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February 11, 2019

Inaugural Pan Car Grand Prix – Report

The inaugural Pan Car Grand Prix was held at the Aalborg RC Centre in Denmark over the weekend. The race was held on what is considered one of the largest tracks in the country and in the three classes of 1/12 mModified 6.5, 1/12 Stock 13.5 and Formula 21.5. In the Formula class there was excitement in all three heats between Richardt Hansen and Nicolaj Hansen, with the match between the two being close all the time. Both A1 and A2 saw the two being separated by only a couple of metres and the class was only decided in the last final when Nicolaj led but in the closing stages Nicolaj made a mistake Richardt would capitalise from to win the race from Nicolaj Hansen 2nd and Jacob Bjerregaard 3rd.

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February 11, 2019

Westergaard wins at Grassroots Racing Series Rd2

Round 2 of this year’s Grassroots Racing Series was held at SoCal Nitro Raceway in Victorville, California. In the Open Nitro Truggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ, however in the single 15-minute A-main it was TLR’s Anthony Westergaard with the win, some 7.3s in front of Adam as TLR’s Brian Sullivan rounded out the top 3 a lap down. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the TQ and win from TLR’s Anthony Westergaard 2nd and Mugen’s Marcus Garrett in 3rd.

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February 11, 2019

Ermen & Hertong win at Brieuc International Indoor GP

The 2019 Brieuc International Indoor Grand Prix was hosted by the Saint Brieuc Mini Bolides club this past weekend. The 18th edition of the race was held in several nitro and electric classes and in the premier 1/8th IC track category it was Romain Picard with he overall TQ, a lap in front of Benjamin Brasset. John Ermen would come in 3rd after a troubled qualifying. In the 30-minute main final Jon would take and early lead that he would be able to convert into a win with a 1-lap margin from Mathias Kalaris in 2nd. Gerald Colinet came in 3rd while TQ holder, Benjamin Brasset had to settle for 7th overall. In the P8 4×4 Brushless class it was Robin Hertong with the TQ and win from Stephane Bouche in 2nd and Mathieu Mayet in 3rd.

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February 11, 2019

Alessio Menicucci wins at ASI Italian Champs

The ASI Electric On-road Italian Championships were hosted by MCM RC this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Alessio Menicucci with a clean sweep after the triple qualifiers to take the overall TQ from his Xray teammate, Mustafa Alp in 2nd. The triple A-mains then again saw Alessio being the man to beat and by taking wins in all three legs he took the overall from Mustafa on the 2 spot. Giuseppe de Liguori would round out an all-Xray top 3.

Image: Alessio Menicucci

February 8, 2019

South East GT12 Regional Rd3 – Report

The final round of the popular South East regionals was held last weekend at the Sidcup Club just outside London. Racing on a slightly larger track than the previous regionals, with a mixed layout provided very close racing. As the racing got underway the championship contenders Niall Cochran and Owen Smith would be very close on pace throughout qualifying. After four rounds Niall would line up on pole from Owen by just over two seconds. James Scott qualified in 3rd and young Josepth Moore completing the top 4. In LMP David Spashett showed what was possible by taking pole from a returning Ryan Coxail by two laps, Lee Palmer qualified 3rd and Ant Lockyer completing the top 4.

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February 7, 2019

Xray Racing Series Italy Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Italy, a 3-race indoor tour, was held recently at the SRC track with 70 drivers in attendance. In the premier Touring Modified class, Menicucci lead the race from the qualifying rounds with Mazzeo, Baruffolo, Romagnoli, Piersante and Mancini fighting for the remaining podium places. In the end it was Menicucci with the win from Baruffolo and Romagnoli (all Xray).

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February 6, 2019

Gassauer & Janssen win at Dutch EP On-road Nats

The Dutch Electric On-road Indoor Nationals were held at the Racing Arena Limburg track in Sittard last weekend. The weekend saw practice on Saturday and racing on Sunday, the latter being divided into free practice, triple qualifiers and double finals. The Touring Modified class suffered from a shockingly low turnout on drivers, however ETS A-main finisher Patrick Gassauer, current Dutch modified champion Rick Van den Akker, former Belgian champion Steve Lambrechts, as well as “Party Animal” Florian Joos would still make for a very high level of driving.

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February 6, 2019

Essex Carpet Clash Rd2 – Report

After the huge success of the first round at the end of December the Essex Carpet Clash returned to Hornchurch, Essex, for round 2 of what’s proving to be a very popular new off road series, with yet again a full entry for 4WD and 2WD. After listening to the drivers feed back from the previous round, a few small changes were made to both the pitting and more importantly the track. Additional jumps were added for this round and strategically positioned to give a fun and more driver-friendly track. The addition of a cross over jump proved a real favourite with the racers and looked great for the spectators. There was a slight change in the race format for this round giving the drivers even more value for money. Practice, four round by round qualifying runs and three finals for all.

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