The Rajikon-Tengoku Nagoya track in Japan will play host to the Xray Racing Series Japan on July 1st. The event will be held in several electric on-road classes including Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and 1/12th scale. Full details can be found here and registration is already available here.
Stafford in the heart of the UK was the venue for round two of the BRCA Touring Car series. Heading the Modified challenge was an on-form Olly Jefferies who had enjoyed a dominating win at round one while his domestic challengers in the form of Elliott Harper and Chris Grainger struggled and both these drivers needed a good round two result to get their 2018 challenge back on track. Zak Finlay was also looking to make it two out of two after a win at Cotswolds and he led away the drivers in the 13.5 Boosted Stock class. Blinky 13.5 looked pretty open and now on a track that wasn’t so reliant on power this class looked like it was going to be a close affair with Colin Jackson, Billy Fletcher and pole man from Cotswolds Markus Askell all in the mix.
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The organisers of the new 2018/19 OneTen Chinese EP Racing Series presented by Infinity are extremely pleased to announce Sweep Racing as the official handout tire supplier for the series. With a long history of supporting major series and races around the World, including the upcoming Reedy Race in California, the Korean brand will supply their popular QTS and EXP range of tires for both the Modified and Stock classes at all 4 rounds of the championship which kicks off on October 6-7 (updated date) at RCI V2 in Shanghai, the only carpet race of the season. Sweep will also be the official handout additive supplier for the 3 outdoor asphalt races, the series going outdoor from round 2 in Hong Kong in December before moving to Guangzhou in January for round 3 and ending back in Hong Kong in March. Tires will be available trackside at all venues in the week leading up to each event and each entrant receives one free set with their entry.
More information on the OneTen Series can be found here.
The second round of the Dutch 1/8th IC Track Nationals was held at the AMCA track in Apeldoorn over the weekend. The weekend kicked off with sunny weather on Saturday, however Sunday was mostly wet with especially the mains being held in rainy conditions. The win in the faster NK class went to Joey Sorber who came in 1st some five laps in front of Roy Bakker as Martin Zevenhoven rounded out the top 3 results.
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Last weekend the opening round of the Polish 1/10th Electric On-road nationals was held at the Novy Sacz track. In the Touring Stock class, that is run using the ETS set of rules, it was Krystian Kopacki with the win from Pawel Staszewski. Jakub Klapacz, who started from the P2 spot on the grid following the fastest TQ run of the day, had to settle for 3rd overall after some mixed A-main runs.
Round 2 of the French 1/8th On-road Nationals was held at the Neuville-de-Poitou track last weekend. In the Elite class, the qualification was held in difficult conditions as rain influenced all rounds but ultimately it was Anthony Abisset coming out fastest. In the 45-minute A-final it was Romain Delaunay who would hold the upper hand with a progressive tyre strategy, changing tires only one time, to take the win with a margin of only one second in front of Arnaud Mathieu, while Benjamin Brasset who completed the podium one lap down.
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The third round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit championship took place at the Halifax RC Track in Yorkshire last weekend. Forecast for the weekend was changeable, but thankfully the rain came over night leaving race days sunny and bright. Sunday saw a round of practice followed by four rounds of qualifying and then finals. Due to a damp track, Q1 was delayed to allow the track to dry. Qualifying saw a struggle for 5-minute runs with the top contenders falling short on fuel. TQ was set in round 1 by Tim Wood from Alex Thurston and John Carr.
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The 2018 season of Nitro-West-Masters recently kicked off at the Bad Breisig track, located between Bonn and Koblenz at the river Rhine. 62 racers made their entry for round one of the popular nitro on-road championship. Following some intensive practice at perfect conditions and a familiar come-together to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Nitro-West-Masters on Saturday, the 2017 location of Germany´s 1/8 scale Nationals was hit by rain during the night. Only a few drivers dared to enter the 254-meter track during the first two rounds of qualifying but after a break all drivers had the opportunity for one dry run in the third and final heat. Because of the NWM mode with three consecutive laps to count, the drivers had a couple of chances to improve their lap times.
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