The sixth and final round of the Northwest Championship Tour was held in Yakima, Washington. In the 4WD Open Buggy class Yokomo’s Jackson Andres was trying to go 6 for 6 for the NCT. He was able to TQ and take A1 and A2 for the win, taking the 4WD Championship for the series. Tekno’s Jesse Munn ended round 6 on the 2 spot from Derek Rasheed (Tekno) on the 3 spot.
The fifth round of the 2018 Speed King Tour was held at the Twin Ring Honguu outdoor asphalt track in the Aichi prefecture this past weekend. Classes held would be Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Oval. After a two month break the race attracted a lot of racers from all over Japan and the race format was as usual with triple qualifiers and a Super Lap session for the top 5 driver to determine the overall top qualifier. Destiny driver and round 4 winner Yugo Nagashima took the Modified class TQ after the three regular qualifiers and he also clocked the fastest run in the Super Lap race. Yokomo driver Ryosuke Yamamoto came on P2, while Infinity’s Akio Sobue took P3 on the grid.
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The 3rd Annual Le Mans Veteran Meeting will be held on the 28th and 29th of September at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. Classes run will include Pan Car Lemans, Formula, Touring Modified and Touring Stock 13.5T and all details can be found on social media here.
The 2018/19 edition of the Xray Racing Series Germany will kick off on the weekend of the 17th and 18th of November at the MAC Adenau club. The 5-race series will conclude with the grand finale at the Arena33 in Andernach in February and it will see the running of Touring Stock, FWD, Formula, 1/12th scale and GT12 classes and more information can be found here.
Schumacher Racing have announced the signing of 6-time BRCA Stock Touring Car Champion Zak Finlay to their team. Zak has been at the top of stock racing in the UK for numerous years and has a huge range of titles to his name including three International Carpet Challenge 13.5 Championships, three Essex Winter Series 13.5 Championships, four BTCC 13.5 Championships and two Xray XRS 13.5 UK Championship titles. Zak comes along with team mates Olly Jefferies and Marcus Askell and he had the following to say:
I am really pleased to have the opportunity to join Schumacher Racing. Feeling that now is the right time to make a move, Schumacher is a great option for me and I am excited for a new challenge. Being able to work closely with the factory and other team members, I am confident that we can deliver some good results moving forwards. I would like to thank Xray and the Hudy family for their support in previous seasons, and I wish them all the best for the future.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
The MCM RC indoor track in Bergamo, Italy will play host to the Ruddog Cup Italy on the 13th and 14th of October. The event will be held in the five classes of Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock EFRA, Touring 13.5T Handout, Formula and On-road Truck, with top drivers attending in all classes. Ruddog’s Andreas Myrberg will be present to support all attending Team Associated drivers and more information can be found on social media here.
The RC Land 23 track in Matsuzaka, Japan played host to the 2018 1/8th Off-road Japan Nationals this past weekend. Defending champion, Yusuke Sugiura (Kyosho/O.S. Engines) took the overall TQ and he also went on to win the A-main final to take a back-to-back title. Yusuke dominated the 60-minute final such that he already had a 1-lap lead some ten minutes into the race and he was able to stretch the lead to two laps with ten minutes to go. Mugen/Ninja’s Kenji Tsuruta would snatch the runner-up spot as Kyosho/O.S. Engines’ Juliya Kajiwara came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Source: O.S. Engines [os-engines.co.jp]
The last UK regional race of the Summer season was held in the form of the the final round of the SWORDS series at the brand new Plymouth track. The days winners were Josh Graham 1st, Matt Roberts 2nd and Sam Cobley 3rd. This mean that the series was then won by Sam Cobley and his HB Racing buggy, Matt Roberts (Agama) was 2nd and young Maxim Cook (Agama) was 3rd.
Source: BRCA [brca.org] | Image: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
