May 10, 2017

Dimitriou wins at Greek On-road Champs Rd3

The third round of the Greek On-road Championship was held recently at the Fanatic Racing Track and in the 200mm Nitro Touring class it was championship leader Likaris who took the TQ and pole position. Dimitriou would start from the 2 spot and the race for the win would be between these two drivers who soon opened a big gap on the field. Ultimately Dimitriou would bring home the win after finding a way past Likaris although he would only take the win by a narrow two seconds with Tsiklitiras completing the podium in 3rd. With the win Dimitriou is now back in the game for the overall title.

View the final results here

May 10, 2017

EWS Summer Edition 2017 – Announcement

The EWS Events team has announced the return of the EWS Summer Series, a two-round on-road electric series taking place in the south of the UK. After requests from racers for a return of the events, the Series will kick off on July 15th and 16th at the home of the last two EWS Summer events, the Adur Model Car Club near Brighton, before concluding two months later with the second event on September 2nd and 3rd at a track to be announced shortly. The series will cater for Modified and Super Stock Touring Cars – using the well-known ETS-spec Volante 36 tyre build. Each event will run to the popular “one-and-a-half day” format, minimising costs and overnight stays but maximising track time. Entries for round 1 are open now and more information can be found on the official EWS website here and on social media here.

May 10, 2017

MC Best Cup Rd3 & Rd4 – Report

Round 3 and 4 of the MC Best Cup were held at the Langenthal track recently. Round 3, run on Saturday, was held in cold weather with Michael Henzi making the best out of the conditions as he took the win in the 1/8th nitro class from Daniel Braunschweiler and Stefan Graber. In 1/10th Nitro Touring it was Patrick Fankhauser who came out fastest after the main final from Roger Fasler and Manfred Ebener in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Continue reading the report here

May 10, 2017

Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria was held at the Mini Autodrom Ayrton Senna in Zagreb, Croatia. Drivers from six different countries including Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Italy and Slovenia attended the event, giving it some international flair. The weekend started off with nice weather and pleasing temperatures on Saturday although mixed weather and cooler conditions were on the forecast for Sunday and because of the chance of rain the first qualifiers were held on Saturday evening.

Continue reading the report here

May 10, 2017

Maxi Vogl wins rainy South German regionals Rd1

The opening round of the South German nitro on-road regionals was held at the MCC Türkheim track. In Saturday’s dry 1/8th class qualifying it was Maxi Vogl who took the top qualifier honours and he would also come out on top after Sunday’s rain-soaked main final. Armin Baier would end the day on the 2 spot some two laps down with Bastian Gramlich completing the podium another lap down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 9, 2017

Kyle Branson successful at BRCA 200mm Nats Rd2

The second round of the BRCA 1/10th IC circuit championship was held at the Halifax track. In qualifying it was Capricorn’s Kyle Branson who managed to take the TQ and set a new track record ahead of Joe Kerry, followed by Alex Thurston in 3rd and Mark Green in 4th. The final got under way with Kyle managing to pull a gap early on from Mark, who managed to get into 2nd in the opening laps. A great battle was going on from around the 10 minute mark with Alex and Mark fighting for the 2nd spot for almost the remainder of the race. After 30 minutes it was Kyle who took the win with his Capricorn car nearly two laps ahead of the two Serpents of Mark in 2nd and Alex in 3rd.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 8, 2017

Gerhard Kandelhart wins at Austrian IC Track Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Austrian 1/10th and 1/8th Nationals was held at the Sollenau track and it was Gerhard Kandelhart who took home the biggest trophy although it was his team mate Leonardo Varga who claimed the TQ spot after qualifying. In the main final Leo was in the lead for quite some time but a crash with a back marker forced him to get his car repaired in the pits. Gerhard Kandelhart took over the lead after Leo’s incident andhe  never looked back, crossing the finishing line in 1st position in front of Kurt Hubeny while Leo fought his way back to the front to complete the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

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