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April 15, 2015

‘ETS Family’ supports Marco Simoncelli Foundation

MarcoKate

Last weekend (10-12 April) the Yokomo Euro Touring Series made a long awaited return to Italy with Round 3 taking racers to Road Race Riccione RC Circuit Marco Simoncelli. The 42nd running of an ETS race, while the weekend would prove hugely successful becoming the championship’s biggest outdoor event it would also give the rc community the chance to honour the memory of MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli after whom the track is proudly named and make a donation to the Marco Simoncelli Foundation which is based just a few hundred metres from the track.

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April 15, 2015

Renaud Savoya wins at EFRA GP of France

The EFRA GP of France for 1/8th buggies was held last weekend with many of the fast French drivers attending. In the 45 minute main final HB’s Renaud Savoya took the win while Jerome Sartel (TLR) came in 2nd place after a good fight with Xray driver Lorenzo Crolla. The latter rounding out the podium in 3rd, only 14 seconds back from the leader.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 15, 2015

BRCA 1/8 Circuit National Championship Rd1 – Report

The first round of the 2015 BRCA 1/8th Circuit 2015 National Championship season was hosted by the Cotswolds Club and the weather forecast was for rain all weekend and it did not disappoint. Over the winter the field normally see a host of drivers switching teams but this year it seems to have remained static at the top. One notable change is Jason Frost switching to the Capricorn team to partner team leader Kyle Branson and Neal King. Also a host of London drivers have made the switch to Capricorn which is now becoming a very popular product down the pit lane. It was also nice to see Lee Kormer making his first appearance after missing most of last year through illness and the birth of his newborn.

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April 15, 2015

Janos Birinyi wins Hungarian National Championship

The final round of the Hungarian National Championship was held at a new place using a new carpet, making for unknown conditions for the drivers. In the Touring Car 13.5T Stock class Janos Birinyi lead the standings going into the final round and with his closed competitor being absent from the race he already secured the overall championship early. Without pressure Janos took the TQ in his class to start the finals from pole position.

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April 15, 2015

Francesco Tironi renews with Matrix

Matrix have announced the contract renewal with Italy’s Francesco Tironi. Backed by a long list of accomplishments such as five Italian National titles and European/World Championships podium finishes Francesco is a great asset for the Factory Team and in the 2015 season he will be racing his XRD-powered Shepherd cars at the Italian Nationals, the European Championships, the 1/8th Worlds in Brazil and the whole ENS series, again in the 1/8th scale class.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

April 15, 2015

Tamiya TRF211XM 1/10th 2WD buggy – Coming soon

Tamiyablog have revealed that Tamiya is currently working on the successor of the TRF201XM 2WD off-road buggy that won the iconic manufacturer the runner-up spot at the 2013 IFMAR Worlds. With this year’s event being held on home soil Tamiya clearly focusses on bringing home the title. No information or images of the TRF211XM are available as of now but the buggy will make a (first) public appearance at the forthcoming Shizuoka Hobby Show that will be held from the 14th to 17th of May. We bring you more information as soon as they become available.

Source: Tamiyablog [tamiyablog.com]

April 15, 2015

Swiss Nitro On-Road Nationals Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Swiss Nitro On-Road Nationals was hosted by Mini Racing Ticino and Moesa at the iconic Lostallo track. The big news for the year was the introduction of the ENS points system for the qualifiers and in the 1/8th class the fight was on between the two World Championship finalists Simon Kurzbuch and Haechler Silvio and also Mattia Pesenti was really fast on his home track. Mattia took the TQ in the opening qualifier but Silvio Haechler came out fastest in the remaining three rounds to take the overall TQ but Mattia at least pulled the fastest lap in the qualifiers. Simon had a troubled qualifying and came in 3rd place.

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April 14, 2015

Aaron Stringer doubles at King of the Mountain

Over 60 drivers attended the inaugural “King of the Mountain” race held at Toowoomba, Australia. Aaron Stringer took dominant TQs in both the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes and in the Truck final Aaron got a clean start from pole position and just cleared out and won the final by over 3 laps. Buggy then was the last race of the event and Aaron got an o.k. start from pole with 2nd and 3rd in close pursuit, but 3 minutes in the race the computer suffered a glitch causing the race to be stopped while the issue was fixed. The second start to the A-main was much better and Aaron was able to drive away from his opposition. By the end of the 40 minute main Aaron had put 2 laps on the 2nd place taking his second win of the weekend and the mantle as “King of the Mountain”.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]