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March 11, 2020

Maclan Racing sign Jörn Neumann

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]

March 11, 2020

BRCA GT12 National Championship Rd5 & Rd6 – Report

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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March 11, 2020

Carles Echarri wins at Spanish EP On-road warm-up

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]

March 10, 2020

Andy Murray wins at BRCA Formula 1 Nats Rd4

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

March 9, 2020

Thomas Hui TQs & wins at Team Powers Cup Rd1

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]

March 9, 2020

Isaacs, Anderson & Hebert win at ROAR Carpet Nats

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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March 9, 2020

Kevin Nielsen TQs & wins at DRCMU On-road Nats Rd5

The fifth round of this season’s Danish DRCMU On-road Nationals was held in Tinglev this past weekend. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Xray’s Kevin Nielsen with the overall TQ from teammate, Patrick Danielsen in 2nd. The opening A-main saw Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard taking the win as Kevin came in 2nd and Michael Hovgaard completed the top 3. In A2 it was Kevin’s turn who would take the win from Patrick in 2nd and Frederik in 3rd. The 3rd and decisive A-main again had Kevin coming out on top for the overall as Patrick and Frederik finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Ultimately and behind Kevin it was Frederik who would snatch the overall runner-up spot from Patrick, who had to settle for 3rd overall.

Image: Kevin Nielsen

March 9, 2020

2019/20 Mibosport Cup – Report

The final round of the 2019/20 Mibosport Cup was held recently with the past season drawing nearly 365 different drivers from more than ten countries including Great Britain, The Netherlands and Sweden to compete in the ultra-competitive series that consists of both electric on-road and off-road classes. In the premier electric on-road class of Touring Modified Matej Sulc was one of the top competitors from the first race and he continued in the same manor through the whole series. Oliver Havranek missed one race which resulted in making it harder for him to fight with Matej and so he had to settle for 2nd in the overall championship. Kuba Simurda with some decent runs finished overall 3rd in front of Petr Grof and Karel Kratochvil.

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