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March 28, 2018

Ahmet Kasap doubles at Turkish On-road Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Turkish On-road Championship was hosted by the Team NCRC Arena in Northern Cyprus. The TORC Championship consists of six rounds with the season opener was an electric-only affair while the remaining five outdoor races also see 1/8th and 1/10th Nitro On-road classes. At round 1 is was Xray’s Ahmet Kasap with the TQ and win in both the Modified and Stock classes as Aktuğ Kalçay and Ahmet Akber completed the Mod top 3 podium for an Xray 1-2-3. Over in the Stock class it was the Xray duo of Umut Öztümen and Adnan Kanat that rounded out the top 3.

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March 28, 2018

Dario Balestri wins 200mm Pre-Worlds

Last week the IFMAR Pre-Worlds took place at the Homestead RC Raceway. The level of competition was really high because beside the usual fast guys from the U.S., many drivers from across the pond came to get ready for the upcoming Worlds in October. The format of this race was similar to the actual Worlds, with the difference that there was plenty of open practice in between rounds, before and after the official program, in order to allow people to test as much as they wanted to. After the seeding rounds and the qualifiers, Paolo Morganti (Capricorn) took the TQ from Teemu Leino (Infinity) 2nd. The final was a long hour of great racing, lots of drama, change of leaders etc. Paolo feel asleep at the start and was collected by the other drivers finding himself in last position. More drama came at the second turn with a pile of cars but Paolo was able to regain positions. Paolo was able to recover up until 2nd and ran most of the race in that position. Up front things mixed up and in lap 144, Paolo was able to take the lead until 15 laps later he ran out of fuel. In the end he was able to recover to 2nd again, finishing only 3.6s behind the winner, Infinity’s Dario Balestri. Infinity driver Carmine Raiola would round out the top 3 results from Teemu Leino 4th and Andrew Duperrouzel 5th.

Source: RC Target [rctarget.com]

March 27, 2018

UK WGTR Championship finale – Report

Last weekend saw the final round of the UK WGTR Championship, held alongside the LMP12 National round at Chesterfield. It’s been hotly contested, the championship being up for grabs all the way to the final round. This final round saw the numbers grow again, which made for a full racetrack, and some hectic driving for the slower cars, but also some very close racing. Qualifying consisted of four rounds, and Chesterfield’s trademark grip did not disappoint; quite times from the off. Andy Murray, Graham Raistrick, Richard Norris and Mark Barford all setting 20 lap times. Round 2 saw the pace increase, Andy, Graham and Richard all setting 21 lap times; George Brewer finally joining the 21-lap club in round 3. Final qualification saw George just pip Andy to TQ, followed by Graham, Richard and then Mark.

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March 27, 2018

Naoki Akiyama departs Yokomo

Japanese frontrunner, Naoki Akiyama has announced his departure from chassis sponsors Yokomo. Naoki looks back at a pretty successful four years with the company, having achieved an AOC Korea win as well as Worlds, TITC and ETS A-main appearances to name just a few. The multiple JMRCA podium finisher has yet to announce his new sponsor but in the meantime he had the following to say:

I want to thank all at Team Yokomo and especially Yukijiro Umino and Ronald Völker. After almost four years with the team it is time to move on and to go the next step.

March 27, 2018

Xray Racing Series Australia Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Xray Racing Series Australia was held at Castle Hill Onroad Race club in very hot weather conditions. 30 degrees Celsius both on Saturday and Sunday made for demanding conditions but luckily the track is undercover and racers had plenty of shade all weekend. With a total of 50 Entries racing was clean and fair on the tight but grippy layout. In the ISTC Modified class Jeffrey Mackie ultimately took the win from Simon Nicholson and John Puse.

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March 27, 2018

Marco Kaufmann doubles at Pegasus Masters

The recent Pegasus Masters were held in Piding in four different electric on-road classes. A huge 30×18 metres track made for perfect racing conditions and it was Marco Kaufmann who dominated both the Touring Modified and Stock classes. He took the TQ in both categories and would also seal the overall wins after winning the opening two A-mains. Stadler Dionys and Carl-Friedrich Grössel in Modified and Christian Donath and Andreas Mair in Stock would round out the podium results behind Marco.

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March 27, 2018

Michele Manzo wins Swiss Indoor Champs

The fourth and final round of the Swiss Indoor Championship was held in Holzikon last weekend. In the Touring Modified class Yokomo’s Fabian Widmer took the TQ from Michele Manzo (Yokomo) and Team Magic’s Renato Isler and in the finals Fabian and Michele swapped placed for the win of Michele from Fabian and Renato. Overall in the championship it was also Michele with the win from Fabian and Renato, who rounded out the top 3. Philipp Huber and Marco Balmer (both Team Magic) completed the top 5 results.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

March 27, 2018

RugRacers Rd6 – Report

The final round of the 2017/18 RugRacers series was held this past weekend. With the championship wrapped up for Xray driver, Zak Finlay, the final podium position still up for grabs. Billy Fletcher took his Destiny to FTQ ahead of the 3rd place contender Paul Pinkney with his Schumacher, and Dominic Carters for Awesomatix 3rd. Leg 1 ended early after clipping the 1st corner Billy would retire with damage from the melee, Paul with the win. Leg 2 would see racing all through the field with the shake out seeing Jon Bowdens (Schumacher) take the leg from 5th, Ashley Wiffens (Awesomatix) 2nd and Paul 3rd. This would mean Paul Pinkney took the win ahead of Jon Bowden and Dominic Carter. Overall it was Zak Finlay from Billy Fletcher and Paul Pinkney.

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