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April 20, 2016

Gray & Desoto Jr. win at Miami Grand Prix

Last weekend’s 2016 Miami Grand Prix attracted over 200 drivers to compete in the four classes of 1/8th Open and Masters, 1/8th GT and 1/10th 200mm Sedan. While Chris Tosolini grabbed the win in the 1/8th Open category it was Scotty Gray who came out fastest in the Sedan class from Paolo Morganti. Junior Castellanos rounded out the top 3 result. In the growing 1/8th GT class Joaquin Desoto Jr. took a comfortable win with a 4-lap margin over runner-up, Joachim Bruneau. Charles Parsons came in third another two laps down.

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April 20, 2016

Chris Tosolini wins at Miami Grand Prix

Last week the top US nitro drivers made there way to Homestead, Florida to compete in the 2016 Miami Grand Prix with the top drivers from almost every manufacturer set the stage for a shootout in nearly perfect South Florida weather. As practice began the fastest 1/8th drivers were getting down into the 15’s showing some ballistic pace. DJ Apolaro, Paolo Morganti, Chris Tosolini, and Joaquin Desoto Junior all looked to be a factor to contend for the win. On Friday qualifying got underway and DJ Apolaro set the bar putting down a 16 lap run followed by Paolo, Joaquin, and Tosolini.

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April 20, 2016

Sergi Franch teams up with Mugen Seiki

Former KM Racing driver, Spain’s Sergi Franch has made the switch to Mugen Seiki for the 2016 season. Sergi will be supported by Modelix Racing and his campaign includes the Spanish National Championship, the World Championships in Gubbio, Italy as well as selected national and international events. Sergi has to say the following about the deal:

I’m very proud to join team Mugen for 2016 season and I would like to thank Modelix Racing for this opportunity. Mugen is a great brand with high quality materials so I’m sure that we’ll be on the top level of performance on the track and hope to achieve the best possible results.

April 19, 2016

Czech National On-road Championships – Report

The 2016 Czech National On-road Championships were held this past weekend in Prague. In the premier class of Touring Modified the battle was on between last year’s champion Kuba Simurda (Xray), who ultimately took the TQ, Jiri Vysin (Xray), Petr Grof (VBC Racing) and Michal Blahovsky (Serpent). In the finals Simurda and Vysin offered a huge show while battling for the overall win but with victories in A1 and A2 Vysin would come out successful to grab the overall title with one leg to spare. Simurda had to settle for second while Grof rounded out the top 3.

Continue reading the report here

April 19, 2016

Olly Jefferies & James Hart win at BTCC opener

Round one of the 2016 Schumacher BTCC took place at the fantastic Cotswold track. Over the Winter the club have done a great job giving the facility and update with fresh paint and TVs in the pits for live timing. Many drivers were using the unofficial warm up as testing for the national which will be held in two weeks’ time. In the Modified class, Olly Jefferies took fastest time in all four qualifying rounds and went on to take the win in the single leg A-final.

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April 18, 2016

Rick Hohwart wins Touring Mod class at CTS Rd3

Round three of the California Touring Series was held at the famous Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California. The round’s winner for Modified Touring class is Team Associated’s veteran racer Rick Hohwart. With his first win followed by two runner-up finishes, he secured the points chase and continues to lead the series. In Q1, Hohwart made a mistake that cost him TQ over Brandon Clements (Awesomatix) a local favourite, and he would then qualify behind Clements coming on to the main. In the main Hohwart trailed Clements at about the 2 minute mark as Clements went wide and Hohwart made a clean pass for the lead. With a huge bobble by Clements, Team Yokomo driver Eric Albano would then secure 2nd followed by Brandon. The top three finishers now have one win a piece for the series. The next race will be held June 19th at P1 Hobbies in Ukiah.

Source: CTS [facebook.com]

April 18, 2016

Bowie Ginting successful at Indonesian Nats Rd3

Bowie Gintig successful at Indonesian Nats Rd3

The third round of Indonesian 1/10th Nitro On-road National Championship was recently held at the SIS track. Bowie Ginting would dominate the 200mm class qualifying, scoring the only 25 laps run to leave Muhammad Izzah and Christian Mamesah in second and third respectively. Unfortunately just before the 30-minute main final heavy rain started to fall, leaving the organisers no choice but to cancel the main. Based on the qualifying results Bowie was then called the winner of the day from Muhammad and Christian. Haryo and Fayakhun Andriadi completed the top 5 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 18, 2016

Lacour & Jacquin win at Mauritius National Champs Rd1

Round one of the Mauritius National Championship was held at the Winner’s Speedway track on a sunny Sunday even though it rained on the previous night. The event was run in three different classes, 1/10 GP, 1/10 EP and 1/8GT. In the 1/10 GP class, Clarel Lacour took the top qualifying honours followed by Kenny Allas. During the final, Clarel showed confidence and managed to handle the pressure from both Giovanni Arekion and Keny Allas. Clarel opted for a less aggressive and softer setup this time around due to the low traction on that day and during the last 5 minutes of the 30-minutes final, Clarel managed to open a gap of two laps.

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