March 17, 2014

Essex Winter Series final round – Report

Essex Winter Series final round – Report

The final round of the Essex Winter Series championship took place this weekend.  With the series now firmly established as the most popular indoor touring car series in the UK, the championship finale was the last opportunity for drivers to prove their skills on carpet circuits, before turning their focus to the outdoor summer season. With nice weather forecast, a few drivers took the opportunity to head outside to begin their tarmac running early, but all the main championship contenders were will in attendance, joined by some new names for the last round of the series.

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March 17, 2014

Keven Hebert doubles at Canadian on-road nats

Keven Hebert doubles at Canadian on-road nats

The 2014 Canadian Onroad Nationals took place last weekend in Southern Ontario. In the Touring Car Modified class Xray’s Paul Lemieux took the TQ honours from Keven Hebert (Team Associated) and Andrew Hardman (Yokomo). In the finals Keven took the win from Mike Haynes (Team Associated) and Andrew Hardman. The result was then blueprinted in the Touring Car SuperStock class where Keven led wire to wire to take the victory, again from Haynes and Hardman.

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March 17, 2014

Blake Bell wins TC Modified at WCICS Rd7

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Round 7 of the non-profit Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held in the mountain town of Kamloops, British Columbia. The Thompson Valley R/C Race Club hosted a great event, with 7 WCICS classes, plus F1, and as the second last round of the season, the all-important championship points on the line. In the Awesomatix sponsored Touring Car Modified class all three Western Canadian Provinces were represented. On the top spot, British Columbia’s Awesomatix sponsored Blake Bell took the TQ and win, in second was WCICS President, privateer Josh Carter from Alberta, and in Third from Saskatchewan was Xray sponsored Ryan Rice. Full results and podium pics can be found on the official WCICS website. For the next race the WCICS travels back across the Mountain passes to the oil country of Calgary, Alberta for the finals on March 28-30th.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

March 14, 2014

Martin Hofer wins at Schumacher Trophy

Martin Hofer wins at Schumacher Trophy

This past weekend the Team LaGang crew around Alberto Montecchi hosted the Trofeo Schumacher Italy, organized by Lorenzo Bigi in the small town that is Scandiano. Hosting an ETS Event back in 2012 the club has built up an amazing facility featuring one of the biggest carpet tracks you’ll find in europe. Being a two day affair, practice on Saturday already highlighted the level of competition that can be found in this area with a lot of guys doing really fast laptimes. The controlled tyre being preglued Sorex that proved to be a perfect decision since they delivered consistent performance throughout more than 10 runs. Qualifiers saw some tough fights but it was Schumacher’s Martin Hofer who managed to grab TQ honors in the Touring Car Modified category. Winning the first two finals convincingly, he wrapped up the overall win, leaving the remaining steps on the podium fully open for final number 3.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

March 13, 2014

JBRL Electric Series Rd1 – Report

JBRL Electric Series Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the 2014 JBRL Electric Series kicked off at IERC with a record entry of 415. For a single day race event this has to be some sort of world record and shows how well the Electric Off-Road Racing side of the hobby is doing. Jimmy and the JBRL crew did an amazing job of keeping a tight schedule all day and got the races done much sooner than expected considering the massive amount of entries. As for the results in the Modified classes, 4WD Modified Buggy had Brian McDuffie walking away with the win in front of Brian Sullivan and Riley Haagsma.

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March 13, 2014

Noton wins 13.5 boosted TC at New Zealand nats

Noton win 13.5 boosted TC at New Zealand nats

The 13.5T Boosted Touring Car class at the New Zealand on-road nationals had Awesomatix driver Simon Noton walking away with the TQ and win. Awesomatix teammate Jamie Holmes came in second after qualifying in 4th place but subtle setup tweaks and good driving awarded him with the runner-up spot at the end.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

March 13, 2014

Mario Miranda wins 200mm at Portuguese nats Rd1

Mario Miranda wins 200mm at Portuguese Nationals Rd1

The first race of the Portuguese nitro on-road nationals took place last weekend. At first it looked like Bruno Coelho would make a clean sweep in the qualifiers and semifinals but he ran into trouble allowing Mario Miranda to take the pole position for the final. In the main Mario and Bruno had a great battle for the lead and while Bruno looked like he would be the winner Mario was able to squeeze by in the final lap to take the win over his Xray teammate.

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