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November 26, 2019

Lykaris takes 4th consecutive Greek 200mm title

The fifth and final round of the Greek 1/10th 200mm IC Track Nationals was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. Having shown a great performance in the previous four rounds, Vasilis Lykaris was also able to also dominate the season finale of the national championship. For the 5th time in a row he claimed the pole position followed by a convincing victory. Labros Tsiklitiras finished the main final in 2nd place while Spyros Sotiropoulos completed the podium. In the overall championship Vasilis took the victory with the maximum points result in front of Nikos Karampelas and Spyros Sotiropoulos in 3rd place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 26, 2019

Czech Open Challenge Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Czech Open Challenge took place in Prague with over 70 participants, which made for some good racing. In the premier Touring Modified category Matej Sulc (Xray) led the opening two qualifiers to secure the TQ spot in front of Jakub Rozycki (Xray) and Zdenek Hamak (Serpent). In the finals Matej scored wins in all three A-mains to take the overall victory in front of Jakub and Zdenek.

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November 26, 2019

XRS PLMS Rd2 – Report

The second round of this season’s XRS PLMS was held recently with drivers from Poland and the Czech Republic in attendance. Racing was close and saw some very different winners this time, ensuring the fights for the overall titles are still wide open. In the Touring Modified class it was Jakub Rozycki with the overall win from Szymon Niebora in 2nd and Jakub Michalski in 3rd.

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November 26, 2019

Midland Indoor Carpet Championship Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Midland Indoor Carpet Championship was held last weekend, attracting over 140 drivers to compete in three electric on-road classes. The premier Touring Modified class it was round one winner Elliott Harper (Xray) with the overall TQ and also the win in the single 5-minute A-main event, followed by Awesomatix driver and extremely happy Paul Pinkney finally getting his run of bad luck off his shoulders. Olly Jefferies (Schumacher) would once again make the podium in 3rd.

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November 26, 2019

Diekmann & Tödtmann join Capricorn factory team

Capricorn RC have announced the addition of German nitro on-road frontrunners Thilo Tödtmann and Melvin Diekmann to their line-up of international drivers. Regular ENS and Euros A-finalists the duo tested various platforms and choose Capricorn’s Lab C03 Evo as their weapon of choice for the 2020 season. The duo had the following to say about the deal:

We are happy having the opportunity of joining the Capricorn team. Capricorn and Patrizio Rossi in person always have been very open-minded when it comes to developing new ideas and revolutionary solutions. Always focusing on providing the fastest and best product to their customers. This is reflected in the fact that many of his ideas have already been imitated. We are looking forward of playing a decisive part in this development representing the brand on all major races worldwide.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

November 26, 2019

Tomas Ramirez crowned Chilean GT8 Champion

The final round of the Chilean 1/8th Nitro GT Championship was held recently and when the dust had settled it was IGT8’s Tomas Ramirez who would be crowned the 2019 Champion. Behind him it was Alvaro Jara Jr. and Benjamin Ramirez who completed the all-IGT8 overall podium result.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

November 26, 2019

Xray Racing Series Slovakia Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Xray Racing Series Slovakia took a place last weekend at the Hudy Racing Arena with a recored entry of more than 200 sign-ups for the on-road and off-road classes. The event saw practice on Friday with triple qualifiers and finals on Saturday. In 2WD Mod Buggy and 4WD Mod Buggy it was Martin Bayer with the opening wins in Q1. Martin carried on the momentum to snatch the overall 2WD TQ later on, while Max Götzl upped his pace to take the overall TQ in 4WD. Max Götzl and Bartosz Zalewski would come in P2 and P3 in 2WD while Martin Bayer and Adam Izsay completed the 4WD top 3. In the Stadium Truck class it was also Max with the overall TQ followed by Michal Sekal and Rafal Ilendo.

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November 26, 2019

2019/20 One12 Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2019/20 ONE12 Series took place at the RC Landia indoor track in Scandiano, Italy this past weekend. The venue assured great racing conditions and the perfect setup for robust attendance in both GT12 and LMP Open Modified. The race was also enriched by the presence of several top drivers, who chose the Italian race as one of their preparation stages for the IFMAR 1/12th scale World Championships to be held in early January 2020 in the UK. In LMP Open Modified, Michal Orlowski delivered an impressive Grand Chelem taking TQ, the overall race win and the official lap record of RC Landia track with 10.738 seconds. During the morning qualifying, Michal displayed great consistency in all three runs ahead of Jörn Neumann who was the only other driver capable of scoring fast lap times below the 11-second barrier. Current ONE12 Series points standings leader, Alessio Mota came in 3rd. In the afternoon finals, Orlowski’s driving was flawless and with back to back 43-lap runs he was able to clinch the overall victory ahead of Mota and Marcello Galli.

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