Red RC » R On Road

July 13, 2018

Turkish On-road Nationals – Report

The Izmir EFMOD track recently played host for the 2018 Turkish On-road Nationals, a 5-day race that was held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock, 1/8th IC Track and 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring classes. The race was affected by changing weather conditions and the level of competition was high in all classes, meaning lots of pressure for all drivers. In the Touring Modified category the race for the overall win was on between Ahmet Kasap and up and coming Atahan Yıldız. Both showed a very fast and very similar pace. Eventually Atahan took the title in his first race season while Ahmet took the runner-up spot. The podium was rounded out by Yunus Şahin.

Continue reading the report here

July 12, 2018

BRCA Clubman’s Championship Rd4 – Report

Last weekend drivers headed to the Midlands for round 4 of the BRCA Clubman’s Championship at the Bedworth Club. Over the last year, the club has changed the location to a new and greatly improved venue. They have transformed an abandoned overgrown two tennis court area and surrounding area into a great pitting area and more importantly the flattest and grippiest track many have ever raced on in the U.K. The weather for the weekend was one of the hottest on record, with temperatures of 30ºC and track temperatures of 60ºC, something that is rarely seen in the U.K. and it would be a real test for both drivers and equipment. There was a full entry for race day and there were also 70 plus drivers practicing on Saturday with seven timed runs for all classes in heat order. So plenty of opportunity for those new to the venue to adjust to track conditions. The usual three classes were running, 17.5 Blinky, 13.5 Open and Formula.

Continue reading the report here

July 12, 2018

Xray Racing Series Japan – Report

The inaugural Xray Racing Series Japan race was held in Nagoya recently. Being the home of the 2018 All-Japan JMRCA Touring Sport class nationals many drivers took the opportunity to get some laps under their belts. The race was open for all manufacturers, however during the price giving ceremony also the top 3 Xray drivers were announced as part of a special classification. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Japanese frontrunner, Akio Sobue with the win from Kutsana and Sasaki.

Continue reading here

July 11, 2018

John Ermen TQs & wins at Belgian IC Track Nats Rd3

The third round of the Belgian IC Track Nationals was held in Ruphen last weekend. In the 1/8th On-road class it was John Ermen who set the pace, taking the TQ after the qualifiers and also bringing home the win on his home track, some two laps in front of Gunther van Staey. In the opening stages of the 30-minute main John was chased by Robin D’hondt and Gunther, but Robin had to retire with a broken 2nd gear while up front a different fuel and tyre strategy allowed John to gain an advantage and take home the win.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

July 11, 2018

Patrick Fankhauser wins at Swiss IC Track Nats Rd3

The Langenthal track played host to the recent third round of the Swiss IC Track Nationals. In the 200mm class and on Friday’s practice it was Xray’s Patrick Fankhauser with the fastest time, some 0.2 seconds ahead of teammate Traugott Schär. During Saturday’s qualifiers however Patrick ran into some issues caused by the high temperatures and so he only qualified in 4th place behind Thilo Thödtmann, Niclas Scherrer and Traugott Schär. In the 30-minute main final it was at first Shepherd’s own Thilo Tödtmann who lead the race, however he ran into technical issues at about the 20-minute mark that promoted Patrick, who had to recover from a collision in the opening stages, into the lead that he would hold onto until the checkered flag. Some seven laps behind Fankhauser it was Xray driver Michael Schäfer on the runner-up spot as Jakob Bühler (Xray) rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 11, 2018

Brayden Stanley wins at PDNR Winter Champs

The Penrith District Nitro Racing club of Sydney, Australia held their Winter Championships last weekend. In the Nitro Touring class it was young Mugen driver, Brayden Stanley with the TQ, just over three seconds in front of Joel Casey. In the 20-minute main final it was then again Brayden who held the upper hand to take the win with a lap margin from Tony Firth (Kyosho) as John Germanos (Shepherd) rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

July 11, 2018

RCMC Singapore GP Nationals Rd4 – Report

The East Coast Race Track played host to round four of the RCMC Singapore GP Nationals last weekend. Finally Singapore gave everyone perfect weather with plenty of drivers and some exciting on track action. With 1/8th GP, GT, 1/10th GP and 1/5th scale racing, it wasn’t going to be a boring day for the spectators and racers alike. For 1/5th and 1/10th racing the organisers decided to try a new format for finals, where the final would be split into two 15-minute sprints, instead of the usual single 30-minute final. Similar formats are being used on the European Continent with a view to make the racing more exciting, and less of an Endurance style race. This would make qualifying even more important than usual for these classes.

Continue reading the report here

July 10, 2018

Diatta Collymore wins at King of Cali Race

This past weekend Speedworld Raceway & Hobby located in Roseville California, hosted the annual King Of Cali race that had drivers from all over California dish it out in their respected classes for both Nitro and Electric On-Road in order to fight for the title and the crown. In the competitive Nitro Touring class and after qualifying it was Bryce Butterfield with the TQ from Diatta Collymore in 2nd. The main started out with some pretty close racing between Diatta and Bryce and after a mistake in the deadly chicane from Bryce, Diatta was eventually able to bring it home and take the crown while setting overall fast lap. Bryce would end the race on the 2 spot while Chet Miller had to settle for 3rd overall.

Thanks to Diatta Collymore for the report.