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July 30, 2020

Thurston & Mansell win at British 1/8 IC Track opener

The 1/8 Circuit British Open Championship 2020 finally started with a full entry at the famous Halifax circuit in the UK. Limited numbers were allowed in each race and precautions in place to follow Coronavirus guidance and keep racers safe. Both nitro and electric classes were popular with many new drivers trying their hand at 1/8 after lockdown, the British weather played its part with a damp track at times, in qualifying Alex Thurston lead the way in the nitro class from Tim Wood and James Conolly. In the electric class it was a close battle with Jamie Paton, newcomer Mikey Mansell, Rob Scott and Michael Lee with Capricorn driver Mikey taking TQ.

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July 30, 2020

RC-Lemans Series Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2020 RC-Lemans Series was hosted by the MCC Rhein Ahr track in Germany last weekend. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic the event was a maiden one this year for many drivers and thus Saturday’s practice was extensively used to get in the first runs of the season. Both the club and the drivers swiftly adapted to the new measures that had to be taken to guarantee everyone’s safety and things really worked out great from the get go. Sunday kicked off less smoothly however as overnight rain forced the organisers to delay the start of the race for about an hour. When things finally started off and in the fast LMP1 Modified class, it was Tim Altmann who set the pace in the opening qualifier. He took the round with a lap margin from last year’s vice champion, Tobias Weist and his brother Kai Altmann.

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July 29, 2020

Danish DASU IC Track Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Danish DASU IC Track Nationals was hosted by the Hillerod RC Racing club last weekend in 1/8th Nitro, 1/10th Nitro, 1/8th GTe and 1/5th scale classes. 1/8th IC Track would see Anders Lind (Xray) taking the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Marcus Christian Nordberg in 2nd and Morten Skov Nielsen (Xray) in 3rd.

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July 28, 2020

Austrian IC Track Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Austrian IC Track Nationals was held at the popular Aigen track last weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Nejc Mihelič who set the early pace in free practice. After three rounds of qualifying Nejc also took the TQ in front of Leonardo Varga and Herfried Pucher as rain interrupted the 4th qualification round. In the wet Superpole race it was Herfried Pucher who took the win and joined Nejc Mihelič as direct main finalist. In the dry final Nejc Mihelič (Xray) set the fastest lap of the weekend and he went on to win the race followed by Herfried Pucher (ARC) in 2nd and Bernd Koller (Mugen) in 3rd. Over in the Juniors ranking, it was young Bjan Mikložič (Xray) with the win. The 1/10th Nitro Touring class was lead by Stefan Strasser in front of Christoph Rohrmoser and Lovro Susteric.

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July 28, 2020

Polish Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

This past weekend the second round of the Polish Electric On-road Nationals was held in the city of Ruda Slaska in great weather conditions. In Touring Stock 13.5T Lukasz Mach (Xray) showed some great performance, taking the TQ and win and also the only sup-16 seconds lap time. Piotr Bigaj (ARC) came in 2nd overall from Krzysztof Ruman (Yokomo) in 3rd.

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July 27, 2020

Picco welcome back Oliver Mack

Picco have announced the return of Germany’s Oliver Mack to their racing team for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The former EFRA 1/8th scale A European Champion will power his Infinity ride using Picco’s Monza 3.5cc engine starting immediately.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

July 27, 2020

Lex Tyler in control at Heat Wave Series Rd3

Round 3 of 5 of the Heat Wave Series was held at Ripon RC Speedway and Hobbies in Ripon, California this past Saturday with 83 entries for the multiple electric on-road classes. The premier class of Touring Modified would see top qualifier, Lex Tyler taking home the win from veteran racer, Rick Hohwart in 2nd, who ended the single-leg 5-minute A-main only 1.1 seconds behind. 4th place qualifier, Aaron Lewis would complete the top 3 result from Kyle Colbert in 4th.

Image: Lex Tyler

July 27, 2020

Jonatan Gandin wins at Italian ACI IC Track Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Italian ACI Nitro On-road Championship was held in Vallelunga this past weekend. In the 1/8th Expert class it was Xray driver, Jonatan Gandin with the overall TQ after the qualifiers and also the win in the 45-minute main final, some 4.5 seconds in front of Infinity’s Francesco Tironi. Emanuele Adami (Xray) came in 3rd overall, two laps behind the top 2.

Image: Matrix Racing Tires [matrixtires.it]