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October 11, 2016

RC-Lemans Series Rd7 – Report

The seventh and final round of the 2016 RC-Lemans Series was held in Hildesheim near Hanover. Despite the cold weather and predicted rain some drivers opted to show up already on Saturday morning and they would be able to get some practice laps under their belts until it started to rain later that day. Sunday morning started off wet meaning the opening qualifier would be held in damp conditions while Q2 and Q3 would be run on a soaking wet track. In the Modified class local hero Timo Schad, newly crowned 40+ German Champion Joachim Behnken as well as Tobias Weist all scored TQ runs with the tie-breaker handing Joachim the overall TQ from Timo and Tobias.

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October 11, 2016

Sylvain Gallo-Selva takes 2WD French Cup title

The 2016 1/10th Electric Off-road French Cup was held this past weekend in Reims, Champagne. Held at the new indoor facility of the Reims Enduro Model Car Club the event attracted some of the country’s quickest drivers and in the 2WD Buggy class it was TQ holder Sylvain Gallo-Selva who came out in front after the A-mains to take the 2016 2WD French Cup title.

Source: Yokomo France [facebook.com]

October 11, 2016

Team Titan Blitz TS035 1/8th on-road bodyshell

Team Titan have introduced the new Blitz TS035 1/8th scale nitro on-road bodyshell. Building on the popular TS030 and TS040 the body offers the initial steering response and rear end stability of the TS030 combined with the mid corner and on-power steering of the TS040, making it a third tuning option for the dedicated racer. The body is moulded from high-quality polycarbonate and available in a super-tough 1.0mm variant and also as lightweight 0.8mm and super-lightweight 0.7mm body. All include a window mask, decal sheet and they sport pre-marked bodypost and engine head positions for ARC’s R8.0 car.

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October 11, 2016

Montech and A+Paint Trophy Italy – Report

The recent Montech and A+Paint Trophy took place at the Minicar Fontanellato track in Fontanellato, Italy. Classes run were Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, Formula and Pan Car. In Touring Modified Mattia Collina took the TQ in front of Silvio Boni and Luca Torreggiani. In the final Collina would confirmed his dominant performance while Torreggiani and Boni would swap placed on the podium.

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October 10, 2016

Fotinos successful at Greek EP Off-road nationals Rd3

Round three of the Greek electric off-road nationals was held at the Zorri RC track in Athens. In the 4WD class Delbederis took the overall TQ thanks to round TQs in Q2 and Q3 but the finals were a different affair as the TQ holder struggled with traction in the opening main but he would come out fastest in A2. A3 then saw Delbederis being dead last after an incident with another car and he was only able to recover to third. Overall Fotinos (Yokomo) would take the win from Delbederis (Xray) in second and Papanikolaou (Kyosho) in third. With two races left, and thanks to his second place at round three, Delbederis now leads the overall championship.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 10, 2016

Hugo Exposto wins at Portuguese IC Track finale

The final round of the Portuguese Nitro On-road Championship was held in Funchal, Madeira. The 1/10th 200mm Touring A-main was won by Hugo Exposto from Paulo Rodrigues and Carlos Manuel, who was the championship favorite alongside Franco Vilarinho. After running into problems in his semifinal and only starting from the P10 spot, Carlos’ was able to recover with the third place being enough to win him his second national championship title with Franco Vilarinho and Hugo Mendes completing the championship podium.

View the final results here

October 10, 2016

Video – 2016 IFMAR 1/8th Gas Offroad Main Final

Action from the sixty minute Main Final at RC Tracks of Las Vegas for the 2016 IFMAR 1/8th Offroad Worlds with commentary from Jimmy Babcock

October 10, 2016

Ronnefalk hits jackpot to become World Champion in Vegas

David Ronnefalk is the new 1:8 Offroad World Champion, the Swede finally delivering on the promise he has shown ever since being crowned European B Champion in 2009. Starting from 3rd on the grid, the HB Racing driver would win the 1-hour encounter in convincing style once he got passed pole sitter & defending champion Ty Tessmann, his HB Racing team-mate eventually finishing up third. Making it a European 1-2 in the American’s own backyard, 2012 World champion Robert Batlle would take the runner-up spot recovering from some big early mistakes. With Ronnefalk claiming the sport’s greatest prize, RC Tracks of Las Vegas would put the spotlight on his replacement as nitro offroad’s next star of the future as David Ongaro, despite his age, mixed it with the biggest names in RC with ease and confidence. A back pressure pipe would deny him from finishing his first Worlds final as Vice Champion leaving the Italian 6th behind Ryan Cavalieri. With many feeling the first running of a Worlds final under floodlights would favour the American drivers, it would be Top Qualifier Jared Tebo who would be the best US finisher taking fourth 2.2-seconds up on Cavalieri.

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