Ginting & Sutedja win at East Touring Series Rd2

The second round of East Touring Series was held at the Sunter International Speedway. The race was held in a Reedy Race format for both the Modified and Mini chassis classes. The race format saw 7-rounds of reverse grid racing and in the end Bowie Ginting would score four wins in the Touring Modified class to take the win from Arya Seta and Suwardi Suliandy in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the Open Mini class it would be young gun Ridhwan Sutedja who made a clean sweep for the win.

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French Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Lentilly near Lyon with 76 drivers signing in for the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring 10.5T, Touring 13.5T and Formula. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Alexandre Duchet who took the TQ in front of Loic Jasmin and Remi Callens. After the finals the top spots mixed up a bit with Loic taking the day’s win from Alexandre and Remi.

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Edward TQs & wins Carisma DTMxGQ Cup

The Carisma DTMxGQ Cup was held this past weekend at the ACO track in Hong Kong. Cloudy and unpredictable weather was predicted for race day but this did not held the drivers from getting the most out of their mandatory Carisma M40S RTR cars that had to be run with realistic DTM bodyshells, bone-stock Carisma 3000kv brushless systems and GQ hand out tyres. At the end only one A-main was to be held due to heavy rain in the afternoon and it was TQ holder Edward that brought home the win from Dick Wong 2nd and Stick King 3rd.

Source: Carisma [carisma.com.hk]

Swiss Electric On-road Championship Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the Swiss Electric On-road National Championship was held in Chiasso, in the Italian part of the country. More than 50 drivers signed in for the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Swiss GT and Formula. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Michele Manzo who took the TQ and he would also walk away with the win after the triple A-mains, taking the victory in front of Fabian Widmer and Antonino Mangiaracina.

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California Touring Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the 2017 CTS was held at the Tamiya USA raceway in Aliso Viejo, California. With close to 200 entries, the weekend had perfect weather and was packed with the best asphalt racers from the Westcoast. Special guest appearances from World Champion Spencer Rivikin, blast from the past David Jun and Josh Numan coming out of semi retirement. After ten years of a hiatus, David Jun put his Reedy powered TC7.1 in the show. In the Modified division, it was Team Associated driver Ryan Cavalieri who came out on top in the main. TQ Eric Albano had hole shot but due to lack of grip in the first turn, the Yokomo driver fell back to dead last during the early part of the race. By great driving from the reigning champ, Albano managed to work his way up to third for a hard earned fight. Meanwhile in second position, til about one minute to go, round 1 and 2 winner Rick Hohwart had 2nd locked up with Julian Wong (Xray) in 3rd until traffic tangled with the Team Associated veteran which put him in 9th as Wong and Albano sneaks by for podium.

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