South African National Championship Rd1 – Report

The first round of the 2015 South-African ORE national championship was held at the TRAP track in Pretoria. The Touring Car Modified class again provided for some spectacular high-speed racing with top speeds as high as 105km/h during the finals. 2014 champion Jason Hillcoat showed a good form by taking the TQ after the qualifiers and the overall win in the finals after some good battles with team mates Antonio Caroli and Shaun Schutte.

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French Winter Championship Rd4 – Report

This past weekend the 4th and final round of the French Winter Championship was held in Montbrison. In the premier class of Touring Car Modified, Cyril N’Diaye took the overall TQ from Jeremy Limoge and Mathieu Briere. The opening final then saw Cyril taking the win in front of Alexandre Laurent and Mathieu Briere who suffered a bit on used tyres. In A2 Mathieu started with a new set of tyres and he was able to challenge Cyril but the latter managed to stay in front to take the win and with it the overall victory early. Mathieu came in 2nd while Jeremy rounded out the top 3 so far. In the final A-main Mathieu cemented his runner-up spot by winning the leg in front of Alexandre and Jeremy. With the 2nd place finish in the final round of the championship Mathieu Briere took the overall 2014/15 French Winter Championship title.

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Jefferies & Finlay win at International Carpet Challenge

The International Carpet Challenge was held in Southend, south-east England over the weekend. Xray’s Olly Jefferies completed his domination of the 2015 ICC event by taking a clean sweep of qualifying and the triple leg finals. The British National Champion was clearly the class of the field at signature race of the well-known EWS team in the UK. Olly topped the controlled practice rounds, and then proceeded to win every one of the five qualifying rounds at the 2-day event. German star Christopher Krapp looked liked being Olly’s closest challenger, taking his Kyosho to second place in the opening three rounds of qualifying.

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Carlsson & Andersson win at SSIC Rd5

The fifth round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held in Hasselholm in the three classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock 17.5T Blinky and Formula. The race was held on a small and technical track and in the Modified class it was Daniel Carlsson who finished the day on top after grabbing the pole position for the finals. Christian Holmström came in 2nd while Kenneth Carlsson rounded out the podium on the 3rd spot.

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Spanish National Series – Announcement

The Spanish National Series is a new electric on-road race series for all drivers who seek fun racing with easy rules. Run in a Modified Touring, 10.5T Stock Touring and a 21.5T Formula class with control tyres, handout tyre additive, cleaner as well as rental motors for the Stock classes the 4-race series starts on March 1st at the RB36 Arena in Barcelona and concludes on September 12th in Puerto de Santa Maria, Cardiz. All information, rules and sign up can be found on the series’ website by clicking here.