June 1, 2015

1/8th On-road European Championship B – Report

1/8th On-road European Championship B – Report

This past weekend the 1/8th Nitro On-road European Championships B were held at the RME Lamberto Collari track in Cassino, Italy which is known for its somewhat old school layout and famous for its hospitality and restaurant. On this track also live steaming was first introduced to RC some years ago by a gentleman called Gianluca Decina and long before EFRA started their own service. Working in ICT and very handy with video Gianluca was the first to offer streaming around the year 2006 to 2008 during one of the EFRA events. Unfortunately this year’s event did not attract a lot of entries. It seems that drivers are making choices nowadays and in this case the majority made the choice to visit the EC-A later in the year instead of the B championship.

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May 31, 2015

WCICS series finale – Report

WCICS series finale – Report

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series final race was held in the Cowboy capital of Calgary, Alberta. Hosted by CarCar, this was by far their best event in several years. The numbers say it all: with over 200 registrations it was their largest turnout ever. Racers came from across Western Canada and the NW United States and were treated to some great racing action. In the Touring Car Modified class the TQ holder, VBC Racing’s Dave Ehrlich, looked to have this one locked in, but Awesomatix’ Wayne wasn’t going to be denied a top TC trophy after losing it later in Stock. Coming from 4th on the grid, Awesomatix’ Wayne took only 14 laps, and one rare mistake by Dave, to move into first, also posting the fastest lap of the race. Blake Bell drove his Awesomatix cleanly, only allowing Dave and then Wayne to get past, finishing in a strong 3rd.

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May 30, 2015

Niclas Nilsson wins Swedish National Cup Rd2

Niclas Nilsson wins Swedish National Cup Rd2

The second round of the Swedish Electric On-road National Cup was held at the fast Örebro track. Niclas Nilsson took the TQ in the qualifiers from Magnus Vässmar to grab the pole position for the triple A-mains. In the opening A-final Niclas had a good fight for the win but a coming together cost him the first spot which was taken by Markus Eelmerfors. Niclas came in 2nd, Magnus finished in 3rd. In the second leg the TQ holder was able to take a clean win some 7 seconds in front of Markus as Magus made an early mistake. In the third and decisive final Niclas was in the lead but made a mistake allowing Magnus to snatch the win from Niclas. Overall Niclas was able to take the win though. Markus Eelmerfors came in 2nd, Magnus Vässmar rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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May 29, 2015

Nitro-West-Masters Rd1 – Report

Nitro-West-Masters Rd1 – Report

A record of 71 entries had been received for the season opener of the 2015 Nitro-West-Masters (NWM). The seventh season of this growing championship for 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road cars in Western Germany and the Netherlands kicked-off at the legendary 234-meter track in downtown Oberhausen. Following an intensive practice on Saturday and exciting racing on a sunny Sunday, finally Christian Wurst in the 1/8th Open class, René Puepke in 1/10th Open, Christian Roenicke in the 1/8th Stock class and Florian Trapp in 1/10th Stock were awarded as the first winners of the 2015 season with Capricorn taking away three of four victories with Shepherd grabbing the last one.

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May 29, 2015

Swedish 1/10th Off-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

Swedish 1/10th Off-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Swedish 1/10th Off-road Nationals was held in Söderhamn on a challenging and pretty low-grip astroturf track. The 2WD class saw some nice battles for the win between Niclas Maansson and young Malin Karlsen with Niclas coming out successful in the opening A-main while Malin was able to strike back in A2 following some small errors of Niclas. For the third and decisive A-main Malin was in a better position as she had scored a 1st and 2nd place while Niclas had a 1st and 3rd place to count. After the start both were running like a freight train until Niclas made a small mistake allowing Malin to get past and open up a small gap. But after having a few small bobbles of her own Niclas was able to catch up on Malin in the very last lap, taking a chance and jumping long on the table top in the winds to just barely put his front end ahead of Malin. Crossing the line both were just 1/10th of a second apart with Niclas coming in 1st.

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May 29, 2015

Max Mort teams up with Schumacher

Max Mort teams up with Schumacher

Schumacher welcome young up and coming Finnish star Max Mort to their team. Max will be competing in many regional and national races in Finland as well as select international races such as the EOS events. This is what Max has to say:

I am happy to start driving with Schumacher Off Road cars for 2015-2016 season. I was given an opportunity to drive with factory support with really competitive cars on carpet and I couldn’t have said “no”. I am really looking forward to the EOS season and Finnish races and I hope that we can have a great year together.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

May 29, 2015

2015 Muchmore Masters – Report

2015 Muchmore Masters – Report

The recent 2015 Muchmore Masters took place last at Sydney Model Autosports with this year’s racing format was a 1 day event with finals completed under lights in the evening. The classes contended were Touring Car Stock 13.5T, 21.5T, Formula and 1/12th scale. After drying off the track due to overnight rain practice and qualification rounds kicked off just before lunch time. After the four qualifications rounds and some very close racing Christian Silva and Damien Zarb were at the front of the Touring Car Stock field in position 1 and 2.

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