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March 30, 2016

Masao Tanaka wins Carrera Cup Rd2

Infinity driver Masao Tanaka has taken an impressive TQ and Victory at the recent second round of Carrera Cup held in Kei-Tune last week. Starting from qualifying the Japanese ace driver show an unmatched speed on the track allowing him to take the TQ spot. For the 20 minutes Amain final his team adopted a very aggressive strategy deciding to change tires at the 10 minute mark; all other competitors decided not to change. The gap accumulated during tire change were huge but Tanaka’s pace were incredibly fast recovering the time wasted in the pits with a series of record lap times. With this “Qualifying mode ON” he could grab a well deserved win in front of Takayasu San and his HB R8 (9 second margin) and Hot Bodies chief engineer Miyashita San (1 lap behind) that sits on the third spot of the podium.

Source: Infinity [creationmodel.net]

March 30, 2016

Exclusive details on Xray’s RX8 2016 coming soon

With the all new Xray RX8 2016 being teased back in January, the car is now close to being released. Once again Red RC has the full exclusive for the new car’s release which will include a behind the scenes look at the car’s design and production, followed by an interview with the car’s designer Martin Hudy and culminating in the full release details of this new 1/8th onroad challenger. The exclusive coverage will begin on Friday with the behind the scenes look at the car’s design and production, so stay tuned.

March 30, 2016

Toykar Futaba OS Jakarta Open – Announcement

2016 Toykar Futaba OS Jakarta Open - Announcement

The 2016 Toykar Futaba OS Jakarta Open will be held on the Jakarta International Twin Circuit, Indonesia on May 14th to 15th in the three classes of 1/8th Nitro On-road, 1/8th GT On-road and 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring. The annual event each year attracts both experienced drivers and entry-level racers alike with the latter being highly encouraged to take part at the event that always offers a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. More information and registration can be found on the official event site by clicking here.

March 30, 2016

Viljami Kutvonen dominates Russian Touring Masters

From 26th to 27th of March 2016 the annual TC event called the Russian Touring Masters was held in St. Petersburg, Russia. This time the track had a new bigger 32x16m carpet and a new layout and for the third in a row some drivers from abroad have visited the event. Former LRP TCM winner Viljami Kutvonen from Finland with Marcel Geiger and Max Machler from Germany were racing in modified. Mad Max was also racing in 13.5 turn stock class. During qualifications there was total domination of Viljami Kutvonen in modified. Former Russian national champion Kirill Trofimov grabbed second spot showing very good speed. ETS A-main participant Maxim Laverychev lacked some pace in qualification and started from the third place on the grid.

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March 29, 2016

Michael Walton wins BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nats Rd1

The first round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship took place at the Cotswold Model Car club over the Easter weekend, with the new addition of an electric class to run alongside the nitro powered cars. With one of the highest number of drivers booked in to race within recent years, we were in for a great first round, unfortunately the British weather had other ideas with heavy downpours throughout the weekend. Qualifying saw mixed track conditions with low grip, which left a few big names in the B-final, Steve Scott secured a superb pole position for the 30 minute A-final from Clive Connolly and John Carr.

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March 29, 2016

Lars Hoppe teams up with Brilliant RC

Brilliant RC has announced the signing of German 1/8 on-road front runner Lars Hoppe. The multiple ENS, German championship and Euro B finalist will use the Brilliant accessories as well as Brilliant fuel for the upcoming season. Lars had the following to say:

I’m really happy to join the Brilliant RC team and to use these brilliant accessories, especially the great ball bearings and Brilliant RC fuel. These products will get the best out of my ARC car and REDS engines.

Source: Brilliant RC [brilliant-rc.com]

March 27, 2016

Jitse Miedema takes 2016 Dutch F1 Masters

This weekend the Heemstede track played host to the International Dutch F1 Masters. Friday started with free practice without heats and at the end of the day there were 2 rounds of free practice heats which saw Jitse Miedema with the best pace followed by his brother Tjitte Miedema and Milan Holthuis. Saturday was a nice day with the sun shining and all drivers having fun. Following 2 rounds of controlled practice it was last year’s winner Jitse who had a really good pace with the fastest time in the controlled practice followed by Roy Bakker and Sidney Blokker. Qualification was up next and it was again Jitse on position 1 followed by Milan Holthuis and Stephan Beelen. On Sunday the beginning of the day was a little bit wet what offered up some surprises but in the first final it was business as usual for Jitse who took the win followed by Milan and Sidney. In A2 there was a crash in the first lap but for the rest of the final the guys shows a good pace and clean racing. It was Jitse who would bring home the win and take the overall win for the IDFM 2016 followed by Milan and Tjitte. In the 3rd final it was again Jitse followed by Milan and Niels.

View the final standings here

March 26, 2016

Mibosport Cup 2015/16 – Season review

The 2015/16 Mibosport Cup held its season finishing final round last weekend with the series attracting a total of 487 drivers of which 245 attended in the off-road classes while the on-road categories drew a total of 242 entries. This season drivers from 9 countries including Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Great Britain, Estonia, Finland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic made their way to the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice.

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