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November 21, 2018

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd1 – Report

The 2018/19 season of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia kicked off recently at the Genius Ring in Medeuzza. Drivers from Austria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Italy and Slovenia attended on the track whose layout was unchanged from last season, however due to running the track clockwise everyone had to learn it again. The weekend kicked off on Saturday with free practice for the nearly 50 drivers while Sunday was race day. In the Touring 13.5T Stock class it was B.A. Arnaldi on pole, followed by Edoardo Repetti and Rok Rudl. Over in the Formula category it was Matej Dobnikar on pole, followed by Andrea Ghilotti and Valentin Mis.

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November 20, 2018

Lovan Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Lovan Winter Series was held in Alveringem, Belgium close to the French border last weekend. The race was held on a large 35x18m track and attracted racers from The Netherlands, France and Belgium. In the premier Touring Modified class it was John Ermen who showed some superb driving, however Hugo Raggaut was another driver who was fast from the get go. John dominated the opening qualifier on Saturday evening and he also took the three following rounds on Sunday morning, however he tried different tyres for the final qualifier that were not on point but was Hugo who scored a new lap and track record to take the overall TQ from John in 2nd and Sidney Blokker 3rd. In the finals John did everything he could to get past Hugo but the latter perfectly resisted the pressure to take the overall from John in 2nd and Sidney in 3rd.

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November 20, 2018

MRC Longwy Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The MRC Longwy club hosted round 1 of the popular MRC Longwy Winter Series this past weekend. The race attracted both national and international drivers and in the Touring Modified class it was Thimo Weissbauer who took the TQ and win in front of his Awesomatix teammates Tim Wahl in 2nd and Lucas Urbain 3rd. Loic Jasmin and Remi Callens came in 4th and 5th respectively.

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November 20, 2018

BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2018/19 BRCA 1/12th nationals took place in Birtley last weekend. The event saw a continuation of the increased entry from the first round with 70 drivers attending the event. The Birtley club laid a fast and flowing track which developed a high grip level throughout the weekend requiring a fast and consistent drive to achieve a good result. On Saturday racers competed in the 13.5 Blinky Stock championship with the field split into F1, F2 and F3 grades. In the F1 class current European Stock champion Ollie Payne put his car on pole ahead of defending British Champion David Spashett and a fast charging Adam Catchpole in 3rd. Ollie was to take a tone to tone win gaining a small advantage early on and maintaining this throughout the race. The front two cars had a relentless pace and lapped the whole field. Adam Catchpole unfortunately caught a track marker early on and had to retire his car allowing Mark Stiles to secure 3rd place from 5th on the grid.

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November 19, 2018

2018 International Indoor Championships – Report

The prestigious International Indoor Championships were held in Las Vegas, Nevada over the weekend. As usual the event attracted both drivers from the US and also a lot of guests from abroad. The race was held in the usual Modified and Stock class mix and in the premier class of Touring Modified, it was the Alexander Hagberg and Ronald Volker show. Hagberg wanted to make it perfectly clear he was the fastest in this class with an exclamation point. Being the only one to throw down 24-lap runs, along with some extraordinary talented driving, he was able to capture the over all win in the Modified Touring class from the German duo of Ronald Völker and Jan Ratheisky. Paul Lemieux and Drew Ellis would complete the top 5 result.

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November 19, 2018

Alessandro Balboni wins at Trofeo Capricorn

Last weekend the Trofeo Capricorn took place at the famous Jody Scheckter track in Fiorano, Italy. Alessandro Balboni showed a great performance, clocking the fastest lap in the 1/10th 200mm A-main and after 30 minutes of high-class racing he crossed the finish line in first position, some two laps in front of pole-setter Luca Manosperta with French driver David Simoes completing the podium in 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 19, 2018

Yugo Nagashima takes Australian TC Mod title

The 2018 Australian Electric On-road National Championships were held at England Park Raceway in Brisbane this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Yokomo’s Simon Nicholson with the TQ, however he had bad luck in A1 where he broke his car and also had to use a broken car in A2 so it was Destiny’s Yugo Nagashima with the overall win from Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee in 2nd. Team Associated’s Christopher Sturdy snatched the final podium spot as Simon Nicholson was able to recover the 4th overall courtesy of his win in the third and final A-main.

Image: Christopher Sturdy

November 16, 2018

2019 GP3F – Announcement

The 15th annual Grand Prix des 3 Frontieres will be held on the weekend of the 20th of January at the MRC Longwy club in Longwy, France. The race will be held in Touring Modified and 13.5T Stock Blinky classes and more information can be found on the club’s website here.