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January 10, 2018

Arrowmax Asia Race Cup Malaysia Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Arrowmax Asia Race Cup Malaysia attracted more than 50 entries for the three classes of Touring Boosted 13.5T, Touring Pro-Stock and Formula. The Pro-Stock 13.5T champion was about to be crowned at this round who would be awarded a ticket to the grand final that is held in Japan and hosted by the iconic Yatabe Arena. The fastest of the three classes was the Boosted 13.5T category and it was Wong KokWai who was able to show that he was willing to control the field with a 12.709s lap to be seeded the number 1 driver to head off the start of qualifying. While in the Pro-Stock 13.5T class it was returning racer Max Teo who has shown that he did not loose much in term of his speed, seeding himself as number 1 driver with a fastest lap of 13.781s, while in Formula, it was Sham Arop who was able to secure the number 1 seed.

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January 10, 2018

Picco sign Micha Widmaier

Picco have announced the signing of German off-road frontrunner, Micha Widmaier to their racing team. The reigning German and European B Champion will use Picco’s V1 Team DLC engines in his 2018 campaign. Picco are happy to welcome Micha and his mechanic to the team and are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

January 10, 2018

Brian Kinwald returns to Trinity

Trinity have announced the return of RC icon, Brian “The Dirtinator” Kinwald to their team. The 1993 and 1997 IFMAR 1/10th 2WD Buggy World Champion had his own series of Kinwald-branded high-performance motors “back in the days” and the cooperation may indicate the return of such. The move is linked to a possible switch from chassis sponsors Team Associated, with whom he achieved his first worlds title back in 1993, to TLR, the squad he achieved his second Worlds title with.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

January 10, 2018

Swiss Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MRCP Indoor Race Arena in Dagmersellen near Luzern. Classes run were Touring Modified, Touring ProStock, Formula and 1/12th Pan Car 10.5T Boosted. In the Touring ProStock class, a very strong Darco Meister (Tamiya) took the overall TQ after three very close qualifyings with Kerim Kahraman (Infinity) and Daniel Burgener (Schumacher) finishing in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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January 9, 2018

Kaja Novotny doubles at Lestr Cup Rd4

The fourth round of the Czech Lestr Cup was held in Prague on a technical track laid out with the popular EOS high grip carpet. In the 2WD Buggy class Xray’s Kaja Novotny TQ’d Q1 and Q2, however in the third and final qualifier he had some mishaps that meant Max Götzl would snatch the final qualifier. Overall it was still Kaja on pole position with Max 2nd and Milan Mudra rounding out the top 3. Over in the 4WD Buggy class Kaja made a clean sweep, TQing all qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ from Max and Milan.

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January 9, 2018

Baldo brothers join Hot Race Tyres

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Bryan and Oscar Baldo to their official team for the 2018 season. The Spanish 1/8th buggy frontrunners will participate at all major races such as the Neo Race, the EFRA European and IFMAR World Championship. Bryan says:

We are happy to announce that Oscar and I will be racing for Hot Race next year. After testing the tires in several circuits, we were able to confirm that their potential is awesome. Have a lot of traction and the steering is super good. I want to thank Nicola and the entire Hot Race team for the opportunity that they have given us this year.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

January 9, 2018

Philipp Huber wins at Swiss Indoor Champs Rd2

The MRCP Dagmersellen club near Luzern, Switzerland played host to last weekend’s second round of the Swiss Indoor Championship. In the Touring Modified class and after three rounds of qualifying, Philipp Huber obtained the pole position followed by Renato Isler and local hero Mario Rigert. In the triple A-mains Philipp again stayed on top of things, taking the day’s win from Renato Isler and Marco Balmer, making it an all-Team-Magic podium.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

January 9, 2018

Widmaier & Schmitt win at Köngen Indoor Masters

The annual Köngen Indoor Masters was held in the town of Köngen in the south of Germany this past weekend. The event attracted over 100 drivers to sign up and in the 4WD Buggy class it was SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier with the overall win from Yokomo’s Luca Rau and Xray’s Sven Rodewald. Over in 2WD it was Alex Schmitt (Xray) with the win from Micha Widmaier (SWorkz) 2nd and Sven Zünd (Team C) 3rd.

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