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June 1, 2019

Miguel & Nascimento win at Portuguese TC Nats Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the Portuguese Touring National Championship was held at the CRB track in Lisbon with nearly 30 drivers in attendance. Sunny weather and a well-prepared track made for great racing conditions and in the Touring class it was local racer, Serpent’s Hugo Miguel with the overall TQ from Nuno Durães (Mugen) and Mário Miranda (Xray). The finals then saw some great and close racing with Hugo eventually taking the win from Nuno and Mario.

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May 31, 2019

Issei Sasaki crowned JMRCA Touring Sports Champion

The RC Stadium Sodegaura track recently played host to the 2019 JMRCA Touring Sports Japanese National Championships. The race was held in Stock motor classes only and was open for all non-sponsored drivers. In the 17.5T Touring category it was 13-years old Issei Sasaki (Xray) with the win from Yuto Sakai (Yokomo) and Tsubasa Yoshimura (Yokomo).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 30, 2019

Michael Derderian wins at French 200mm Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the French 1/10th 200mm Nationals was held at the Bonneville track last weekend. Michael Derderian would take the win in the main final after a nice battle with Brice Turco, the latter having to settle for 3rd overall in the end. Kevin Rasquin would end the A-main on the runner-up spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 29, 2019

V.d. Akker & Janssen win at Dutch Nationals Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MRC Genk track. For most drivers it was the maiden race at this track as the nationals never visited the track before. Round 3 saw the running of the Touring Modified, Touring Stock and the growing FWD class and in Modified it was the expected battle between the current number 1 and 2, Sidney Blokker and Rick v.d. Akker. As the grip conditions were constantly changing it became very difficult to drive constant lap times. With two of the three rounds to count it came down to the third round of qualifying as both Sidney and Rick had a 1st and 2nd place after twi rounds. The TQ position ultimately went to Sidney with a 1-second margin in the last round.

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May 29, 2019

BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship Rd3 & Rd4 – Report

Over the bank holiday weekend the Cotswold club at Cotswold Airport near Cirencester, in Gloucestershire hosted a double header round for the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship for both Nitro and Electric cars. The championship’s round 3 was held on Sunday and in the Nitro class Tim Wood was back in dominant form with his Shepherd taking the win from Serpent’s Alex Thurston while Capricorn’s Neal King took 3rd two laps behind. Some wet weather in qualifying mixed up the grid somewhat with some big names not making the A-final.

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May 29, 2019

Alvaro Jara wins Chilean IC Track Nats Rd5

The recent fifth round of the Chilean National IC Track Championship saw Shepherd’s Alvaro Jara walking away with the win in the 30-minute 1/8th scale A-main event. Cristobal Ugarte (Serpent) came in 2nd, six laps down while Joaquin Silva completed the top 3 result, another five laps down. With the win Alvaro keeps his championship hopes alive, fighting with Francisco Lara for the overall title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 28, 2019

French Electric On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

The Besancon track in the eastern part of France hosted round 3 of the French Electric On-road Championship last weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Hugo Ragaut with the overall TQ from Remi Callens and Loic Jasmin in 2nd and 3rd respectively. After the triple A-mains it was still Hugo with the number 1 spot, thanks to winning A1 and A3, while Loic moved up a spot to finish on the runner-up spot. 5th place qualifier, Alexandre Duchet would obtain the 3rd and final podium spot.

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May 28, 2019

Martinelli & Fankhauser win at Swiss IC Track Rd2

The second round of the Swiss IC Track Championship was held at the iconic Lostallo track this past weekend. Saturday’s qualification was held in mixed weather conditions with the day starting off dry but becoming a wet affair during the lunch break. In the 1/8th class it was Luca Martinelli with the TQ from Mattia Pesenti, Ales Haydekr and Jürg Nydegger. The final then saw Mattia Pesenti leading the field in the opening stages, however a crash with another driver at the 12-minute mark disturbed his race as he had to change tyres. A few minutes later Mattia was already chasing Luca Martinelli for the lead but a longer than expected tyre change 18 minutes to the end was another set back for Pesenti. Mattia then tried his best to close in on the leader again but he would run out of tyres and had to settle for 2nd overall behind Luca Martinelli. Rudi Scherrer came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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