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November 8, 2017

Simon Kurzbuch sweeps Guan Kou Sunpadow Grand Prix

The Guan Kou Sunpadow RC Car Grand Prix was held in Xiamen last weekend and it was Simon Kurzbuch who swept the 1/8th Nitro On-road class. In qualifying Simon took the TQ honors with a good margin over freshly crowned Italian champion Marco Vanni and in the main final Simon quickly stormed away from the rest of the field. Controlling the race from the top he was never challenged for the lead and took a convincing victory.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 8, 2017

Folman & Gosvig win at DRCMU series Rd3

Round three of the Danish DRCMU series was held in Randers last weekend. The large track was laid out with grey ETS carpet and after some very competitive qualifiers it was Patrick Folman with the TQ in the Touring Super Stock class from Mike Gosvig 2nd and Kevin Nielsen 3rd. In the A-mains it was Patrick with the win in A1 while Mike came out fastest in A2 to shift the decision for the overall win to the third and final main. A3 then saw again Patrick taking a narrow 0.3s win from Mike while Kevin came in 3rd, only 1.4s short of Mike. Overall it was Patrick with the win from Mike 2nd and Kevin 3rd.

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November 8, 2017

Simon Horak successful at Top Speed Challenge

The Czech Modelklub RK club played host to a round of the Top Speed Challenge last weekend. The race was held on a tight and technical track and in the Formula class it was Simon Horak (Xray) with the TQ and win in the A-main from the Xray duo of Radek Rusmich and Petr Svaták.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 8, 2017

Colombian Electric On-Road Nationals finale – Report

The Colombian Electric On-Road National Championship recently concluded, with the finale being held at the Bima Racing Track in Bogota. Race organiser Rodrigo Salgado (ARC) took the title in the Touring Superstock 10.5T, showing a consistent performance during a weekend where the rain was always present. Rodrigo could take the TQ and a double A-win as Juan Pablo Torres (Xray) took the vice–championship title and Jairo Luna (ARC), managed to take the final spot on the podium after a good battle with Leonardo Buitrago (Tamiya).

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November 7, 2017

2017 Charity Race – Announcement

The annual Charity Race will be held on the weekend of the 3rd of December at the RC Landia indoor track in Scandiano, Italy. The 2017 edition will see the running of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and 1/12th Pan Car classes and beside the fastest Italian electric on-road racers, European Pro drivers such as Marc Rheinard, Alexander Hagberg, Ronald Völker, Viktor Wilck, Max Mächler and Francesco Martini made their entry. Like the years before, Team La Gang will hold a charity lottery for the good cause. Sign-up for the race is available here and for more information feel free to email Davide Silingardi (sillarcmail@gmail.com).

November 7, 2017

Kerler & Greiner win at German Indoor Masters

The German Indoor Masters was held last weekend as part of an annual toy fair and the event saw over 50 entries for 1/8th Nitro On-road and over 30 sign-ins for 1/10th 200mm Nitro. Taking place in Friedrichshafen near the Lake Constance the race attracted drivers from Austria, Germany and Switzerland. In the 1/8th class it was Toni Gruber with the TQ but in the 30-minutes A-main it was Tobias Kerler with the win from B. Gramlich and A. Baier. In the 200mm class Dominic Greiner dominated the event as he took the TQ on Saturday and the race win on Sunday from Diekmann and Gruber in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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November 6, 2017

Essex Winter Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2017/2018 Essex Winter Series took place this weekend at the usual indoor venue in the south-east of the UK. Another fully booked out meeting saw the 110 entries greeted by a band new carpet, identical to that used successfully at the ETS race in Vienna just one week before. In the Modified class, the winner of the opening round of the championship, Olly Jefferies, was looking to continue to build his championship lead – but he was going to have his work cut out as Schumacher’s Elliott Harper set the pace in the opening round, one-and-a-half seconds quicker than Olly’s Xray. Harley Eldridge, no longer classed as a junior this season, took her Yokomo to third in the round, ahead of Olly’s team-mate Alexander Hagberg.

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November 6, 2017

Hohwart crowned ROAR Paved On-road TC Mod champ

The 2017 ROAR Electric On-road Paved Nationals were held at N-Control in Dale, Texas this past weekend after the event had to be rescheduled due to the devastating Texas flooding earlier this year. In the Touring Modified class Rick Hohwart (Team Associated) and Chris Adams (Xray) battled for the TQ with the better end for Rick who took the pole position for the A-mains in the tie-breaker. Chris Adams came in 2nd from Randy Caster (Team Associated) 3rd. The opening A-main then saw Randy Caster taking a narrow win from Serpent’s Ralph Burch but Rick stroke back in A2 and A3 to take the overall from Randy 2nd and Ralph 3rd. Chris Adams had to settle for 4th overall in front of Team Associated’s Keven Heber in 5th.

Image: Randy Caster