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March 22, 2017

O.S. Engines welcome Merlin Depta

O.S. Engines have announced the addition of Germany’s Merlin Depta to their factory team. The German frontrunner, multiple ENS finalist, EFRA vice-European Champion and long-time Picco driver will power his Serpent rides with O.S. Speed engines from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

I want to use this opportunity to thank Picco for their support during the last years as they have been my very first engine sponsor. Changing the brand of probably the most important component of the car needs to be a good choice. When I came into contact with O.S. Engines I was very satisfied with power and even more important reliability during a run. The support is very professional and the contact with the engineers is at eye level. It’s a great honor for me to line up in this world class factory team! Thanks to Mr. Yukami, Mr. Shimazaki and also Mr. Arata who made it possible!

Source: O.S. Engines [os-engines.co.jp]

March 21, 2017

Flavio Elias doubles at Brazilian on-road opener

This past weekend the opening round of the Brazilian National On-road Championship was held at the Miniautodromo Internacional Zeca Elias in Sao Paulo, host of the 2015 IFMAR 1/8th World Championship. In the competitive 1/8th class Capricorn’s Flavio Elias TQ’d and won the meeting in pretty dominant fashion, crossing the finish line first ahead of the Mugen of Kazu Ohara and the Capricorn of Samuel Piatto. In the 1/10th 200mm open class Elias took another convincing TQ and win on his Capricorn ahead of the Shepherd of Eduardo Dulac and the Capricorn of Rafael Alves.

View the 200mm podium here

March 20, 2017

Xray Racing Series Germany finale – Report

The Eifel-Ring near the famous Nürburgring recently played host to the final round of the Xray Racing Series Germany. Nearly 40 entries for the five classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, FWD, Formula and 1/12th scale were received and in the Touring Modified class it was Tim Wahl (Xray) who took the winning honours from Florian Fink (Xray) in second and Clemens Neubert (Yokomo) third.

Continue reading the report here

March 20, 2017

Markus Hellquist wins at SSIC finale

The final round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was hosted by the Hässleholms MK club on a tight and pretty grippy track. In the Modified Touring class Markus Hellquist would take the overall TQ in front of local driver Daniel Carlsson with Fabian Vernersson rounding off the top 3. After the finals the top 3 positions would remain the same as Markus took two wins for the overall with Daniel and Fabian coming in second and third respectively.

View the final results here

March 20, 2017

Jeremy Limoges sweeps French Indoor National Champs

The French Indoor National Championship recently concluded and it was Jeremy Limoges who walked away with the title in the Formula and Touring Modified classes. Jean-Michel Varinard would take the vice championship in the Formula class from Willy Voisangrin in third while Alexandre Laurent and Eric Loge would complete the Touring Modified podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 20, 2017

2017 AARCMCC Victorian Onroad State Titles – Report

The 2017 Association of Australian Radio Controlled Model Car Clubs State Titles for Victoria was held by the South Eastern Radio Controlled Car Club SERCCC at its new facility located on the Mornington Peninsula of Victoria, Australia, this past weekend. The event attracted racers from all over Australia to compete in eight different classes. With over 120 entries the racing for the top positions looked like it would be well contested and the racing that resulted proved this was the case. The premier class for the event was the Modified Open Class. With multiple Australian National title holders and State title holders in attendance the drive for TQ and the top spots was well contested. After five rounds of qualifying it would be Ryan Maker (Awesomatix) who would take the TQ position.

Continue reading the report here

March 17, 2017

Arkadiusz Smyk doubles at PLMS Championship Rd3

Round three of the PLMS Championship was held in Płochocin near Warsaw, Poland. The schedule saw practice and four qualifiers on Saturday with a final qualifier and the finals being run on Sunday. In The Touring Pro Stock class the race for the TQ was on between Michał Wójcik and Arkadiusz Smyk. Arkadiusz won the first and fourth qualifier while Michał took the second and third round meaning the decision for the overall TQ would be made in Q5 and with both making mistakes it was ultimately Arkadiusz who obtained the pole position for the A-mains and he would also come out fastest in the Stock class.

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March 17, 2017

HEC Asia Cup Rd2 – Report

Round two of the HEC Asia Cup, run in collaboration with the Serpent GT Cup, was held at Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong with about 70 entries in several nitro on-road classes. Ng Chiu Man would top qualify in the 1/8th nitro class and after a good start into the A-main he looked like he would bring home the win but some tome into the race 5th place qualifier, Kelvin Hui was able to close the gap to the leader quickly. At about the 35-minute mark both were only separated by about a second but with less than two minutes to go Hui’s car suffered an engine failure on the straight which allowed Ng Chiu Man to cruise to the win. 3rd placed Nelso Woo could not capitalise from Kelvin’s issue so he had to settle for 3rd while a lucky Kelvin snatched the runner-up spot.

Continue reading the report here