The final round of the Jakarta Grand Prix was held at Sunter International Speedway with around 45 racers attending in the 1/10 GP, 1/8 GP and 1/8 GT classes. The 1/8 GP category saw Muhammad Izzah walking away with the win from Dimas Ardian and Teddy Syach. Arya Wiriadipoera and Ignatius Ryan would round out the top 5 result.
While the snow was beginning to fall in Western Canada racers braved the conditions to head to Chilliwack, BC for the annual Big Chill. The host club, Overgeared Racing, picked up four rolls of the new CRC Black Carpet and ran a tricky 110’ by 48’ layout that was both technical and fast. This open motor class didn’t disappoint with exciting battles between Pittman, Bell, Scales and Korey Harbke all weekend. Pittman was able to hold TQ throughout qualifying on Saturday and was ready to defend it come the last chance qualifier Sunday morning. Off to a slow start in Q4 Pittman fell back a few positions early in the run, but was able to make up some time and get on the TQ pace with a couple minutes left.
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The sixth and final round of the Catalan 200mm Nitro Touring championship was held at the quick and spectacular Cerdanyola Modelcar track in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain. The qualifiers were dominated by Sergi Franch, however the semifinals saw Jaime Lacuesta and Enric Piqué coming out on top. The main final then had Alex Garcia taking the win after some issues for Sergi while Jaime Lacuesta and and Jordi Ortuño rounded out the top 3 results.
U.S. KO Propo distributors Absolute Hobbyz have announced the signing of 2-times ROAR National Gas On-road Champion, DJ Apolaro to their team. The US frontrunner and former Spectrum driver will use KO Propo radio systems and electronics from now on and he had the following to say about the deal:
I would first like to thank Kevin and John at Spektrum for the years of support. I always had great communication with the team and we always found ways to TQ and Win many events together. I wish them the best moving forward and also look forward to my new venture. I felt it was time for moving on and after careful consideration, I choose Ko Propo for all my new electronics. I have made test and feel they are the best choice for the top level of racing. Looking forward to the 2018 Worlds, I wanted to make sure to have every advantage I can. I would like to thank Joe at Absolute Hobbyz and Robert Morris for putting this together. See everyone at the track and if you need any support just come by and ask for help. See ya a the Nitro Cup!
Source: Absolute Hobbyz [absolutehobbyz.com]
The recent Masters of Foam event, held at the RC Arena Limburg in Sittard, The Netherlands, saw Germany’s Markus Mobers taking the TQ and win in the 1/12th Modified division. In addition to being a competitor, Markus is instrumental in the organisation of the event and even with the extra duties and distractions, Mobers took his ride to a dominant win.
Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]
The first round of the new revamped BRCA Formula indoor nationals took place last Saturday at the Tamworth RC Club. The new format is bringing the Formula nationals to club nights to visit different clubs and ensure more visibility of the class around the country and providing some support for the different clubs. For the first meeting 18 drivers, with some new faces, showed up. This year the championship is running round by round qualifiers. The first round was won by Luke lee (Xray) followed by Ben Cosgrove (Team Associated) and Craig Nutting (Roche). On the second one the top two guys keep the rhythm and Ollie Payne (Roche) went for third. For the last qualifier Ollie and Ben exchanged positions with Luke winning the round again.
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Team Powers have announced the signing of Germany’s Tobias Seidl to their factory team. While racing at national and international level events, Tobias will also help with the development of future products and he had the following to say:
I would like to thank Andy and everyone at Team Powers to let me join their factory Team for the rest of the 2017 season and beyond. After my first tests this decision was very easy to make as their products perform just awesome on track. I really looking forward to a great future together and hope we can achieve some nice results. My first big race will be the Essex international race in the UK.
Source: Team Powers [team-powers.com]
The West Coast Model RC track in Perth, Western Australia, played host to the 2017 Australian Electric On-road Nationals. The WCMRC track, located in the industrial suburb of Bayswater in Perth, was originally built for 235mm 2WD IC cars in the 1980’s, with the track providing a challenging mix of flowing, high speed corners with a high grip undulating surface and an exciting banked corner at the end of the main straight. In 1/12th Modified Ed Clark set a fast pace during the early rounds of qualifying but suffered some reliability issues later in the day which allowed Mark Wallin to relegate him to 2nd on the grid for the finals. Paul Simms had to work hard to hold off Warren Buttriss for the 3rd place grid spot for the finals. Simms took advantage of errors made by both Wallin and Clark to take an early lead in leg one final. However he was not able to hold off Wallin or a recovering Clark who went on to take a victory in leg one. Clark followed up his win in leg one by taking the 2nd final after a race long dual with Wallin which gave Clark the title. Wallin secured 2nd and Simms finished 3rd.
