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June 7, 2017

2017 Nitro-West-Masters Rd2 – Report

The ADAC-Ring at Haltern in the north of the Ruhr region in Western Germany was the venue for round two of the Nitro-West-Masters (NWM) on the Pentecost weekend. 55 participants meant a new record entry since the comeback of this old outdoor circuit in 2012 which is located inside a driver safety training centre and well known for its unique atmosphere with tents in the non-covered paddock. The Nitro-West family enjoyed a great weekend as rain didn’t hit the track as forecasted, only a shower during practice on late Saturday afternoon and some drops during a sub-final.

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June 7, 2017

Akiyama takes Rd3 of 2017 Speed King Tour

The third round of the 2017 Speed King Tour took place at RC Stadium Sodegaura outdoor tarmac track in Chiba prefecture last weekend. With a renewed track surface just before the event and also a completely new track layout. the organisers also decided to introduce controlled tyres with each driver getting 2 sets of Rush brand tyres for the event. In the Modified class, Yokomo driver Naoki Akiyama took TQ after three rounds of qualifying, but with eight drivers within one second it was looking to be an exciting A-final. In the Oval class Kamata took the win and in Stock Kannno dominated, while the youngest driver Ion also took a podium spot. In Mod, Akiyama made a good start and kept his position from start to finish to win ahead of another Yokomo driver Yugo Nagashima in second. Destiny driver Jin Sawada, fresh from winning the open mod class at the Reedy Race took third position. Next round of Speed King tour 2017 will take place at Crest Speedway indoor carpet track in Gunma prefecture on the 9th of July.

Source: Speed King Tour [facebook.com]

June 5, 2017

Pan Car Masters 2017 – Report

This past weekend the first annual Pan Car Masters was held at the world renown MRTM Lostallo track in Switzerland. The event was held in the six classes of Pro10 Modified, Pro10 Stock 10.5, Swiss GT 13.5T, Formula 21.5T as well as 1/8th Electric Modified 6S and 1/8th Electric Stock 4S. The weather forecast for the weekend wasn’t the best but the weather proofed to be pretty ok, much to the pleasure of the about 60 drivers from Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday, followed by reseeding practice on Saturday and the first two of four qualifiers. Rain was on the forecast for Sunday but thankfully the shower came during the night and thanks to nice during the day the track dried up quickly.

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June 5, 2017

Matsukura leads Infinity 1-2 at CETC in Xiamen

After a busy race day at the 2nd round of the CETC presented by Infinity, which due to rain saw the event shortened from a 2 day event to a single day event, the race was eventually able to come to a successful conclusion. Once again the Infinity duo proved to be a formidable team, successfully taking 1st and 2nd positions in the Infinity Modified class. With places switched between the team mates from the opening round at AMA, Akio Sobue was able to secure the runner up spot thanks to winning the final A-main. Points leader in the Arrowmax Chinese Modified ranking, Nicholas Lee could only take 2nd in the last final, giving him the final step of the podium. Fellow country man Dominic Quek would end the race in fourth place in front of Xray team mate JJ Wang who took fifth.

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June 5, 2017

Ronald Völker wins at CTS2 Rd4

Round 4 of CTS2 was held at Hobbytown Fresno, California this weekend and Modified TC was the premier class to watch. With a special guest appearance by team Yokomo driver and reigning World Champion Ronald Volker, he would be the third World Champ to attend the California Touring Series this season. Upon arrival to the track, Volker enjoyed his time with his US comrades and got the chance to meet a lot of his fans in California. Meanwhile as the weekend continued, the Yokomo ace driver showed the way all through practice and race day. Drivers like Eric Albano and Brandon Clements showed really good driving pace to match some of Volker’s hot laps but unable duplicate what Ronald has produced. With a rough start in Q1 for series points leader Team Associated driver Rick Hohwart, he would then complete a stronger qualifier for Q2 which put him in P4 for the show and ended up finishing 3rd in the main while Albano came home in 2nd. Volker controlled the lead from tone to tone in the main taking home a perfect run.

Source: CTS [facebook.com]

June 4, 2017

Naoto Matsukura is Top Qualifier for CETC Rd2

On the final lap of the final round of qualifying, former World Champion Naoto Matsukura chose not to brake for the corner at the timing loop and in doing so managed to take the round by 0.033 seconds and with it take the overall TQ in the Infinity Modified class. This move meant Nicholas Lee had to accept 2nd spot on the grid. Behind the Yokomo driver, Infinity star Akio Sobue bounced back from a bad first round to claim 3rd place for the round only 0.55 behind the Singaporean. Third place in the first round Dominic Quek was off form in the 2nd round but due to his result from the first round will start in fourth place in the finals. Xray driver Lao Min Hao and Awesomatix drivers Rocket Zhang and Michael Lo complete the top 7 with Factory Xray driver JJ Wang, Xpress driver Chan Chau Man and Hong Kong driver Bun finishing off the A-main grid.

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June 2, 2017

Turkish On-road National Championship Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Turkish On-road National Championship was held at the BUMOD track recently. The event kicked off on Friday with practice on a pretty dusty track that made setup critical. In Touring Modified it was Ahmet Kasap who swept the qualifiers to take the overall TQ and in the Touring Stock class it was again Ahmet who took the TQ honours by coming out fastest in the last three qualifiers while Mustafa Alp took the opening two rounds. Unfortunately Sunday’s electric finals had to be cancelled due to rain meaning Ahmet would take the overall win in both classes as the results were based on the qualifying results.

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June 2, 2017

Isaac Amoròs wins Catalan Pro10 Champs Rd2

The second round of the Catalan Electric Touring Championship CCTE was held at the AMSA track. The event was held alongside the Catalan Pro10 Championship and running both classes made for high grip track conditions. In the Pro10 Modified class Marc Valero won the first qualifying round while Isaac Amoròs won Q2. With Jaime Lacuesta taking the third round things would be pretty interesting in the finals. Ultimately the TQ went to Isaac but Marc looked to be set for some fierce battles in the A-mains. On a very technical track and with little space to overtake, the first final round was extremely frenetic, with a couple of risky overtakes between the two main finalists but both scored their fastest laps in the final A-main with a 17.726s for Isaac and a 17.770 for Marc. In the end Isaac would take the day’s win from Marc in 2nd, Jaime Lacuesta 3rd and Sergio Lacuesta 4th. In the championship Isaac is leading the standings from Jaime and Marc going into round 3 of the championship that will be held on the 2nd of July at the Rubi track.

Thanks to Marc Valero for the report.