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September 18, 2015

2016 Reedy 1/12 Race of Champions – Announcement

The Reedy Race of Champions started out many years ago as Mike Reedy’s vision to showcase the world’s best drivers in a format unlike any other ever used in RC racing. It has since grown to be one of the most anticipated and prestigious RC races in the world. The Touring Car and Off-Road Race of Champions events are revered across the globe, and now Reedy along with the British Radio Car Association have announce that the inaugural Reedy International 1/12 Race of Champions will take place at the Centre:MK in Milton Keynes, UK on January 15th to 17th 2016. More information about the event, that will be run in Modified and 10.5T Stock classes, can be found here.

September 18, 2015

Keven Hebert wins 13.5T Touring class at ROAR Nats

Tamiya Raceway in Aliso Viejo, CA is considered the finest on-road racing facilities in the U.S. and was host to the recent 2015 ROAR On-Road Nationals. The top U.S drivers were on hand to battle it out on the newly surfaced track in unusually hot, humid, and rainy conditions. In the 13.5 class Keven Hebert and Rick Hohwart split the qualifying at two rounds apiece with the tie-breaker going in Keven’s favor. The pair then also fought it out nose to tail in the first two legs of the A-main, with Keven coming out on top both times to take the class victory. Rick had to settle for second position, with Kyle Bergstrom rounding out the top three.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

September 17, 2015

Perez & Ratheisky win at Spanish National Series

The final round of the Spanish National Series was held in Barakaldo, Spain in the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula. With rain being forecasted during the weekend the organisers tried to get through the qualifiers as quick as possible and in the Modified class it was David Perez who grabbed the overall TQ thanks to a blistering final qualifier that also smashed the current track record. In the Formula class Jan Ratheisky would grab a pretty undefeated TQ to get the pole position for the finals. Unfortunately on Sunday heavy rain forced the organisers to cancel the race, meaning the qualifying results would determine the day’s winners. Therefore David Perez (Xray) would take the win in the Touring Modified class from Dominic Vogl (Yokomo) and Jon Ander Lorenzo (Xray) while in the Formula class Jan brought home the win thanks to his TQ.

View the Touring Modified top 10 result & Formula podium here

September 17, 2015

2015 Polish Championship finals – Report

The 2015 Polish Championship finals were held at the Ruda Śląska track in pretty challenging track conditions with the grip changing constantly. In the Formula class Tomas Rajdus took the TQ from Michał Milanowicz who put his car on the 2 spot only a few seconds off. In the triple A-mains Tomas secured the overall win already after the second A-main with the fight for the runner-up spot being on between Przemysław Wicher and Michał Milanowicz. At the end Przemysław Wicher held the upper hand to take the second place at the final round while Michał Milanowicz rounded out the top 3 result.

View the final results here

September 16, 2015

Xray Work.Shop Malaysia – Announcement

Xray factory driver and current IFMAR 200mm World Champion Alexander Hagberg will be present in Klang, Malaysia on the 2nd of October to host the Xray Work.Shop Malaysia. The event will take place at the Kota Raja RC Track, Jalan Padang Kawasan 1, 41000 Klang, Selangor, Malaysia and it will focus on working with Xray T4 and NT1 in low-grip asphalt racing conditions. Participation is for free and further details can be found here.

September 16, 2015

Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship Rd5 – Report

The AMCA track in Apeldoorn played host to last weekend’s round 5 of the Dutch National 1/8th Nitro On-road Championships. Saturday’s practice started off dry, while on Sunday morning the qualifying rounds were run on a wet but drying track. Thankfully the last qualifying rounds were run in dry conditions and in the premier NK class it was Frank Baggen (ARC/Reds Racing) who was fastest after the qualifiers, followed by Joey Sorber (Shepherd/Maxima), Gunther van Steay (Serpent/Picco) and Martin Zevenhoven (Serpent/Picco).

Continue reading the report here

September 16, 2015

Bowie Ginting scores at Infinity Grand Prix Rd2

Round two of the Infinity Grand Prix was held at the Sunter International Speedway. In the shortened 30 minute main final Bowie Ginting instantly took the lead with Trin only 1.5 seconds behind him before the first round of fuel stops. Thanks to super fast pit work Trin was able to shorten the gap to under a second and due to the high tyre wear Bowie tried to manage the gap instead of pulling away. Around the 13 minute mark Trin made an error in the sweeper, resulting in a mechanical failure which promoted TQ holder Dimas into second place. Up from Bowie was able to cruise to the win some three laps in front of Dimas with Kenji Taira grabbing the final podium spot.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 16, 2015

Leo Arnold takes French 200mm title

The French 200mm Nitro On-road national championship recently concluded with the fifth and final round being held at the Louviers track. However the season started off in Toulouse where Quentin Leroux had secured the TQ in front of Michael Derderian and Basile Concialdi. During the race Quentin decided to change tyres while Michael stayed on a single set. After the pitstop Quentin pushed hard and was on the back of Michael some 5 minutes before the end, but he could not pass him so Michael would take the win in front of Quentin.

Continue reading the report here