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July 9, 2021

FSEARA Rd8 941 RC Raceway – Report

The final round of the FSEARA Series. South Regional Raceway / 941 RC Raceway is a brand-new track to the series also to racers as well. The asphalt was laid down over a year ago, but due to Covid shutdown, this track was never able to get activity approved by the city to host the event. This time of the year, we are lucky to be the first group to test this brand-new surface. The highlight of the battle for the weekend was for sure in 17.5 TC. It was a battle between the series top contenders. Dave Vera set the early pace with Infinity IF14. Cory Record came up just short to match Dave’s TQ, but he was having a tough time with this track. He was able to come up with a last min setup change to put himself 2nd overall. Cory Parsons, the last round winner, had a bad last round of qualifier and had to settle for 3rd.

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June 30, 2021

Hepp wins Rd2 of Nitro West Masters

Last weekend the second race of the Nitro West Masters took place at the EVMC Velp track. Again Tobias Hepp was the man to beat. In qualifying he claimed the pole-position for the 40min final. At the start of the final Tobi was able to defend the pole-position and started to pull away immediately. After 40min he crossed the finishing line in first position in front of fellow Shepherd racer Pieter Beekman with Bas Aalders completing the podium. In the 1/8th scale stock class Matthias Günther was able to take the victory with his Velox V8.2 in front of Martin Figge and Heinz Kroezemann in 3rd.

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June 29, 2021

Berlincioni & Donadelli win at F1 Supercup

After a long break the F1 Supercup returned last weekend at La Valletta, Italy. In the F1-70 class Andrea Mariani pushed Matteo Berlincioni hard for the win, however the latter was able to hold on for the victory with William Carrato taking the final podium spot. The F1-70 class showed some solid numbers in terms of drivers attending as well as laptimes, despite the class being based more on looks than tech. In the F1 Class, there was another close battle between the top 3, with the difference in the best laps down to the hundredths of a second. In the end it was Marco Donadelli with the win in front of Simone Brocca, with Fabrizio Villa 3rd.

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June 23, 2021

Spashett & Fletcher take Rd2 of BRCA 1/8th nats

This past weekend saw the 2nd round of the BRCA 1/8 on-road section National Series hosted by Adur Model Car Club on the English south coast. All week racers were weather watching as the weekend forecast was for rain for most of the weekend, but what do those forecasters know. On Saturday the racers were greeted with a dry track, slightly overcast, but dry. Open practice started with and the set up process got underway for what is the smallest and arguably most technically difficult circuit we visit through the season. Timed practise mid afternoon showed what was in store for the race with only 1/10’s of a second separating the top 4 (Thurston, Wood, Spashett, Snell) in IC on their fastest lap. In the Electric class Billy Fletcher was again showing his pace but the surprise of day was Mark Green running electric for the first time was close behind. The day stayed dry and after timed practise the track was once again open for free practise for the drivers to fine tune their cars ahead of ‘race day’.

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June 18, 2021

KARS On-Road Championship Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the first round of the KARS On-Road Championship 2021 was held at the new INJE R/C Circuit in Gangwon-do, South Korea. The facility is run by KARS owner Ki Heung Kim and 50 drivers in total attended the event. In the 1/8 expert class it was Shepherd driver Jaekook Yoo how claimed the pole position. But in the main final it was guest Shepherd driver EC Kim who crossed the finishing line in first position in front of Gyeongseon Lee (Mugen) with Dongbeom Lee (Shepherd) completing the podium. In the 1/10 touring class the TQ was claimed by Museong Kook (Xray), but he couldn’t convert the pole position into a victory as well. Jeongu Hyun (Kyosho) saw the checkered flag in first position followed be pole-setter Museong Kook with Jeongho Kim (Shepherd) taking the final podium step. The third class was for 1/8 beginner drivers. It was Jihun Kim (ARC) who took the pole-position for the final, but again he couldn’t convert it into a victory. Gyeongtae Kim (Mugen) claimed the victory in front of Yeoreum Park (Mugen) and pole-setter Jihun Kim in 3rd position. In the 1/8 GT class it was 14-year old Nayeon Lee (IGT8) taking the pole-position and finally the pole-setter was able to take the victory as well. She was joined on the podium by Gyeongmin Kim (IGT8) in 2nd and Seonghyo Lee (IGT8) in 3rd position.

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June 17, 2021

Kurzbuch wins Swiss nationals Rd2

Last weekend the 2nd round of the Swiss nitro on-road nationals took place in Schaffhausen in the very north of Switzerland. Already in qualifying Simon Kurzbuch showed his dominance and won the first three rounds to claim the pole-position for the 45min final. In the final everything went as planned and Simon crossed the finishing nearly 3 laps in front Silvio Hächler with Luca Martinelli completing the podium another 5 laps down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 17, 2021

Thurston & Fletcher take Rd1 of BRCA 1/8th nats

The opening round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nationals was held at the ultra-fast Brookland circuit in Kent recently, with warmer weather greeting the racers. It was great to see and welcome many new and returning drivers to the class including Ralph Crampton, Rob Colman and Vinicent Meron among others. Around 40 drivers were competing across the two classes with the usual front runners in nitro class of Tim Wood, Alex Thurston and Mark Green fighting for honours in qualifying, with Alex taking 3 out of 4 rounds and TQ. The Nitro A-final was a spectacular watch for all, with close racing at high speed, Brookland delivered an entertaining 30-minute final, Alex Thurston and Tim Wood exchanged positions early on then Alex was about to take a comfortable lead. Unfortunately, both Tim and Mark Green were to retire early on after a racing incident allowing Alex a heathy lead out front.

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June 16, 2021

Bruno Coelho double at inaugural GTS race

Last weekend was the first race of the new-for-2021 GT Series (GTS) at the fantastic Vallelunga RC track in Italy. With a lot of drivers attending the event from mid week to test and learn the track it was building up to be a great race. The Xray team had a strong team present with Bruno Coelho and Martin Bayer heading the entry, and from qualifying onwards Coelho was dominant, taking the TQ spot in both Nitro and Electric with his GTX and GTXE respectively. In the finals it was more of the same as the Portuguese driver took the wins in both classes ahead of team mate Bayer in both, with SWorkz racers Leonardo Valente in 3rd in Nitro while Natanaele Senesi took his Serpent to the final podium spot in the EP class.

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