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July 18, 2018

Andrea Pirani joins Ielasi Tuned

Ielasi Tuned have announced the signing of Italian front runner, Andrea Pirani. Andrea will start using his new power plants at this week’s EFRA 1/8th Euros in Cassino, Italy with his weapon of choice being the newly introduced Raptor.21 engine. This is what Andrea has to say about the deal:

I want to thank Daniele Ielasi for this opportunity, I’m really excited to run Ielasi Tuned Engines for the upcoming European Championship and next few years. I’m sure we can make good result together.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

July 17, 2018

Sam Issacs doubles at 8th Annual Charity Race

John’s Mobile R/C Raceway held its 8th Annual Charity Race this past weekend. The event attracted 94 entries and in the end it was Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs who won in both the Touring Modified and 13.5T Spec classes. Sam would win 13.5 from TQ and Modified from 2nd on the grid. Xray’s Robbie Dodge TQ’ed Mod but would come in 2nd in both categories and Awesomatix’s Mike Gee would complete both the TC Mod and 13.5T Spec podiums.

Image: Robbie Dodge

July 17, 2018

Diatta Collymore takes Caribbean Nats title

The Caribbean On-road Nationals were held at the Barceloneta Speedway in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico last weekend. In the 45-minute 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan A-main it was TQ holder Diatta Collymore with the win, a narrow three seconds in front of Andy Baez with the decision only going down in the final lap. Felix Ortiz ended the main on the 3 spot, some six laps down, as Reymon Melendez and Norberto Rodriguez rounded out the top 5 results.

Image: Diatta Collymore

July 16, 2018

CTS3 Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the CTS3 was held at Steel City RC Speedway in Fontana, California. The weather was a major factor reaching temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit making it more challenging for both drivers and cars. In the Modified division, Team Associated veteran Rick Hohwart set TQ for Q1 on Saturday. On Sunday Brandon Clements (Awesomatix) would better the TQ till Q3 as JJ Wang (Xray) ups it with a flawless run putting himself pole position for the A-main. Tone to tone Wang would separate the field early and take his car to victory as Hohwart would finish in 2nd and Randy Caster (Team Associated) in a respectable 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

July 16, 2018

Rodrigues wins at Portuguese 200mm Nats Rd4

The fourth round of this year’s Portuguese IC Track Nationals was held at the Vila Real track this past weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Eduardo Escandon with the TQ from Carlos Manuel Rodrigues. In the 30-minute A-main event however it was Carlos who would hold the upper hand, bringing home the win some twelve seconds in front of Juan Hidalgo Garrido in 2nd. Nuno Duraes had to settle for 3rd overall, some four laps down following a difficult A-main and loosing about one and a half minutes in an unplanned pit stop.

Image: Nuno Duraes

July 16, 2018

Hagberg & Orlowski complete podium at ETS season finale

Alexander Hagberg and Michal Orlowski completed the podium at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series season finale this afternoon in Slovakia. While Bruno Coelho wrapped up the overall win in A2, the ETS Champion opted to run the third A-Main at Hudy Arena after not being 100% happy with his car in A1 & 2 and again he lead home another stagnated Top 3. Winning by his biggest margin of the three encounters, Coelho would finish 1.8-seconds up on Hagberg with the result securing Xray another 1-2 finish at their home track. For Hagberg, today’s 2nd place would also help him to move ahead of Yokomo’s Ronald Volker in the final end of season standings to finish 3rd overall behind Marc Rheinard, the Infinity driver having another difficult weekend. Finishing A3 over 2-seconds back on Hagberg, Orlowski would cap off an impressive weekend by securing his first ever ETS podium. Having started his career in the ETS but moved over and becoming a star and champion of the Euro Offroad Series, today’s result should see the Schumacher driver return to his roots and become a contender for the title of both disciplines next season.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

July 16, 2018

Feldmann & Stegmuller take EFRA Large scale titles

The Tourlaville club in Northern France hosted the EFRA On-road Large Scale European Championships last week. The championships would be decided in a Touring Car and the Formula class. In the Touring Car final the result was never in doubt as “Mighty” Markus Feldman took his 7th European title – but more significantly his first since 2010 with a lights to flag victory. Behind him the podium places were always in doubt as a battle royale between 2017 Euro Champ Bernard Arnaldi, up and coming star Patrick Folmann and 2016 Champ Giovanni Verbrugghe entertained the huge crowd for over half the 30 minutes of the final. In the end the Dane Folmann tangled with Arnaldi allowing Verbrugghe to slip past for 2nd. Folmann picked up 3rd when Arnaldi had to retire towards the end much to the disappointment of his fellow countrymen lining the track. This left a jubilant Feldmann to take the trophy, which he described as “Easy” thanks to “The fantastic set up and work from my mechanic”.

Continue reading the report here

July 16, 2018

Tim Wood wins at BRCA 1/8th Track Nats Rd6

The BRCA 1/8th Track Nationals took place at the popular Halifax track this past weekend. Shepherd’s Andy Hastings took the TQ honours and was pretty much on pace with eventual race winner, Tim Wood (Shepherd), however Andrew unfortunately scored a DNF, allowing Mark Green (Serpent) to take the runner-up spot as Serpent’s Richard Hicklin rounded out the top 3 results.

View the final results here