Mini Racing Chiasso will hold the The Swiss Carpet Race event on the weekend of the 13th of November at the Palapenz sports centre in Chiasso, Switzerland. Classes run include Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, 1/10th and 1/12th pan car as well as Formula. Registration for the event is now open here.
Spanish company MD Racing have announced the signing of Italy’s Marco Buccella to their team. Marco will campaign MD Racing’s MDF14’16 formula car at events throughout the country and he has the following to say about the deal:
After several different cars that I tried over the season the MD Racing MDF14’16 got to me a very good feeling. The car is very fast and easy to drive. I want to thank Vicente Machancoses of MD Racing and Davide Marca of Minizracing.it/Markaracing.com for the opportunity to represent the team, and to look forward for achieving more great results with them. I will do my best to represent this fantastic brand in my country, Italy.
Source: MD Racing [mdracing.com]
The fourth and final round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Championship was held at the Club Carsol track. Qualifying was a very close affair between Sergi Franch, Nacho Lopez and Johnny Pastor. After three of five rounds all three drivers were tie on points but Nacho and Sergi would score one more TQ each, handing Nacho the TQ although being tie on points with Sergi. Sergi, Johnny and Raul Amella would then compete in the super pole race that gave Sergi the 2 spot on the grid as he came out fastest. The start of the main final then saw Sergi taking the lead following a mistake of Nacho and so the fight for the runner-up spot was on between Nacho and Raul following a mistake of Johnny. With 10 minutes to go, Nacho and Sergi were fighting for the lead when Nacho made contact with Sergi, resulting in a stop & go penalty for Nacho. After the incident Sergi Franch (Mugen/Novarossi) was able to lay down a very consistent pace which allowed him to keep the lead until the end of the race to bring home the win from Nacho Lopez (Serpent/Picco) and Johnny Pastor (Mugen/Novarossi) in second and third respectively. With the second place Sergi also took the vice-championship title behind newly-crowned champion, Victor Pelaez (Serpent).
Thanks to Josep Franch for the report.
The BRCA have announced the GT12 World Cup 2017 to be held from the 10th to 12th of February. The event will be run in the same location, The Centre:MK in Milton Keynes, and to a similar format as the Reedy 1/12 Race of Champions hosted earlier in 2016. More than 100 registrations have already been made by competitors hoping to secure an entry, but the BRCA welcome further interest so as to guarantee a high standard of racing by selecting the best drivers possible to fill the 100 places. Registrations can be made via the BRCA website here.
The recent final round of the Spanish Nitro Touring Nationals was hosted by the Carsol Elche club. With a second place behind final round winner Antonio Gonzales, Agustin Rodriguez would take the Championship B title. Pablo Lopez completed the day’s A-main result in third.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The final round of the Korean KMRCA National Championship was recently held and the event saw Park Jooshin (Xray) walking away with the TQ and win in the 13.5T Super Sports touring class. Serpent driver Kim Sungmin, campaigning the company’s new Project 4X touring car, ended the day on the runner-up spot from Yokomo driver Ra Sungwhan.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Arrowmax have announced the signing of Yokomo’s Ronald Völker for their factory team. The 2016 IFMAR ISTC World and multiple ETS Champion will use Arrowmax’s tools and accessories to prepare, maintain and setup his rides and he has the following to say about the deal:
It is no secret that all equipment and tools by Arrowmax are known for their very high quality and their great design. Cant be happier to be a part of the team for the upcoming years and thanks to Arrowmax for that opportunity.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
The seventh and final round of the 2016 RC-Lemans Series was held in Hildesheim near Hanover. Despite the cold weather and predicted rain some drivers opted to show up already on Saturday morning and they would be able to get some practice laps under their belts until it started to rain later that day. Sunday morning started off wet meaning the opening qualifier would be held in damp conditions while Q2 and Q3 would be run on a soaking wet track. In the Modified class local hero Timo Schad, newly crowned 40+ German Champion Joachim Behnken as well as Tobias Weist all scored TQ runs with the tie-breaker handing Joachim the overall TQ from Timo and Tobias.
Continue reading the report here
