The recent fourth round of the popular Belgian Lovan RC-Challenge saw Stefan Rommens taking the TQ honours in the Touring Stock category. Rico Claeys and Jerome Defrenne lined up in second and third on the grid. For the finals, Jerome shifted into second gear, taking two wins to grab the overall victory from runner-up Rico Claeys. TQ holder Stefan Rommens had to settle for third overall.
The opening round of the Indonesian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Progresif Circuit in Bandung, West Java with a total of 60 racers signed in for the three classes of Touring Open, FWD and Mini. In the Touring Open class the opening qualifier was TQed by Ronny Suwarto from Donnie Pangemanan and Bowie Ginting with the latter having the speed to TQ but a last lap incident with a backmarker costed him dearly. Q2 was a different affair with Bowie grabbing a dominant TQ, a lap ahead of runner-up Suwardi Suliandy. Another dominant showing in the final qualifier handed Bowie Ginting the overall TQ and the pole position for the A-mains from Ronnie Suwarto who would line up in second on the grid.
The second round of the Greek Xray Winter Series was held this past weekend after the race had to be postponed earlier due to weather issues. The event was held at the FRT track in the three classes of Touring Modified, Formula and Pan Car and in the Touring Modified class it was Georgiadis who instantly set the pace and swept qualifying by winning all rounds to take a dominant TQ spot. Behind him, Batas and Papachristos completed the top 3 result.
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The RC Landia track in Scandiano, Italy played host to the UISP Indoor Nationals with drivers attending in the three classes of Touring Modified, 10.5T and 13.5T. The event kicked off on Saturday with two rounds of controlled practice and two rounds of qualifying. On Sunday three more rounds of qualifying and the triple mains would be held. In the Touring Modified class, Alessio Menicucci took the TQ by winning three of the five qualifying rounds from Mattia Collina who placed his car on the 2 spot and Dario Balestri in third.
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HB Europe have announced the signing of Morgan Renzi to their nitro on-road team. The Italian will campaign the company’s R8 1/8th nitro on-road car and he plans to attend at all major races in Italy while also providing technical support for HB racers with the help of Alessandro Sabbatini.
Source: HB Europe [hbeurope.com]
Zen Racing have announced that the 1/8th scale racer Andy North will join the team for the 2016 season. Andy, the current British Open Champion and veteran Mugen driver, will focus on local races this year but he will very likely return to national events soon. Andy had the following to say:
I am very privileged to be asked by Paul and especially David Spashett of Zen Racing to test the ARC 8.0 chassis of which I have accepted to race in the 2016 British racing season. I firstly have to thank Mugen Seiki Europe and especially Stefan for their direct supporting after the Ted Longshaw era of which I have been racing Mugen products for the last 14 years and since the MRX3 incarnation. I am however good friends with David Spashett and Pitman Richard Sheriff on a personal level away from racing which makes this deal even more special to me and a no brainer going forward. This year will also see me become a Dad for the first time in April so my racing will be limited to local races in the short term but I expect to complete the full championship come the end of the year since nitro racing is in my blood. I am very much looking forward to working with all the Zen Racing Team and producing good results.
Source: Zen Racing [zen-racing.co.uk]
The Pista Verde track in Fener, Italy played host to the Gara delle Frittelle race this past Sunday. Classes run were 1/8th on-road 1/8th 2WD and 1/10th Touring and in the premier class of 1/8th Nitro On-road it was Mattia Collavo who set the pace after the qualifiers by taking the top qualifier position and he would also come out fastest in the A-main, scoring not only the win but also the fastest lap of the event.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
Creation Model have announced the signing of former HPI/HB factory driver, Andy Moore to their team. The 2006 Touring Car World Champion joins his former team mate Teemu Leino, who only just recently teamed up with Creation Model, to run the company’s Infinity brand cars while also helping with development of future projects. Andy has the following to say about the deal:
I’m extremely happy to announce that I am joining Creation Model to run their Infinity brand of cars. This exciting new company has an amazing passion for R/C and I hope my experience will help them while working together on future projects over the coming years. See you all at the track soon.
Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]
