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October 23, 2016

2016/17 Winter Jumps Rd1 – Report

The popular Finnish Winter Jumps RC off-road series recently had its opening round held at the Vaasa RC Club, host of the 2011 IFMAR 1/10th off-road World Championships. Different from other racing series that are run on grippy carpet or astroturf tracks, the Winter Jumps series also has two races held on slippery surfaces with the Vaasa round being one of them. In the 2WD race Joona Haatanen dominated every qualifier with his Team Associated buggy and he would also win the A-mains to take the day’s win from Schumacher driver Touko Silpola and Konsta Saarinen (Xray).

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October 21, 2016

BRCA 1/10th IC Nationals Rd8 – Report

The final round of the BRCA 1/10th IC National Series took place at Mendip. The Saturday practice day proved to be wet meaning that the majority of drivers would go into the race day with minimal practice time. In the 1/10th 200mm class, the championship was still up for grabs between Mark Green (Serpent/XRD F.T. Line) and Joe Kerry (Capricorn/O.S. Speed). Both drivers along with Alex Thurston (Serpent/XRD F.T. Line) set the pace in a very tight qualifying with Joe taking the TQ just 0.2 seconds ahead of Alex with Mark in 3rd a further 0.4 seconds back. In the final, both Joe and Alex hit troubles at the start allowing Mark Green to take the win and with it the 1/10th 200mm national title. James Conolly (Mugen Seiki/Picco MAG Tuned) would finish in 2nd with Joe eventually recovering to finish 3rd. In the championship, Mark would finish on 603 points with Joe in 2nd on 598 points and Alex in 3rd on 587 points.

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October 21, 2016

Australian National Title & FEMCA Champs – Report

Jeff Hamon takes out the Australian On-Road IC National Title and FEMCA Championship in the 1/8th scale class, held at England Park Raceway in Brendale, Queensland, Australia. Starting from the number 2 spot behind top qualifier Jesse Davis, Jeff went on to win his second 1/8th scale National Title for Mugen Seiki. Second place went to Daniel Burrows (ARC/Murnan Modified) with the third place going to the Creation Model Ltd. team driver Jesse Davis (Infinity/O.S.). In the 1/10th scale class, starting from the number 1 spot on the grid, Jesse Davis (Infinity/O.S.) went on to win followed in second place by Steven Jovanovic (Capricorn/Tesla) with third going to Luke Sinanian (Capricorn/Murnan Modified).

View the 200mm podium here

October 21, 2016

ROAR announces Clubman Series

ROAR in conjunction with Hobbytown Hobbyplex raceway, Fastlane Raceway and The Track have announced the new ROAR Clubman Series. This pilot program focuses on the local level of racing, it is designed to keep it simple, fair and fun. The series targets 17.5T stock racing classes using ROAR-approved non-timing ESCs and handout 17.5T motors and more information along with the basic rules can be found here.

October 20, 2016

Malin wins another OMK Fall Classic race

Malin wins another OMK Fall Classic Race

Round seven of the OMK Fall Classic Race series was held yesterday evening on a soaking wet track. Combined with the low temperatures the track was very slippery, making it a bit of a handful for all drivers. Nevertheless Xray’s Malin Karlsen once again dominated the proceedings and she took convincing TQs in every round to obtain the pole position for the triple A-mains. In the opening two finals the young lady jumped into the lead and she never looked back to take the day’s win in style and with it her fifth win out of the five rounds she attended. For A3 she opted to sit out the leg to let the other driver battle for the remaining podium spots and ultimately it was Steffen Larsen (Team Associated) who grabbed the runner-up spot by a narrow 0.5 seconds from third placed Marius Kristensen (Serpent).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 20, 2016

2016/17 Serpent UK GT8 Cup – Announcement

Serpent have released all details for the UK-based 2016/17 Serpent GT8 Cup. The 5-race series starts on October 23rd with final round 5 taking place on February 5th. The grand final will then be held on the 12th of March with all races being hosted by the popular Halifax track. The series will see nitro and electric racing using Serpent’s Cobra GT cars and standard Novarossi pullstart engines for the nitro and open motors in the electric class. Pre-glued Dragon-RC tyres are mandatory for all categories. Full details and all dates can be found here.

October 20, 2016

EC Kim takes KMRCA Touring Modified title

The recent KMRCA Korea National Championship was held at the KARS track and it saw South Korea’s front runner, EC Kim taking the win in the Touring Modified class. Ki-Hung Kim came in second from Jeong-Duk Lee in third.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

October 20, 2016

Wesley van Helmond takes Dutch Nitro Buggy title

The final round of the Dutch Nitro Buggy Championship was held at the Purmerend astro turf track. The qualifiers on Sunday started on a wet track but it would soon start to dry, meaning drivers would have to adapt the setups of their buggies quickly. At the end of the qualifying Agama’s Bart Mullink took the TQ from TLR driver Wesley van Helmond in second. Pre-event favourite Wesley had to get at least a fifth place finish in the main final to grab the overall championship but a broken clutch spring meant even an appearance in the main final was in question at the start of the semifinal. Thankfully another driver asked for a time-out so Wesley’s pit crew was able to change the spring but starting into the race Wesley had already lost two laps but putting his head down he was able to make up the time and to get a second place in the 20-minute finale. Starting from the 4 spot into the main final, Wesley quickly got into grips and he soon found himself in second place behind Jarno Piijpers. Wesley eventually got past Jarno later and he was able to open a 6-second gap on the field until he got hit by another car which bend a suspension pin of his car but he was able to proceed and even had the performance to challenge a storming Bart Mullink who was hot on his heels for the win. Changing positions several times Wesley and Bart would make it out for the win but ultimately Wesley would bring home the win after an intense race with Bart Mullink in second and Jordy Velder (Agama) in third. With five wins and three TQ spots, Wesley would then take the overall title in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class to add to his 2016 2WD championship title.

Thanks to Wesley van Helmond for the report.