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January 30, 2018

Kevin Zwahlen TQs & wins at SITCC series Rd3

The third round of the Swiss SITCC series was held in Geneva recently and it was HB Racing’s Kevin Zwahlen who walked away with the day’s win. Kevin would start from the pole position into the triple mains with Cham Dassanayake and Briac Berthoud on P2 and P3. After the finals however it was Arnauf Buffat who obtained the runner-up spot after some setup changes allowed him to challenge the other front runners. The overall top 3 result was rounded out by Briac Berthoud in 3rd.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

January 29, 2018

Jesse Davis doubles at Victorian State Titles

The 2018 AARCMCC Victorian State Titles were held this past weekend and it was Infinity’s Jesse Davis with a double TQ and win in both the 1/8th GP and 1/10th 200mm Touring classes. In the 1/8th category Mugen’s Jeff Hamon would come in 2nd from Mugen teammate, Tim Westwood 3rd. Over in 200mm Touring Jeff Hamon (Mugen) would snatch another vice-championship title as Ricky Kradolfer (Mugen) rounded out the podium result.

Image: Jesse Davis

January 29, 2018

Quek wins 2018 Urban Touring Series season opener

The opening round of the 2018 Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend in downtown Singapore. A strong turnout of local racers, including numerous new racers, was further boosted by the presence of Infinity’s 5-time World Champion, Naoto Matsukura, who gamely took on the challenge of running the 17.5T blinky class which the series features. In qualifying, 2017 series champ, Dominic Quek (Xray), managed to hold-off Naoto by 0.5 seconds to take the TQ in round 1 of qualifying. In qualifying round 2, however, another fast local and former TITC champion, PY Tang (ARC) would find additional pace to challenge Dominic and Naoto. After trading places throughout the 5-minute run, Dominic managed to take his second TQ round by 0.3 seconds, and with that secure overall TQ for the day. With a second 2nd place in Q3, PY Tang would qualify 2nd overall, ahead of Naoto in 3rd.

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January 26, 2018

Sutrisno & Kusnowo win at Jakarta GP opener

The opening round of the Jakarta Grand Prix 2018 was held at the Sunter International Speedway in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event attracted a total of 35 racers to compete in the 1/8th on-road and GT classes with low grip welcoming the racers in the early qualifiers but things got better towards the finals. In the 1/8th on-road class track owner Sadikin Sutrisno (Xray/O.S.) converted his TQ in to a win in front of Tjokki Hasan (Serpent/O.S.) and Jeffry (Mugen/O.S.). Over in the GT category it was TQ holder Rusman Kusnowo (Xray/O.S.) who brought home the win with a 2-laps margin from Sadikin Sutrisno (Xray/O.S.) and Teddy Syach (Serpent/O.S.).

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January 26, 2018

Lovan RC Challenge Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Lovan RC Challenge was held last weekend with the event again attracting a lot of drivers. French top Stock driver Steve Dellatre made his entry as did Dutch ace, John Ermen while Willy Voisangrain came to defend his win at the opening round of the series. Robin D’hondt also made his entry but was unable to make it to the race unfortunately. Overall 65 entries made for some good racing – not a bad number given the popular GP3F was held on the same weekend. During practice John Ermen set a blistering pace in both the Touring EFRA and Stock classes as did young Liam van de Wouwer who excelled in the EFRA and Formula classes.

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January 25, 2018

RCmaniacs series Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the Greek RCmaniacs series was held at the RCmanicas Argos track recently. In the Touring Modified category the battle was on between Isaakidis and Kiriazis. In the end Filipos Isaakidis (Tamiya) took the win from Mihalis Kiriazis (Xray) while local driver Sotiris Diamantis (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium.

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January 25, 2018

Schumacher Winter Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Schumacher Winter Series was held by the Louth Radio Control Car Club. Minus temperatures outside, but warm temperatures would meet the drivers inside the Meridian Leisure Centre. A more technical track would meet the on and off road drivers. 13.5 blinky the biggest class at this event growing in numbers each time out. James Hart and Alex Brocklebank would share the spoils in qualifying. It was much the same in the finals with these two breaking from the field. Alex in the end taking the win, with two solid results. James Hart would come home a close second, and Mikey Mansell would bring his Capricorn home to 3rd.

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January 23, 2018

BRCA Formula Indoor Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the BRCA Formula Indoor nationals took place at the Midlands Raceway permanent indoor venue near Birmingham. The snow during the early hours of the morning meant some drives could not get the venue with traffic disruption but 16 drivers made it to the great facility. Despite being a small track area the layout was fairly flowing and suited to Formula racing. The ETS spec carpet provided good grip for drivers once a few rounds of practice were done. During the two rounds of practice it was Luke Lee, Michael Lee and Ben Cosgrove who seemed to have dialled in to the track setting some quick lap times.

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