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November 27, 2018

1st Iberian Shepherd Race – Report

The inaugural Iberian Shepherd Race was held at the ARCA track in Alcobendas, Madrid last weekend. The event was held in the five classes of 1/8th IC Track, 1/8th EP, 1/10th 200mm Touring, 1/8th GT and Formula and it attracted international top drivers like Eduardo Escandón and Simon Kurzbuch to show their performance on the track while of course helping others in the pits. As for the results it was Simon Kurzbuch with the win in the 1/8th IC Track class from Ruben Olivares on the runner-up spot and Sergio Montesinos, who rounded out an all-Shepherd podium in 3rd.

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November 26, 2018

David Ronnefalk wins Netto RC Invitational

The Netto RC Invitational race was held in Hässleholm, Sweden this past weekend. Run in several categories, the premier class would be the Invitational race that got HB Racing’s off-road star David Ronnefalk out of his on-road retirement to race against some of the region’s fastest electric on-road racers. Ultimately it was David who took the overall winning honours after twelve head-to-head rounds of Reedy-style racing, leaving behind Team Associated’s Daniel Carlsson in 2nd and Xray’s Markus Hellquist in 3rd. Elias Johansson and Erik Ström would round out the top 5 result.

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November 26, 2018

Shoki Takahata defends JMRCA 1/8th IC Track title

The 2018 JMRCA 1/8 IC Track National Championship was held at the Japanese SRT track this past weekend. Reigning champion, Mugen’s Shoki Takahata, took the top qualifier honours in front of Infinity’s Takaaki Shimo with the two securing the only direct qualifying spots. The 45-minute main final then again saw Shoki coming out on top, securing himself the win and back-to-back championship title as Infinity’s Jesse Davis came out in 2nd. Takaaki Shimo rounded off the podium result in 3rd.

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November 26, 2018

MRCZ Open International race – Report

The MRCZ club in Belgium held their annual International race this past weekend. One of the longest running races in Belgium, that started life back in the 1980’s mainly as a 1/12th scale event attracting drivers like David Spashett or Oscar Jansen, changed its approach over the year, becoming more beginners friendly with classes such as Formula, Tamiya Truck or 1/12th GT. The 2018 edition made no exception, offering many different classes to compete in. The otherwise premier Touring Modified class only attracted a handful of drivers. Thomas Stockman, a multiple previous winner of the event and Florian Joos would be the biggest contenders for the overall victory. Thomas claimed Q1, but Florian convincingly won the remaining four qualifiers. Thomas lined up 2nd on the grid in front of Pieter Saelens, Liam Van de Wouwer and David Joos. Florian Joos (Xray) took the overall victory from Thomas Stockman (Xray), Pieter Saelens (Yokomo), Liam Van de Wouwer (ARC) and David Joos (Xray).

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November 23, 2018

Xray Racing Series Rd1 – Report

The 2018/19 season of the Xray Racing Series Germany kicked off last weekend at the MAC Adenau club. For the fifth time, an XRS race was held on the Eifel-Ring, the 111-meter long, fast and technically demanding indoor course with original ETS carpet not far from the Nürburgring. A few years ago, the international Xray Challenge also started on the Eifel-Ring, when Swedish Xray factory rider Alexander Hagberg celebrated victories in both the touring car and the 1/12 classes. With 52 entries, the XRS Germany recorded its highest entry so far. The Touring Stock class with 13.5T hand-out motors had the highest number of entries and it was local hero Majuran Tharmalingam who took pole position some four seconds ahead of Melvin Diekmann and Joerg Baldes in the three heats over five minutes each.

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November 22, 2018

YEG On-Road Classic – Report

The inaugural YEG On-Road Classic was held last weekend and the blizzard for people flying, and driving into YEG, Edmonton was only strong enough to keep a few pre-registered attendees away. But with a modest 94 Entries, spread across seven Classes and 15 heats of racing, made for a relaxing and enjoyable for all. From brand new drivers, to National Champions the field was broad in skill level. The new layout provided racers with a good combination of high speed turns, and unique passing opportunities. With traction having to build over the course of the weekend, it proved drivers to be adaptive. Spec tires played an interesting role in helping drivers gain more traction throughout the weekend. The Sweep Racing QTS32 “True Blue” was the TC Spec tire of choice, whilst the GravityRC “White Stripe” was used in the 1/12 spec classes, both were more than capable of keeping the field nice and close in all grip conditions. With results available via live timing all weekend, racers and spectators were able to follow along in the pits on one of the many TVs and projectors available, or simply on their phone or computer. Racing wise and in the premier Touring Modified class it was Team Associated driver, Wayne Mah with the TQ and win from Awesomatix driver, Ryan Betty as Sammy Lee rounded out the top 3 result.

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November 21, 2018

2018 Sunpadow On-Road Grand Prix – Report

The Annual Sunpadow On-Road Grand Prix held in Xiamen, China recently saw over 220 drivers competing in electric and nitro classes. The prize money race has become the premier event in Asia, attracting some of the top drivers from around the world. This year’s turnout was the largest in the race’s three year history, organisers expect next year to be even bigger. Serpent’s Viktor Wilck dominated the Electric Modified Sedan class with Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp and Akio Sobue completing the podium.

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November 21, 2018

Cerrato & Butterfield win at West Coast Classic

The West Coast Classic race was held at Steel City RC Speedway last weekend. The event was held in 1/10th and 1/8th Nitro as well as 1/5th scale gas classes and in 1/8th scale Open Christian Lopez would take the TQ spot after the qualifiers. Robbie Cerrato would take the win in the 30-minute A-main event from Scott Kimbrow 2nd and Bryce Butterfield 3rd.

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