on trying different springs throughout the day, he is searching for confidence with the car to make it as “comfortable on the bumps” as possible.

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December 7, 2017

WRCR Winter Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the WRCR Winter Series was held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Saline, Michigan. The 2017/18 season at the Washtenaw RC Raceway is drawing entries beyond the levels of the past five years. With 139 entries in nine classes, most classes had multiple heats of racing action with Stock Buggy fielding 28 cars. This round the traffic ran counter-clockwise making the back straight super fast. The Stock Buggy class continued to grow in round 3 reaching 28 entries. This round 2010 ROAR National Champion joined the party securing TQ for the event after three qualifiers. As the top group jockeyed for starting position behind Kenny, the fight to stay in the A-main continued until the last laps of the last heat. Patrick Ferris and Nat Potter made their last ditch effort to improve their qualifying times vying to bump Tom Erickson and Gary Reiser and getting into the big show. The laps clicked off with both drivers in range. Nat could not hold the pace and finished behind Gary. Patrick was able to finish strong slipping between Tom and Gary. Gary then had to edge up his times to respond. The final group ran fast and smooth which allowed Gary to set the pace he needed in the opening half. All it took was a few laps missing his marks to degrade his pace. In the end he produced his best finish of the day but was not good enough to remain in the A-main.

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