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August 21, 2014

Simon Nicholson joins Team Yokomo

Yokomo have announced the signing of multiple National and State championship winning Australian racer Simon Nicholson. The former Kyosho driver will compete together with Yokomo at this year’s State championships, Australian National championships and World championships in the USA as well as the TITC in Thailand early next year. He had this to say:

I would like to thank Mitsuo, Chikuba and the rest of the team from Kyosho Japan for all their help and support the last few years. I am very excited to be joining Team Yokomo and many thanks to Robert Itoh, Aso Minoru, Yukijiro Umino and Tom Yokobori for accepting me into the team.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

August 21, 2014

Olivier Bultnyck takes Rd6 in Belgium

The host for the 6th round of the Belgian nationals was the club of Genk, MRG. Located next to the famous karting circuit and hoping that the weather would be good, the Efra drivers ran there qualifications under varying conditions. Olivier Bultynck, for the sixth time champion, placed his VBC on pole position, in front of Nick Joosens and Nicolas Delisé. In the first final it was Olivier who slid his car in the second corner and lost the lead. Nick went away followed by Rico Claeys and Olivier. Olivier had to fight back and overtook Rico with a nice move. Meanwhile Nick was in the lead with a gap of more than 2 seconds. But Olivier was fast and in the last lap he was on Nick’s tale. Nick kept his coolness and took victory in front of Olivier and Rico.

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August 19, 2014

Mike Gosvig joins Xray on-road race team

Xray have announced that Danish multi-class talent Mike Gosvig has joined their on-road racing team. Earlier this year, Mike joined the off-road team to race the XB4, XB8 and XB8E, but has now decided to also race Xray on-road cars as well, primarily focusing on the T4. The multiple Danish Champion had the following the say:

I have been racing Xray off-road cars this season, and I am very happy and satisfied with the products and the support that I get. After this very positive experience with Xray, it was a very easy decision for me to also run all the on-road classes with Xray as well! With the upcoming European Championship 1/10 electric touring in Spain, I am very confident and proud to be part of one of the most successful and professional RC car teams in the world.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 18, 2014

Mark Gilliland takes finale win to claim Irish title

The final round of the Irish Nationals went ahead at Craigavon last Saturday despite the threat of rain all day which in the end never appeared. Qualifying was a close affair between all the competitors on the day with Mark Gilliland taking TQ over Andrew Smith who had to fend off several challenges from Graham Kenny throughout qualifying. In the end after the three legs it’s congratulation to Mark Gilliland for taking the victory at the Final Touring Car round of 2014. This victory also gives Mark the overall win in the Championship over Alan Bickerstaff. Coming in second on the day was Andrew followed closely by Graham. Both Graham and Andrew were fighting it out for 3rd place overall in the Championship which after this round’s results are added to the series giving the 3rd to Andrew on a count back.

Source: RCCAOI [rccaoi.com]

August 17, 2014

Pietsch wins 2014 200mm European Championships

The 2014 EFRA European Championships for 1/10 200mm took place earlier this week in Valencia, Spain. Qualifying saw former European Champion and Mugen onroad designer Robert Pietsch take the top spot ahead of the Serpent duo of Dominik Greiner and reigning Champion Alessio Mazzeo, with Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch completing the top 4. In the first semi final it was HB start Teemu Leino fresh from his final at the 1/8th offroad Euros who took the win, and would start the 45 minute main final from pole position thanks to his fastest time, ahead of Alexander Thilo and Simon Kurzbuch in a race that saw Dominik Greiner failing to finish and ending up 10th. In the second semi final Robert Pietsch would take a close fought win ahead of Swiss 1/8th specialist Simon Kurzbuch in 2nd with reigning Champion Mazzeo making it through in 3rd. This semi-final would see big names Groskamp, Balestri and Dankel all fail to finish to 20 minute race.

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August 17, 2014

Essex Summer Series – Update

Essex Summer Series - Update

The EWS Events team have today announced that their first outdoor event, the 2014 Essex Summer Series, has been moved to the Adur circuit on the outskirts of Brighton, Sussex. The event was set to be held at the Brookland Raceway circuit in Kent, but regrettably the facility ran out of time to make the track upgrades and changes necessary to host an event on this scale. Thankfully, the Adur Model Car Club offered their facility as an alternative, which the organising team were more than happy to accept. The race will remain on the same date of 13th and 14th September. You can check out the EWS Events Facebook page for regular updates and to ask any questions here.

August 14, 2014

DKI Jakarta Region Championship Rd3 report

Last weekend at the North Jakarta Sunter Circuit was the final round of the 3 round series organised by Jakarta EP Touring Committee. The air temperature was between 31 to 35 degrees Celsius with the asphalt temperature reaching 56 degrees Celsius and there was three classes run at this race; Touring Super4wd, Touring Stock 13,5 and Touring FWD 13,5 non boost. Less drivers attended compared to the previous rounds however it didn’t make it any less competitive. Major teams such as XCampus participated, along with drivers from Pegasus (Associated team), Tamiya, Yokomo and Team Magic. The race was dominated by Touring Stock 13,5 class, the largest class in Indonesia.

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August 13, 2014

Olivier Bultynck wins Rd5 of Belgian TC Nats

The fifth round of the 2014 FBA Electro on-road championship was held at the RCR track in the town of Roeselare this past weekend. After a very wet weekend at Bierset and a half wet weekend at Rucphen the weather forecast predicted a lot of rain during this race. On Saturday the sun was shining. On Sunday morning the day started dry but the weather conditions proved to be very difficult for all drivers with heavy rain fall during the day.

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