Denny Giacomelli wins at Friendly Cup Rd2

The second round of the Italian Friendly Cup was held at the RC-Evolution track recently. After the three round of qualifiers it was Denny Giacomelli with the pole position for the A-mains from Beggio Gianluca 2nd and Daniele Monzani 3rd. The opening A-main was won by Daniele Monzani while the win in the second and third leg went to Denny Giacomelli who also took the overall from Daniele Monzani and Diego Locatelli in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

Alessandrelli & Schmid win at TIT Cup Rd2

The second round of the TIT Cup was held in Schöfltand, Switzerland in several electric on-road classes. In Touring Pro Stock it was Roberto Alessandrelli (Xray) with the win from the Team Magic duo of Philipp Huber and Renato Isler. Andy Huerzeler and Adrian Lüscher would round out the top 5 result. Over in the Formula class it was electric off-road specialist Nico Schmid with the win from Florian Schmid, Luca Martinelli, Bernd Georgi and Daniel Koch.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Ki Heung Kim takes Sweep Competition race

Last weekend the Sweep Competition race was held at the GRC circuit in Gimpo, in the Kyunggi province of Korea. In the Formula class it was Shepherd’s Ki Heung Kim who took the TQ honours and he would also sweep the single 10-minute A-main event, taking the win by nearly a full lap from 2nd placed Sungchul Shin (Roche) and 3rd placed DaeYoon Jung (Team Associated).

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

Hellquist & van Elling win at SSIS Rd3

The recent third round of the South Swedish Indoor Series was held alongside the Middle Swedish Electric Series and the event was hosted at the Miracl facilities just outside of the small town of Åtvidaberg. The track was put together using older spec ETS Carpet with a darker gray colour, instead of the more recent black one. The traction started out low during Friday’s free practice, but came up soon. In the Touring Modified class Xray’s Markus Hellquist started off quick by winning all practice rounds, qualifiers and finals. Team Associated’s Daniel Carlsson came in 2nd as Andreas Johansson (Serpent) obtained the 3 spot on the podium.

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Indoor Speed Challenge – Announcement

The ACRP Clube Radiomodelismo club in Porto, Portugal will hold their Indoor Speed Challenge event on the 14th of January. The race will see 1/10th Formula, 1/12th scale and 1/10th M-Chassis racing and more information can be found on the club’s social media site here.

Ronald Völker sweeps MRC Longwy Winter Series Rd2

Last weekend’s second round of the MRC Longwy Winter Series saw Yokomo’s Ronald Völker sweeping the Touring Modified class. Ronald would take the overall TQ with the only 26-laps run of the qualifiers from Lucas Urbain (VBC Racing) 2nd and Loic Jasmin (Yokomo)  3rd. In the finals Ronald would again bring home wins with a 1-lap margin as Loic Jasmin came in 2nd in both A1 and A2. A3 then had again Ronald taking the win, however some seven seconds behind it was Lucas Urbain on the runner-up spot to secure himself the final podium spot behind winner Ronald and runner-up, Loic.

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