The city of Monsanto held the opening round of the Portuguese On-road Nationals last weekend. The good weather made for great racing conditions and in 1/10th Nitro Touring it was multi-time IFMAR World Champion, Bruno Coelho with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in the A-main event, leaving behind Carlos Manuel in 2nd, some three laps behind. Fabian Ramos came in 3rd to round out the podium result.
Round 5 of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Tinglev last weekend. While Kevin Nielsen walked away with the win in the Modified Touring class it was Casper Lund (Xray) who would bring home the win in Super Stock Touring Car from Xray teammate, Stefan Finnich in 2nd and Schumacher’s Phillip Pedersen in 3rd. Over in Stock Touring it was Villiam Bulow with the win from Lasse Stokholm in 2nd and Jens Otto Frederiksen in 3rd.
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MW RC Cars have announced the signing of Jörn Neumann to the Maclan Racing factory team. The IFMAR World and multi-time EFRA European Champion will use Maclan Racing motors and speed controllers to power his rides this season and he has the following to say about the deal:
I am looking forward to be apart of the Maclan Racing team. A massive thank you goes to Max and Willie for the possibility to join the team. From now on I will use Maclan Racing’s ESC‘s and motors in my cars.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
The final two rounds of the BRCA GT12 National Championship were held this weekend, at the Chesterfield Auto Racing Society CARS club in Chesterfield. The format for the Championship means the weekend was a Double Header, with Saturday and Sunday being separate rounds of the championship. Excellent turnout, and combining meetings with the F1 Indoor Championship, meant the event was competitive, and grip was good on track. The track the club had laid out was very flowing, yet surprisingly technical to drive, meaning that a good time was had by those of all abilities. Saturday’s racing saw close competition in the GT12 class. Andy Murray was the man to catch from the get go, with a lead of 0.6s in round 1 of qualifying, leading from Adam Mackman, and Nathan Goodban. Round 2 saw Andy extend this lead to a lap.This proved to be unassailable, with Andy taking FTQ, with 29 Laps in 370.57s. Adam Mackman took P2, with super-fast junior Dan Robins taking 3rd position from Nathan Goodban in the final qualifying round.
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Madrid hosted the Warm-up race to the Spanish electric on-road nationals last weekend. Cold weather made car setup difficult and in the end it was Xray driver Carles Echarri who would make the best out of it by taking the win in the Modified Touring Car class from Awesomatix’s Luisen Carrasco in 2nd. Luis Moreno came in 3rd to round out the podium result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The fourth round of the BRCA Formula 1 Indoor Nationals was held at the CARS club in Chesterfield this past weekend. The club laid down a very technical circuit and in qualifying it was Schumacher’s Andy Murray, running a prototype car, who would lead the way from Carisma Racing’s Ben Cosgrove. A1 was a pretty unspectacular race up front with the top 3 holding their position, and also in A2 it was Andy with the win while Ben Cosgrove and Michael Lee (Xray) swapped places after a little error of Ben who was chasing down Andy. Ultimately Ben was able to hold onto the runner-up spot overall from Michael in 3rd overall.
Image: Ben Cosgrove
The opening round of the Team Powers Cup was held at the Hong Kong based PYC outdoor track this past weekend. Despite the weather, that brought a cloudy sky and a little bit of rain, some 60 drivers joined the race. In Touring Modified it was Thomas Hui (Awesomatix/Hobbywing) with the overall TQ and he also brought home the silverware from Fong King (Yokomo/Team Powers) on the runner-up spot. 4th place qualifier, Jackie Shum came in 3rd to round out the top 3 result.
Source: Team Powers [team-powers.com]
The 2020 ROAR Carpet On-road Nationals were held at APEX Raceway and Hobbies in Murfreesboro, Tennessee this past weekend, attracting nearly 160 entries for the multiple 1/10th and 1/12th scale classes. The Touring Modified class saw Awesomatix driver, Sam Isaacs taking the overall TQ after the three rounds of qualifying from Xray’s Keven Hebert in 2nd. Andrew Ellis came in 3rd on the grid. A1 of the triple A-mains had Sam taking the win some six seconds in front of Keven, the latter striking back in A2 as Sam only scored a 4th place finish. However, the pole position holder put things straight again in A3 and with a win in front of Keven, Sam grabbed the overall title from Keven in 2nd while 4th place qualifier, Kemp Anderson (Awesomatix) came in 3rd overall.
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