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April 27, 2018

Regalado & Apolaro win at Wallace Racing Challenge

The 1st Annual Wallace Racing Challenge was held at the World famous Full Throttle RC Raceway with over 65 drivers descended upon Kissimmee, Florida for four intense days of 1/8th, 1/8th GT and 1/10th scale Nitro R/C racing. 1/8th Open, also known as the F1 of R/C, was the premier class of the weekend. Gianni Giorgio would take the TQ and in the main Gianni would get off to a good start but would run into mechanical issues only 12 laps into the race. This would lead Roniel Regalado, Walo Walker and Paolo Morganti to battle it out for the lead. The race came down to pit strategy and fuel gun races. Big money was up for grabs and everyone was battling it out on the track for top honors. In the end Roniel Regalado would hold on to take the win with Walo Walker in 2nd and Paolo Morganti in 3rd.

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April 27, 2018

Dutch Electric On-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the opening round of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the popular Apeldoorn track. 42 driver signed in to race in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and a supporting 1/8th Electric class. In Touring Modified it was Sidney Blokker who set the pace followed by Rick v.d. Akker. Due to some incidents for Sidney he was only able to come in 3rd overall as Rick was able to climb the top step of the podium followed by Goof in 2nd place, the latter showing a steady race as he took profit of some issues of Sidney.

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April 27, 2018

Delorme & Varinard win at French EP Champs Rd2

The second round of the French Electric On-road National Championship was held in Manspach, Alsace with more than 70 entries. In the Touring 13.5T Blinky class Pierre Delorme soon found a good pace in the low grip and hot conditions and he was able to win the three qualifiers on Saturday by a good margin. The final two qualifiers on Sunday again saw Pierre on top and he did also win the two opening A-mains for the overall for in front of Serge Boudet 2nd and Jeremy Delalondre 3rd.

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April 26, 2018

Vasco Sousa wins Portuguese 1/8th Nats

The recent Portuguese IC Track Nationals were held at the Travessas track in S. João da Madeira, Portugal. In the 1/8th Nitro class it was Joaquim Rego who took the TQ honours but in the main final it was Vasco Sousa who held his nerves together to bring home the win in front of teammate José Félix in 2nd and Raul Prata in 3rd place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 26, 2018

Carlos Manuel wins at Portuguese 200mm Nats

A round of the Portuguese 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Nationals was held recently and it was Carlos Manual who would walk away with the win after starting from P2 on the grid. Carlos would stay in touch with the leader for most of the race and when the 1st place driver got into trouble at the 15-minute mark, Carlos was able to get into the lead and from there he would manage his race to bring home the win with his Xray ride from 2nd placed Nuno Duraes (Mugen) as Tomás Andrade (Xray) rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 25, 2018

Tim Wood sweeps BRCA 1/8 IC Track Nats Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Championship took place at the Adur circuit on the South Coast. Perhaps the most technical circuit on the calendar, it offers its own unique challenge. Saturday saw a dry day for practice with glorious weather and grip increasing nicely through the day. Sunday saw a round of practice followed by four rounds of qualifying and then finals. Qualifying saw numerous close races, between Tim Wood, Alex Thurston, David Spashett and Neil King. After round 4 it was Tim that took TQ with a new track record, followed by Alex and David. The A-final blasted away, with all ten cars getting away off the line. With the grid being very close on pace, a number of incidents occurred in the first few laps. Tim Wood (Shepherd) led the field from lap one, with close battles all down the field. Neil King (Capricorn) emerged in 2nd after a handful of laps which he never lost, and after a close race John Carr (Shepherd) claimed the final podium position from Jason Frost at the end of the 30 minutes.

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April 25, 2018

Tedeschi & Balboni win at Trofeo Shepherd

Last weekend the Trofeo Shepherd was held at Ca De Mandorli track in Bologna, Italy. A total of 32 Shepherd drivers attended the event that was held under perfect Italian spring weather. In the 1/8th class Alberto Tedeschi was first beaten by Michele Romagnoli starting from pole. In the main final Alberto took over the lead after Michaele lost an entire lap in an incident. In the end, Alberto was able bring home the win as Michele saved a 2nd place and Jonathan Gandin completed the podium in 3rd.

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April 24, 2018

Speed King Tour Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2018 Speed King Tour was hosted by the TM Circuit Wakayama in the Japanese Wakayama prefecture last weekend. The event was held in Touring Modified and Stock classes with the Oval category not being run this time due to the track layout. In the Modified class Super Pole session, track owner Kazushige Tomita took the TQ with his Tamiya in front of Infinity’s Akio Sobue and young Yokomo driver Satoshi Bando.

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