The German 1/12th scale National Championships were hosted by the SLR Ingolstadt club in the South of the country. In the premier Modified class, veteran racer Markus Mobers would add another national championship title to his belt by coming out successful from Dionys Stadler and Daniel Sieber. Tim Altmann and Stefan Mraz rounded out the top 5 result.
The fifth and final round of the 2015/16 Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice, Czech Republic with a total of 225 entries that split into 120 on-road and 105 off-road entries. The Touring Car Modified class was dominated by Ronald Völker who won the qualifying and took TQ without any problems. Second in qualifying was Michal Orlowski ahead of Elliot Harper.
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Round two of the Texas Electric On-Road Series was held this past Sunday at RSD Speedway in Houston, Texas. 54 entries in total were present between the six classes. Three rounds of qualifying and single mains were run on the new fast and flowing lay-out. A cold front in the weather the day before resulted in medium traction conditions on the carpet. This change in the norm caused drivers to search for traction and steering in their setups. In Modified Touring Car and after three rounds of qualifying, Brandon McNally topped the time charts and claimed TQ by 3 seconds over recently crowned ROAR National Champion Chris Adams. Another 3 seconds behind Adams was 3rd qualifier, David Joor. During qualifying, John Hodges would put together the fastest overall lap of the entire weekend, by over a tenth, with a 9.3 second lap.
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The BRAC 2015/16 1/12th National series went to MB Models in Leeds for the final meeting of the season to run in a newly built permanent race venue run by Michael Ball. In Sunday’s Open Modified qualifying Alexander Hagberg would take FTD from Olly Jefferies by just under 0.8 of a second, while Chris Kerswell takes third. Adam Catchpole, Mark Stiles, David Spashett, Andy Murray and Marcus Askell line up behind.
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The 2016 Airtronics on-road was was held at the Greater L.A. Radio Control Racing Club over the weekend. Brian Thomas would double up at this year’s event by bringing home wins in the 30 minute A-mains of both the 1/8th Expert and 1/10th Expert classes.
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Ielasi Tuned have announced the signing of Germany’s Tobias Kerler to their team. The ARC driver already used the Novarossi-based Ielasi Tuned engines in the past and for 2016 he will utilise the company’s ITD.21-9CL WC Edition engine at races such as the European Championships and all ENS events.
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Team Associated have introduced new Factory Team aluminium servo horns for the RC8B3 and RC8T3 series of vehicles. The machined alloy arms are stronger than the stock plastic ones and due to a slightly shorter 18.5mm length they provide a smoother steering feel while decreasing load on the servo. The arms are of a clamping design, they come black anodised, with etched spline size and they are available in 23T and 25T sizes.
The Scotty Ernst Offroad Showdown has made its return in 2016 with a series of races held at some of the hottest tracks throughout the United States. With a unique style of presentation and atmosphere, the Offroad Showdown’s mission is to bring the excitement and fun along with sharing the love we have for this wonderful hobby to all racers of all levels. This past weekend, round 1 of the Showdown was held at R/C Excitement in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It is an RC paradise that rivals the world famous Yatabe Arena in many aspects and definitely a place to check out. The track layout was designed with the intent of being less technical while still maintaining a good deal of challenge, fun and flow. The crew at R/C Excitement did a wonderful job in creating a magnificent layout that suited all levels of driving.
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