September 4, 2023

Kurzbuch joins Ielasi Tuned

Ielasi Tuned has announced that former 1:8 World Champion Simon Kurzbuch is to use its engines to power his 1:8 Onroad programme with Mugen.  The deal will see the Swiss star join forces with former 1:10 World Champion turned engine tuner Daniele Ielasi for a formidable force with 2023 set to culminate with the World Championships in November.  Commenting on the latest driver to use his engines, Toni Gruber having won the 1:10 European title with them in June, Ielasi said, ‘Guys what can I say…..Thank You Simon! Thank you for trusting (in) my work!  Sometimes in our world unexpected “market windows” open up and when it comes to champions of Simon’s level they must be closed immediately, and this is what happened with Simon a few days ago.  We wish Simon the best of luck for his next races with us and especially for the next world championship in Japan he will use our new GP9R23 Spec2 engine.  Reacting to the announcement Kurzbuch added, ‘Here we go!  It is with immense pleasure and excitement that I announce my partnership with Ielasi Tuned.  I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Daniele Ielasi and Sabrina Ielasi for placing their trust in me and for welcoming me into their esteemed team.  This collaboration holds even greater significance as it reunites me with my long-time friend Daniele Ielasi where I have great memories of our partnership back to the year 2015 when I became the world champion in Brazil – a defining moment in my racing career. I’m looking forward to an exciting and successful future together, with the first big race soon at the ENS in Leno.’

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

September 4, 2023

MonacoRC Race Of Champions – 2023 Announcement

Monaco RC has announced that the third edition of their Race Of Champions will be held in Italy, in Lucca, at the A.S.D. Minicar Lucca track on September 30/October 1st, 2023.  The circuit is located just a short walk from the famous walls that surround the historic centre of Lucca.  The recently renovated track and the new fine-grain asphalt ensure optimal grip.  Various layouts are available, and for the MonacoRC Race Of Champions, the most technical one has been chosen.  The race will take place over two days and will feature Touring Car Mod, Touring Car Stock 13.5 EFRA, Touring Car Stock N22, and FWD categories with the Formula category also being considered.  There will be 4 qualifying rounds by round and 3 finals – on Saturday, after two qualifiers, there will be a Sprint Race with a separate award ceremony followed by dinner on the track and our impressive raffle.

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September 4, 2023

Gruber adds German 1:10 Nitro National title

Toni Gruber added the German 1:10 Nitro Onroad title to his 2023 over the weekend, the Capricorn driver making it the perfect season with two titles from the two outings he has had in the class this year having already won the European Championship in June.   Racing at the MiniCarClub Rötz track, Gruber secured the TQ ahead of Melvin Diekmann with the fastest 4-minute run in qualifying which was 3.3-second faster than his team-mates best effort.  In the 45-minute final, Gruber continued that form setting the fastest lap en route to a 9-second victory over Diekmann with Michael Heinrich completing the podium.

Image: Toni Gruber [Facebook]

September 4, 2023

Orlowski dominates ETS Andernach

Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski put in a dominant performance to take the win at the third round of the Euro Touring Series in Andernach, Germany.  Winner of the season opener in the Netherlands but absent from Round 2 in Austria due to offroad commitments at the 1:10 European Championships, the Polish driver returned to onroad and picked up where he left off.  In qualifying he totally dominated topping all 4 rounds at Arena33 to secure the TQ ahead of the Mugen of Ronald Volker and Awesomatix of Round 2 winner Marc Rheinard.  In the finals Orlowski’s form continued and in A2 he secured his third ETS career win.  Winning A3, Volker would secure second overall with Rheinard completing the podium ahead of Eric Dankel.  In Pro stock it was also a win for the Top Qualifier with Lukas Ellerbrock taking victory over Olivier Bultynck and Round 2 winner Adam Iszay.

Image: Michal Orlowski [Facebook]

September 4, 2023

Canas leads Sworks 1-2 at European Championship

Juan Carlos Canas has finally achieved a major championship title with the rapid Spaniard leading an Sworkz 1-2 at the EFRA 1:8 Offroad European Championship in Redovan, Spain.  In qualifying, Canas was Top Qualifier topping 3 of the 5 rounds at the 2022 World Championship venue.  Reigning World Champion Davide Ongaro was P2 with the fastest time in Q2 with Bruno Coelho P3 having set the quickest time in the opening qualifier.  With Saturday originally scheduled as Finals day, the threat of heavy rain prompted a change of schedule to get the event completed by Friday night.  In the Semi Finals Canas took the first 20-minute encounter from Bryan Baldo while a retirement exited Coelho from proceedings.  In the other Semi, Ongaro took the win from Burak Kilic and Elliot Boots, but a slower race time it was Canas on pole for the final with defending champion David Ronnefalk lining up 6th.  Racing into the night and finishing under the flood lights Canas dominated the 45-minutes adding the fastest lap to his tally on the way to victory by half a lap from his 2-time European Champion team-mate Elliot Boots.  Ongaro’s Team Associated would complete the podium 4-second ahead of Mugen’s Burak Kilic with a similar gap back to Infinity’s Riccardo Berton in fifth.  Ronnefalk’s year long reign as Champion would end in a retirement with 5-minutes remaining.

Image: Sworkz [Facebook]

August 30, 2023

Lee, Nicolson, Moore & Saligupta for FEMCA C/ship

After an absence from the calendar due to Covid, the return of the FEMCA 1:10 Electric Touring Car Championship in 2023 has already attracted a number of Asia’s leading drivers with Nicolas Lee, Simon Nicolson, Andy Moore and Chavit Saligupta confirmed as early entries for the November 23-26th event.  With Europe having the EFRA European Championships and North America having the ROAR Nationals, the FEMCA Championships are Asia’s biggest prize with Huge RC in Bangkok, Thailand, the host track of the ISTC competition this year.  The unique indoor asphalt track is run by former ISTC World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya and is a previous World Championship host when it was the venue for the 2014 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship.  With both the Modified and 13.5T restricted to a maximum of 30 drivers each, Yokomo will be counting on World Championship Finalist Lee and multiple Australian Champion Nicolson for success in Mod while former World Champion Moore and 2023 TITC finalist Saligupta lead the challenge from Infinity.  Already drivers from Australia, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand have registered for the four day championship which will be run on a Sweep Racing ‘FEMCA 2023’ spec tyre.

Source: Huge RC Circuit [Facebook]

August 30, 2023

Sweep Racing Gen2 Mini Tyre

Sweep Racing has released a new new Mini tyre for outdoor asphalt.  Since the Mini chassis has started to get faster, the market needed a faster and durable tyre which was what led Sweep to developed a new shape of mini tyre.   New Gen2 mini tyres are based on the R3 TC tyres which are Sweep’s most popular 1:10 Touring Car tyre.  The rounder contact surface and rounded sidewall makes easy driving on multiple track conditions and bigger outer diameter provides more speed.   Gen2 mini tyres made using their latest outdoor compounds which provides much longer lifespan and consistency.  24, 28, 32, 36, 40 hardness are available with white, black or yellow wheels.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

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