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November 24, 2014

BRCA 1/12th scale nationals Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the 2014/15 BRCA 1/12th Scale Nationals took place at Swifts Raceway near Sheffield last weekend. A very challenging track layout greeted the drivers and would prove to be unforgiving even for the top drivers. The weekend is split into two separate race meetings, with classes for 13.5 and 10.5 Stock on Saturday and 10.5 and Open Modified on Sunday. In the 10.5 Stock class, Olly Jefferies was in commanding form driving his Reedy and LRP powered Xray chassis. He won all four rounds of qualifying and was top qualifier ahead of reigning British Champion in this class David Spashett, driving the Zen-Racing car he has designed and developed himself. Chris Kerswell qualified 3rd for Zen-Racing/Hobbywing ahead of the Reedy-powered Yokomo of Mark Stiles.

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November 24, 2014

Mibosport Cup 2014/15 Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the 2014/15 Mibosport Cup took place this past weekend with some big names on the entry list such as Marc Rheinard, Yannic and Björn Prümper, Hupo Hönigl, Peter Pinisch, and Tom Cockerill. A total of 87 drivers attended the on-road classes with 35 drivers in Touring Car Modified, 32 in Stock LRP, 13 in Formula and 7 drivers in 1/12th scale while the off-road classes attracted a total of 83 drivers with 43 drivers participating in 2WD Buggy and 40 drivers in 4WD Buggy.

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November 24, 2014

TopRC Winter Electric Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the TopRC Winter Electric Series was held with around 50 drivers in attendance at the Genius Ring indoor facility. The event attracted a good amount of local talent and also some internationally experienced racers such as 2014 Large Scale European Champion BA Arnaldi as well as 2014 ETS Stock and European Stock Champion Marek Cerny beside former European 1/8th Champion Jernej Vuga. The weekend started with free practice on Saturday with one round of controlled practice followed by three rounds of qualifying kicking off the Sunday.

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November 22, 2014

Keisuke Fukuda joins Arrowmax

Arrowmax RC announce the signing of 2006 1/10th 200mm World and multiple Japanese National Champion Keisuke Fukuda to their team. Keisuke will use Arrowmax’ honeycomb wrenches and setup tools in the forthcoming season. Keisuke Fukuda said, “I feel happy to join this young and energetic team. I’m looking forward to the coming season.”

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

November 21, 2014

Tonisport-Winter-Cup Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Tonisport-Winter-Cup was held at the Eifel-Ring, a permanent indoor track in Leimbach, close to the World-famous Nürburgring. A total of 40 racers attended the race that was organized by the MAC Adenau. The 13.5T Touring Car class saw an impressive battle for positions already in the three six-minutes qualifying heats. Finally Ingo Herschbach took pole position in front of his Serpent fellows Majuran Tharmalingam and Oliver Kaufmann, winner of the first TWC race weekend.

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November 21, 2014

Alberta Touring Series Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the newly established Alberta Touring Series was held in Calgary, Alberta, hosted by the CARCAR club. 125 entries spread across the five classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock, Mini, 1/12th scale Stock and Formula. In the Touring Modified class where the Reedy Race Format was used, there were 24 entries, with five rounds of random sorted heads up racing. In the end, Steve Soon (Serpent) with a five win record beat out Peter Toszer (Team Associated) on tiebreak points to take top spot on the podium with Wayne Mah (Awesomatix) coming in 3rd.

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November 20, 2014

Favrelle & Delalondre win at French Winter Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the French Winter Nationals was held at the AMC Tours club in central France. In the Touring Car Modified class Maxime Favrelle (Yokomo) took the pole position for the finals and later on was able to bring home the overall win from Remi Callens (Xray) and Jeremy Limoges (Xray). In the Touring Car stock class Jeremy Delalondre (Yokomo) came out successful from Pierre Delorme (Xray) and young Steve Favrelle (Yokomo).

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November 20, 2014

Michele Romagnoli joins Capricorn

Capricorn announce the signing of Michele Romagnoli for the 2015 season. Michele, top qualifier and winner of the Italian 1/8th nitro on-road championship will start into the new venture by attending at the ETS using the company’s Lab TE02 touring car. In the 1/8th class Romagnoli will race Capricorn’s Lab C802 car with his campaign culminating in the attendance at the 1/8th World Championships. Michele has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy and excited for the upcoming season with the Capricorn team, I would like to thank Patrizio Rossi for this opportunity and I can’t wait to start racing.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]