The iconic MBV Kampenhout track played host to round four of the Belgium Electric Off-road Championship. 2WD Buggy qualifying saw TLR’s Wesley Van Helmond taking the TQ honours from Thibault Jaqueloot (Team Associated) and Schumacher’s Brent Ausloos. In the 4WD class Brent Ausloos (Schumacher) came out fastest in the qualifiers from Xray teammates Erik Michiels and Marco Briers.
The grand finale of the California Touring Series CTS was held at Warm Springs Raceway in Fremont, California, the biggest track in NorCal. The inaugural overall winner for season one in Modified Touring car is Yokomo driver Eric Albano followed by Team Associated’s Rick Hohwart in 2nd and Awesomatix driver Brandon Clements in 3rd. For his first time competing in CTS, Xray driver Max Kuenning locked up TQ in the 1st and 2nd round, Albano managed to put down a fire round in Q3 which put him at pole position for the main. From bell to bell, Albano then clinched the championship taking home a satisfying win for Yokomo.
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With a noticeable rise in track temperature due to the midday sun meaning little chance of the days opening practice times been beaten, the 9th & 10th rounds of free practice at the 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World championships was used by many as an opportunity to focus on engine run times. Over the two rounds it would be Italian Capricorn driver Luca Redaelli would would set the fastest three consecutive laps from the Serpent of Alessio Mazzeo with Alessio Agostinelli making it an all Italian Top 3 in the hotter conditions. With the temperature rise Redaelli’s time was almost 7/10th off the current fastest 3-laps of Simon Kurzbuch which was set in FP7 this morning. Best non Italian for the two rounds would be Dominic Greiner, the Serpent driver fourth fastest having posted a P3 time in FP10, just 0.003 quicker than Kurzbuch’s Shepherd.
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Team Associated have introduced the Apex 1/18th scale Touring RTR kits. The car that once was the RC18 received a new paint scheme, available in either charcoal or white, it comes with black spoked wheels, an XP radio, fluid-filled shocks, and an inline mounted Super 370 high-performance motor. A 6-cell battery and wall charger are also included. Needed for completion are just four AA cells for the transmitter.
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During last weekend’s German Electric On-road Nationals in Singen it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker to score another national title to add to his already impressive CV. Pretty much unbeatable in both qualifying and the triple A-mains, Ronald left long-term rival, Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) behind in both the qualifying and the A-main events. Left without a chance to fight for the title Marc would have to settle for second to take the vice-championship in front of fellow Tamiya teammate Christopher Krapp.
Last weekend saw the running of the BRCA supported Schumacher Scottish Grand Prix, hosted by the Stonehaven club. The BRCA touring car section were keen to explore the possibilities of including clubs further afield from the normal tracks that normally host UK nationals, disappointingly none of the big name UK drivers made the trip but that did not distract from what was a very competitive meeting. In the Modified class Peter Eagles was pre-event favourite and he went on to take TQ, and in the finals he fought off an early challenge in the first two finals from Andrew Walters and these two would be first and second with Chris Briggs completing the podium.
During last weekend’s German Electric Touring Car Nationals it was Tino Weller who took the Touring Stock Junior class title. The most popular class at the Nationals, Tino came in 6th in the B-main, a position that earned him the 2016 Junior category title.
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Simon Kurzbuch is setting the practice pace at the 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championships in Gubbio, Italy. The reigning 1:8 World Champion sits top of the time sheets from pre-event favourite Dario Balestri with 8 of the 12 rounds of free practice at the Miniautodromo Internazionale M.Rosati track completed. A driver with limited experience in the 1:10 class, Kurzbuch took his Shepherd to the fastest three consecutive laps in this morning’s opening practice bettering the fastest time of the first official practice day set yesterday evening by Balestri’s Capricorn. With no clear advantage holder so far in terms of outright pace, the top 6 so far made of drivers representing 6 different manufacturers, the separation is only 0.156 of a second. For reigning champion Alexander Hagberg his title defence has not started out well with the Xray driver finding himself 56th fastest of the 120 starters.
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