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September 28, 2016

Stephen Lander successful at BRCA Formula finale

Last weekend saw the final round of the BRCA Outdoor Formula National Championship at the open and flowing Halifax circuit. After a dry practice day on the Saturday, rain overnight ensured a slippery start to qualifying with drivers having to adapt their cars to the wet but drying conditions throughout the four qualifying rounds. With the already crowned Championship winner Luke Lee taking pole position it was the hard charging duo of Stephen Lander and James Wright that lined up second and third respectively.

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September 28, 2016

Jitse Miedema wins at Dutch EP On-road Nats Rd6

The sixth and final round of the Dutch Electric On-road Championship held at the Raco2000 track in Utrecht not only saw the title decision in the Touring Stock class but also the running of the 1/10th Formula class. Following Saturday’s practice the triple qualifiers would be held on Sunday and they saw Jitse Miedema taking the TQ from Daan Schuuring and Martijn van der Heijden (all Xray). In the finals Jitse made a clean sweep to take the overall win from Martijn and Daan who swapped places compared to their qualifying results, having Martijn coming in second from third placed Daan.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 28, 2016

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Worksop Series took place this past weekend with a huge entry of 153 drivers across the two classes of Buggy 2WD and 4WD. There was huge demand to try and get a race entry for this event, one of the biggest race series currently in the UK. As always round by round qualifying was the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. In 2WD Craig Collinson was trying to help his Championship get off to the best start by being on pole position for the A-final and he would come out fastest in the main too, taking the win from Richard Lowe and Greg Williams.

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September 28, 2016

Ryan Cavalieri wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd6

Round six of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League was held at Channel Islands R/C in Santa Barbara, California. The forthcoming IFMAR Worlds made for an illustrious entry field with drivers trying to put finishing touches on their worlds packages. In the Expert Buggy class Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri took the win from AE teammate, Spencer Rivkin while Japan’s Atsushi Hara (Kyosho) completed the podium result in third.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

September 28, 2016

Boy Witsarut sweeps Malaysian National League Rd5

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia played host to round five of the Malaysia National League. Saturday was qualifying day, with five 10-minute long races on the schedule, drivers had to deal with a very dusty track under incredibly hot and humid weather conditions. In the Pro Buggy class Danny K would TQ three of the five rounds to take the overall TQ but it was 6-times national champion, David Lim who would start into the A-main from the pole position followed by Boy Witsarut and Danny K. In the 60-minute long Pro A-main, Boy then managed to lap the entire field on the 20-minute mark, finishing up three laps ahead of the second-place driver, Kenny Chin. Didier Perin would obtain the final podium spot with TQ, Danny K had to settle for a sixth place overall after an incident with a marshal that stopped his engine.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

September 28, 2016

Simon Nicholson TQs & wins at QLD State Titles

The 2016 EP Queensland State Titles were held at the world class Brendale facility last weekend. In Touring Modified Simon Nicholson TQ’d followed closely by Nathan Reese in second and Lionel Saunders in third. Simon took full advantage of TQ position and got off to an early start to take a comfortable A1 and A2, Nathan having plenty of pace to stay out of trouble behind, but not enough to challenge Simon for the victory while Lionel Saunders rounded out the top 3 for an all-Yokomo podium. In the Stock class it was Keith Mackrill (Yokomo) who brought home the win.

View the Touring Modified results here

September 28, 2016

Shepherd introduce new Euro & World Champs shirt

Hot on the heels of their black/grey hooded sweater Shepherd have introduced the new “European and World Champions” T-shirt. Sporting a newly designed print on the front and the well-known Shepherd logos on the back the black 100 percent cotton shirt is available in XS to 4XL sizes from now on.

View the back side here

September 28, 2016

Yeah Racing Outdoor tool set

Yeah Racing have introduced their new Outdoor tool set that includes all popular wrenches and nut drivers needed for RC cars with metric hardware. Offering shorter-than-normal tool tips for a reduced weight and more compact dimensions the tools take less space in the pit bag, making them ideal when travelling around. Included are 1.5mm, 2.0mm and 2.5mm hex drivers, 4.0mm and 5.5mm nut drivers as well as a Phillips and flat head screw driver. The specially treated tool tips offer exceptional life span compared to standard spring steel tools. Included with the 7-piece tool kit comes a zipped back for easy transportation and storage.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]