The 2018 SRCC race was held at the GRC track in South Korea this past weekend. In the Formula class Ki Heung Kim (Shepherd) took the win with Shepherd teammates Giu Jin Lee and Jae Kuk Yoo completing the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The BRCA GT12 South East regional series started back in November and it visited some of the best clubs in the UK’s South East region and attracted drivers of all abilities. The final and deciding round was held last Sunday at the excellent West Kent Club. GT12 being the main class and with great attendance across the events and clubs and offering support classes of 12th scale LMP, Touring Cars and Tamiya Mini the meetings were full and had an excellent atmosphere. In GT12 not only was the A-final hotly contended but all finals were very close with great racing. After 4 events Niall Cochran would take the Championship with a perfect 300 score, 2nd was Steven Moore and 3rd was Gavin Clinch. It was great to have juniors in the mix also the top 3 being Harriet Cracker 1st (12th), Joe Moore 2nd (16th) and Joe Barry 3rd (22nd) (overall championship position). The full championship results can be found here.
View the Juniors top 3 podium here
The TRAP RC Venue in South Africa played host to the first and second round of their 3-race Infinity Prostock Series for Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula classes. The Touring Modified round 1 A-Main saw current South-African champ, Hein Kotze (Xray) leading the way to grab the TQ and win for the day. Former champ Jason Hillcoat (Infinity) had a rough time looking for the perfect setup. He only managed 6th in qualifying but would recover in the A-main to take the overall runner-up spot. Ashley Hurley kept Hein honest in qualifying but had to leave when the main races started. Antonio Caroli (Xray) managed a 3rd overall in the race.
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Modify from Japan have introduced their new front and rear wings for 1/10th formula cars. The parts are made of high-quality polystyrene material and they offer the ability to fine-tune the aerodynamics by utilising add-on flaps for the front wing and making use of an adjustable upper portion on the rear wing. The wings are available in black or white colour and fit most of today’s 1/10th formula cars.
The Huge RC Nitro Grand Prix 2018 was held this past weekend at Huge RC’s indoor asphalt track in Bangkok, Thailand and in four different nitro on-road classes. The premier 1/8 GP category was dominated by Meen Vejrak. He took the TQ spot followed by Varut P. and Punyavit Phungchittisarn. During the 45-minute main final, Meen ran clean and perfectly and led all the way from start to the finish line. Varut P. came in 2nd and Mark KV. completed the top 3 results. Punyavit Phungchittisarn and Tanat I. rounded out the podium finish.
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Round 1 of CTS3 was held at Rise Up Hobbytown in Palm Desert, California this past weekend. The inaugural race for the facility was perfect and designed well. For Modified Touring, it was Team Xray driver JJ Wang who showed a dominant performance clinching the TQ honors and A-main followed by Awesomatix driver Brandon Clements and defending Champion Rick Hohwart.
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T-Works have introduced new aluminium option parts for the Yokomo BD8-2018 touring car in the form of front aluminium spool cups as well as anti-roll bar rods. The spool cups are designed for the use with C-shaped driveshafts pin protectors while the 13.8mm and 16.8mm swaybar rods lower the unsprung weight. All parts are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and they come hard-anodised for wear.
Round 7 of the RCManiacs Racing Series was held at the Argos track in Greece and in the Touring Modified class it was Michalis Kiriazis (Xray) who dominated the proceedings by taking all qualifiers and finals. Runner-up after the A-mains was fast Chris Kidis (Xray) from Diamadis Sotiris (Xray) who had to overcome a couple of problems and ultimately ended on the final podium spot. Over in Formula, the class saw a record entry and amazing fights for the top 3. Sotiris Diamantis took a popular win with fast laps, leaving behind Michalis Kiriazis in 2nd and Chris Kidis in 3rd (all Xray), the latter had to pay for his bad qualifying performance.
View the Formula class podium here
