February 13, 2017

Winter Jumps Series Rd4 – Report

Round four of the Finnish Winter Jumps Series was held at the new Äänekoski track in central Finland. The race day started with a domination of local Schumacher driver, Touko Silpola. He was the fastest driver in the practice rounds and in two of the four qualifying rounds as well. As Karri Salmela (Team Associated) got used to the track he got closer and closer to Touko and finally he was the fastest guy on the track. The battle behind Karri for the 2nd place was a really tight one. Touko Silpola, Jarno Siltanen and Juho Rajaniemi all had a shot on the podium and at the end Juho and Jarno would make up the podium behind Karri.

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February 13, 2017

Mibosport Cup Rd4 – Report

The penultimate round of the 2016/17 Mibosport Cup was held at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice with 160 drivers entering the six electric on-road and off-road classes. In the Touring Modified class qualifying it was Dominic Vogl who was closely followed by Magnus Vässmar and Matej Dobnikar. In the triple A-mains Dominic didn’t give Magnus any chance for overtaking and so he won all three A-main legs right ahead of Vässmar. In the opening two finals, the third place finishes went to Matej Dobnikar while Oliver Havránek finished third in the final A-main. So overall Dominic Vogl took the win with Magnus Vässmar and Matej Dobnikar completing the podium.

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February 13, 2017

Bowie Ginting wins at Jakarta Regionals opener

The opening round of the Jakarta Regionals was held at the Sunter International Speedway in the three classes of Open Brushless, FWD and Mini. Light rain made for changing and unpredictable traction conditions and in the Open Brushless class Bowie Ginting was the one who made the best out of the conditions by TQing round one and two of the qualifiers to grab the overall TQ and the pole position for the finals. Christian Mamesah would come out fastest in round three to grab the 2 spot on the grid.

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February 13, 2017

Team Associated International GP – Announcement

Team Associated Italy have announced the Team Associated International GP for the weekend of the 26th of March. Held at the Castelnuovo Scrivia outdoor facility the event will be held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, Touring Super Stock 13.5T, and Formula classes and it will also see workshops and a meet and greet with the AE Italy team. The race is open for everybody and entries can be made here.

February 10, 2017

Walter Floris Alpha-powered for 2017

Italian Alpha distributor Planet Racing has announced the signing of Italian off-road frontrunner, Walter Floris to the Alpha Power racing team for the 2017 season. Walter and his mechanics will take part at all major national events while also giving support to Alpha customers and to the growing Italian team.

Source: Planet Racing [alpha-rc.it]

February 9, 2017

Xray welcome Armand Lantheaume to their factory team

Xray have announced the signing of former French Champion, Armand Lantheaume to their factory team for the 2017 season. Armand will race the XB2 and XB4 platforms at both national and international level events and he has the following to say:

After extensive testing of all Xray cars last year I was just amazed by the performance and quality of the cars and I am really happy that I was given the opportunity to be part of the Xray team for 2017. I will attend all the major French races and will do my best both in racing as well helping all Xray customers. Big thanks to Xray for the trust in me and I cannot wait to hit the track.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 8, 2017

Protoform WCICS Rd5 – Report

The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series round 5 flew into the Pacific island town of Victoria, British Columbia. With a huge turnout, and racers flying in from Quebec, New Mexico, North Dakota, California and Washington, this was an all-star affair. The Touring Modified class offered  some of the best racing WCICS has ever seen, with some of the world’s top racers battling it out, and a different winner of each AAA main. Xray’s JJ Wang would set a fast TQ over a top field, and would hold off Team Associated’s Keven Hebert and Xray’s Max Kuenning for the win in leg one.

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February 8, 2017

Gubbio to host HotRace Summer Cup

Following the recent announcement of the Tonisport-supported HotRace Summer Cup the organisers have now published information of the hosting track. The fourth instalment of the popular race will take place in Gubbio and all information about the event are available here.

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