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December 22, 2016

Fariz Mazri wins at FEMCA GT Champs support race

Last weekend saw the running of the FEMCA GT Championship, held at the KLIRCC track in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the supporting 1/8th nitro on-road category drivers from Malaysia and China battled for the win. The qualifying saw Fariz Mazri taking the TQ in front of Wong Yoong Keong and Nelson Woo. At the start of the 45-minute race Fariz managed to defend his first position while Nelson Woo climbed up the order from third to second position. Until the checkered flag it was a close race between these two drivers but Fariz was able to defend his first position and he crossed the finish line some three seconds in front of Nelson. Neil made his way up from sixth to third position to complete the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 22, 2016

Maurice Lüscher wins at ART Championship Rd2

The second round of the ART Championship was held in Münsingen, Switzerland on a small and technical track. In the 1/12th scale class it was Maurice Lüscher who took the win from Michael Schäfer , the latter suffered from a dumping battery. Stefan Wüthrich would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 20, 2016

Xray Racing Series Slovakia Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin and it attracted some of the fastest drivers of the country to compete in several electric on-road and off-road classes. In the premier Touring Modified category it was Xray’s own Martin Hudy who took the win from his teammates Oliver Havranek and Michal Wojcik.

Continue reading the report here

December 20, 2016

White & Lenzi win at inaugural Christmas Cup

CCA Speedway of Valencia, Venezuela recently hosted the inaugural Christmas Cup. In the 1/8th GT class it was Daniel White that lead a Serpent 1-2-3 with Leo Lenzi and Ala Mohamed taking the remaining podium spots in second and third respectively. Elsewhere in the 1/10th Electric Touring class it was Leo Lenzi who brought home the win with Bruno Bortessi and Eduardo Piscitelli rounding out the podium result.

View the Touring Car podium here

December 20, 2016

Dario Balestri to roll on Hot Race tyres

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Italy’s Dario Balestri to their team. The multiple national and European Champion will use the company’s tyres at open races world-wide while also helping with product development and being a brand ambassador at the races.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

December 19, 2016

HIT 128 race – Report

Holesov in the Czech Republic played host to the recent HIT 128 race. In the premier Touring Modified class the race for the overall win was on between Oliver Havranek, Kuba Simurda and Zdenko Kunak. The three matched in pace and ultimately young Oliver held the upper hand to take the win from Kuba whose first place in the final main cemented his overall runner-up spot while Zdenko had to settle for third.

Continue reading the report here

December 19, 2016

Toni Gruber signs with WRC

Italian company WRC have announced the signing of Germany’s Toni Gruber. The former ARC driver will use WRC’s line of cars in his 2017 campaign that includes appearances at both national and international events. Toni has the following to say:

I want to thank ARC for the great season 2016. Now I take one opportunity that WRC gave me and I want to thank WRC for this great chance. I am really happy to a part of this great team!

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

December 19, 2016

Contact announce 2017 factory drivers

Contact have announced their 2017 factory driver line up. Beside long established Robert Pietsch, who is in his seventh season and reigning 1/8th World Champion, Simon Kurzbuch, next year’s team will also see Germany’s up and coming Toni Gruber, who has shown some impressive results lately, including an overall 4th place at the 2016 Guan Kou Sunpadow GP in China.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]