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April 6, 2018

Swedish Electric On-road Nationals – Report

The Swedish Electric On-road Nationals were hosted recently at the Skelleftea MS in the northern part of the country. The event took place in Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T ProStock, Formula and 1/12th Modified classes on a purpose-built track using gray carpet. In Touring Modified class it was Markus Hellquist who set the early pace but he was closely followed by Viktor Wilck in all of the qualifiers. The finals again were hard-fought and it wasn’t decided until the final leg as Marcus and Viktor both scored a win in the opening legs. In the end it was Markus Hellquist (Xray) with the win and the overall title as Marcus von Elling came in 2nd in A3, however he had to settle for 4th in the overall standing behind Serpent’s Viktor Wilck 2nd and Team Associated’s Daniel Carlsson 3rd.

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April 5, 2018

Contact Easter GP – Report

The Contact GP took place for the first time last weekend and it was very well attended as we had 96 drivers at the event. The entries were mainly GT12, also with three heats of 13.5 blinky Touring Cars and one heat of LMP12. The race format was four rounds of qualifying and one final for everyone. For GT12 and Touring Cars the duration was six minutes and for LMP12 it was eight minutes. This was done on round by round qualifying with the best two qualifying results to count towards the final grid position. In qualifying it was very close at the top all day in GT12 between the Zen of Ollie Payne and the Schumacher of Aidan Ripley. It went down to the last qualifying heat, which went to Ollie so he lined up on Pole for the A-final.

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April 5, 2018

Xray Racing Series Spain – Report

The Xray Racing Series Spain was recently held at the Asoger track in Getafe, close to Madrid in Formula, Blinky Stock, and Modified classes. In the Touring Modified class, Alexander Hagberg was able to TQ four qualifying rounds and he would also sweep the triple A-mains as well, for an overall win in front of David Perez and Ramon Guasch. The Blinky Stock class was a much closer encounter, with three drivers having the chance to win the race after the opening two A-mains. TQ holder Chicha Rioja De Diego eventually had to settle for 3rd, after some close battles with Jan Ratheisky and Carlos Fernandez Espinosa. Eventually Jan came out on top after the dust had settled to take the win from Carlos Fernandez and Chicha Rioja De Diego. Finally in the Formula class Jan Ratheisky laid down a dominant drive, converting his TQ position into a win from Paco Macias and Pedro Poco Gomez.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 5, 2018

Alberto Alonso teams up with Serpent

Serpent have announced the signing of former Spanish National 1/8th On-road Champion, Alberto Alonso, to their team. Alberto will campaign Serpent’s 988 platform at regional and national races along select international events, such as the forthcoming EFRA GP in Fiorano, Italy.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 4, 2018

Power HD sign Olivier Bultynck

Power HD have announced the signing of Belgium top driver, Olivier Bultynck to their factory team. Specialised in Electric Touring and Formula racing, Olivier is a former Formula vice European Champion as well as multi-time national Touring Modified and Formula champ. Olivier will be using Power HD’s Storm-7 and R12 servos to control his rides at national and international races this season and he has the following to say about the deal:

I feel honored to be part of the Power HD Team. They have first class products to achieve great results. I will represent their products at Nationals, ETS, European championship and other big races. Huge thanks to Mr. Harma Ye and Miss Tina Lee for their thrust and support!

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

April 3, 2018

Mugen Seiki sign Viljami Kutvonen

Mugen Seiki have announced the signing of Finnish top driver, Viljami Kutvonen to their electric on-road team. The former winner of high-class events such as the DHI Cup and the LRP Touring Car Masters as well as multiple ETS finalist will be using Mugen’s MTC1 electric touring car at national and international events while working closely with MTC1 designer Robert Pietsch in order to further improve Mugen’s first ever electric touring car. Viljami has the following to say:

I’m very happy to join Team Mugen Seiki and I’m looking forward to future success with them. Testing with MTC1 and knowing their racing background and quality products from other classes, I’m confident we will have great results ahead of us.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

April 3, 2018

Bill Lykaris wins Greek 1/10 GP opener

Round 1 of the Greek 1/10th Nitro On-road Championship was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens last weekend. Bill Lykaris soon made his intensions clear and after scoring promising laps in practice he also brought home the TQ and the fastest lap. Right from the start of the 30-minutes main final Bill opened a gap to 2nd placed Nikos Karabelas and even a change in weather around mid-race, which caused Bill’s engine to run richer and making an extra pit stop necessary, did not hold him from bringing home the win with a 1-lap margin.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 2, 2018

Daryl Thong takes comeback win at UTS Rd2

After a 2-month break, serious touring car racing action returned to the rooftop on-road track in downtown Singapore in the form of the second round of the Urban Touring Series. Held over the Easter weekend, the event attracted a strong turnout with a 23-car starting grid. With some of the nation’s top racers overseas for another event, interest was focused on who would step up on to the podium. In pre-race practice, the goal was to post consistent sub-11 seconds lap times. Daryl Thong (Xray), who was making his comeback to UTS racing, together with PY Tang (ARC), who finished 2nd in round 1, and Hasron Robana (Xray) were the clear pace-setters. Young Sean Lee (Tamiya) and Joe Hwee (Capricorn) showed that they were also capable of staying in touch with the top trio.

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