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January 22, 2018

Oscar Baldo wins at Levante Championship Rd2

The second round of the Spanish Levante Championship was hosted by the Automodelismo Sax club at the Circuito Municipal de Sax track near Alicante. Qualifying was won by newly signed Kyosho driver Bryan Baldo in front of Oscar Baldo (Kyosho) while guest driver David Ronnefalk (HB Racing) rounded out the top 3 result. In the 45-minute A-main encounter it was Oscar who would prevail as he took the win a lap in front of Bryan as Manuel Iniesta (Mugen) completed the top 3 result. David Ronnefalk, who scored the fastest lap of the race, had to settle for 9th overall after engine issues in the closing stages of the race.

Image: Baldo RC

January 22, 2018

Scottish GT12 Regionals Rd1 – Report

The first round of the BRCA Scottish GT12 regionals 2018 was hosted by Dundee and Angus Radio Controlled Car Klub. This was the first round of a four round series involving Dundee and Angus Radio Controlled Car Klub, Grampian Radio Car Club and Lothian Radio Control Car Club. The series is now in its fifth year and continued the successful format of previous years of 4 rounds of qualifying and 3 finals for all racers. As well as GT12 cars support classes for 13.5 blinky touring cars and Formula 1 cars were also offered.

Continue reading the report here

January 22, 2018

Knapp & Reilley win at Mid Winter Classic

RC Clubhouse in Warren, Michigan held their Mid Winter Classic race this past weekend and it was 1/12th on-road specialist, Andrew Knapp with the TQ in the 4WD 13.5T and 2WD 17.5T classes. In the wheeler class Andrew would be able to control the A-main, bringing home the win with a lap margin after the 5-minute main. Eric Devos would come in 2nd from George Berridge 3rd. In the 17.5T Stock Buggy main Andrew would start from pole position, however it was Ean Reilley with the win after the 5-minutes encounter. Andrew would have to settle for 2nd, some 2.5 seconds short of Ewan with Frank Jr rounding out the podium 3rd.

View the 2WD Stock podium here

January 21, 2018

VP Fuels sign Wataru Takashiro

VP Fuels USA have announced the signing of top Japanese pilot, Wataru Takashiro to their team for 2018. Wataru will use VP fuels throughout his campaign that will see appearances at all major races in Japan and overseas, such as the IFMAR World Championship in Australia, while he will also be offering trackside support.

Source: VP Fuels [vpracingfuels.com]

January 19, 2018

Team Losi Racing welcome back Brian Kinwald

Team Losi Racing have announced the return of 2-times IFMAR 2WD Buggy World Champion, Brian Kinwald to their team. The multi-time national champion brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to TLR’s racing team and he will work closely with the outfit’s development team along with their young and talented racing team to help mold them into title contenders for the future.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

January 19, 2018

David Crompton wins at HB Racing Winter Series Rd3

The third round of the HB Racing Winter Series was held at the PDMCC club in Nelson, UK. The event was rescheduled and it was HB Racing’s David Crompton who took the win from Ashley Owen (Xray) on the runner-up spot. JQ Racing’s Gavin Ottley ended the day on the final podium spot.

Image: PDMCC [facebook.com]

January 18, 2018

Champion Touring Series CTS3 – Announcement

For the 3rd Season, the CTS is making its way to 2018 with this time, seven rounds of racing for the points chase. Included are two new tracks in SoCal and one remodeled track in Norcal giving the series a variety of places to race. The first and second race will be on both old and new CRC carpet to start off the winter followed by asphalt to complete the series. The name has also changed for this year to Champion Touring Series allowing more racers from across the US and different parts of the world to compete. With the momentum in popularity of the CTS growing, expanding the series will make it more interesting to racers outside California. The season opener started on February 10th and 11th and more information can be found here.

January 18, 2018

Marco Baruffolo doubles at Italian Trophy race

The Italian Rapallo track recently held a Trophy race and it was Marco Baruffolo who walked away with the win in both the 1/8th Nitro and Electric off-road classes. Valente would come in 2nd in the nitro class from Camamo in 3rd while Marco was sidelined by Sbrana and Formisano on the electric podium.

View the E-Buggy podium here