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September 4, 2017

BRCA 1/8th Circuit Championship Rd7 – Report

Round 7 of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Championship headed south only a short distance from the channel tunnel crossing to France to the revitalised Brookland Circuit in Kent. The circuit having undergone upgrades to the surface and facilities with more changes planned for the future. The circuit being more ideal size for 1/8th cars and allowing them to be pushed to the max on the main sweeper and straight. The Nitro class was going to be another close encounter with a few big names away, Tim Wood took pole position narrowly from Neal King and David Spashett. Andy Mollett showed all his practice had paid off achieving 10th overall to qualify with his Mugen for his first A-final of the year. Chris Simons also made it in and Jack Garrett-Lines qualified an impressive 6th place.

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September 2, 2017

Marc Fischer Scorpion-powered through to 2020

Scorpion Power System have announced the signing of Germany’s Marc Fischer to their factory team. The former Trion driver signed a long-term contract through to 2020 and he will not only race Scorpion’s brushless motors and speed controllers but he will also assist with research and development. Marc says:

Since my contract was done on 01.08.2017 with Trion, I really want to thank Koba for the great and good Time in the Team. I test multiple system for a couple of weeks and I decided Scorpion Power System is the way to go for me. As George van Gansen offer me to work in the RD and testing/developments. So I am really happy that from 01.09.2017 until 31.08.2020 I sign with Scorpion Power System and want to thank George van Gansen and the whole Scorpion Team for the opportunity for their team. First official Race will be ETS Round 1 in October, so I am really looking forward for the first Indoor event and for sure with the new system. Thank you very much George.

Source: Scorpion Power System [scorpionsystem.com]

September 1, 2017

Morganti & Apolaro win at Great Lakes Challenge

The Great Lakes Challenge was held recently with this year was the most competition for a few years, providing very tight racing in all classes. In the 1/8th class the fight for the TQ was very close. DJ Apolaro TQ’d three of the five rounds beating out Joaquin Desoto Jr by only 4 tenths. He also set the new track record with 18 laps in 5:05.561 and the top 5 after qualifying would be DJ Apolaro, Joaquin Desoto Jr., Paolo Morganti, Paul Lemieux and Ralph Burch.

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September 1, 2017

Tony Esposito teams up with ARC

ARC Nitro Italy have announced the signing of Italy’s Tony Esposito to their team. Tony will use the remainder of the season to adapt to the new car in preparation for the 2018 European Championship that will be held on his home track in Cassino. Tony says:

I am very happy to be part of the ARC team and the commission, also I will use this end of season to prepare the best in 2018 where I will have the European championship at home, in Cassino.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

August 31, 2017

Joe Kerry sweeps British Open GP

The 2017 British Open GP took place at the Cotswolds track situated within Kemble airfield. The forecast for the whole weekend was looking very good with temperatures in excess of 23 degrees Celsius. As well as being the Open GP, the event would also double up and use its results as Rd6 of the national series. After four rounds of qualifying it was the Joe Kerry who took the TQ with 2014 World Champion Alexander Hagberg 2nd, and Alex Thurston 3rd. The final got under way with Joe pulling away very quickly at the front in the first few laps. Alex was fighting with Alexander for 2nd place which only helped Joe pull further away. When the first fuel stops had played out, Joe was able to start saving tyres whilst still increasing the gap. After 30 minutes of racing Joe Kerry (Capricorn) took the win two laps ahead of John Zottl (Serpent) who just came through to take 2nd with Alexander Hagberg (Xray) completing the podium in 3rd.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

August 30, 2017

2017 TCS Finals – Report

The 2017 TCS Finals concluded at Tamiya America’s racing facility in Aliso Viejo, California after 13 regional races that ran across the country. The 2017 TCS season kicked off in January in Fresno, California and ended in August in Jackson, New Jersey. Other regional state race locations included, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Connecticut, and Washington. The final national event spanned two days from August 26th to 27th at Tamiya America’s R&D race track in Aliso Viejo, California. This year’s final celebrates 23 years of on-road Tamiya R/C car racing. There are eight new class champions, three of which will be representing the USA at the Tamiya World Championships in November; an event during the Tamiya Fair held in Shizuoka-City, Japan. Duy Khuong took the winning honours in GT-1, securing himself a ticket to Japan with Mat Allen and Solomon Figues Jr. coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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August 30, 2017

Kurzbuch TQs and wins at Swiss 1/8th IC track finale

The final round of the Swiss 1/8th IC track national championship was held in Sittersdorf recently. Newly-crowned national champion, Simon Kurzbuch (Shepherd) again laid down some exceptional runs to take the TQ after the qualifiers. In the main final the race for the win was on between Simon and Silvio Hächler (ARC) and the lead would change between these two with every pit stop until Silvio suffered an engine cut at the second stop for tyres and later on he also had a body tuck which made things even worse. Up front Simon would cross the finish line one lap in front of Silvio while Luca Martinelli (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result. Elsewhere in the B class there was again a Kurzbuch/Hächler fight going on with Simon’s father Christian and Silvio’s father Andreas being in the mix for the overall title in the slower B class. Ultimately and with a save and clean drive, Christian would secure the day’s win and with it the national title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 30, 2017

Jackie Shum joins Power HD

Power HD have announced the signing of Hongkong driver Jackie Shum to their factory team. Jackie will use Power HD servos in the coming season while also assisting with research and development of new products and he had the following to say:

I have tested Power HD servos and found that the performance of servos gave me great confidence, the average lap speed in the same conditions is faster than before, thanks to the opportunity from Power HD. In the future, I will try my best to promote Power HD to benefit more players.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]