May 27, 2014

AMC/CARS Summer Shootout Rd1 – Report

AMC/CARS Summer Shootout Rd1 – Report

The 1st round of the ever-popular Summer Shootout Series took place in Chesterfield, UK. These events have become a regular fixture for indoor racers in the UK in recent years and offer the best opportunity to practice and conduct testing on a national standard track with good grip. Once again Action Model Centre are supporting the series this year, which will cater for 1/12 scale LMP12 and GT12 cars as well as GT10. More than 100 drivers made this a capacity event which included drivers of all levels from national winners down to local club racers.

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May 26, 2014

Price & Clark win at BRCA TC nationals Rd2

Pice & Clark win at BRCA TC nats Rd2

Round 2 of the 2014 BRCA TC Nationals took place this past weekend at the Halifax track situated in West Yorkshire. The Halifax track is the largest track the series attends on the 2014 calendar and horsepower is regarded as a crucial factor in both classes. However, the weather this past weekend was cruel to the drivers with rain descending on the superb Halifax facility the whole weekend. But if we were going to have a really wet national, Halifax with its new covered pitting area was possibly the best venue in the UK to host it. Conditions proved to be very difficult and mixed for drivers in both classes with very little grip and forward drive reported on the wet and greasy surface.

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May 26, 2014

Juraj Hudy wins 200mm class at Euros warm-up

Juraj Hudy wins 200mm class at Euros warm-up

Last weekend the 1/8th EFRA European Championship warm-up was held in Kirchberg, Austria. Beside the 1/8th class a 1/10th 200mm support race was held that had Xray’s Juraj Hudy taking the win from teammate Igor Liptak after both had a nice fight in the final and Igor ran out of fuel due to his prototype FX engine running to rich. Forrai Gabor completed the podium in 3rd position.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 26, 2014

Stendler & Callegari win at Alpe Adria Cup Rd2

Stendler & Callegari win at Alpe Adria Cup Rd2

The 2nd round of the Alpe Adria Cup 2014 was held in Cervignano, Italy in dry weather conditions although the weather forecast predicted rain interruptions. Jernej Vuga Stendler took TQ in the 1/8th nitro on-road class and later went on to take quite an easy win as 2nd placed Nejc Mihelic made a mistake allowing Jernej to cruise to the victory despite making an additional stop for fuel and running into clutch issues with some 5 minutes to go. In the 1/10 200m touring class Fabio Callegari took the win in front of Vladimir Knehtl and Gabor Laszlo.

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May 26, 2014

Choi Nak Sung wins at Korea Championships

Choi Nak Sung wins at Korea Championships

The 2014 1/8th nitro on-road Korea Championships were held last weekend at the Hitec circuit. Choi Nak Sung took the TQ and race win in his second race for Serpent. Oh Yong Teak and Choi Sung Won completed the podium in 2nd and 3rd position respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 26, 2014

2014 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions – Report

2014 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions – Report

The 2014 edition of the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions was run last weekend. After a 5-year absence the race took place at the Tamiya America track running a 13.5T Stock, Open Modified and the prestigious Invitational class. Both the 13.5T and Modified class where held in the standard format with triple A-mains while the Invitational class saw the iconic Reedy Race format with different heat lineups for each round. As usual the Invitational class collected the creme de la creme of today’s touring car drivers with the likes of Jilles Groskamp, Marc Rheinard, Andy Moore, Atsushi Hara, Ronald Völker, Meen Verjak or Paul Lemieux to name just a few.

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May 25, 2014

BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Champs Rd3 – Report

BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Champs Rd3 – Report

The 3rd round of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Championship was held at the Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire. This track was one of the first in this country to race 1/8th scale cars with many drivers saying it is one of the best drivers tracks around and once the grip is high and you have a confident setup, then it is a dream to drive and very rewarding after you have produced a good run. The track contains a narrow infield with a long straight and flowing sweepers which allows the car to change gear at least 3 times per lap. With the cancelation of last year’s event due to bad weather, it was the first time for many at this track and what also greeted the regulars were a new rostrum and race control cabin which has made a massive difference to the club setup and increased the visibility. With the weather forecast being sunny all weekend, it would be the first race of the year that rain would not play any part during the day.

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