The first annual Nissan Cup was held at the Bandung Progresif track with a total of 116 entries for the 2-day event. In the premier Open Brushless class Bowie Ginting took the TQ from Muhammad Izzah who finished his best round within 1 second of Bowie’s time. Suwardi Suliandy rounded out the top 3 result. The Touring 13.5T non boost class again had Bowie coming out fastest after the qualifiers with Phoa Pinghong on the 2 spot and Muhammad Izzah in 3rd.
Round 4 of the Hungarian RCProf Challenge was held at the RCArena indoor carpet track in Budapest. In the Touring Stock 13.5T class Peter Miko secured the TQ position in the qualifiers and even the opening A-main brought a convincing tone-to-tone victory for him. In the second leg though the 2nd place driver crashed into him during a close fight for the lead, costing both several positions. After the incident the new leader built a big gap and it was impossible for Peter to get back to the first position in that final. The third final, in a blue print of A1, was again an easy start-finish victory for Peter, so he was able to walk away with the day’s win from Simon Ciudan and Zsolt Kalnay.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series held round 5, considered by most to be the Crown Jewel of the series, at Victoria’s Speed Weekend on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The reputation of the series and this event continues to grow; and this year drivers from across Western Canada, and from Quebec, Texas, Colorado, California and Washington came to race. The result: the highest registrations so far in WCICS’s 25th season, and setting an all-time record Touring Car, WGT and 1/12th Modified turnouts. The WCICS Live site also continued to amaze with new developments such as a Live Texting feature sending every racer their individual heats directly to their phone, Live Streaming, and Live Scoring, streaming the RD’s screen directly to the racer’s mobile.
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One of the biggest RC events in the World, the Snowbird Nationals, was once again held in Orlando, Florida, with the race attracting racers from all over North America as well as the rest of the World. The track was laid out using CRC 2 carpet that offered a very high grip right from the start which drivers had to accustom to. In the Touring Modified class Xray’s Alexander Hagberg made a clean sweep in the qualifiers to grab the overall TQ and he would later also win the A-main event with a big margin to take his first win of the weekend.
Ielasi Tuned have announced the signing of Brian Poliseno for the 2016 season. A round winner at the Italian 1/8th national championships, Brian will use Ielasi Tuned’s new 9CL WC Edition engine to power his ARC R8.0 this coming season.
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
Japanese company GForce have announced the addition of 2015 IFMAR 4WD Buggy World Champion, Bruno Coelho to their team. The signing comes hot on the heels of Bruno’s new tie-up with Hobbywing and it is understood that his GForce deal will include the supply of electronics and accessories such as chargers, tyres warmers and the like. Bruno says:
I’m super happy to announce that I’ll be joining GForce for the 2016 season. Looking forward to start strong this new season. See you in the next race.
Source: GForce [gforce-hobby.jp]
Hobbywing have announced the signing of 2015 IFMAR 4WD Off-road World Champion, Bruno Coelho to their team. The Portuguese driver will be running Hobbywing electronics, such as speed controllers and motors, exclusively in a multi-year deal through to 2018. The former LRP team driver finished off his blue-coloured campaign with a win at last weekend’s EOS Rd3 in Germany and he is now looking forward to an even more successful future with his new electronics sponsor:
It’s with great pride that I’ll be joining Hobbywing beginning with the 2016 season. I am a big fan of their products and with their support, I’ll be able to step up and have an even more competitive season. I look forward to seeing everyone at the track!
Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]
F.T. Line have announced the addition of veteran racer Domenico and up and coming Antonio Calce to their team line-up. The 2016 campaign of the two will see attendances at national Italian races and they will also compete internationally at selected ENS events.
Source: F.T. Line [facebook.com]
