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February 12, 2018

BRCA GT12 South East regional series – Report

The BRCA GT12 South East regional series started back in November and it visited some of the best clubs in the UK’s South East region and attracted drivers of all abilities. The final and deciding round was held last Sunday at the excellent West Kent Club. GT12 being the main class and with great attendance across the events and clubs and offering support classes of 12th scale LMP, Touring Cars and Tamiya Mini the meetings were full and had an excellent atmosphere. In GT12 not only was the A-final hotly contended but all finals were very close with great racing. After 4 events Niall Cochran would take the Championship with a perfect 300 score, 2nd was Steven Moore and 3rd was Gavin Clinch. It was great to have juniors in the mix also the top 3 being Harriet Cracker 1st (12th), Joe Moore 2nd (16th) and Joe Barry 3rd (22nd) (overall championship position). The full championship results can be found here.

View the Juniors top 3 podium here

February 12, 2018

Infinity Prostock Series Rd1 & Rd2 – Report

The TRAP RC Venue in South Africa played host to the first and second round of their 3-race Infinity Prostock Series for Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula classes. The Touring Modified round 1 A-Main saw current South-African champ, Hein Kotze (Xray) leading the way to grab the TQ and win for the day. Former champ Jason Hillcoat (Infinity) had a rough time looking for the perfect setup. He only managed 6th in qualifying but would recover in the A-main to take the overall runner-up spot. Ashley Hurley kept Hein honest in qualifying but had to leave when the main races started. Antonio Caroli (Xray) managed a 3rd overall in the race.

Continue reading the report here

February 12, 2018

Huge RC Nitro Grand Prix 2018 – Report

The Huge RC Nitro Grand Prix 2018 was held this past weekend at Huge RC’s indoor asphalt track in Bangkok, Thailand and in four different nitro on-road classes. The premier 1/8 GP category was dominated by Meen Vejrak. He took the TQ spot followed by Varut P. and Punyavit Phungchittisarn. During the 45-minute main final, Meen ran clean and perfectly and led all the way from start to the finish line. Varut P. came in 2nd and Mark KV. completed the top 3 results. Punyavit Phungchittisarn and Tanat I. rounded out the podium finish.

Continue reading the report here

February 12, 2018

Wang, Clements & Young win at CTS3 opener

Round 1 of CTS3 was held at Rise Up Hobbytown in Palm Desert, California this past weekend. The inaugural race for the facility was perfect and designed well. For Modified Touring, it was Team Xray driver JJ Wang who showed a dominant performance clinching the TQ honors and A-main followed by Awesomatix driver Brandon Clements and defending Champion Rick Hohwart.

Continue reading the report here

February 9, 2018

Kiriazis & Diamantis win at RCManiacs Series Rd7

Round 7 of the RCManiacs Racing Series was held at the Argos track in Greece and in the Touring Modified class it was Michalis Kiriazis (Xray) who dominated the proceedings by taking all qualifiers and finals. Runner-up after the A-mains was fast Chris Kidis (Xray) from Diamadis Sotiris (Xray) who had to overcome a couple of problems and ultimately ended on the final podium spot. Over in Formula, the class saw a record entry and amazing fights for the top 3. Sotiris Diamantis took a popular win with fast laps, leaving behind Michalis Kiriazis in 2nd and Chris Kidis in 3rd (all Xray), the latter had to pay for his bad qualifying performance.

View the Formula class podium here

February 8, 2018

Andy Tan wins Urban F1 League opener

Round 1 of the 2018 Urban F1 League saw a smaller than usual turnout, but the on-track action was just as intense, if not more so than in the previous rounds. When the dust had settled, it was several new faces that grabbed the headlines. Taking pole position after the 10-minute qualifier was newcomer, Tapana V, who laid down his best three laps in the last minute of action to dislodge Charles Lim into P2, with Andy Tan in P3. In A1, Tapana could not hold on for the win, as Andy Tan ran a mistake-free race to take the win. Tapana bounced back with a tone-to-tone victory in A2 to set up a showdown in the final leg. At the start of A3, Tapana suffered a setback as a multiple-car collision at turn 1 dropped him to the back of the pack. Andy Tan came through unscathed and managed to hang on for the win from a hard-charging Patrick Ong.

View the final results here

February 7, 2018

Ishioka & Knapp sweep 2018 Snowbird

Last weekend’s 2018 Snowbird Nationals saw 600 entries spread across many electric on-road classes and in the hotly contested Formula category it was Japan’s Hayato Ishioka (CRC). However, CRC teammates Andrew Knapp and Jeff Dayger were hot on his heels but after the 5-minute single A-main it was still Hayato who would hold the upper hand with Andrew ending the race only 0.3 seconds short of the Japanese ace. In third and only a tenth of a second short of Andrew, Michael Hanulec would end the race on the 3 spot. Over in 1/12th 17.5T it was Andrew Knapp who TQ’d all four qualifiers and went on to win the main. Robbie Dodge would come in 2nd, 0.8 seconds down on Andrew while Joe Trandell snatched the final podium spot.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

February 6, 2018

Diatta Collymore teams up with Wallace Motorsports

Wallace Motorsports have announced Diatta Collymore from New York City, NY as an official team driver and representative for WRC, Ielasi Tuned Engines, and Hot Race Tyres in the US. Diatta as well as being a top contender on the race circuit, brings years of industry experience to the table. Diatta had the following to say about the deal:

First off I’d like to thank all my previous sponsors RC America, Desoto Racing, Steve Odonnell, Reds Racing, Picco, & Pro Level Rc for the support in the past. Now about this new venture, I’m very excited to be working directly with Ben Wallace and an entirely motivated close knit group of people behind the scenes. Wallace Motorsports is more of a family than just another rc distributer or business. Are goal is to help to grow this sport and after experiencing it my self I can say that we are a true Team all in support of each other. Expect to see me track side at even more races through out 2018 both Nitro and Electric. I’d like to thank Ben Wallace for the opportunity and the support. I’d also like to thank Melvin Aulston, Troy Perry, and TJ Bradely for being key players in the daily functions of our brand.

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]