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January 16, 2015

Wollanka & Pignotti win at VRC Worlds

Martin Wollanka and Kevin Pignotti are the new VRC Worlds title holders in 1:8th Sportscars and 1:10th ISTC respectively. Martin Wollanka from Austria scored a well-deserved title in his 2014 VRC Worlds campaign after having to settle for second in the 1:10 ISTC VRC Worlds right behind Kevin Pignotti. Martin managed to turn things around in 1:8 Sportscars at the Lostallo event, driving to victory with a 4 seconds lead on Kevin Pignotti. New kid on the block Jakub Rozycki from Poland was lapped by Wollanka at the very last lap of the race when he needed a last fuel stop as to make it to the finish line in 3rd.

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January 16, 2015

Winter Electric Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of this Winter’s Winter Electric Series again took place at the Genius Ring track in Medeuzza/Udine, Italy and it attracted 42 drivers from Slovenia and Italy. Saturday started out with free practice with the actual race taking place on Sunday. Following another hour of practice on Sunday the qualifiers started and at the end it was Rok Rudl who took the TQ in the Touring Car Stock class coming fresh from a multi-year break from racing. In the Touring Modified class it was round 1 winner Alojzij Osvald who grabbed the valuable TQ spot while in the 1/12th Open class it was again Jernej Vuga who put his car on top of the field.

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January 15, 2015

JJ Wang extends Reedy contract

Reedy has announced that JJ Wang has signed a contract extension and will continue to use Reedy’s wide range of power products in 2015. Fresh off a 5th place finish at the 200mm Nitro TC Worlds and a top-20 result at the 1:10 ISTC Worlds, JJ looks to build upon his impressive international results in 2015. Based in China, JJ will compete in various AOC events as well as the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions, ROAR Touring Car Nationals, and a variety of other events time permitting.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

January 15, 2015

2015 Hudy Indoor Champs – Report

The 2015 Hudy Indoor Champs were held at ProlevelRC in Saint Louis, MO with Xray factory drivers Paul Lemieux and Drew Ellis in attendance for the race. Classes that were ran were Touring Car Modified and Stock, USGT, 1/12 Stock, and F1. In Touring Car Modified, Paul was just on it and he TQ’ed in front of Drew Ellis and Andrew Dorothy.

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January 15, 2015

Simon Kurzbuch renews with Shepherd

Shepherd Micro Racing announce the contract renewal with talented Swiss teamdriver Simon Kurzbuch who will be with the German manufacturer through to 2015. Increasing his skills step by step together with Shepherd in the past years the 2011 World Championship finalist had a very successful 2014 campaign with great showings at the 1/8th Euros, a 3rd place at the 1/10th Euros and he took the overall win in ultra competitive ENS 1/8th class in 2014. Together with his father and his brother as his mechanics he will attend all ENS races to try to defend his title, and he will also race the Swiss National Championship, the 1/8th Euros in Germany and the Worlds in Brazil. Simon has the following to say:

A very successful and exciting season is over. A huge thanks to the whole Team Shepherd for the great support and teamwork. I’m very proud to continue with this great team and their nice products and will do my best to get some good results again this year. See you on the track.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 15, 2015

Nocarpet Race 2015 – Report

The Nocarpet Race was held at the permanent Indoor Racing Chilelli facility in the north of Italy. This unique location combines an excellent asphalt indoor track with a nice pub located inside the facility to care for the needs of drivers and visitors. The race kicked off the 2015 racing season and it attracted drivers from all around Italy with almost 60 entries in the three Touring Car classes of Modified, Stock 13.5 and Stock 17.5 beside a growing Formula class.

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January 14, 2015

BRCA GT & F1 Nationals Rd1 – Report

South Yorkshire Raceway saw the inaugural national meeting open the books on this never before seen class combination – the grand prix of the GTs and F1s. After the infamous GT12 class lost its national status in early 2014, when it ceased to be the 1/12 support class, GT12 really needed its own section to return to its former glory and flourish as a driver’s class. With a limited 30 driver grid seen at the 2013/14 supporting nationals and grey areas of rules being pushed further and further every round, the class that was so reputable previously, was struggling to keep afloat. The Clubman’s series was developed to back the class this year and with initially mild interest, it wasn’t looking good. However once the National series had been finalised, class popularity sky rocketed, with the final round of the Clubman’s series reaching an all time record of just under 90 participants.

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January 14, 2015

WCICS Rd4 – Report

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series visited the unseasonably warm city of Airdrie, Alberta, for their normally appropriately named Annual Snowpocalypse, round 4 of the WCICS series. Airdrie hosted a great event, with the highlight of the weekend, and a particular strength of the Karz club, the kids only Mini class. Seven other WCICS classes were hotly contested, and as the midway point before the Christmas break, the season class championships are revealing some strong favourites. In the Touring Car Modified class Team Associated’s Peter Tozser came from 4th on the grid to top of the podium, Serpent’s Steve Soon cleanly drove to 2nd, and dominant TQ and fast lap holder Wayne Mah unfortunately ended up 3rd after his Awesomatix took some contact.

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