Round 4 of the 2019 Mauritian Cup was held this past weekend with drivers from Reunion Island, Mauritius and France in attendance. When the dust had settled and in the 1/10th Touring 10.5T Boosted class it was Jovanni Appasamy with the overall win from Kevin Robert in 2nd and Miguel Thiong-Soui-Ho in 3rd.
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The final round of the Indonesia Buggy Nationals was held at the C-Netic RC Track in Surabaya, East Java last weekend. A total of 46 drivers from Jakarta, Medan, Padang, Batam, Banjarmasin, Pontianak, Makasar as well as local racers attended this event whose schedule saw six rounds of 10-minute qualifying followed by bump-up finals. After the six rounds of qualifying it was Jason Nugroho (HB Racing/Ninja) with the overall TQ honours, unfortunately in the A-main final he suffered from two flame-outs because of flywheel problems and finished in 2nd place. Up front it was Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Ninja) who would walk away with the win as Rama Tribudiman (Kyosho/O.S.) came in 3rd to round out the podium.
The 2019 Tonisport Master were held at the Arena33 indoor track in Andernach this past weekend. In the competitive Touring 13.5T class it was Frederik Brolos Mikkelsen with the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifying rounds, leaving behind Simon Lauter on the runner-up spot. The opening A-main again saw Frederik holding the upper hand from Tobias Vogel while in A2 it was Simon with the win from Frederik. The deciding A3 was again won by Frederik as Simon and Tobias came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Overall it was Frederik with the win as Simon and Tobias came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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The final round of the Dutch IC Track Nationals was held at the EVMC Velp track last weekend. Due to unstable weather conditions practice was difficult and also the start of the race was still troublesome due to some small rain showers. In the 1/8th NK class qualifying Robbin Hertong managed to set the fastest time on a drying track with 14 laps. Joey Sorber showed a strong performance as well and took the 2nd place in front of Jesse Keller in 3rd place.
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The past weekend saw the running of the Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club. The series in its third year and in conjunction with Schumacher Racing, remained the same with the rules and format focusing on the racing and not the budget of the racers. This year the classes remained the same with 13.5 Blinky, 17.5 Open, Tamiya Euro Trucks, GT12 and the additional of the Tamiya M-Chassis and MTC. Clashes with other events would see the numbers at a solid 50, as drivers rolled in for an action packed day of racing. Chris Lovely would be in control of the 13.5 class, taking three rounds of qualifying, Andrew Green would take 2nd with his TQ run, whilst the battle for 3rd was close between Daniel Burks and Joseph Cocking. Callum Chapman and Lisa Keen would make the main final and round out the proceedings.
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The opening round of the Midland Indoor Carpet Championship MiCC was held in Telford, UK this past weekend. The event attracted over 130 entries and in the premier Touring Modified class it was Xray’s Elliott Harper with the overall TQ and also the win in the single 5-minute A-main event, leaving behind Schumacher’s Olly Jefferies in 2nd and Awesomatix driver, Ben Cosgrove in 3rd.
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The 4th round of the CenCal Challenge was held in Fresno, California this past weekend, attracting nearly 90 entries for the 1/10th electric on-road classes. In Touring Modified it was Aaron Lewis with the overall TQ, however it was Kyle Colbert with the overall win following some entertaining A-mains that saw Kyle finish 1-10-2 while Aaron would come in 3-2-1. After the tie-breaker Kyle would hold the upper hand, leaving behind Aaron in 2nd. Young Jacob Cruz would round out the top 3 podium result.
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Former IFMAR 2WD World Champion, Hayato Matsuzaki has announced his departure from Yokomo. Hayato spent seven years with the iconic Japanese manufacturer following a successful stint with HPI Racing. Part of the development team Hayato worked on the BD touring car and YD-2 series drift car platforms with his most recent duties being team mechanic for Yokomo drivers such as Ronald Völker. The departure of Hayato means another set back for Yokomo who are currently undergoing a restructuring process following the recent leave of founder and president, Tom Yokobori. This is what Hayato has to say about his departure:
I spent really exciting time with Yokomo team, customer ,Yokomo family! Speciality YD2 project and BD9 project was really big for me. I learn a lot of things during those project with Team member of Yokomo family!
