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October 23, 2019

GEMC Series Rd5 – Report

The 5th and final round of the GenevaModelCars Series was held at the GEMC track in Meyrin, Geneva recently with 43 drivers attending in the classes of Touring 13.5T boosted and Formula 21.5T zero timing. The layout chosen for the final round was challenging, as it was both technical and fast at the same time. In the Touring 13.5T boosted class, that is run on Hudy A1-36 spec tyres and without traction compound, Bastien De Marco secured the pole position followed by Xavier Deparde and Alexis Banderier. After three entertaining A-mains, Bastien took the overall win, in front of Xavier and Arnaud Soulignac.

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October 22, 2019

Toni Mateo TQs & wins at Spanish EP On-road finale

The fourth and final round of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Circuito de Pista de Asoger track in Madrid last weekend. The race saw the running of Touring Modified and Superstock as well as a Formula class and in Touring Modified it was Toni Mateo with a clean sweep in the qualifying and A-main finals. Carlos Echarri came in 2nd, Francisco Javier Hidalgo came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

October 22, 2019

Mibosport Cup Rd1 – Report

The 2019/20 season of the popular Mibosport Cup kicked off in Hrotovice, Czech Republic last weekend. The event saw about 200 entries from the Czech Republic and surrounding countries with prominent guests being Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski and Turkish champion, Xray’s Mustafa Alp. Both the on-road and off-road track were laid out with a new high traction carpet, allowing the cars to go fast from the get go. Also the qualifying received a small update with a new points format being used over the previous FTD format. The new season also brought the addition of two new classes in the form of FWD Touring and GT Stock 17.5T. The latter targets first and foremost hobby pilots due to being slower than the current 17.5T Touring category. In addition the GT bodies make for more visual impact and both classes are great replacements for the now scrubbed pan car classes that suffered shrinking driver fields while also messing with the traction due to their foam tyres.

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October 21, 2019

4th Annual Pan Car Masters – Announcement

The 4th Annual Pan Car Masters will be held from the 29th to 31st of May 2020 at the MRTM Lostallo track in Switzerland. Classes run include Pro10 Modified, Pro10 Stock 10.5T Blinky, Pro10 Classic 13.5T Blinky, Formula 1, Formula 1 Classique as well as 1/8th 4S and 1/8th Stock Pan Car. Full details, rules and more can now be found here.

October 21, 2019

BRCA LMP12 Nationals Rd1 – Report

Round one of the 2019/20 BRCA LMP12 Nationals took place in Eastbourne last weekend. A healthy entry of 60 drivers took part in the weekend’s racing which bodes well for the season ahead. The Eastbourne club has the largest track layout of the season and this year they laid a fast and flowing circuit which was extremely good to drive. As per previous years organisation of the event and the onsite catering kept racers happy all weekend. This year’s BRCA nationals will be even more important with many drivers preparing for the 2020 IFMAR World Championships being held in the UK in January 2020. Saturday is traditionally stock racing day and this year a new class running 17.5 turn motors with blinky speed controllers has been introduced. Alongside this is the 13.5 blinky class which is split into a F1 and F2 Championship.

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October 21, 2019

Kevin Nielsen TQs & wins at DRCMU Series Rd2

Vejle in Denmark played host to round 2 of the Danish DRCMU electric on-road series this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Kevin Nielsen (Xray), who attended his first ever Modified race, with the clean sweep in the triple qualifiers, taking the overall TQ from Patrick Hornum (Awesomatix) in 2nd and Patrick Danielsen (Xray) in 3rd. The A-mains then again saw Kevin leading the way in all three legs for the overall win from Patrick Hornum 2nd and Patrick Danielsen in 3rd.

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October 21, 2019

Sawada & Kiyoyi complete OneTen double

Jin Sawada survived a big scare in the early stages of the 8-minute main final when the Japanese driver rolled his IF14, to come back and win the 2nd round of the OneTen series hosted by RCI V2 in Shanghai. Losing almost half a lap on the small technical track, the incident dropped the pole man down to 4th and left Rocket Zhang in the lead. Fighting his way back to the front, Jin managed to get back into the lead with two and a half minutes to go and would go on to extend his lead to over 5 seconds by the end of the race. Rocket would hold on for 2nd with Motor King completing the top 3. Discussing the incident, Sawada put it down to running with more power, thanks to the increased voltage, and lower than normal traction. Losing the back of the car slightly it clipped the small yellow curbs, sending his car into the wall and needing to be marshalled. Following the crash, he said his car was feeling really good and he could go about his recovery drive, which he admitted added some excitement to what was a rather processional race.

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October 21, 2019

Luis Enrique Carrasco takes Spanish TC Stock title

The Circuito de Pista de Asoger track in Madrid, Spain played host to round 4 of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. In the competitive Stock Touring class, attracting 30 entries, it was Luis Enrique Carrasco with the overall TQ from Isaac Cuevas in 2nd after the qualifiers. After the triple A-mains the two would be tie on points but the better tie-breaker would mean the day’s win for Luis with Isaac in 2nd and Enrique Parrizas in 3rd. With the win, Luis would also seal the overall championship for 2019.

Source: Zoo Racing [zoo-racing.com]