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June 19, 2015

Patrick Nähr scores at South German regionals Rd2

The second round of the South German Regional Championship took place at the MSC Rötz track. Under perfect weather conditions a total of 35 drivers attended the event to score points for the championship. Dominic Greiner took the TQ spot after the qualifiers in front of Patrick Nähr and Marco Kaufmann. The semifinal B was then won by Patrick in front of Dominic Schöffel while the semi A went to Dominic Greiner who had Marco Kaufmann in tow. The 30 minute main final then was a close affair between Greiner and Nähr. 2 minutes before the end Dominic suffered from a technical problem, taking away pressure from Patrick. For the final laps he just cruised around the dangerous track and crossed the finishing line 6 laps in front of Marco Kaufmann with Dominic Greiner completing the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 18, 2015

Naoto Matsukura joins Xpert R/C

Xpert R/C have announced that multi-time IFMAR World Champion Naoto Matsukura is joining Xpert as a factory driver. Naoto is known as one of fastest drivers with any type of car from 1/12th on road, 1/10th touring car to 1/10th off-road. As one of his most recent successes Naoto was the Top Qualifier and won the 4WD Open class at the IFMAR Worlds Warm Up race using Xpert R/C products.

Source: Xpert R/C [xpert-rc.com]

June 17, 2015

Loran Whiting TQs & wins at US Midwest Series Rd2

The second round of the US Midwest Series was held in Portage, Indiana with 64 entries spread out among 1/8th GT, Pan Car, 1/8th 4WD, 1/10th Modified Electric Sedan, and 1/10th Nitro Sedan. In 1/10th Nitro Sedan it was Loran Whiting who was able to TQ and win the A-main. Loran also TQ’d and won round 1 back in May and with her second win in the series she is leading the point standings for 1/10 scale.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

June 16, 2015

South-African ORE Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2015 South-African ORE national championship were held at the Krugersdorp Model Racers track, home of the 2002 World Championships. Free practise started on Thursday with a little bit of early Winter rain and the technical but fast track challenged all driving skills. The current Touring Modified championship leader Jason Hillcoat continued his good form by taking the TQ and win. Jason did not have it all his way after a 6th place in the first of the triple mains due to a technical failure. He was also challenged by the young and fast Alex Ribeiro and Antonio Caroli. The win for Jason Hillcoat also hands him the Modified National Championship title this year, making it three in a row.

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June 16, 2015

French 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals was held this past weekend in Neuville le Poitou with 66 drivers in attendance on a short track with high tyre wear. The weather wasn’t pleasant with rain on all three days. The Elite class qualifying started on a dry track, allowing three rounds to be run. Stephane Bouche set the early pace in front of Anthony Abisset by 0.35 seconds but with a cooler track in round three this would be the rocket round for everyone and at the end it was Adrien Bertin who took the TQ by 0.07 seconds over Anthony Abisset. Stephane Bouche wasn’t able to improve but remained 3rd. The National class drivers were only able to complete two rounds of qualifying until the rain kicked in and it was local driver Faisal Affejee who took the TQ some 4 seconds ahead of Micheal Fouin who in turn was 9 seconds clear of championship leader Nicola Miramont.

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June 16, 2015

Tobias Seidl teams up with Schumacher

Schumacher Racing have announced the signing of top German Stock driver Tobias Seidl. Tobias will compete at the ETS and many races around Germany. Tobias has the following to say about the deal:

I am very excited to join Team Schumacher. I think that Schumacher is one of the most professional companies in the business and also with a great team at the racetrack. I want to thank everyone at the company for this opportunity and hope to give the deal a worthy start at the ETS final in the Hudy Arena.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 16, 2015

Team C Racing TC10 2015 kit coming soon

Team C TC10 2015 kit coming soon

Coming soon from Team C Racing is the 2015 specification kit of the company’s TC10 1/10th touring car. According to Team C the kit will feature new drivetrain parts, an updated motor mount, redesigned battery mounts as well as a new aluminium steering plate and hard suspension arms. More information and images should be available soon.

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June 16, 2015

Danny Buck takes WCICS Touring Car Modified title

Xray driver Danny Buck has won the Touring Car Modified title in this year’s Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series. With representation across all the provinces, Alberta’s Awesomatix-sponsored Wayne Mah took 2nd in front of fellow Awesomatix driver Blake Bell from British Columbia in 3rd.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]