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January 29, 2018

Tollard & Bornhorst win at Tekno Indoor Champs

Race Em RC Raceway of Rockford, Illinois hosted the Tekno Indoor Championship this past weekend. The event was held in several electric off-road classes and in the premier 2WD Mod Buggy category it was Joe Bornhorst with the TQ from Cole Tollard and Austin Wick. After the triple A-mains however it was Cole who held the upper hand courtesy of wins in A2 and A3 as Joe had to settle for 2nd with 1-3-3 finishes. In 3rd Austin Wick was able to conserve his qualifying performance.

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January 29, 2018

Andy DiBrino wins at PDX RC Underground series Rd3

Round 3 of the Rockstar Series was held at PDX RC Underground in Portland, Oregon this past weekend. Yokomo’s Andy DiBrino had a perfect day by TQing and winning the highly contested 2WD Modified Buggy class. Yokomo team manager Joe Pillars was also very fast by qualifying 2nd, just 0.5 seconds off of DiBrino. Pillars and DiBrino would then have an epic battle during the A-main where DiBrino would hold on for the win by 2-seconds over Pillars as Schumacher driver Robert Bakoczy rounded out the podium result.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

January 29, 2018

Jesse Davis doubles at Victorian State Titles

The 2018 AARCMCC Victorian State Titles were held this past weekend and it was Infinity’s Jesse Davis with a double TQ and win in both the 1/8th GP and 1/10th 200mm Touring classes. In the 1/8th category Mugen’s Jeff Hamon would come in 2nd from Mugen teammate, Tim Westwood 3rd. Over in 200mm Touring Jeff Hamon (Mugen) would snatch another vice-championship title as Ricky Kradolfer (Mugen) rounded out the podium result.

Image: Jesse Davis

January 29, 2018

Quek wins 2018 Urban Touring Series season opener

The opening round of the 2018 Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend in downtown Singapore. A strong turnout of local racers, including numerous new racers, was further boosted by the presence of Infinity’s 5-time World Champion, Naoto Matsukura, who gamely took on the challenge of running the 17.5T blinky class which the series features. In qualifying, 2017 series champ, Dominic Quek (Xray), managed to hold-off Naoto by 0.5 seconds to take the TQ in round 1 of qualifying. In qualifying round 2, however, another fast local and former TITC champion, PY Tang (ARC) would find additional pace to challenge Dominic and Naoto. After trading places throughout the 5-minute run, Dominic managed to take his second TQ round by 0.3 seconds, and with that secure overall TQ for the day. With a second 2nd place in Q3, PY Tang would qualify 2nd overall, ahead of Naoto in 3rd.

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January 26, 2018

Jean-Pierrick Sartel FX-powered for 2018

FX Engines have announced that French frontrunner, Jean-Pierrick Sartel is joining the FX Engines team for 2018. JP will attend races such as the French Nationals, the Euros and the Neo Race and he had the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy to join the FX team for this year 2018. I cannot wait to start this season with the FX engines. The performance and reliability of FX engines is great and it will allow me to win many races. I am grateful for this opportunity.

Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]

January 26, 2018

Sutrisno & Kusnowo win at Jakarta GP opener

The opening round of the Jakarta Grand Prix 2018 was held at the Sunter International Speedway in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event attracted a total of 35 racers to compete in the 1/8th on-road and GT classes with low grip welcoming the racers in the early qualifiers but things got better towards the finals. In the 1/8th on-road class track owner Sadikin Sutrisno (Xray/O.S.) converted his TQ in to a win in front of Tjokki Hasan (Serpent/O.S.) and Jeffry (Mugen/O.S.). Over in the GT category it was TQ holder Rusman Kusnowo (Xray/O.S.) who brought home the win with a 2-laps margin from Sadikin Sutrisno (Xray/O.S.) and Teddy Syach (Serpent/O.S.).

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January 26, 2018

Rafael Panayi TQs & wins at ENEOS Cup

The TQ RC Raceway off-road track of Nicosia, Cyprus played host to the recent ENEOS Cup race. Good weather made for perfect racing conditions, however the bumpy, low to medium traction track conditions were a bit of a challenge for the drivers. Xray’s Rafael Panayi was in control of things all day, taking the hattrick of TQ, win and fastest lap to round out a perfect weekend. Savvas Savva (Xray) came in 2nd from HongNor driver Charis Kkolis in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 26, 2018

Lovan RC Challenge Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Lovan RC Challenge was held last weekend with the event again attracting a lot of drivers. French top Stock driver Steve Dellatre made his entry as did Dutch ace, John Ermen while Willy Voisangrain came to defend his win at the opening round of the series. Robin D’hondt also made his entry but was unable to make it to the race unfortunately. Overall 65 entries made for some good racing – not a bad number given the popular GP3F was held on the same weekend. During practice John Ermen set a blistering pace in both the Touring EFRA and Stock classes as did young Liam van de Wouwer who excelled in the EFRA and Formula classes.

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