Round three of the Norwegian Cup was held on a purpose-built track in Trondheim. Andreas Daving (Yokomo) would take the TQ in the Touring Stock class but it was Team Magic’s Martin Sorlie who would come out fastest in A2 and A3, with plenty of luck and some skulls as well, to grab the overall victory from all-round racing hero Ketil Pettersen (Yokomo) and Andreas Daving in third.
The final round of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held at the Pik Hala track in Maribor. The event attracted drivers from four different countries to compete in the classes of Touring Stock 13.5T, Formula 21.5T and 1/12th scale. The weekend started off with practice on Saturday with the actual race day being the Sunday. In the premier class of Touring Stock it was Jan Popic taking the TQ closely followed by Rok Rudl and Jan Pernarčič. The Formula class had Luca Conte taking the TQ in front of Daniele Conte and local driver Dejan Šabeder, who came back after an 8-year break. Finally in 1/12th scale it was Alojzij Osvald in front of Stefan Hois.
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The Venezuelan ISTC National Championship opener was held this past weekend and the event saw Armando Lenzi (Xray) taking the overall TQ in the Electric Touring class thanks to round wins in Q1 and Q2. In the A-main the battle was on between Armando and Xray team mate Miguel Blanco with the latter taking wins in A1 and A2 while also scoring the fastest lap of the race, leaving Armando with the second place in A1 and A2. Alberto Trigo (Team Durango) completed the podium with a fine third place.
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Sunter International Speedway played host to round two of the Indonesian 1/8th GT National Championship over the weekend. A cloudy sky and a wet track made for special conditions at first but the track would dry up after the second round of qualifiers and it would stay dry throughout the event. Fayakhun Andriadi would take the overall TQ, about a second in front of Christian Mamesah and Chopin Yusuf who took the front row at the start of the 30-minute main final. On the tone Bowie Ginting jumped into 2nd place, coming from the 8 spot after a disastrous qualifying and Chopin would lead the way until Bowie got past him in lap five. The humid weather made engine setup crucial and several drivers suffered flameouts and in the end Bowie would hold the upper hand, taking the win from Christian and Rusman.
Ielasi Tuned have announced the return of Dutch top driver, Joey Sorber, to their factory team. Joey will use the company’s latest Nitro.21-9WCE on-road engine in the upcoming season at national and international races while also giving track-side technical support to Ielasi Tuned customers.
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Round five of the Estonian Onroad Racing Series was held at Saue HOBIzone. In the 17.5T Touring class it was a smooth sailing for Risto Haug who made pretty much a clean sweep to take the day’s win from Henri Nurmela in second and Marko Roolaid in third.
Last weekend saw round 5 of the BRCA LMP12 national series take place at the Swifts Raceway in the north of England. This round of the series saw Schumacher strengthen their team with touring car racer Elliott Harper and buggy driver and GT12 World Champion, Michal Orlowski. Taking on the very strong Schumacher team would be the Roche team of David Spashett, Adam Catchpole and Ollie Payne, and Yokomo’s lone factory representative, Mark Stiles. Over the two days there were three classes, with all drivers competing in 13.5 fixed timing class on Saturday, and drivers split between 6.5 fixed timing Modified on Saturday, and 13.5 Sports Modified on Sunday. On Saturday the tight and twisty track saw incredibly close racing across the field. In the end it came down to a last round battle for pole position between Harper, Catchpole, Spashett and Orlowski. A clean run from Elliott Harper saw his Eclipse line up on pole by less than a tenth of a second from David Spashett’s Roche.
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This past weekend was the penultimate round 6 of the CWIC Xray Racing Series UK. In Super Touring Olly Jefferies further cemented his dominance on the class with another back-to-back finals win. Jon Seals followed Olly at the finish line claiming second and building further on his 4th place last round, BGR’s Tom Green took the 3rd sport on the podium.
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