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August 8, 2016

Ronald Völker takes German Touring Modified title

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.

View the final results here

August 8, 2016

Schumacher Scottish GP – Report

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.

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August 8, 2016

Tino Weller takes German Touring Stock Junior title

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.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

August 8, 2016

Kurzbuch setting practice pace at 200mm Worlds

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.

Continue reading this report here or view our full event coverage here.

August 8, 2016

RC LeMans Series South division finale – Report

The final round of the RC LeMans Series South division was held at the MSC Rötz club this past weekend. The event also was the warm-up race for the German Nationals in September and beside the usual classes of LMP1 Modified and LMP2 Stock the race also offered a chance for drivers to run in the growing 1/8th Electric Modified and Stock Buri categories. In the LMP1 class it was Tobias Weist who took the TQ with a 2-laps margin on local hero, Bernhard Hummel and Roman Krejci. Hot on the heels were also Christian Fischer and Timo Schad.

Continue reading the report here

August 8, 2016

DJ Apolaro to run Capricorn tyres

Italian company Capricorn have announced that US frontrunner, DJ Apolaro will be using the company’s line of tyres from now on. Already part of the US Capricorn team for many years, successfully campaigning their nitro kits, the former Matrix driver will now also rely on Capricorn rubber and he has the following to say about the deal:

First let me say that I am very grateful for all the support from Matrix and Cristian Boni over the years. He has a great product and I made a great friend in him. He has real passion for the sport and knows how to have a good time at the track.

I must say that I am really looking forward to racing with the Capricorn tires. Having been a Capricorn driver over the years it just feels good to complete the circle. Patrizio has put a lot of thought and effort into making a great rim for the highest level of performance. I am excited to have my first event at the upcoming GLC! Please feel free to come by and ask any questions.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

August 8, 2016

Nejc Mihelič takes Austrian 1/8th Nitro On-road title

Last weekend saw the running of the final round of the Austrian 1/8th scale Nitro On-road National Championships. Held at the LAMAC track and going into the final round the race for the overall championship was still on between Nejc Mihelič, Herfried Pucher and Gerhard Kandelhart. Mihelic showed a great pace on Saturday as he won two out of two qualifiers, but he would make some mistakes on Sunday of which Pucher took maximum advantage to take the overall TQ. Mihelic then came out fastest in the Superpole by 2 tenths of a second to grab the second direct qualifying spot beside ARC team mate Herfried Pucher. Just before the main final Kandelhart had to call for a time out due to technical issues, resulting in a loss of his 3 spot on the grid to start from 11th place. Up front the race for the win and the overall championship was on between Nejc and Herfried and while Herfried made a mistake Nejc was able to score the win from Herfried in second and Pascal Knoller in third, making it an all-ARC podium. In the championship and with two wins Nejc Mihelič grabbed the title from Herfried Pucher and Gerhard Kandelhart in second and third respectively.

Source: Mihelic Racing Team

August 8, 2016

Infinity reveal 1/10th 200mm touring car prototype

Creation Model have revealed the prototype of their forthcoming Infinity 1/10th 200mm nitro touring car kit. The yet unnamed car makes a first public appearance during this week’s IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championships in Gubbio, Italy. Although sporting outsourced suspension and transmission components the development of the Miyashita designed car is pretty far which is also reflected by the very fast practice pace of the Jilles Groskamp steered example. More images and information can be found in our Chassis Focus feature here.