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March 9, 2017

South-African ORE national championship Rd1 – Report

The first round of the 2017 South-African ORE national championship was held at the Welkom RC Arena, host of the 2018 IFMAR ISTC 1/12th World Championships. It is fair to say that the facility has revived RC racing in South Africa and for the first time in many years there were five Touring Modified mains, a full 1/12th Modified main as well as a full main of 1/12th Stock. In Touring Modified and for the first time in many years over 46 entries ensured competitive racing and the drivers had to be at their best to qualify for the A-mains. The battle for the podium was really hot with great runs from Hein Kotze, Anderton Smith, Antonio Caroli and Ashley Hurley. After missing the first qualifying run it was Hein Kotze who put in great runs in Q2, Q3 and Q4 to secure the TQ spot. Youngster Ashley Hurley improved Alexander Hagberg’s 2016 record to 12.7s and showed that he was a force to be reckoned with by qualifying in 2nd with Antonio Caroli 3rd and Anderton Smith in 4th.

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March 9, 2017

Andrea Catanzani wins at Italian GT Champs opener

The opening round of the Italian GT national championship was held at the Il Lombrico track in Milazzo. In the F2 category Andrea Catanzani took the Super Pole after the qualifiers and he would also dominate the 45-minute A-main by coming out some eleven laps in front of second placed Fabio Valente while third placed Mauro Meli ended the day another five laps down in third.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]

March 9, 2017

2017 Speed King Tour Rd1 – Report

Season number five of the Japanese Speed King Tour kicked off at the Rajiten Nagoya indoor tarmac track in the Aichi prefecture. The race format was left the same as in the previous year and classes run would be Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Oval. In the premier Modified category, newly-signed Infinity driver Akio Sobue showed great speed at his home track, taking the TQ after the three qualifying rounds of qualifying and dominating the 7-minutes A-final from start to finish. Yokomo driver Yugo Nagashima had to settle for second and Kazunari Tomita (ARC) finished third.

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March 8, 2017

Frederik Hovgaard inks Yokomo factory contract

Yokomo have announced the signing of 2016 Danish 2WD Buggy champion, Frederik Hovgaard to their factory team. The Danish frontrunner, who grew up racing Yokomo cars, will receive the full factory treatment in his campaign that will see appearances at national and international on-road and off-road events including as the ETS, EOS and the World Championships. Frederik says:

I am very happy about being a part of Team Yokomo as factory team driver, which I have been dreaming of for a long time. I have almost throughout my RC-carrier been driving with Yokomo cars, and now after several years of hard training and work for it, the dream is a reality. I look forward to an exciting future, together with the Team Yokomo. Thanks to Yokomo – Tom Yokobori, Aso Minoru and Shin Adachi.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

March 7, 2017

2016/17 Rug Racers Rd6 – Report

The 2016/17 Rug Racers series recently concluded with the sixth and final round of the season. The track selected for the final meeting had been used in one of the earlier rounds and proved to be a good choice with a nice flow to it. In Touring 13.5 Open again it was the series’ winner Ashley Wiffen that was looking to finish out at the very top. He would take FTQ from team mate Paul Pinkney to line up pole with Jon Seals lining up 3rd.

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March 7, 2017

David Loppini powered by Energy Fuel for 2017

Pepe Group from Italy have announced the signing of Italian 200mm vice-champion, David Loppini to their team. The multiple ENS A-main finalist will use the range of Energy products in the upcoming 2017 season, starting from the opening round of the EFRA GP Series.

Source: Pepe Group [pepegroup.net]

March 7, 2017

Serpent sign Alex Thurston to their international team

Serpent have announced the signing of UK frontrunner, Alex Thurston to their international team. Alex is focussed on the 1/10th 200mm nitro class and he will campaign Serpent’s 748 platform at events such as the ENS, the European Championships and the National Championship while also having select outings in the electric 1/10th Touring and 1/8th Electric on-road classes. Alex says:

I am very excited to run for team Serpent and work together closely with Michael Salven, David Ehrbar and the other top-drivers in the team like Mark Green and Dominic Greiner.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 6, 2017

ENS chooses single tyre partner for Season #4

The Euro Nitro Series is pleased to announce that for its upcoming fourth season it will switch to a single tyre partner for all four rounds of the championship. With 2016 another growth year for the high profile onroad nitro championship, the number of drivers registering points at the end of the third season breaking the 300 mark, feedback highlighted a desire among racers for the ENS to switch to a single brand of tyre for the entire season. Also taking onboard racers’ experiences of previous seasons, tyre quality was identified as the No.1 priority for drivers and reacting to this the ENS has agreed a partnership with Matrix for 2017. The Italian tyre manufacturer supplied the tyres for the very first ENS race in 2014 and has provided tyres for a race each season since. Apart from the single tyre brand creating a level of familiarity for drivers another key benefit is that racers can carry sets of tyres through for practice at the following round.

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