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January 30, 2017

Bruno Coelho TQs & wins at XRS Italy Rd1

The opening round of the XRS Italy was held at the Indoor Racing Chilelli track in Castelnuovo Scrivia. A high traction asphalt surface made for some entertaining racing in the five classes of Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Pro, Touring 13.5T Stock, Formula and Pan Car. The entries were sold out within hours and in the premier Touring Modified class it was Bruno Coelho (Xray) who took the TQ and win from Xray’s own Martin Hudy and Alessio Menicucci (Xray).

View the final results here

January 30, 2017

FastRace welcome Davide Ongaro

FastRace have announced the addition of young Davide Ongaro to their Super GT factory team. Finalist at last year’s Worlds in Vegas, Davide, who recently joined Team Associated, will campaign FastRace’s R-15 for the popular Super-GT class. Both Davide and FastRace are looking forward to the debut at the Italian Nationals in early March.

Source: FastRace [fastraceshop.com]

January 30, 2017

Steve Deblaere successful at Lovan Challenge Rd3

The third round of the Lovan Challenge was held at the Velocitatem Arena in Ingelmunster, Belgium this past weekend. In the Formula class it was Steve Deblaere who took the overall TQ after the three rounds of qualifying and he would also come out on top after the triple A-mains as he took wins in all three A-mains to grab the overall victory from Nic Desmet in second and Willy Voisangrin in third.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 30, 2017

Jilles Groskamp wins at 2017 Ride Futaba Cup

The 2017 Ride Futaba Cup was held at the Infinity Addict RC Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand, over the weekend. The event attracted both local racers but also international experienced drivers and three of them, Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp, Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee and Atsushi Hara, campaigning a Tamiya at this event, would make up the top 3 result in the competitive Touring Modified class.

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January 30, 2017

Jannick Namyslo wins at LRP-HPI-Challenge

The German MCRT-Aschaffenburg club recently held a round of the national LRP-HPI-Challenge and in the Touring Stock class it was Jannick Namyslo (Xray) who set the pace in qualifying. With three TQ runs Jannick easily snatched the overall TQ and he would also dominate the opening two A-mains with tone-to-tone wins to take the day’s win from Marcus Ruth (Xray) on the runner-up spot. Thorsten Zorn (Team Associated) would take the final podium spot from Jens Haller and Dirk Gündra in fourth and fifth respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 27, 2017

Tekno RC welcome Ricardo Monteiro

Tekno RC have announced the signing of Portugal’s Ricardo Monteiro to their factory team. Ricardo’s experience and talent will be a great asset to their expanding European team as well as Tekno RC racers in the EU region. His first race for his new sponsor will be the Oleiros Trophy race in February and he had the following to say:

When the opportunity came to work with Tekno, I knew I had to take it into consideration. The quality of the cars plus the people that I would work with made for an easier decision. I would like to thank Ilias Arkoudaris, Daniel Lewis and all the guys involved, I believe we will have an awesome partnership together. I am already working hard getting to know the products and will be at the tracks soon with the new cars, they are awesome!

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

January 27, 2017

HIT 129 Winter Racing Series Rd4 – Report

Round four of the Czech HIT 129 Winter Racing Series was held at the sports hall in Holesov. The weekend started off on Friday evening with free practice and resumed early on Saturday morning with more practice and the qualifiers. In the premier class of Touring Modified the race was on between top qualifier, Matej Sulc and Kuba Simurda who started from the 2 spot on the grid. In the opening final Matej was able to keep a tight racing line, leaving no room for Kuba to pass. In the second and third final though the pole sitter made smaller mistakes, allowing Kuba to go in front and to ultimately walk away with the win. Second place went to Matej while local driver, Ludvik Kurecka completed the podium result.

Continue reading the report here

January 27, 2017

Catchpole dominates British LMP12 nationals Rd4

Last weekend saw the fourth round of the BRCA LMP12 national series took place in South Shields, just south of Newcastle. The venue was filled with memories for some, having been used for the 1998 onroad IFMAR World Championships, in which David Spashett won all three classes. Returning for the 2017 event were not only David Spashett, but also a host of the UK’s leading drivers. With Alexander Hagberg away on Touring Car duty, the field was very even, meaning that a huge number of drivers went into the weekend looking for the win. Over the meeting three classes were contested, 13.5 on Saturday and on Sunday the field was split into Sports Modified (13.5) and Modified (6.5). The track laid out by the Barley Mow club was a large and open design, which required a car to flow well, whilst being very precise.

Continue reading the report here