The 14th Kyosho Masters Japan were held this past weekend at the RC Land Taki track in Chiba with about 70 entries from Vietnam, South Korea, Malaysia and Japan. The 2-day event was held in Invitational, Expert and Sports classes and in the premier Invitational class it was Yusuke Sigiura who walked away with the win from Wataru Takashiro in 2nd. In 3rd Dani Choi would round out the top 3 podium result.
Image: Yusuke Sugiura
A round of the Italian LRP-AE-Challenge was recently held in memory of Matteo Ferrario on the “Valletta” track in northern Italy. After winning all three qualifiers, Capricorn team driver Federico Barbieri would start into the A-Main ahead of the Team Associated of Roberto Fabiano and the Xray of Andrea Valerio, podium finisher at the recent 13.5 Euros in Valencia. Completing his sweep of the event, Federico would go on winning all three A-main legs, finishing ahead of Andrea Simari for a Capricorn 1-2 with Umberto Pernice and his Team Associated rounding out the podium.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
The recent Swedish Nitro On-road Nationals were held at the big and fast Örebro track with drivers from Sweden, Norway and Denmark in attendance. Saturday was pretty much washed away by the rain and so it was decided to have two additional rounds of qualifying on Sunday morning. In the 1/8th class some drivers decided to race anyway and so the overnight TQ was held by Mikael Fransson from Bengt Andersson. Sunday started off nice and dry and the two remaining rounds would be held in good track conditions. Again Mikael was the fastest in front of Norwegian top driver Tom-Erik Haaversen. Due to the revised time schedule the Super Pole format was cancelled and the top 4 drivers would directly proceed into the A-main with Tom-Erik Haaversen, Magnus Bengtsson and Bengt Andersson being the lucky ones to score a direct spot on the grid behind TQ holder Mikael. In the final Mikael Fransson was able to pull away directly from the start. Behind him it was a close battle between Magnus and Tom-Erik until the latter ran into problems. This meant Magnus could take the runner-up spot in front of Per-Ola Hård who ran a solid final and finished 3rd overall.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Round 4 of the Greek 200mm Nationals was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. After four rounds of qualifying Vasilis Lykaris took the overall TQ and the pole position for the 35-minute A-main event. Right from the start Vasilis was able to pull away and he opened a significant gap on the field that he managed to bring home to take the win with a 2-lap margin on the 2nd placed driver.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
After seven seasons of tweaking and fine-tuning the race format and formula, the recent JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals was the most competitive race to date with over 280 entries and a multitude of National and World Champions in attendance. Bar none, it was the highest level of competition ever seen at an Indoor Nationals. Adding to the spice this year, the Summer INS has moved from Chico, California’s Outback Raceway to Hobby Action R/C Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. From the inaugural Desert Classic race just five months earlier, HA has come a long way with the track build and track quality providing a much smoother surface and increased grip levels.
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The fourth round of the Swiss Nitro On-road Championship recently took place in Langenthal. Already on Friday the drivers took the chance to test engines and bodies but unfortunately it was drizzling on Saturday from time to time but it was never really wet and the qualifying could be held in good track conditions. In the 1/8th class once again Simon Kurzbuch stamped his authority on his home track. He shocked his rivals with lap times under 12 seconds and was the only one to pull 25 laps in qualifying which meant he easily took the pole position for the final as the super pole race went to Silvio Hächler in front of Thomas Henzi and Michael Henzi.
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Round 4 of the Slovakian Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Bratislava Buggy Club in again very hit and dusty conditions. The event was interrupted by a heavy storm in the early afternoon but this did not stop Lucas Grainer (Team Associated) from taking the pole position and win in the 2WD Buggy class from Xray’s Michal Nagy in 2nd and Adam Urban (TLR) in 3rd. In the 4WD class it was Adam Urban (TLR) who dominated the proceedings and he would walk away with the win in the A-mains from Milos Svihran (Xray) in 2nd and Peter Tauber (Xray) 3rd.
The second round of the Indonesian Electric On-road Nationals was held at Sunter International Speedway in Jakarta with about 40 racers from all around Indonesia competing in the Touring Modified and FWD classes. In Touring Modified it was Muhammad Izzah who scored a TQ in Q1 and Q2 which secured him the pole for A-main. Q3 belonged to Christian Mamesah which meant a P2 spot on the starting grid for him. The opening two A-main legs brought different winners meaning the decision for the overall win would be made in A3. With Izzah winning A1 and Bowie coming out fastest in A2 the stage was set for an entertaining final A-main. Ultimately Izzah would lead the way by a comfortable margin with Bowie coming in 2nd while Ronny Suwarto completed the podium result.
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