October 12, 2016

6th Annual JConcepts Fall Brawl – Announcement

6th Annual JConcepts Fall Brawl – Announcement

The 6th Annual JConcepts Fall Brawl will be held on October 5th at the world-famous Silver Dollar R/C Raceway in Chico, California. The track has been redesigned to support both 1/10-scale and 1/8-scale racing; eBuggy will be offered as an alternate class at the Fall Brawl. There will be race classes for everyone including Open and Pro divisions based on skill level and also the popular “First Family of RC” title will be awarded. This year’s format will be the same as in years’ past with the finishes of kids 14 and under with their father’s finishing position will be combined to determine the overall position. The team with the best finishes will be engraved on the First Family of RC Trophy. Sign ups for the race can be found here and more information can be found on the official Facebook page here.


October 12, 2016

The Swiss Carpet Race – Announcement

The Swiss Carpet Race – Announcement

Mini Racing Chiasso will hold the The Swiss Carpet Race event on the weekend of the 13th of November at the Palapenz sports centre in Chiasso, Switzerland. Classes run include Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, 1/10th and 1/12th pan car as well as Formula. Registration for the event is now open here.


October 12, 2016

Marco Buccella joins MD Racing

Marco Buccella joins MD Racing

Spanish company MD Racing have announced the signing of Italy’s Marco Buccella to their team. Marco will campaign MD Racing’s MDF14’16 formula car at events throughout the country and he has the following to say about the deal:

After several different cars that I tried over the season the MD Racing MDF14’16 got to me a very good feeling. The car is very fast and easy to drive. I want to thank Vicente Machancoses of MD Racing and Davide Marca of Minizracing.it/Markaracing.com for the opportunity to represent the team, and to look forward for achieving more great results with them. I will do my best to represent this fantastic brand in my country, Italy.

Source: MD Racing [mdracing.com]


October 12, 2016

Sergi Franch wins at Spanish 200mm Champs Rd4

Sergi Franch wins at Spanish 200mm Champs Rd4

The fourth and final round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Championship was held at the Club Carsol track. Qualifying was a very close affair between Sergi Franch, Nacho Lopez and Johnny Pastor. After three of five rounds all three drivers were tie on points but Nacho and Sergi would score one more TQ each, handing Nacho the TQ although being tie on points with Sergi. Sergi, Johnny and Raul Amella would then compete in the super pole race that gave Sergi the 2 spot on the grid as he came out fastest. The start of the main final then saw Sergi taking the lead following a mistake of Nacho and so the fight for the runner-up spot was on between Nacho and Raul following a mistake of Johnny. With 10 minutes to go, Nacho and Sergi were fighting for the lead when Nacho made contact with Sergi, resulting in a stop & go penalty for Nacho. After the incident Sergi Franch (Mugen/Novarossi) was able to lay down a very consistent pace which allowed him to keep the lead until the end of the race to bring home the win from Nacho Lopez (Serpent/Picco) and Johnny Pastor (Mugen/Novarossi) in second and third respectively. With the second place Sergi also took the vice-championship title behind newly-crowned champion, Victor Pelaez (Serpent).

Thanks to Josep Franch for the report.


October 11, 2016

Utah State Championships – Announcement

Utah State Championships – Announcement

Murf’s Intermountain RC Raceway will play host to the Utah State Championships November 3rd through the 6th. Home of the April Fools Classic, the famous clay racing surface will have a fresh layout for this event. The schedule includes a round of seating practice on Thursday evening, one round of qualifying on Friday, three rounds of qualifying on Saturday and the mains on Sunday. There will be a resort of qualifying after the second round for anyone that can’t make Thursday’s seating practice round. Categories run include Modified and Stock Buggy, Truck and SCT as well as 1/8th E-Buggy. More information including the schedule and rules can be found here.


October 11, 2016

Agustin Rodriguez takes Spanish Nitro Touring B title

Agustin Rodriguez takes Spanish Nitro Touring B title

The recent final round of the Spanish Nitro Touring Nationals was hosted by the Carsol Elche club. With a second place behind final round winner Antonio Gonzales, Agustin Rodriguez would take the Championship B title. Pablo Lopez completed the day’s A-main result in third.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


October 11, 2016

Czech 1/8th Off-road National Champs Rd4 – Report

Czech 1/8th Off-road National Champs Rd4 – Report

The fourth and final round of Czech 1/8th Off-road National Championship took place last weekend in Kolin. Steady rain the week before the race questioned the condition of the track on race day but the club did an amazing job to prepare the venue for the event. The Nitro Buggy class qualifying was lead by Jiri Mara from Max Gotzl and Frantisek Kalenda while the E-Buggy category had Kaja Novotny coming out fastest despite skipping Q2 due to rain. Max Gotzl and Milan Mudra came in second and third.

Continue reading the report here


October 11, 2016

Park Jooshin wins at Korean National Championship

Park Jooshin wins at Korean National Championship

The final round of the Korean KMRCA National Championship was recently held and the event saw Park Jooshin (Xray) walking away with the TQ and win in the 13.5T Super Sports touring class. Serpent driver Kim Sungmin, campaigning the company’s new Project 4X touring car, ended the day on the runner-up spot from Yokomo driver Ra Sungwhan.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


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