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July 22, 2017

JJ Wang takes Q1 ahead of Nicholas Lee

The opening round of qualifying for the 3rd round of the CETC presented by Infinity in Shanghai, saw Xray driver JJ Wang continue his good form from practice to take the top spot in the Modified class. Yokomo driver Nicholas Lee finally found the pace he was lacking earlier in the day to take 2nd overall, while Awesomatix driver Rocket Zhang lost out to young Xray driver Lao Ming Hao by 0.38 seconds and had to settle for 4th. Serpent team driver Felix Law improved on his practice performance by one spot, with Xray drivers Julian Wong and Mihnea Lupu completing the top 7. Second place after controlled practice Motor King was not able to carry over that speed to qualifying and ended up in 8th.

Continue reading this report here of view the full event coverage here.

July 22, 2017

JJ Wang tops CETC Rd3 Controlled Practice with ease

The 3rd round of the first season of the CETC presented by Infinity got underway at RCI V2 in Shanghai today. After 2 rounds of controlled practice it was Xray factory driver JJ Wang, running at his home track, who topped both seeding rounds to come out on top in the Infinity Modified class with a best 3 consecutive laps of 34.196 seconds. Only 0.56 seconds behind was Yokomo driver Motor King who improved his result through a much better 2nd round, improving from 6th place after round 1, and just in front of Awesomatix driver, and new father, Rocket Zhang. Motor King’s team mate and current leader of the Arrowmax Chinese Modified standings Nicholas Lee will be seeded 4th, with Chinese Junior National Champion Lao Ming Hao taking 5th by overtaking Felix Law on the last lap of his run, the Serpent factory driver having to settle for 6th. Behind him was American Xray driver Julian Wong who was seeded 7th just ahead of young Shanghai based Malaysian Nicholas Koh.

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July 21, 2017

Muchmore sign Martin Hofer to their factory team

Muchmore Racing have announced the signing of Germany’s Martin Hofer to their factory team. The 2010/11 ETS Pro-Stock Champion and 2008 German Modified Touring national vice champion will power his Yokomo rides using Muchmore components. He had the following to say:

I’m glad to join this Muchmore Racing Team. I’m looking forward coming season and I would like to thank Mr. Jang and Kobayashi for this opportunity and hopefully many successful years together.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

July 19, 2017

Lee Martin takes 2WD European Championship title

The 2017 EFRA 1/10th Off-road European Championships are held in Pinerolo, Italy this week. After completely dry qualifying for the 2WD Championship, showers before the finals presented a new conundrum for all the drivers. England’s Lee Martin started from pole with Riccardo Berton (Kyosho) a surprise 2nd for Italy. Leg 1 saw a textbook run from Lee winning with some ease, however in the 2nd leg the changing surface conditions and a lack of information about the progress of the race nearly caught out the Yokomo driver and he slowed one lap too early almost handing victory to Michal Orlowski, but a good piece of defensive driving saw Lee over the line to claim his 6th European championship The final leg saw a win for Schumacher and Poland’s Orlowski that enabled him to take the runner up spot in the championship. With soild runs, TLR’s Reno Savoya would round out the podium result.

View the final results here

July 18, 2017

2017 Hot Race Summer Cup – Report

Gubbio in Italy played host to the 2017 Hot Race Summer Cup this past weekend. As usual the event attracted some of the country’s fastest electric on-road drivers and also guests from abroad with the 2017 edition drawing close to 100 entries for the four different on-road categories. While the racing action on the track was intense there was also a lot to do off the track with the organisers made sure everyone had a great time with loads of drinks, music and the famous Saturday evening party. Racing wise and in the Invitational Modified class it was Alessio Menicucci who took the TQ and win from Alessio Mancini and former 200mm World Champion, Alexander Hagberg in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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July 14, 2017

U.S. World Nitro Cup – Announcement

The 2017 U.S. World Nitro Cup will be held from November 29th to December 3rd at the World-famous Full Throttle RC Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida. Like every year the race will attract racers and teams from all around the World, and the 2017 edition will also include 1/8th GT and 1/8th pan car classes in addition to the traditional 1/8th on-road and 1/10th 200mm touring categories. Entries are now open here.

July 13, 2017

2017 IFMAR Electric Off-road Worlds – Stage 1 report

The organisers of the 2017 IFMAR 1/10th Electric Off-road World Championships have released their Stage 1 report. The event will take place at the ARC International RC racing track in Xiamen, China, located in the south-east part of the country. The venue is part of the huge Xiamen Sunpadow Model S&T Experience Base that offers both an off-road and on-road track with both having already seen high-class races such as the China Nationals, the Guan Kou Sunpadow Offroad GP as well as the recently rain-affected second round of the CETC. Racers will enjoy a large 900 square metre pit area, model shop, live timing system as well as free WiFi. The Worlds will kick off on Saturday the 11th of November with 2WD class registration and they will end on Saturday the 18th with the 4WD finals. More information and the entire Stage 1 report can be found on the official event website here.

July 11, 2017

Jörn Neumann and Serpent part ways

Multi-time European and German national Champion Jörn Neumann has announced his departure from chassis sponsors Serpent. The somewhat unusual mid-season split leaves questions about the future of Jörn and his mentor and mechanic Gerd Strenge as the two usually swap teams together. While it is yet unclear what’s next on the agenda for Jörn he has the following to say:

Today I need to announce that my relationship with Serpent has come to an end. We achieved great success together, with taking the European Championship title in 4WD last year as the highlight. I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone at Serpent and 2-Speed for the support they gave me during that time. At this point in my life things have recently changed. Let’s see how the future will be for me beside and on the racing track.