December 17, 2021

Ginting takes Pro Stock at Indonesian EIC 2021

The annual Indonesian Electric Indoor Cup 2021 was held at Graha Tamiya Circuit, Tangerang. Within 40 entries which participated at TC Pro Stock Class, Mini Class and Front Wheel Class. In the Pro Stock class it was Muhammad Izzah who started from pole followed by Bowie Ginting and Ridhwan Suteja. Bowie would go on to take A1 and A2 to secure the overall win, while A3 went to Ridhwan, securing him 2nd while pole-sitter Izzah ended the race in 3rd.

View the complete PS results here


December 13, 2021

Coelho wins epic battle with Rheinard at ETS Rd4

ETS Rd4 took place at Chuck’s Raceway in Neumünster/GER last weekend. The ETS crew organised the event under strict Covid-19 rules, and everybody was vaccinated or recovered and an additional daily test was responsible for the maximum safety of all participants. The race saw 220 entries in six classes and the event started with a free practice day on Thursday, followed by 4 rounds of qualifying and triple finals for everybody. In the Matrix Modified class, Bruno Coelho was able to come out of qualifying on top of the field. Marc Rheinard lined up directly behind him with a fantastic driving Michele Manzo in third, and championship leader Ronald Völker in fourth position.

Continue reading the report here


December 1, 2021

BRCA British GP 2021 – Report

The BRCA 1/12th section British Grand Prix was held recently in Eastbourne. The event was a celebration of return to racing following the disruption caused by the COVID pandemic. The Grand Prix was a different format to typical national meetings and had two classes, LMP12 and GT12 racing at the same event over two days. Saturday would see controlled practise and four rounds of qualifying before a further two rounds of qualifying and three finals for all drivers on the Sunday. An entry of 44 LMP12 drivers and 25 GT12 drivers gave a great atmosphere and competitive racing throughout the field. The Eastbourne club laid out a large track using the carpet which had been previously run at the 2020 World Championships. A large technical track provided a challenge for the drivers and the extra space allowed for great racing.

Continue reading the report here


November 25, 2021

David Ronnefalk joins Awesomatix Factory Team

Awesomatix are very proud to announce the addition of Swedish RC ace and former World Champion David Ronnefalk to their Factory Team. David is well known all around the world for his amazing skills with a transmitter, not only in off road classes. He brings a lot of experience and great spirit with him to further extend the team lineup. They are looking forward to seeing him at the Euro Touring Series events as well as the World Championship. David had the following to say,

I have big things going on in my racing program for 2022 and beyond. My passion for RC in general is big and I’ve always liked to drive touring cars and now with my indoor facility I’ve had the chance to drive more onroad than ever before. It’s with lots of excitement I hereby announce that I will now be a part of the Awesomatix Factory Team. I’m looking forward to attend as many races possible including the World Championships. The ETS in December will be my first race with the car and I’ll be ready to battle.

Source: Awesomatix [facebook.com]


November 22, 2021

Ginting & Demas win East National YE race

The annual East National Year End Race 2021 was held at East RC Speedway, Jakarta last weekend. All in there were 40 entries which participated in TC Expert Class, TC ProStock Class, Sportman Class and Mini Class. In TC Expert it was Bowie Ginting who started from pole followed by Ridhwan Suteja and Muhammad Izzah. It was a tight race between the front threee driver however the the final result remained unchanged from qualifying as Bowie secured the overall win. Yusuf Demas was dominant from qualifying to the final to secure the overall win in the ProStock class. Chandra Yosef came in 2nd while Benyamin Wiharja took 3rd.

View the complete results here


November 16, 2021

Michael Derderian joins Capricorn team

Capricorn have announced the signing of multiple French National Champion Michael Derderian to their team for next season. The former Xray driver is a 1/10th Nitro specialist and had the following to see about his move to the Italian brand, ‘I want to thank Capricorn Team and Mr Patrizio Rossi for this great opportunity they have offered me, and I can’t wait to start this wonderful experience and I can’t wait to hit the track with my new Lab C04’.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]


November 11, 2021

2022 Charity Race – Announcement

The eleventh edition of the popular Charity Race will be held at the RC Landia indoor carpet track in Scandiano, Italy from Team La Gang and their historical partners Mon-Tech Racing, Tonisport and Scorpion Power on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of January 2022. The race will see the running of Touring Modified, Touring Stock EFRA, 1/12th Pan Car, GT12 and FWD. Beside the fastest Italian electric on-road racers, European Pro drivers have announced their attendance. Due to the Covid EU Rules we will limit the pit space and the entries to 100 drivers with the first Pro drivers having already signed up. The race will be held on CRC carpet using Volante tyres for the touring cars, Ride ETS tyres for FWD and Contact handout tyres for GT12. Like the years before, Team La Gang will hold a charity lottery for the good cause. Registration for the race will start on the 15th of November at 21:00 on Myrcm.

Source: Team La Gang [teamlagang.it]


November 4, 2021

David Ehrbar joins Xray Factory team

Xray have announced that one of the top German onroad drivers and National Champion David Ehrbar is joining their factory team to race the X4 platform. The former ETS Champion in the Formula class, said of his new deal ‘I am happy and proud to come back to Xray to give my comeback in the touring car class. It just feels like coming back to old friends again. Xray has always been very professional in every aspect, and the X4 is an exceptionally well designed and produced car. Assembling it put a smile on my face many times. There are so many well engineered small little details in this car. You can literally feel the passion that went into this project everywhere. The X4 has proven its speed already in the ETS modified class, and I really look forward to building a strong team with all the Xray drivers and help to develop it even further in the future with some innovative ideas. Together we will have a lot of fun and make sure the car will be a great success in all touring car categories.’

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


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