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October 26, 2016

LRP-AE Challenge Italy Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the LRP-AE Challenge Italy was recently held with 70 entries for the four classes of Touring 13.5, Touring 17.5, Formula and Cinquone 299. Touring 13.5 was the most competitive category of the weekend with the top six drivers all being within two seconds. Andrea Simari would walk away with the win from Andrea Valerio who snatched the runner-up spot from fast Denny Giacomelli thanks to winning the third and final A-main. Davide Gianuzzi and Stefano Bizzoco would round out the top 5 result.

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October 26, 2016

BRCA 1/8th Electric Circuit National Rd9 – Report

With the racing season drawing to a close, the BRCA 1/8th Circuit section headed to the northern venue of Wombwell Model Car Club. With Alex Thurston only having to take home 92 points to be 1/8th Electric Circuit national champion, it seemed as if Alex had both hands on the trophy all weekend. With Saturday dry and Alex setting the pace it looked ominous for other championship contenders, but come Sunday the weather was to turn wet and after four rounds of qualifying Paul Bellinger took the TQ from Franck Dambrine and Jamie Paton.

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October 25, 2016

Daniel Rubio takes ATS Formula class title

The final round of the Andalusia Touring Series was held this past weekend at the Las Gabias track in Granada. With a second place at the final event, Daniel Rubio (MD Racing) secured himself the overall Formula class title from Xray driver Carlos Manuel Garcia and Tamiya pilot Francisco Sanchez Garcia in second and third respectively.

Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]

October 25, 2016

2016 Halloween Classic – Report

The 2016 Halloween Classic once again brought in racers from around the U.S. to The Gate in Brunswick, Ohio. The limited space available makes a pitting area a coveted badge of honor as it once again sold out, this year in only about 1 hour after going live for sign ups. Even with the extreme pressure all weekend everybody was having a blast, making new friends, and enjoying the announcing by the fabulous Mr. Chris Goetz. Having fun is the priority at The Gate, which is what helps make this race popular every year. Qualifying was hot and heavy as previous TQs fell in many classes from round 1 to round 4, keeping everyone on their toes and wrenching in the pits to find that something extra. Many former Stock class winners also jumped into the Mod arena in Touring Car while trying the test class of 12th 6.5 blinky.

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October 25, 2016

Laszlo Kiss-Orban retains Hungarian E-Buggy title

The final round of the Hungarian 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was recently held in Apaj. Pre-event favorite and reigning champion, Laszlo Kiss-Orban already had a massive 20 points lead over his closest competitor before the event but this did not stop him from taking another round win to wrap up the 2016 title and with it his second title in a row.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 25, 2016

Micha Widmaier gets Nosram power

Austrian Nosram distributors MW RC-Cars have announced that German frontrunner Micha Widmaier will use Nosram electronic products from now on. A long-time CS Electronics supporter, Micha will campaign Nosram products such as brushless motors, speed controllers and also chargers with immediate effect and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy with the products from Nosram. They have very good performance and work perfectly together with my SWorkz cars. With MW RC Cars as Nosram distributor I have a perfect support. I also want to thank CS-Electronic for the last years.

Source: MW RC-Cars [mwrccars.at]

October 25, 2016

Denney wins Expert Buggy at JBRL Nitro Series Rd7

Round seven of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. Usually situated in Southern California the 2016 series also makes two guest appearances abroad with round five being held at R/C Tracks of Las Vegas back in August and the recent penultimate round taking place in Arizona. As usual the race attracted both local talent and internationally experienced racers and so the Expert Buggy class was filled with some big guns. Ultimately it was TLR’s Tanner Denney who walked away with the day’s win from Billy Fischer (Tekno RC) and Mugen’s Mike Truhe in third.

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October 25, 2016

Micha Widmaier wins at Leonberg Indoor Race

The Leonberg Indoor Race was held this past weekend and in the competitive 1/10th 4WD buggy class it was Micha Widmaier who took the day’s win from Max Hesse in second. Veteran racer, Marcus Lübke would round out the podium result in third.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]