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August 20, 2016

Matsukura sets early pace in China

3-time 1/12th World Champion Naoto Matsukura set the early pace in free practice at the 1:12 World Championships in Beijing, China. With 6 of the 8 practices runs that make up the opening day of the 18th running of the championships completed, the Roche driver was fastest over three consecutive laps from reigning European Champion Alexander Hagberg and defending World Champion Marc Rheinard. While the track layout is proving popular with drivers, the big complaint is the lack of traction something that isn’t being helped by the low 56 entry count.

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August 20, 2016

BRCA 1/8 Electric On-road National Rd6 – Report

The sixth round of the BRCA 1/8 Electric On-road National series took place last weekend at the Wombwell Model Car Club. During Saturday’s practice the grip was surprisingly good for a dusty unused Wombwell circuit, Alex Thurston was leading the practice times and it looked set to be another display of domination by the young chap from Coalville. On Sunday the weather was to remain warm and dry, with it becoming slightly over cast towards the end of the day. After four rounds of qualifying the Electric A final saw Alex starting from the pole position with Frank Dambrine on the 2 spot and Paul Bellinger rounding out the top 3.

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August 19, 2016

Josh Cyrul teams up with Destiny

Veteran U.S. on-road racer, Josh Cyrul has announced newly-founded Japanese brand Destiny to be his new electric on-road chassis sponsors for this season. Josh will use the company’s RX-10S touring car alongside the forthcoming Destiny 1/12th scale pan car once it is released and he has the following to say:

Huge Thanks to Terutaka Hanaumi, David Spashett , Scott Jakes and Xenon-USA for the opportunity to jump back heavily into racing this season. I’ve already begun building and super impressed with the fit, finish and overall quality of the car!

August 19, 2016

Slovakia Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the Slovakia Cup was held in Trnava in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and World GT. The weather conditions were good all weekend as chilly mornings were followed by raising temperatures over the day, making for decent traction. In the Touring Modified class, newly crowned IYRCA World Champion, Oliver Havranek came out fastest after the qualifiers and he also dominated the first two A-main legs to take the overall win in front of Jan Benetin and Daniel Zak.

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August 18, 2016

2016 Full Throttle Championships – Report

The inaugural running of the Full Throttle Champs was held at Banana RC Raceway in Dallas, Texas with the race kicking off the carpet season in the United States. The track layout was tight and technical; challenging all drivers to be smooth and avoid mistakes. The traction was high as usual on the CRC black carpet. 74 entries were in attendance between the seven classes. The event utilized a unique 3-day racing format. Day one was all open practice. Day two was three rounds of rocket round qualifying and bump-up B-mains for the last spot in the A in each class. Finally, day 3 was triple mains for everyone.

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August 18, 2016

Nandos RC Challenge – Report

The Nandos RC Challenge was held at the high-grip indoor asphalt track at Welkom RC Club in South Africa. The drivers were seeded according to their 2015 National results and the current national standings and then divided into the Invitational, Cup and Plate groups in Touring modified. The challenge took on the Reedy-style heads-up racing over five rounds. In Modified Invitational local driver and track owner Antonio Caroli had an excellent day at the track and won all the races with fast and consistent runs. He was however kept honest by youngsters Jacques Myburg and Ashley Hurley and the experienced Anderton Smith also pushed hard to beat Antonio. The other drivers Willie du Plooy, Shaun Schutte and Andre Greeff showed good pace and used this event for preparation of the upcoming Nationals in September.

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August 18, 2016

2016 Midwest Series Rd4 – Report

With the threat of 100 percent chance of rain all weekend, the Tri State Radio Controlled Auto Racers hosted the fourth race of the 2016 Midwest Series at their track in Cincinnati, Ohio. In spite of the weather, the TSRCAR crew had the track prepped and ready for action. This six race series was established back in 1970 and is the longest running series in the United States. It features both 1/10 Sedan and 1/8 Open 4WD classes as well as Masters classes for both scales. The cars are run together by scale but scored separately by class.

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August 17, 2016

Nejc Mihelic takes Slovenian 1/8th On-road title

The Slovenian 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship was held at the Tolmin track last weekend. Perfect weather conditions made for some nice days of racing with the action having started already on Friday. The qualifiers were won by ARC’s Nejc Mihelic who had his ARC team mates Valentin Mis and Simon Stelcl in tow in second and third respectively. A huge amount of tyre wear and a power and fuel-hungry track made for many different pit strategies. Up front Nejc checked out early to take the win and the championship title but behind him the race was on for the runner-up spot between Valentin and Simon. Both opted not to change tyres and only an engine flame out of Valentin brought the decision between the two with Simon taking the second place and the vice championship while Valentin had to settle for third.

Thanks to Nejc Mihelic for the report.