April 29, 2019

BRCA Touring Championships Rd1 – Report

The Eastbourne club on the south coast of the UK hosted round one of this year’s BRCA touring championships and following two of the top drivers swapping teams over the winter round one was eagerly anticipated. Reigning champions in both classes Olly Jefferies (Modified) and Zak Finlay (Stock) had swapped over from Xray to Schumacher, but both drivers were busy developing Schumacher’s latest touring car and this would present a golden opportunity to 2018 runner up Elliott Harper who had moved to Xray at the end of 2018 national season. Eastbourne had not been a regular venue on the UK National calendar in previous years, for many drivers this was a new venue or at the very least one they had not raced at for many years.

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April 29, 2019

Apandi wins Urban Astro Buggy Champs Rd2

Round 2 of the Urban Astro Buggy Championship offroad racing series took place over this past weekend at Urban PlaySpace in Singapore. While it was a small grid this round, it was a quality field as most of the top contenders were all in action. Round 1 winner, Sean Lee, was looking to cement his lead in the championship, and things were looking good for this young phenom as he secured TQ in the first two of the four rounds of qualifying. In round 3, Esmail Apandi took a 2-seconds win to TQ the round and setup a TQ showdown in Q4. The anticipated fight however fizzled out in Lap 3 however as the gremlins hit Esmail, leaving Sean to notch up his 3rd TQ run of the day. Esmail had to settle for a P2 start in the A-Main, with Sebastian Lee, father of Sean, qualifying 3rd, and newcomer Nicolas Madar securing the last direct spot in the A-Main. Steven Ong and Andrew Tow secured the A-Main bump-spots after finishing 1-2 in the bump-up race.

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April 29, 2019

Speed King Tour Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2019 Speed King Tour took place at the RC Stadium track in Sodegaura. The event was held in the regular Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Oval classes and a new qualifying system was in introduced for this year: only the top 5 qualifiers from the three qualifying rounds would directly proceed to the A-main with these five would also have a Super Lap race to determine the overall pole position. The A-main would be filled up with the three fastest B-main finishers plus the two fastest drivers from the lower mains. Yokomo driver Hayato Ishioka set the fastest lap time in Super Lap session with top qualifier Akio Sobue also making it in the front row of the grid. Young Xray driver Takuma Sasaki took the TQ in the Stock class but Takeshi Yokoyama got the pole position in the Super Lap session.

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April 25, 2019

Wyatt Beiter doubles at Raceparty Grand Opening race

Raceparty RC Raceway of El Paso, Texas recently hosted their Grand Opening race. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Wyatt Beiter with the TQ and win from HB Racing’s Jason Darling in 2nd and TLR’s Jose Sanchez in 3rd. Over in the Nitro Truggy category it was again Wyatt with the TQ and win to round out a perfect weekend, leaving behind Hector Muela in 2nd and Efran Seanez in 3rd.

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April 24, 2019

DJ Apolaro TQs & wins at PF Nitro Grand Prix

The 2019 Protoform Nitro Grand Prix was held at the very popular Steel City RC Speedway recently. In the 200mm Nitro Sedan class it was Capricorn’s DJ Apolaro with TQs in round 4 and 5 that secured him the overall top qualifier position after a slow start on the opening day of qualifiers. In the last round he was also way ahead for another TQ run, however DJ did not finish the run. He would maintain the overall TQ winning the tie breaker with the fastest times. For the final DJ had to install a fresh engine and did not get a chance to practice. Considering this his team decided to play it safe, and ran a rich setting and pit very early. With DJ’s pace his team knew this would still work. In the end Apolaro took home the win ahead of Serpent’s Walter Diaz in 2nd and Mugen’s Brian Thomas in 3rd. Mike Swauger in 4th and Eric Jones rounded out the top 5.

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]

April 24, 2019

30 Years of Madness Turf Opener – Report

RC Madness of Enfield, Connecticut recently held their 30 Years of Madness Turf Opener race with over 150 entries. The weather was in the driver’s favor with a cloudy yet hot day with brief rays of sun. In 2WD Buggy it was Keith Smart who led flag to flag with the win from Cameron Dopp and Tyler McCormack.

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April 24, 2019

Alexandre Laurent wins at French EP On-road Nats Rd2

Last weekend’s second round of the Electric On-road Championships saw Xray’s Alexandre Laurent walking away with win in the Touring Modified class. The event was held at the Longvic track with Alexandre Duchet (Team Associated) making a near perfect sweep in the qualifiers, after taking wins in the four final rounds. Alexandre Duchet would also win the opening A-main, however with wins in A2 and A3 it was Alexandre Laurent (Xray) who would take the overall win from Awesomatix’s Loic Jasmin in 2nd and Hugo Ragaut in 3rd. TQ holder Alexandre Duchet had to settle for 6th overall after problems in the final two A-mains.

Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]

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