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December 16, 2016

Arkadiusz Smyk dominates Polish EP on-road nats Rd3

Warsaw played host to the third round of the Polish electric on-road nationals that were held in multiple electric on-road classes including Pro Stock 13.5T and Stock 17.5T. ETS-style carpet made for good traction but the track itself was pretty difficult due to the lack of corner dots, meaning hitting the track barriers would likely kill the servo or other parts of the car. Arkadiusz Smyk was the man to beat in the Pro Stock and Stock qualifying and he would also come out fastest in the finals were he left Michal Wojcik and Bartosz Pochopien behind in second and third in the Pro Stock class, while in Stock Krystian Kopacki and Pawel Trella ended the day in second and third respectively.

View the final results here

December 16, 2016

Von Elling family sweep Swedish on-road nats Rd3

The third round of the Swedish electric on-road nationals was held at the IRC Arena in Linkoping in the three classes of 1/10th Touring, Formula and 1/12th scale. About 60 drivers signed in for the event that was run on a medium grip track with “Baku-style” narrow passages, tight chicanes as well as non-forgiving walls and corner markings. The Formula class was dominated by the Von Elling family that occupied the top 3 spots with Frederik and Marcus battling it out in qualifying as well as the finals and it was Frederik that came out on top after the A-mains, taking the win from Marcus in second and Günther in third, making it also an Xray 1-2-3 on the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 16, 2016

Mirko Salemi joins BMT 1/8th team

Following the signing of Mattia Collavo to their 1/10th team, BMT have announced the addition of swift Mirko Salemi to their 1/8th scale team. Mirko will campaign the company’s BMT984 Evo in 2017 at all major events such as the national championship, EFRA GP, the IFMAR Worlds and the ENS.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]

December 16, 2016

2017 Charity Race – Announcement

The annual Charity Race will be held on the 14th and 15th of January. A tight race calendar forced the organisers to shift the event to the second weekend of January, nevertheless a range of European top drivers such as Marc and Toni Rheinard, Ronald Volker, Viktor Wilck, Francesco Martini, Max Machler, Marcel Geiger, Yannic Prumper, Dominic Vogl as well as several Italian top drivers already signed in for the race that will raise money for the good cause. As usual the event will take place at the RC Landia track in Scandiano and more information can be found on the official website here or by emailing Toni Rheinard (info@tonisport.de) or Davide Sillingardi (sillarcmail@gmail.com).

December 16, 2016

Mattia Collavo teams up with BMT 200mm team

Italian brand BMT have announced the signing of Mattia Collavo to their 1/10th 200mm team. 30-years old Mattia will pilot the company’s BMT701 1/10th nitro on-road kit at all major national events while running ARC cars as part of the ARC Nitro Italy team in the 1/8th nitro on-road class.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]

December 15, 2016

Nicolas Lee joins Protoform factory team

Protoform have announced the addition of 2016 ISTC World Finalist Nicholas Lee to their factory racing team. Nicholas’ track record across many different platforms of on-road racing makes him an ideal fit and Protoform look forward to having him represent the team in Asia and across the international racing scene at electric touring, nitro touring and 1/8 nitro events. Nicholas says:

Protoform has been the body leader ever since I’ve started racing. Thanks to PF and Eric for giving me this opportunity to join the team. I will be using their full line of products and I am looking forward to some great results together in years to come.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]

December 14, 2016

Wong Kok Wai wins at Suzuka RC Touring Challenge

The recent 2016 Suzuka RC Touring Challenge was organised by the Malaysian Pulau Pinang RC Club. The event was sponsored by an engine oil company and in the 13.5T Boosted Touring class it was Awesomatix driver Wong Kok Wai that took the win from the Xray duo of William Tiong and Michael Lim in second and third respectively.

View the final results here

December 14, 2016

CWIC Xray Racing Series UK Rd3 – Report

Round three of the increasingly successful CWIC Xray Racing Series UK was held at the Christie Miller Sports centre in Melksham, Wiltshire. Just over 100 entries were received across the classes which for the lead up to Christmas is impressive. With that racers had some great choice with other races to attend on the same day with the 12th Nationals and EWS both clashing with the CWIC XRS. As in previous rounds the ever popular ProStock 13.5 class was the most popular by a long way, attracting well over a 100 racers to the class over the series so far. Round three has seen some new faces on the podium due to some notable absences being away. Top qualifier Dan Blake converted that into an overall round three win with wins in both legs of the finals. Closely followed by Chris Gunter and Mark Giaquinto.

Continue reading the report here