The recent Benvenuti al Sud race took place at a spectacular track with an elevation difference of 15 metres. The F1 Buggy class saw Mugen’s Davide Tortorici taking TQ and also the race win in front of Mugen team mates Giuliano Giusa and Luigi Tridico. TLR drivers Maurizioi Tinnirello and Francesco Errigo completed the top 5.
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The last round of the 2013 British 200mm National series took place at the fantastic Cotswold circuit at Kemble airfield. The conditions were much better than expected with dry weather all weekend and even some sunshine on the Sunday as well. This gave all drivers plenty of time to find the right set-up on Saturday. At the end of practice it was Joe Kerry setting the pace with his O.S. powered Serpent 747 consistently hitting 16.1 laptimes.
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The ORRCA Queensland On-Road EP titles were held at the Bayside track in Brisbane with some fierce competition, and some impressive results. The annual event is always held at the last weekend of September to coincide with the school holidays, to encourage young drivers into the sport. The Modified class saw the Australian champion, Kyosho driver Simon Nicholson taking the TQ and race win with Corey Broadstock (Yokomo) 2nd and Jason Dorn (Hot Bodies) in 3rd.
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Xray announce the seven round Xray Challenge Moravia and Slovakia Cup. The cup will be held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia on seven weekends starting at the 19th of October with the last round being held at the 29th of March 2014. The race schedule sees open practice on the Friday afternoons with three qualifiers and finals being run on Saturday. Classes run at the events are 2WD and 4WD Buggy, Formula, Formula Classic, Pan Car 1/10, Touring Car 21.5T Blinky, Touring Car 17.5T Blinky and Touring Car Modified. More information and all dates can be found here.
The fifth and final round of the Irish 1/8th off-road nationals took place at the NIMCC track in Ballymena. Mark Penny (Kyosho/Bullett/VP Pro) took TQ in the nitro class ahead of Alan Scroggie (Agama/Bullett/Beta) and Bradley Baird (JQ/nVision/VP Pro). In the 45 minute nitro main Bradley Baird got a clean start and put himself in from within the first 10 minutes. As he neared the last round of fuel stops Bradley had extended the lead to around 20 seconds but fuel gun problems made an unscheduled fuel stop necessary which allowed Mark Penny to close up. Bradley needed to have a podium finish in order to secure the overall championship so he pushed hard to hold the lead and eventually he took the win in front of Mark Penny and Barkley Abernathy (Agama/Bullett/Beta) securing him the 2013 national title.
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The 2013 Ratrace for 1/10th and 1/8th buggies was organised by Rcskool, Aytemiz Hobi and Team NCRC. In the 1/10th buggy class it was Xray driver Kerem Düzgit who took the in in front of Kayhan Torpil and Yesin Yenidünya. In the 1/8th E-buggy class Bora Deniz Aksüt came in first followed by Cengiz Gökbulut and Nebi Akgün.
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ROAR have announced the dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2014. The Hobbytown Hobbyplex Raceway will play host for the Carpet On-Road Nationals from the 26th of February to the 2nd of March. The 1/8th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 30th of April to the 4th of May by the Gulf Coast Raceway in Porter, TX, while the Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run at Thornhill Racing Circuit from June 18th through to the 22nd. Not surprisingly the Paved Electric On-Road Nats will take place at the Full Throttle Raceway in Kissimee, FL, host of the 2014 Electric On-Road Worlds, from the 30th of July to 3rd of August. Space Coast Parkway in Cocoa, FL is set to host the 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals from August 20th to 24th and last but not least come the Fuel On-Road Nationals on the weekend of October 29th to November 2nd at the Fort Myers R/C Car Club in Fort Myers, FL.
The final race of the 2013 Spanish 200mm nationals took place the Getafe track in Madrid with a total of 70 drivers attending. The schedule saw free practice on Friday with the qualifiers starting on Saturday. Intermittent rain made things interesting on Saturday with round number three being the only one run in dry conditions. Sergi Franch came out taking TQ in front of Victor Palaez and Inaki Pahissa. Johny Pastor and Juan Hidalgo completed the top 5 with hot candidate for the overall title, Edu Escandon sitting in 6th place after the qualifiers. In the final, Edu Escandon was on a mission swiftly making is way up and ending the race in first position taking not only the day’s win but also the overall championship. Juan Hidalgo came in second both in the race and the championship with Nacho Lopez ending the day in third position. Edu’s Xray team mate Fabio Barbosa completed the season in third place overall.
