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August 5, 2019

BRCA 1/10th IC Circuit Nationals Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the BRCA 1/10th IC Circuit Nationals was held at the long standing technical and challenging Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire. Saturday unfortunately followed the poor forecast with heavy showers and torrential rain and of the few drivers who turned up on practice day most spent time securing their gazebos and tents and waterproofing their cars or preparing their “wet car “. However a few brave drivers ventured on to the circuit with minimal success. First thing Sunday morning was grey and cloudy with a damp circuit but not raining. With rain forecast later a decent time in the early heats would be the target. 200mm Touring saw Joe Kerry (Capricorn) keep up his reputation for performance in wet conditions easily taking the FTD. Neil Wallace (Serpent ) qualified in 2nd with Matthieu Dambrine a creditable 3rd.

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August 5, 2019

Bowie Ginting wins Xcampus Challenge

The annual Xcampus Challenge was held at the Gian Arena Circuit in Banjarmasin, South Borneo, Indonesia this past weekend. The event attracted 55 drivers with Touring Modified being the primary class. It was Bowie Ginting who took the overall TQ spot ahead of Christian Mamesah and Hijrah Saputra and also the main finals went into Bowie’s favour who secured the overall victory by winning A1 and A2, followed by Christian who won A3 while Peter Anthonijsz took overall 3rd.

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August 5, 2019

Cavalieri & Albano win at ROAR EP On-road Nationals

The 2019 ROAR Electric On-Road Paved Nationals were held at Speedworld R/C Raceway in Roseville, California this past weekend. In the premier Modified Touring Car class it was Brandon Clements with the overall TQ, however it was multi-time ROAR National Champion, Ryan Cavalieri with the wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory from EJ Evans on the runner-up spot. Felix Law came in 3rd to round out the podium in 3rd from A3 winner, Brandon Clements.

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August 3, 2019

Bezerk RC Pro 10 Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Bezerk Pro 10 Winter Series was held at England Park Raceway, Queensland, Australia, last Saturday. After three rounds of qualifying Shannon Overson secured the TQ spot with Scott Tapsall and Jason Wicks in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Due to a few technical issues in race control there were only two finals run. With one win each between Shannon Overson and Clayton Hughes after both finals, the win went to Shannon with a superior second final result. 3rd place went to Scott Tapsall with Richard Chun and Ryan Andrews finishing 4th and 5th. The second round of the series will be held on the 24th of August.

Thanks to Shannon Overson for the report.

August 1, 2019

Branislav Panak wins rained-out Czech IC Track Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Czech IC Track Nationals was held in Brno recently. Running the track in reverse direction, the fast layout and tyre-hungry surface made for some challenging conditions for all drivers. To this added rainy weather on Saturday that ultimately forced the race director to call the event a day. With the results taken from the three qualifying rounds it was Xray’s Branislav Panak with the overall win from Xray teammate, Marcel Dostal. Shepherd’s Martin Zvara came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 31, 2019

Nejc Mihelic takes early Austrian 1/8 IC Track title

The third round of the Austrian IC Track Nationals was held at the LAMAC track last weekend. Due to bad weather prediction for Sunday all four qualifying rounds would be held on Saturday. Right from the start it was Nejc Mihelic who set the pace and with all four rounds completed it was still Nejc on top followed by Herfried Pucher and Michael Holler. On Sunday the rain arrived as expected and just when the main finals started. So the organisers had to call the race a day and by taking the qualifying results to determine the winner it was Nejc with the win from Herfried and Michael. With the win Mihelic already took the overall championship title thanks to scoring three wins in a row and with the season finale still to come in September.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 30, 2019

Mauritian Electric On-road Championship Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the Mauritian Electric On-road Championship was held last weekend in the three classes of 1/8th BL Open, 1/8th BL Promo, and 1/10th Touring 10.5T Boosted. In 1/8th BL Open it was Jovanni Appasamy with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win after the A-mains from Clarel Lacour in 2nd place. Christophe Cazin completed the top 3 results while also scoring the fastest lap.

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July 29, 2019

CARS Summer ShootOut Rd3 – Report

The Chesterfield Auto Racing Society held round 3 of the CARS Summer ShootOut Series this past weekend. LMP12 13.5 was won by David Spashett from Ollie Payne in 2nd and Andrew Smith in 3rd. LMP12 17.5 had Gavin Clinch coming out on top from Glenn Atterton 2nd and Kevin Creaser 3rd. In GT12 it was Simon Pole with the day’s win from Justin Heath and Trevor Coult while WGT saw Dave Sedgwick walking away with the silverware from Gareth Preece and Kevin Creaser.

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