The Genius Ring in Medeuzza played host for the XRS Slovenia Warm-up race this past weekend. Drivers from five different countries gathered and took the opportunity to get some laps under their belt in preparation for the upcoming season finale. In the Touring Modified class it was Andrea Ghilotti with the TQ and he also won the A-main to leave behind Sascha Klug on the runner-up spot and 3rd placed Florian Luyer, who rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Twin RC Speedway played host to round 1 of the Arrowmax Asia Race Cup Hong Kong. With most of the local stars attending the podium spots were hotly contested and only one TQ driver would successfully convert his pole position into an overall victory. In the Touring Modified class veteran racers, PC Boy and Stick King made for a great show. With PC Boy drawing the first blood and taking the TQ honour after the five rounds of qualifying, the final was a tight affair and would go down to the last leg before the winner would be declared.
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The 2017 Tamiya-Infinity-PRCA-Singapore Championship was held this past weekend. The event was held in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Boosted, Truck and Tamiya Mini and it attracted drivers from Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Sweden as well as local talent. The race was held on a pretty big nitro track and despite its size it made for some close racing. In the Touring Modified class it was Nicholas Lee who took the opening qualifier by 0.076 seconds from Akio Sobue and Nicholas also walked away with the TQ in the third qualifier, ahead of Akio Sobue and Naoto Matsukura, putting him in a good position for the overall TQ.
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Last weekend the last final round of the Austrian 1/10th 200mm Championship was held at the SFMAV track in Nußdorf. Despite the good weather forecast, on Saturday afternoon the track was still partly wet from overnight rain. The conditions made it very difficult to get a faultless run in and it was Gerhard Kandelhart who excelled in these conditions as he took all four qualifiers on home soil. Leonardo Varga secured the P2 spot for the final in front of Franz Engel, both having their problems with the track conditions.
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The famous Circuito L.Collari track in Cassino played host to the Trofeo Safetycarmodel recently. In the Open 1/8 Nitro category it was Antonio Calce who took home the win in a very close battle with Domenico Calce, both were separated by only half a second after 30 minutes of racing. Behind the two Nicola Marone completed the top 3 podium result another lap down.
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Italian company Capricorn have announced the signing of German nitro on-road front runner, Tobias Kerler. The multiple ENS A-finalist will campaign Capricorn’s C803 1/8th nitro on-road kit for the remainder of the 2017 and the full 2018 season.
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The final round of the AMSCI Italian 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship was held at the Club 5 Colli track in Gubbio, home of the 2016 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Worlds. Veteran racer Marco Vanni started from P9 on the grid after some troublesome qualifiers but with swift and consistent work from his pitman, Emanuele Oberto, Marco was able to take the win after an error-free and fast paced race. Luca Martini and Michele Romagnoli rounded out an all-Shepherd podium and thanks to the win at the final round, Marco was able to take the overall title, the third in his career.
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The Tonisport Masters was held at the Arena 33 track in Andernach last weekend. The high-grip track in combination with the mandatory Volante tyres and CS additive made for a level playing field but the fun didn’t stop here. Tonisport organisers Andreas Reifferscheidt and Sebastian Meiborg introduced a whole new system to spike up the racing. The practice rounds were still held according to the normal rules; five minute heats with a ranking list based upon the best three consecutive laps. For qualifying however, the single best lap time would be accounted for. The racers had to strategically make a run of a maximum of eight laps in a ten minutes period. As there were four qualifying rounds, each driver’s single best lap time would decide their final grid position, more or less like in full scale racing.
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