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July 25, 2018

Randy Caster joins Wallace Motorsports nitro team

Wallace Motorsports have announced the addition of top-level electric pro Randy Caster to their growing nitro on-road family. Randy will develop and test the WRC NTX 1.2 out in the expanding West Coast Racing scene as well as help to provide support for current and future WRC pilots. Randy brings a wealth of set-up knowledge and driving skill to the table and he had this to say about the new deal:

I would like to thank Wallace Motorsports for this opportunity! I’m very excited to get my new WRC NTX 1.2 with Ielasi Tuned power and Hot Race Tires on the track! I’ll be running locally at Steel City RC Speedway but hope to do a couple national events each year as well. Special thanks to Diatta Collymore and TJ Bradley for all your help!

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]

July 24, 2018

Schumacher BTCC Rd4 – Report

The Fourth and penultimate BTCC 2018 took place this weekend at the super-fast Halifax track in the north of England. With the hot UK weather continuing drivers were trying to get the most out of their packages in these testing conditions. Once again in Modified the battle between Olly Jefferies and Elliott Harper continued, with some super close and exciting racing, it is awesome to watch two of the best drivers in Europe battle it out at our races. Elliott took first blood in qualifying but Olly clawed it back to take TQ honours overall, followed by Elliott and Matt White. Olly managed to hold station by just 0.255 of a second over Elliott with Matt third. Olly pulled a little gap in the second final beating Elliott by two seconds with again Matt third.

Continue reading the report here

July 24, 2018

JJ Wang wins at Sanwa Grand Prix

Steel City Raceway of Fontana, California played host to the 2018 Sanwa Grand Prix last weekend. The race was held in several electric and nitro classes and it was Mugen’s JJ Wang who would lead the way in 1/10th 200m Nitro Sedan. JJ took the top qualifier honours and he also came out successful in the 30-minutes A-main, leaving behind Serpent’s Ralph Burch in 2nd, a lap down. Brian Thomas would round out the top 3 podium result for Mugen. Over in 1/8th Sportsman it was JJ’s father Rick Wang with the win as Bill Jianis and William Yip rounded out the podium for a Mugen sweep.

View the 1/8th Sportsman podium here

July 24, 2018

Jeremiah Ward wins at Midwest Series

A round of the Midwest Fuel On-road Series was held at Toledo, Ohio last weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Sedan class it was Jeremiah Ward (Capricorn) with the TQ from Melvin Aulston (WRC). In the 30-minutes main final Jeremiah was able to conserve his qualifying performance, bringing home the win a lap in front of Melvin who finished on the runner-up spot. Chat Blount (Serpent) would round out the podium result in 3rd.

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]

July 23, 2018

2018 Benelux+ Race – Report

The annual Benelux+ race took place this past weekend at the very fast track of the MAC de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, The Netherlands. Due to the national holidays, the attendance was a bit lower than in recent years, but a total of 60 drivers were greeted by an excellent weather. The classes for this event were the usual suspects of Touring Stock, Touring Modified, and Formula, all ran according to the ETS rules, as well as Pro10. Everyone was really anxious to see the premier Modified class hit the track. Unfortunately some accidents marred this otherwise great event.
Hot favourite for the title was Awesomatix driver Olivier Bultyinck. Oli started his ambitions in fashion by claiming P1 in Q1. He had a gap of some 3 seconds on Sidney Blokker and Rick Van den Akker.

Continue reading the report here

July 23, 2018

Carrasco Cuevas wins at Spanish Touring Nats Rd2

The second round of the Spanish 1/10th Electric Touring Car Nationals was held at the Pical Radiocontrol club in Valladolid this past weekend. In the Touring Stock class it was Luis Enrique Carrasco Cuevas with the TQ and win in the 8.5T Stock class from Luis Moreno Eugenio 2nd and Enrique Parrizas Ruiz in 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

July 23, 2018

Muchmore Race Italy – Report

The 2018 Muchmore Race Italy was held at the Piabosco track this past weekend. The race took place on a newly-built track whose smaller size and technical layout was highly praised by the drivers. Classes run were Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, LM 21.5T and Beginner. In the premier Touring Mod class it was Yokomo’s Yannic Prümper with the win in a rainy A-main, taking the title in the very last turn. Infinity’s Marc Rheinard came in 2nd as Yokomo’s Michele Manzo had to settle for 3rd overall.

Continue reading the report here

July 23, 2018

Jin Sawada crowned JMRCA Touring Mod Champion

The 2018 JMRCA Japanese Touring Nationals took place at the 2in1 Circuit in Takahara, Japan this past weekend. Infinity’s Jin Sawada took the TQ in the Touring Modified class and he also brought home the overall title after the main finals, making it a back-to-back championship for the brand that also locked out the 2 and 3 spots of the podium courtesy of Naoto Matsukura and Akio Sobue.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]