The MACCR track in France held the annual Charmes Cup this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was TLR’s Renaud Savoya with the TQ and also the win in the 45-minute A-main event. Two laps behind Xray’s Vincent Meertens obtained the runner-up spot as HB Racing’s David Naldini came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Image: Rusti Design [rustidesign.fr]
Coming from Infinity and made for their IF11 1/10th scale formula pan car is a carbon fibre rear axle shaft. Designed for the ball differential, the new lightweight axle gives the Formula car greater throttle response especially when racing in high traction conditions.
Round 6 of the Danish electric on-road Championship was held at Skanderborg RC this past weekend. In the Formula class Jesper Rasmussen brought home the TQ and win from David Hansen in 2nd. Philip Pedersen, 2nd after the qualifiers had to settle for 3rd overall and in front of Lasse Moller Horup and Mike Hansen.
Image: Jesper Rasmussen
The opening round of the 2019 Asian Nitro Championship was held at the Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong this past weekend. A lot of weather delays made things challenging for the organisers and racers but even with all the weather delays, the ANC crew and the racers stepped up and managed to get in two hours of practice along with three whole rounds of action packed qualifying in racing well into the night on Friday. After the seeded practice, a resort and three rounds of Friday qualifying, it was Jesse Davis with the overall TQ in 1/8th Open while Andy Moore TQ’d 1/10th 200mm Touring. Cheung Yan Hung came to on top in 1/8th Masters and Kim Yeong Ju top qualified 1/8th GT. Round 4 of qualifying was planed for Saturday morning followed by the finals and as much as everyone wished the rain delay would end, the weather gods would not be so generous. It would be later afternoon when Scotty would make the announcement that racing was called for the day and with Sunday showing more rain all day, sadly that would conclude the ANC Hong Kong Round. This means awards would be given based on the qualifying results.
MCM RC of Ciserano, Italy held the Marka Racing Trophy this past weekend. The race was held in several electric on-road classes and in Touring Modified it was Gabriele Berselli (Xray) with the TQ and win. Xpress’ Daniele Ielasi came in 2nd overall from Yokomo’s Michele Manzo in 3rd.
View the Touring EFRA 13.5T F1 Stock class podium here
The fourth and final round of the MRC Longwy Winter Series was held this past weekend. In the competitive Touring Stock Expert class it was Thomas Stenger with the overall TQ, beating Jacques Libar by only 0.16s. In the finals Thomas came out on top in A1, however he suffered a DNF in A2 while it was Jacques with the win. In the deciding A3 Thomas brought home the win only 0.12s in front of Jacques meaning he would snatch the overall from Jacques in 2nd and Tobias Späth in 3rd.
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Elliott Boots has announced his departure from long-time sponsors Kyosho on social media today. During his 8-years long partnership with the iconic Japanese brand, Elliott took two EFRA European titles, four BRCA national titles as well as many international race wins but now Boots decided to end the partnership and move along. Elliott has yet to announce his new chassis sponsor and in the meantime he had the following to say:
It is with a heavy heart that i make this announcement. After 8 years with kyosho I have decided to end my relationship with the team. It has been an amazing 8 years with some amazing results, 2 european titles, 4 british titles and many international victories.
I would like to thank Mitsuo, Kenji, Fitoshi, Zach, Christophe and especially my mechanic and very good friend Mick Cradock for all they have done for me. I want to wish Ricky, CJ, Joao, Rayan, Bryan, Oscar the best of luck in the future races. An extra special thankyou goes to Mick Cradock, we have had many races together and you always gave me support.
I feel like it is time for me to move to a new challenge and experience. I would like to wish kyosho and everyone involved all the best in the future. Further announcements will be known soon. Watch this space.
The fourth and final round of the 2018/19 Xray Racing Series Germany was held at the Arena33 in Andernach recently. 66 drivers had made their entry for the fourth round of the series and which is a new all-time high with a total of 169 drivers attending the whole season. The weekend kicked off with the official presentation of the new Xray T4F 1/10th FWD touring car with the following race being won by Oliver Kaufmann in front of Ronny Hoffmann and Andreas Jacob. In the Touring Car Stock class, run with 13.5T Hudy motors and Hudy C3 hand-out tyres, Tobias Hoefflin (Xray) surprised with the best qualifying time. Melvin Diekmann came in 2nd, four tenths of a second behind, with Jannick Namyslo (Xray) coming in 3rd. As much as Diekmann fought and stuck to the rear of Hoefflin’s car, Hoefflin prevailed in all three finals and, after spectacular races, relegated Diekmann to 2nd overall. Namyslo completed the podium.
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