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September 28, 2016

VBC Racing announce Wildfire D09 touring car kit

Coming soon from VBC Racing is the all-new Wildfire D09 4WD electric touring car kit. Featuring a redesigned suspension geometry the D09 will be VBC’s most competitive touring car kit to date. The kit is set for a release in October and more information should surface in time for the release. Update: In the meantime we were able to dig up a list that describes the D09’s new features as well as get our hands on a couple of – pretty rough – renderings. We bring you more information as soon as they surface.

View the features list and some renderings images here

September 28, 2016

Asian Onroad Championship Rd3 – Report

The Asian Onroad Championship made its first ever appearance in South Korea at the GRC Circuit in Gimpo City, which is just a few minutes outside of Seoul, for round three of the series. The anticipation was high along with the excitement and enthusiasm as Korean racers were treated to the special appearance of some of the best racers from around the world including newly crowned IFMAR ISTC World Champion Ronald Volker, Worlds A-main finalist Naoki Akiyama, Worlds B-main finalist Ryosuke Yamamoto, and Worlds third place finisher Viktor Wilck. The stage was set for another fantastic AOC as the vibe and energy of the atmosphere was addictively electric.

Continue reading the report here

September 27, 2016

Simone Brocca wins at Italian Race of Champions

The Race of Champions was held this past weekend in Leno, Italy and in the Formula class it was Simone Brocca who walked away with the win. Top qualifier, Matteo Berlincioni had to settle for second behind Simone. Stefano Luppi would round out the top 3 result from Armando Tanzini and Ivan Milesi in fourth and fifth respectively.

Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]

September 27, 2016

Giacomo Moretti takes Swiss Formula title

The final round of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Circuit Sebastien Buemi in Aigle. In the Formula class Fenix Racing’s Giacomo Moretti snatched the overall title by winning the final round and after taking three out of five round wins and scoring four out of five TQs this year.

Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]

September 27, 2016

Alessio Mazzeo takes Italian GT Expert title

The final round of the Italian National GT Championship was held at the Lombrico track in Milazzo, Sicily. Alessio Mazzeo would take the day’s win in front of Fabio Boero and Michele Baruzzi and with the win Alessio would also take the overall title in the GT Expert category.

Source: Pepe Group [pepegroup.net]

September 27, 2016

French Electric On-road Nationals finale – Report

The final round of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Thionville in the north of France. In the 10.5T Touring class Alexandre Duchet swept the qualifying by taking five round TQs to obtain the pole position from Michael Jasmin and Pierre Delorme. In the finals Alexandre confirmed his domination by winning the opening two legs while Michael Jasmin and Pierre Delorme also maintained their second and third places. Alexandre Kunkler came in fourth from Mathieu Picaudé in fifth.

Continue reading the report here

September 27, 2016

Randy Caster teams up with T-Works

T-Works have announced the signing of Team Associated’s Randy Caster. The California-based on-road specialist, who achieved a 4th place overall at the recent ROAR Paved On-road Nationals, will use T-Works accessories and option parts in his rides from now on.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

September 27, 2016

Guankou Sunpadow Cross-Strait GP – Announcement

The 2016 Guankou Sunpadow Cross-Strait RC Car Grand Prix will be held at the ARC international raceway in Xiamen, China from November 18th to 20th. The race will be held in several electric and nitro on-road classes including Touring Modified, Touring Pro Stock and 1/8th Nitro On-road with more than 180 drivers from around the world in attendance. Drivers like Viktor Wilck, Adrien Bertin and Takaaki Shimo already signed in to race for a total prize money of 15,000 US$. Sign up for the event, hotel information and many more can be found on the official event website here and for further details you can contact the organisers using the official contact email 921397952@qq.com.