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April 2, 2016

Collari overnight TQ at 2016 Picco Challenge

Finding himself tied at the top of the standing with Alberto Picco after two of the four rounds of qualifying, Lamberto Collari is overnight Top Qualifier at the 2016 Onroad Europe Picco Challenge thanks to a better best time over his arch rival. Only gaining a fifth time in the first round due to his engine being too lean, the Infinity driver then managed to sort things out and TQ’d round 2 edging Shepherd’s Christian Cavicchioli by half a second. Despite feeling a slight understeer in the second half of the round, Lamberto looked pleased with how his package performed and is of course looking forward for the continuation of the race.

Continue reading the qualifying report here

April 1, 2016

2016 BIRC Race – Announcement

The organisers of the Bangkok International RC Car Championship got in touch to tell us that this 2016 running of this event will take place on the weekend of the 19th of June in Bangkok, Thailand. Hosted by the well known ‘Huge RC’ track built by former World Champion Surikarn C., this covered facility was just newly resurfaced. Expected to attract top racers from Europe and around Asia, the event will be open to several 1/10th on-road classes including Touring Car Modified, 13.5T boosted, 13.5T blinky and 17.5T blinky, F1 21.5T blinky as well as 1/8th, 1/10th 200mm and 1/8th GT gas on road classes. More information about the BIRC can be found here.

March 31, 2016

Hot Race Tyres selected for Gubbio 200mm Worlds

IFMAR have announced that Hot Race Tyres have been chosen as the official handout tire for the 2016 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Worlds in Gubbio, Italy. The Italian company will supply tires for each racer at 9 Euros a set with 11 sets required for the event with details of the shore and diameters to be released in due course. IFMAR also announced that Maxima, MLC and Runner Time will be supplying the handout fuel for the event.

Source: IFMAR [ifmar.org]

March 31, 2016

Le Mans Meeting Hudy Arena – Announcement

Le Mans Meeting Hudy Arena - Announcement

Hudy Arena have announced the first inaugural “Le Mans Meeting Hudy Arena” which will take place on April 30th 2016 at the Hudy Arena’s outdoor track in Trencin, Slovakia. Open to old school 1/8th gas cars from the eighties, there are also support races for the Pro 10 based 1/10 Le Mans Series and 1/10 Formula 1 classes. Full information and rules can be found here while the entry is now open here.

March 30, 2016

Toykar Futaba OS Jakarta Open – Announcement

2016 Toykar Futaba OS Jakarta Open - Announcement

The 2016 Toykar Futaba OS Jakarta Open will be held on the Jakarta International Twin Circuit, Indonesia on May 14th to 15th in the three classes of 1/8th Nitro On-road, 1/8th GT On-road and 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring. The annual event each year attracts both experienced drivers and entry-level racers alike with the latter being highly encouraged to take part at the event that always offers a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. More information and registration can be found on the official event site by clicking here.

March 30, 2016

Viljami Kutvonen dominates Russian Touring Masters

From 26th to 27th of March 2016 the annual TC event called the Russian Touring Masters was held in St. Petersburg, Russia. This time the track had a new bigger 32x16m carpet and a new layout and for the third in a row some drivers from abroad have visited the event. Former LRP TCM winner Viljami Kutvonen from Finland with Marcel Geiger and Max Machler from Germany were racing in modified. Mad Max was also racing in 13.5 turn stock class. During qualifications there was total domination of Viljami Kutvonen in modified. Former Russian national champion Kirill Trofimov grabbed second spot showing very good speed. ETS A-main participant Maxim Laverychev lacked some pace in qualification and started from the third place on the grid.

Continue reading the report here

March 30, 2016

David Ronnefalk takes eBuggy at Neo 16

Running alongside Nitro Buggy at last weekend’s Neo race, the eBuggy class was also stacked with quality. Qualifying saw Ryan Lutz take the TQ spot ahead of Team Orion’s Ryan Cavalieri in 2nd and David Ronnefalk 3rd. The single 10-minute A-Main Event would be run on Monday afternoon. With the grid set and the tone sounding, it was Tekno’s Ryan Lutz who would lead the field around for lap #1. Cavalieri & Ronnefalk would work together and keep pace with Lutz. Ronnefalk was able to make it by Cavalieri in the first couple laps and then quickly caught up to Lutz. Ronnefalk would then make a pass for the lead a few laps later and then begin putting in fast laps to try an pull away from the field. Ronnefalk would go onto take the convincing win and the Neo16 1/8 Electric Buggy Championship! Cavalieri put in a great late race charge and would finish a close 2nd. Tekno’s Ryan Lutz would go onto round out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 28, 2016

Jared Tebo takes 6th Neo win

Jared Tebo has taken an impressive 6th win at the Neo race today in the UK. While it was last year’s winner Ryan Cavalieri driving for Associated that took the top spot after qualifying it was the Kyosho racer that would start the 45 minute main from pole after winning his semi final. Starting up front Jared tried to build up an early lead by pushing very hard from the start. Surviving an early attack by a very fast starting Ryan Lutz, the Tekno driver’s race would however end very early with an engine bearing failure. This left Cavalieri back into 2nd to lead the charge on Tebo and it looked to be close as they swapped fastest laps, however by 2/3rds of the way through the race Cav had dropped back into he grasp of a fast charging Cody King as the pace from the leader up front was relentless. With 12 minutes to go King would make his way passed Cavalieri but Ryan got his head down and 2 minutes later made his way passed in a long pass that lasted several corners. Just as both were coming up to their final stop King would flame out leaving Elliott Boots up to 3rd which for a time would become temporarily 2nd as Cav took his final stop. With the final stops out of the way it was Tebo who would take the win, never slowing in his quest for a 6th win, a huge mental boost ahead of the Worlds in Vegas later this year. Cavalieri took the runner up spot some 16 seconds back and off the lead lap with Elliott Boots putting his Kyosho on the podium some 8 seconds further back. Cody King would end the race 4th with Davide Ongaro rounding out the top 5.

Image: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]