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November 6, 2024

Practice underway at Worlds, Coelho sets early pace

After of months of preparations & testing by manufacturer & drivers, the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Touring Car World Championships are finally underway in California with defending champion Bruno Coelho setting the early pace at Finishline RC Raceway. With 5 rounds of practice on today’s schedule the biggest take after the opening two rounds of practice was grip, or more specifically the lack of it, the track completely different to what drivers had expected after previous visits to the track. With the first practice round very much a systems check for drivers, issues with noise on the timing loop caused by a 7000 volt electric fence resulted in over an hour of a delay before drivers resumed with the second practice run. With Coelho’s Xray fastest in both rounds, his 3-consecutive laps of the second practice a 33.146, it was Worlds Warm-up Race winner Akio Sobue who was closest on pace running a best time of 33.379 with Axon team-mate Hayato Ishioka completing the Top 3. One of the favourites coming into this World Championship Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski set the fourth fastest pace ahead of Mugen’s Ronald Volker, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and the Awesomatix of Marc Rheinard.

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November 5, 2024

RugRacers Round 1 – Report

Popular British indoor touring car series Rug Racers returned for another season last weekend with racing over 3 classes with Schumacher’s Elliott Harper coming away with the Modified win. In qualifying Bailey Graves proved his impressive pace on track by bringing the fight to the defending Rug Racers and national champion, where Graves held the TQ spot through the second and 3rd qualifiers until Harper was able to take pole in the last qualifier by one second on fastest time. Harper was able to find the space to stretch his legs in both finals, taking the overall win while Matthieu Dambrine was able to find his way through to second in leg 1. Leg 2 allowed everyone to find their own space easing to the top 4 finishing where they started.

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November 4, 2024

Pequito double World Champion at PNWC

RC Atomic driver Jose Pequito completed a title double at the PNWC to be crowned World Champion of 2WD Mod and Pan Open classes at the 1:28 scale event. Taking place in Vélizy Villacoublay, France, the 2024 PNWC attracted 270 entries made up of 130 drivers from 19 counties, but it was Portuguese driver Pequito who came away the biggest winner. In 2WD Mod, he would take the title ahead of French RTRC driver Guillaume Loie with American John Dickson completing the podium. It was the same trio who would make up the podium also in Mod Open, Dickson managing 2nd ahead of Loie. Close to a hat trick of titles, Pequito would finish 2nd in AWD Mod, with that title going to RTRC driver Thomas Robin from France with Clement Coquel completing the podium.

Image: MOD Media [Facebook]

November 4, 2024

2025 EFRA European Championship Calendar

Hosting its AGM over the weekend in Brussels, Belgium, EFRA, the governing body for RC racing in Europe, has released a provisional 2025 race calendar of which the European Championships are the highlights. Made up of 13 European Championship deciding events, it will all kick off with the 1:12 EC in Belgium at the end of March and concluded with the only remaining European B Championship for 1:8 Buggy which takes place at the end of September in Italy. EFRA also announced the awarding of 2026 European Championship to tracks with the Fuencarral circuit in Madrid, Spain, home to the annual international Buggyland race, set to host the 1:8 Buggy Championships. Other confirmed 2026 locations include Bourg-en-Bresse in France which will be the venue for the 1:8 Onroad Euros while Steyregg in Austria has been selected to host the 1:10 Offroad Championships. Electric Touring Car will return to Mini Circuit ‘Ville de Luxembourg’, the iconic Luxembourg track having last hosted the Euros in 2009. Two significant points to come out from the EFRA AGM include the 1:12 section making the decision to modernise the bodyshell rules in coming years, bringing in the styling and design of modern LMDh/IMSA endurance racing cars. In 1:8 Offroad, control tyres will now be mandated for the 2025 European B 1:8 Buggy Championship. The new rule allows each tyre manufacturer to nominate control tyres for use during the event.

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October 31, 2024

ROAR announces 2025 Nationals Calendar

ROAR, the the sanctioning body for RC racing in the United States & Canada, has announced the track locations and dates for its 2025 National Championships. While a suitable venue for the 1:8 Onroad Nitro Nationals is still being sought, the 2025 Nationals will kick off with the 1:10 Onroad Carpet Nationals at 360 RC Raceway in New Rochelle, New York, which is home to the annual MonTech NYGP. Later in the same month Amain will host the 1:8 Electric Offroad Nationals at it track in California. Next up it will be the 1:10 Offroad Nationals which will be hosted by Hoosier RC Hobbyplex in Indiana in May. June will see the turn of 1:8 Nitro Offroad drivers to battle it out for National honours as they travel to the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Texas. In August the 1:10 Carpet Offroad Nationals will take drivers to Iowa to the Island Speedway Offroad facility. Set to wrap up the National Calendar in October, CenCal Speedway in Fresno, California, will decide the 1:10 Onroad Paved National titles.

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October 31, 2024

Yanagisaw joins Power HD

Front running Japanese electric onroad racer Yoshiyasu Yanagisaw has been announced as the newest team signing by servo manufacturer Power HD. A podium finisher at the 1:12 World Championship and also a Touring Car podium finisher at the JMRCA National Championships, the factory Xpress team driver will use Power HD’s direct mount servo S15-XP in his touring car while choosing their M8H pan car servo for his 1:12 campaign.

Source: PowerHD [chd.hk]

October 29, 2024

Menicucci announces Xray departure

Long time Xray driver and top Italian Electric Touring Car racer Alessio Menicucci has announced his departure from the Slovakian manufacturer. Posting the announcement on Facebook, the reigning Italian National Champion who was a regular on the international tour said, ‘After 13 years I have to announce that from now on I will no longer be part of Team Xray. We have taken away many satisfactions, we have had many disappointments, we have won and we have lost, always giving 100%. I must especially thank all my teammates for sharing beautiful days and many laughs together, Martin Hudy for having trust in me, Francesco Martini for being my mentor, Fabio Domanin for his unconditional support and support. Thank you very much. The friendships created will go beyond the color of the shirt we wear. I’m looking forward to discover what the future brings, but I already know that I will continue to give 100%.’

Source: Alessio Menicucci [Facebook]

October 28, 2024

Parker wins BRCA 1:12 Nationals opener

The 2024/25 BRCA 1:12 National Championship kicked off over the weekend with Schumacher’s Louis Parker taking the win. While defending champion Ollie Payne was absent due to the clashing Masters of Foam race in Belgium, the first race of the 9-round British championship attracted 44 drivers to the West Bridgford Model Car Club hosted event. In the FTD format qualifying it was Sam Coult who secured the TQ after four rounds with his Schumacher ahead of Parker with Awesomatix’s Mark Stiles completing the Top 3. With a single A-Main, Parker would get passed Coult to win the 8-minute encounter by 6/10th of a second with Stiles maintaining third a further 2-seconds back.

Image: Schumacher [Facebook]