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September 21, 2021

Jesse Keller takes Rd4 of Dutch Nationals

Last weekend the 4th round of the Dutch Nationals took place at the Mac De Baanbrekers track. In the NK class it was Shepherd driver Jesse Keller with the victory. In qualifying he had to settle for the second place behind Robbin Hertong, but in the main final Jesse he was able to take over the lead when Robin suffered some technical problems. After 30min Jesse crossed the finishing line a lap in front of Arie Manten with Ricardo Hofmeijer completing the podium another 2 laps down. With this result the championship will be decided between Jesse and Robbin at the final race at Raco2000 On & Off Road Circuits Nederland.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 14, 2021

BRCA Clubmans Rd5 Stafford – Report

Round 5 of the BRCA Clubmans saw the racers return to one of the real favourites on the calendar, Stafford RCMCC. A huge amount of work has been done to improve the facilities, including a brand-new rostrum with a roof, hopefully to keep the sun off of us. Disabled access is also now an option with a stair lift. The usual great comfort food was on site all weekend and they even sold fresh doughnut’s, how popular were these. Onto the racing and going into this round we were past the half way point of the Championship with top three places to play for in the three classes. The Frontie Class Championship still being up for grabs. 17.5 was looking good for Andy Murray. In Formula One for Luke Lee had already wrapped up the Championship but still in attendance for more track time. Stafford could see the remaining two Championship winners all being decided.

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September 7, 2021

Dimitris Ioannidis crowned Mod TC Greek Champion

Last weekend the second round of the 2021 Greek Nats in Touring Modified and Stock classes took place in the fast but also technical track of Modelodromio Patras. In the Modified class, Dimitris Ioannidis (Awesomatix) took pole position in front of Filippos Isaakidis (Tamiya) and Kostas Sidiropoulos (Mugen Seiki). Ioannidis was able to capitalise on his TQ spot winning the first 2 legs against title rival Isaakidis awarding him the overall win and securing his 1st in this class and 3rd overall Greek Championship with one race remaining in the 2021 championship having already won the first 2 races.

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September 6, 2021

Branson & Murray win Rd4 while Jefferies secures title

The Cotswolds track hosted round four of the BRCA Touring Car series, a venue popular with UK drivers with a great layout and a good mix of fast and slow corners. Coming into this round the modified championship looked well within the grasp of Xray driver Olly Jefferies, given the way the points are allocated Jefferies would need just one more A final win to retain his modified title but there was strong opposition in his way from the likes of Chris Grainger, Kyle Branson and Zak smith, all four drivers had shown good speed in testing and this one looked hard to call.

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August 31, 2021

Carbognani & Mecugni win Italian 1/12th Rd3

The third round of the 2021 Italian Championship dedicated to 12th scale classes took place this past weekend in RC Landia, Scandiano. The race was held under the official safety protocols that ACI Sport (the Italian R/C Cars Federation) has agreed with National Authorities in order to allow full safety for all participants. In GT12, which in Italy is traditionally run according to the popular BRCA rules, Guido Carbognani repeated his impressive performance that saw him win Round 1 and 2, and took another dominant win that allowed him to stretch his lead in the Championship further. Carlo Alberto Conti took second place, while Alessandro Giubbilei, third.

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August 24, 2021

Schumacher SOOM Series Rd4 – Report

This past weekend was the fourth round of the fantastic SOOM series, there was once again a great entry of drivers present. The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. The Southport team had designed a fantastic track layout for both days of our event. The mixed weather was present on Saturday but it was dry and sunny for most of Sunday. Finally as some travel restrictions have been lifted, it allowed both Michal Orlowski and Jorn Neumann to get across to the event. In 2wd qualifying it was Neil Cragg who would take TQ to line up on pole. Tommy Hall would be 2nd and Luke Holdsworth would line up 3rd.

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August 24, 2021

Essex Winter Series 2021/2022 Announcement

The well-known Essex Winter Series (EWS) championship has announced the details of it’s special 10th Anniversary Season. Set to take place over 5 rounds at EWS’s indoor venue in the south-east of the UK, there will be classes for Modified, Super Stock (13.5 blinky), Sportsman Stock (17.5 blinky) and Front Wheel Drive. The EWS team are pleased to welcome Rush as the tyre partner for the Touring Car classes, as well as welcoming back Ride for the FWD section. Full details on the series, including dates and detailed rules can be found on the EWS website. Entries are now open via the website, but you should be quick – the series is expected to fill up very soon.

August 16, 2021

BRCA Clubmans Rd4 Coastal Ipswich – Report

Round 4 of the BRCA Clubmans took place on the East Coast of England at Coastal Model Car Racing Club. This is the smallest track on the calendar which many liken to Monaco due to the tight confinements of the track and layout. The club made a huge effort in the weeks before the meeting and the track looked fantastic in the Ipswich sunshine. Four qualifying rounds for all classes and Craig Nutting eventually took TQ in the Frontie Class, but local driver and race director George Fairweather kept him honest all day long taking the round two win looking to be the only challenger, so it was anyone’s guess what the A Final outcome would be.

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