The third round of the Lovan Challenge was held at the Velocitatem Arena in Ingelmunster, Belgium this past weekend. In the Formula class it was Steve Deblaere who took the overall TQ after the three rounds of qualifying and he would also come out on top after the triple A-mains as he took wins in all three A-mains to grab the overall victory from Nic Desmet in second and Willy Voisangrin in third.
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The 2017 Ride Futaba Cup was held at the Infinity Addict RC Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand, over the weekend. The event attracted both local racers but also international experienced drivers and three of them, Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp, Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee and Atsushi Hara, campaigning a Tamiya at this event, would make up the top 3 result in the competitive Touring Modified class.
The German MCRT-Aschaffenburg club recently held a round of the national LRP-HPI-Challenge and in the Touring Stock class it was Jannick Namyslo (Xray) who set the pace in qualifying. With three TQ runs Jannick easily snatched the overall TQ and he would also dominate the opening two A-mains with tone-to-tone wins to take the day’s win from Marcus Ruth (Xray) on the runner-up spot. Thorsten Zorn (Team Associated) would take the final podium spot from Jens Haller and Dirk Gündra in fourth and fifth respectively.
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Round four of the Czech HIT 129 Winter Racing Series was held at the sports hall in Holesov. The weekend started off on Friday evening with free practice and resumed early on Saturday morning with more practice and the qualifiers. In the premier class of Touring Modified the race was on between top qualifier, Matej Sulc and Kuba Simurda who started from the 2 spot on the grid. In the opening final Matej was able to keep a tight racing line, leaving no room for Kuba to pass. In the second and third final though the pole sitter made smaller mistakes, allowing Kuba to go in front and to ultimately walk away with the win. Second place went to Matej while local driver, Ludvik Kurecka completed the podium result.
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Last weekend saw the fourth round of the BRCA LMP12 national series took place in South Shields, just south of Newcastle. The venue was filled with memories for some, having been used for the 1998 onroad IFMAR World Championships, in which David Spashett won all three classes. Returning for the 2017 event were not only David Spashett, but also a host of the UK’s leading drivers. With Alexander Hagberg away on Touring Car duty, the field was very even, meaning that a huge number of drivers went into the weekend looking for the win. Over the meeting three classes were contested, 13.5 on Saturday and on Sunday the field was split into Sports Modified (13.5) and Modified (6.5). The track laid out by the Barley Mow club was a large and open design, which required a car to flow well, whilst being very precise.
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Xtreme Aerodynamics welcome reigning Italian Champion, Daniele Ielasi to their team for the 2017 season. Having often used Xtreme’s products in the past, Daniele has now officially joined the team, running alongside the likes of World Champion Kurzbuch, Robert Pietsch, Francesco Tironi, and Adrien Bertin.
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Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the addition of Francesco Tironi to their factory team. Francesco will equip his XRD-powered Infinity vehicles with the Italian manufacturer’s bodyshells in both the 1/8th and 200mm classes for 2017. A former Worlds podium finisher, Tironi will face a busy 2017 season taking part at the Italian nationals, the EFRA GP series, Worlds, Euros and select ENS races.
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Serpent have announced the signing of US top driver, Austin Wolfe to their American team. Austin will campaign the company’s Project 4X touring car and he will be working closely with recently signed Ralph Burch. Austin says:
A special thank you goes out to Ralph Burch and Joaquin Desoto for the tremendous support in getting me race ready. The quality and innovation of the Project 4X is one of a kind. I look forward to learning the chassis and getting to the race track!
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