October 1, 2019

Colombian Electric On-road Champs Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Colombian National 1/10th Electric On-road Championship was held at the Pista Speedway RC track in Rionegro, Antioquia last weekend. The schedule saw two rounds of qualifying and five main legs, with a Reedy style points system being used. In 10.5T Touring Superstock it was Jorge Rodriguez (Awesomatix) taking the TQ and win over Sebastian Marin (Xray) in 2nd place and Leonardo Buitrago (Xray) in 3rd, after a tight battle over the five races.

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October 1, 2019

Noah Davis takes 2019 USVTA Jr National Championship

Apex Raceway and Hobbies of Murfreesboro, Tennessee recently held the 2019 USVTA Southern Nationals with nearly 190 entries for the 1/10th electric on-road classes. Creator and promoter, Myron “Battman” Kinnard put on a show of shows for carpet on-road racing. It’s the event dubbed “The One Not To Miss” over the last nine years, which included a solid 17-hour practice day to make sure everyone had plenty of time to get tuned in. Classes ranged from Modified Touring Car to Jr VTA to Euro/Semi Truck. The event attracted multiple racers from over 25 states, including California and New York. Also bringing in National champions like Sam Isaac, Brandon Clements, Matt Lyons, John Barron, and of course, track owner Eric EA Anderson, and many others. As Sunday rolled around the spectators would see the best race of the weekend in the Battle for the Belt in Jr VTA between TQ Noah Davis and runner-up Logan Pilcher. At the start it was a back-and-forward corner-to-corner battle between two young racers. The race came down to lapped traffic and two corners – a .0445 difference which crowned Noah Davis as the 2019 USVTA Jr National Champion. Logan came in 2nd as Noah Dyer rounded out the top 3.

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October 1, 2019

Souta Goto wins at Speed King Tour Rd5

Round 5 of the 2019 Speed King Tour place at the Twin Ring Honguu outdoor tarmac track in the Aichi prefecture. Unfortunately the weather forecast mentioned the chance of rain on race day, meaning some of the factory and amateur drivers opted to not attend the round. But in the end the event was held in only cloudy weather making for still a very good entry for the Touring Modified and Stock classes with the Oval category not being run due to the track layout. Racing-wise and in the Touring Modified class it was 2016 Electric Touring Car National Champion, Souta Goto (Yokomo) who took the TQ after three rounds of qualifying. Although the Speed King Tour usually runs a “Super Lap” format to determine the starting positions for the top 5 qualifiers, the race was scrapped to ensure the event could be finished before the rain was predicted.

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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

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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