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February 20, 2017

Coelho takes TITC with ‘hardest win’ of career

Bruno Coelho has successfully defended his TITC title after a thrilling A3 at the Infinity Addict Circuit in Thailand with the Xray driver afterwards describing the victory as the ‘hardest win of (his) career’. Winning the opening final with ease, he would crash out of A2 while leading meaning the 15th running of Asia’s most famous race would be decided between him and A2 winner Nicolas Lee in the closing encounter. Securing the overall TQ on a tie breaker with Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp, it was the Dutch driver who despite no longer being in title contention would put him under the most pressure as he had done in A2. Running bumper to bumper, Groskamp would hit Coelho allowing Ronald Volker to go to the front but it was now the battle for second that got all the attention. Having the fastest winning time, second would still be enough for Coelho to give Xray its third consecutive TITC win but having waited following the contact, Groskamp wanted to get the pass on the ETS Champion. Applying intense pressure however he couldn’t get it done as Coelho, despite the Bangkok heat, kept his cool to get the all important P2 for a win even his great rival Volker said afterwards he didn’t get easy. While Lee would get 2nd, something he was guaranteed after A2, Volker would somehow pull off an unexpected podium with 3rd thanks to his A3 win leaving Groskamp to miss the podium at what is now his home race.

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February 20, 2017

Simone Brocca wins at Swiss RC Indoor Masters

The Mini Racing Chiasso organised Swiss RC Indoor Masters was held in Chiasso, Switzerland. In the Formula class Italy’s Simone Brocca (Fenix) brought home the TQ and win from Xray’s Davide Carbone in second. Fenix driver Matteo Berlincioni would round out the podium result in third.

Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]

February 20, 2017

Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions – Announcement

The 2017 Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions will be held from the 25th to 28th of May, again at the Tamiya America Circuit in Aliso Viejo, California. Considered to be one of the most anticipated and prestigious RC races in the world the event will see open Modified, 13.5T and 17.5T Touring Car classes in addition to the event highlight, the Invitational class that features the best drivers in the world racing head-to-head over 12 rounds for the coveted title of Reedy Race Champion. Entries open Monday 20th of February here and will be taken on a first come, first served basis. More information about the event can soon be found on the official event website here.

February 20, 2017

Regalado & Apolaro win at 2017 Winternats

The 2017 Winternats were held in Fort Myers, Florida over the weekend. As usual the event attracted some of the country’s fastest on-road drivers as well as guests from abroad. In the premier 1/8th Open class the A-main was a thrill from start to finish. Roniel Regalado brought home the victory after driving a great final. Paolo Morganti had a great comeback from last place to finished second with UK’s Mark Green completing the podium in third, with all three finishing within about three seconds. A special mention goes to DJ Apolaro who was leading the race and had to retire due to a battery malfunction two laps before the end finishing fourth.

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February 20, 2017

André Fossto wins at Swedish Nationals Rd4

Southern Swedish club Wäxjö MS played host to round 4 of the South Swedish Indoor Nationals. The small track with fast, grippy corners was a real challenge for everyone and even some of the fast drivers struggled to get their car’s setup right. In qualifying André Fossto ran away with the overall TQ, followed by Kenneth Carlsson in second and Stefan Svensson in third. In the first A-Main fast veteran racer Kenneth Carlsson and Stefan Svensson fought for the runner-up spot while André Fossto would cruise to an easy win. The second main was a nail biter when the top 3 drivers were fighting for the top spots halfway through the race side by side and almost hitting each other. Ultimately André Fossto would prevail to take the day’s win from Kenneth Carlsson in second and Stefan Svensson in third.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

February 20, 2017

Team Titan Blitz TS035 pre-cut bodyshell

Team Titan’s Blitz TS035 1/8th scale bodyshell is now also available in a pre-cut variant. Coming in a regular 0.8mm and a lightweight 0.7mm variant the body shows up factory-cut and pre-drilled for the ARC R8.0 and R8.1, which means preparation time is greatly reduces while also guaranteeing perfectly cut wheel wells, engine and fuel tank openings. The EFRA homologated body is available now.

Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]

February 20, 2017

Team Bomber Type Ketter 1/12th scale pan car bodyshell

Japanese company Team Bomber have introduced the Type Ketter bodyshell for 1/12th scale pan cars. Designed to offer a sharp low-speed handling the body received a new nose section and front fender design for improved rotation while the cabin design and rear end shape still allow for good balance and rear traction when needed. The body is available moulded from lightweight 0.5mm polycarbonate and including window masks.

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February 19, 2017

Dutch Tamiya Cup Rd1 – Report

The Dutch Tamiya Cup series recently kicked off at the Racing Arena Limburg indoor track. The 30x14m track laid out with ETS carpet offered a technical layout that made for some entertaining races. The event was held in six different classes including Fighter Buggy, TT01/02 Top Stock, Euro TC and Euro GT. Also run was a Formula class and of course M-Chassis. To spice up racing, the organisers decided to use a different format of two seven minute qualifiers and two mains with the first leg being a seven minute sprint, followed by a ten minute “reverse order start” leg 2 that sees the winner of the opening leg start from P6 while the sixth place driver will start from pole and so on. The whole event was held in a very relaxed and laid back atmosphere and in the fastest class of Euro GT, Florian Joos put his TRF car on pole, followed by Robert Krens. The battle for third was won by Michel van der Velden, just in front of Martijn van der Heijden.

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