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February 27, 2018

SARDA on-road championship Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2018 South-African ORE national championship was hosted by the TRAP RC Venue in Pretoria. There is great excitement within the South African RC family with the 2018 IFMAR Worlds being hosted in Welkom later in the year. There were two practice and a pre-nationals events hosted before the nationals and all the top drivers were practising hard to fine tune the setups in hot weather conditions with the track reaching temperatures of up to 67 degrees and offering a very fast layout. In Touring Modified the qualification was a tight affair with Hein Kotze winning Q1, Jacques Liebenberg winning Q2 and Conrad Liebenberg winning Q3. Ultimately it was Hein Kotze who managed to win Q4 to secure the overall TQ.

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February 27, 2018

Scottish GT12 Regionals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the BRCA Scottish GT12 regionals 2018 was hosted by Grampian Radio Car club. The Grampian club has the biggest track in the series measuring 22m by 12m and laid out a fast track with laptimes in the low 9 seconds available for the fastest drivers. A great turnout of 23 GT12, six TC and one Formula car gave a great atmosphere in the pits and great racing on the track. Round one’s winner Andrew Edwards set an early pace and took the lead in the first three rounds of qualifying. However it was John Simpson, currently third in the championship and overall winner for the last two years who secured pole in round 4 by two seconds. Kenneth Rogers, currently second in the championship completed the top three. The A final was completed by consistently fast Graeme Dick, Dave Bruce and first time A finalist Matthew Archer finding some speed.

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February 27, 2018

Paulista Championship Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the All Racing track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, played host to round 1 of the regional Paulista Championship. The track features a sealed concrete surface and was host of last year’s Brazilian Championship. The championship is held in the two classes of Touring 13.5T blinky and Touring 17.5T blinky with especially the 13.5 class being very competitive. At the opening round the quadruple mains saw three different winners. In the end it was Dennis Picktall (Awesomatix) with the win from 2nd Erick Heshiki (Xray) and Vinicius Rabello (ARC in 3rd. These three drivers are the current champions and vice-champions of 2017 National Brazilian Championship. The 17.5T class also delivered great racing and in the end the winner was Eduardo Akel (ARC) from Leo Lima (Yokomo) and J. Marques (Xray) in 3rd.

Thanks to Roberto Modolo Jr. for the report.

February 26, 2018

Wynn & Marasco win at FSEARA on-road series Rd3

This past weekend saw round 3 of the FSEARA on-road series hosted by SS Hobbies & Raceway located in Tampa, Florida. The SS Hobbies track is a unique sealed concrete surface beautifully laid out under a steel pole barn building allowing for great racing rain or shine. Teammates Paul Wynn and AJ Marasco took a break from their usual off-road schedule to race some on-road touring car. The Pro Mod Touring car class would see Paul Wynn taking the overall TQ spot after three very close rounds of qualifying. The A-main was a great battle as Paul and Dave Vera were bumper to bumper for most of the race, but in the end, Paul was able to maintain the lead for another wire-to-wire win. Dave would finish in the 2nd spot and Monti Panzica finishing 3rd.

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February 26, 2018

2017/18 Rug Racers series Rd5 – Report

Round five of the 2017/18 Rug Racers on-road series was held this past weekend. In the 13.5 Touring class Zak Finlay put on a dominant display in qualifying to line up on pole, and he was also able to push from the start of both final legs to take a comfortable win securing the title as the battle for 2nd was a very close affair between the Awesomatix of Ashley Wiffen and Paul Pinkney’s Schumacher, trading a 2nd and 3rd place in each leg to give Ashley 2nd overall from Paul. The battle for the final podium places will now go onto the final round.

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February 24, 2018

Dustin Evans sweeps Motorama

The Motorama, the U.S.’s largest all-indoor motorsports event, took place last weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The race, which is organised by Scotty Ernst, includes 1/10th and 1/8th electric off-road racing. Motorama consists of two practice rounds Friday and one qualifier, followed by three more rounds of qualifying Saturday and Triple A-ains on Sunday. After some hard fought battles in the highly contested Modified 2WD class, Team Associated’s Dustin Evans grabbed top qualifying honours and went on to win the first and third mains for the overall victory. Teammates Cole Tollard and Alex Kosciuszek rounded out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively, giving the new Associated B6.1D the podium sweep.

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February 21, 2018

Gene Hickerson wins at 2017 FORCE Series finale

The 2017 FORCE Series finals of the eight-round series was held this past weekend at Mills Pond in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The final round was postponed due to the hurricane that went straight up the center of Florida last Fall. Mills Pond is one of if not the Most Southern track in the USA, so the weather was nice and warm all weekend long in the winter month of February. The track was treated with calcium chloride and sugar to try to keep the dust down and increase traction levels. Unfortunately the Florida sun won again and it became a dust bowl with huge ruts and bumps and cupped out jump faces, making the very simple tight layout into a real challenge due to the super high grip and sandy rutted track. 160 entries signed up to battle in the 3 -day long event.

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February 21, 2018

Hot Race Tyres sign Daniele Ielasi

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of former 1/10th 200mm World Champion, Daniele Ielasi to their team. Concentrating on his new venture, 1/8th off-road racing, Daniele will be using Hot Race Tyres products throughout his campaign that will include appearances at all major national events in 1/8th nitro and electric classes.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]