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September 30, 2019

Carl Groessel wins at Swiss EP On-road finale

The AMCS Schaffhausen club played host to the final round of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. Carl Friedrich Groessel took the overall Touring Modified TQ, scoring two round wins, leaving behind Michele Manzo and Fabian Widmer, who posted a round TQ each, in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The opening A-main then again saw Carl Friedrich on top with Michele in 2nd only a couple of seconds behind. A2 in return had Michele taking the win with Fabian in 2nd, meaning the podium would be decided in the third and final A-main. In the end of an ultra close race it was Carl with the win some 0.6 seconds in front of Michele while Fabian came in 3rd only 0.9 seconds behind. This meant Car Friedrich would take the win with Michele in 2nd and Fabian in 3rd.

Image: Michele Manzo

September 30, 2019

2019/20 Schumacher GP Series Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2019/20 Schumacher GP Series was held at MB Models in Leeds this past weekend. 13.5T Blinky Touring Car was won by Ricky Lee from Sam Law in 2nd and Joseph Cocking in 3rd.

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September 30, 2019

Leo Arnold takes French 200mm Nitro Touring title

The final round of the French IC Track Nationals was held at the Automodelisme Club de Tours track this past weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Xray’s Leo Arnold with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top in the A-main, making it a perfect sweep this season with four TQs and four wins which would ultimately hand him the national championship title. Capricorn’s Kevin Rasquin came in 2nd at the fifth and final round as Xray’s Michael Derderian came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Image: Leo Arnold

September 30, 2019

Masami Hirosaka leaves Yokomo after 30 years

In what sounds a bit of a shock announcement, record IFMAR World Champion, multi-time Japanese National Champion and all-time RC icon, Masami Hirosaka has announced his departure from long-time sponsors Yokomo. Being with the Japanese company for 30 years now, Masami has taken to social media that he will leave Yokomo effectively today, September 30th, following the retirement of company founder Tom Yokobori. Masami and mechanic Masaaki have won countless national and international titles campaigning Yokomo cars, with Masami being the company’s main brand representative after his official retirement from racing, a couple of years ago. For now Masami leaves open what comes next for him.

September 28, 2019

Campionato Costruttori EP Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Italian Campionato Costruttori EP series was held at the Giardini Naxos track in Sicily, home of the 2015 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Championship with the vacility being converted into an asphalt on-road track in the meantime. The series is supported by the Italian ACI automobile club and will in the end award official Italian National titles – one of the reasons the championship already drew a huge number of racers to take part in the opening two rounds. As for the racing, in the Touring Modified category it was Xray driver, Alessio Menicucci who took the win at round 2 ahead of his Xray teammates, Alessio Mazzeo and Francesco Martini.

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September 27, 2019

Daan Haling takes 2019 BeNeLux 1/8 IC title

This year’s BeNeLux race took place in Genk, Belgium under very nice weather conditions. In the popular 1/8th IC class Daan Haling took the pole with only 0.1 seconds difference after 4 minutes to Yves Zoma in 2nd position. Renaud Velkeneers took the 3rd spot on the starting grid. In the final, Yves Zoma (Mugen) had some bad luck at the start which cost him about seven seconds, allowing Daan Haling (Capricorn) some room to open a gap on the field. 30 minutes and many pit stops later, Yves had only reduced the gap by one second so Daan would finish in 1st position with a 6-seconds lead on Yves. Clive Connolly (ARC) took 3rd a lap down.

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September 26, 2019

Mihelic & Wendy take Austrian 1/8th On-road titles

The final round of the Austrian IC Track championship was held at the very fast Sollenau track recently. In 1/8th Nitro On-road it was Xray’s Nejc Mihelic with the overall TQ followed by Superpole winner, Gerhard Kandelhart (Shepherd). In the main final it was Nejc who would bring home the win flag to flag with Alain Levy (Shepherd) coming in 2nd from Gerhard Kandelhart in 3rd. Overall in the championship it was also Nejc who would bring home the title, taking four of the four rounds with Alain and Gerhard completing the overall top 3. In the 1/8th Electric class it was Patrick Wendy with the overall title after winning three rounds of the championship for the maximum points score.

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September 26, 2019

Thurston & Paton win at BRCA 1/8th Circuit finale

The final round of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Series took place at the Wombwell Circuit near Barnsley with damp weather conditions. Alex Thurston had a great debut for his new chassis sponsors Capricorn, taking the TQ and win in the nitro class from Mugen drivers Andy Hastings and Sam Snell. In the Electric class again Capricorn dominated as Jamie Paton took the win from Rob Scott and 3rd was Shepherd driver Robert Stevenson.

View the Electric class podium here