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September 11, 2018

Shanghai’s N8 Club – Race Report

This past weekend, the N8 Nitro Racing Club in Shanghai saw 20 drivers come out to compete. N8 is promoting nitro on road racing in China and getting great support from manufacturers all over the world such as Matrix Tires, VP Fuel and Sunpadow Batteries. With a growing interest for nitro racing in Shanghai, N8 has become the premier Nitro RC racing Club in China. Club qualifying and race format promotes interaction and participation between members. Qualifying is an hour long where drivers decide when to set their 3 consecutive fast laps to determine final heats. 2 car bump ups in each mains give drivers a chance to make the A-Main, all mains are 30 minutes. You don’t need to bring your own pitman because mechanics are assigned thru lottery where different members get to teams up with other members every month. The club meets every 6-8 weeks.

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September 10, 2018

Hansen & Stub-Holm take Danish National titles

Last weekend the final round of the Danish Nitro On-road Championship was held at the high speed track of Næstved model Racing club. In the 1/8th class it was Martin N.O Hansen who set the pace, and claimed the TQ spot by winning three qualifying rounds. Henrik Christensen lined up in 2nd and Bo Nielsen had to settle for the 3rd spot after the qualifiers. Going into the 30-minute final Martin N.O looked to be under pressure from Henrik and Bo, as they had set a high pace and were pushing Martin until some traffic that went wrong and left Bo in the grass with a damaged rear tyre, Henrik was still on the same lap as Martin, but was unlucky when he was lapping a slower car, as he ran a little too wide which sent him airborne and damaged his car and body. This allowed Martin N.O Hansen (ARC/Novarossi/Contact) to take the win five laps in front of Henrik Christensen (Shepherd/Novarossi/Contact) in 2nd and Bo Nielsen (Infinity/Kabuto/Ulti) 3rd. That is how they also finished in the championship.

Read the 1/10th scale report here

September 10, 2018

Tamiya Benelux final – Race report

The Tamiya Benelux final is the annual closing race of the Dutch and Belgian championship series. Like the previous years, the race was held at the fast and beautiful track of MAC de Baanbrekers in Rucphen, the Netherlands. The race attracted almost 120 racers, divided in the classes of Fighter (DT03 chassis), Euro Truck (TT01E chassis with truck bodies and Carson cup 16t motor), Euro stock (TT01 or TT02 chassis with Carson cup 540 brushed motor), Euro M-chassis (mostly M07 with Carson cup 16t motor), Euro TW (TA07 with Carson cup 16T motor), F1 (21,5 brushless) and Euro GT (TRF cars with Carson cup 12T motor). Saturday was open for free practice and a 2,5 hours Endurance race with TT01 Mercedes 190 cars. Sunday saw 2 rounds of qualifiers followed by 3 finals of 7 minutes each. Due to the high number of racers and the longer finals, the last final was run at 19pm.

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September 10, 2018

Wesley van Helmond joins Sworkz 1/8th team

Sworkz have announced the addition of top Dutch 1/10 racer Wesley van Helmond to their 1/8th team. Joining Jorn Neumann in using the combination of Schumacer brand in 1/10th and Sworkz in 1/8th, Wesley will use the Sworkz S35-3 in Nitro and Electric races and together with Jarno Pijpers will form a strong national team in the Netherlands.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

September 7, 2018

Elliott Harper joins Xray Factory Team

Xray have announced that multi-time UK national champion Elliott Harper is joining their Factory Team to race the Xray T4 platform. Elliott leaves Schumacher after 3 plus years to return to a team for whom he raced with at the start of his career when he burst onto the international racing scene, making the final on his Worlds debut in Bangkok in 2008. He had the following to say about the deal.

I am very excited to rejoin the Xray factory team. Xray was the very first team I started to race professionally with almost 10 years ago, with great successes winning multiple European Junior Championships with the 1/10 Touring Car and 1/12. After collecting experiences with other teams in the last few years I am excited to be back “home” with the Xray team and I am honoured to represent them again. I am thankful for this opportunity and I’m confident that I will continue to grow and achieve the best possible results at the highest level, whilst working closely with all Xray drivers. I look forward to seeing you all at the track very soon!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 7, 2018

Top Factory names confirmed for OneTen Series Rd1&2

The organisers of the new OneTen Series presented by Infinity are delighted to announce the confirmation of a number of top factory drivers for the opening double header of the championship. Set to be held at the awesome RCI V2 Indoor carpet track in Shanghai on October 6-7, joining the top regional and local racers in attendance will be TITC Champion Akio Sobue who will be joined by his Infinity team mate and current Japanese National Champion Jin Sawada. All the way from Germany, current ETS Pro Stock Champion Jan Ratheisky will be representing Xray in both Mod and Stock and will be joined by his team mate, multiple Chinese National Champion Gary Huang. From Singapore Nicholas Lee, who is no stranger to racing in China, will lead the Yokomo factory effort and all these drivers will be on hand to provide technical support for those in attendance. More information about this and all future rounds of the series can be found here and entry for rounds 1 & 2 is now open here.

September 7, 2018

Tessmann & Rivkin win at 2018 Surf City Classic

The world famous OCRC in Huntington Beach, CA was the location for the Proline Surf City Classic this past weekend and with Xray driver Ty Tessmann in attendance, he sent us this report. ‘Once again they outdid themselves with another awesome, challenging layout and a smoothly run race. The track is very well prepped and maintained and the whole facility is top notch. It is a well known fact that after a new layout is put in, the track starts out low bite but will continue to increase in grip throughout the weekend, so to be fast your car setup has to be changing constantly to keep up with the changing condition. Tire prep is also a big factor at this race, to adjust for the changing grip level. All this combined, makes for a very challenging and competitive race. As usual all the top drivers from the US were at this race and with one of Europe’s shining stars added into the mix made for a very competitive field.

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September 6, 2018

Kyle McBride wins 2018 Indonesian Challenge

The Indonesia R/C Car Community (IRCC) together with Infinity hosted the recent 2018 Indonesian Challenge at Hobby Track Sukoharjo, an indoor track located in central Java, Solo. The event was attended by Racers from several countries, including, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and also from various provinces across Indonesia, the most notable overseas drivers were Naoto Matsukura and Kyle McBride. The format of the race is run with 4 Qualifying Rounds and Bump up Finals. Kyle McBride took the opening round TQ, followed by Matsukura in the second round. While Matsukura was not able to run the 3rd round, McBride easily took his second TQ, but Matsukura bounced back and got the TQ for the last round and with a faster time took the overall TQ.

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