West London kicked off the start of the BRCA Clubman Series 2014 last weekend. 140 drivers booked into the first round which since the series has started is the biggest ever showing and was fully booked. Practice on the Saturday showed tricky setup conditions of wind, sun and overcast for those drivers who wanted to dial in their cars ready for the meeting on Sunday.
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The first round of the Alpe Adria Cup took place last weekend at the Stöhr-Ring in Graz, Austria. The race saw the attendance of drivers from Slovenia, Hungary, Italy and Austria and was run in 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In the 1/8th class Jernej Vuga (Xray/Reds) took TQ but he was not able to conserve his performance in the final and finished in 8th position. Up front the race was on between Nejc Mihelic (Motonica/Picco) and Manuel Gremlica (KM/Woldt) and at the end it was Nejc who finished the race some two laps in front of Manuel after the 30 minute long final. Bernd Koller (Mugen/Novarossi) rounded out the podium in 3rd place.
Source: KM [km-rc.com]
John Ermen, Philipp Roemer and René Puepke are the winners of the season opener of the Western German Championship, which has turned into a “West Open” with racers from six nations. A total of 59 racers attended the race weekend on the challenging track of MCK Dormagen in the North of Cologne with two racers which did not make it to the start line on Sunday. Close and fair racing in all three categories and perfect conditions at temperatures around 15°C made it an excellent start into the new season.
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The first round of the Italian nitro on-road nationals was run this past weekend. In the premiere 1/8th scale class Capricorn’s Dario Balestri took the win from Mimmo Calce (Serpent) who finished only one lap down with Nicola Marrone in 3rd with his BMT. In the 1/8th F1 category the TQ was grabbed by Antonio Calce (Serpent) but the win in the final eventually went to Francesco Guida (Serpent).
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The second annual Mile High Indoor champs were held last weekend at the 5280 Raceway in Denver, Colorado. Racers from around the U.S. and Canada made up the nearly 200 car field. The classes run were F1, World GT, 17.5 TC, 13.5 TC, Modified TC, 17.5 12th and Modified 12th. In the very competitive 13.5 TC class it was Drew Ellis who was fast all week and had a great last qualifier to sit on the pole. Other TQ’s were Mario Ficco in F1, Bill Cydor in 17.5 TC. All five other classes were TQ’d by Josh Cyrul.
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TQ RC Racing hosted the ROAR Region 12 regional championships with 60 competitors raced in 7 different rubber and foam tire classes at the indoor carpet track in Southern California. In Modified Sedan taking the win after a race long battle was top qualifier Fred Hubbard just a few seconds ahead of second place Peter Chuu with newcomer to the class Kyle Goodwine rounding out the top three.
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On-road racers from the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada gathered last weekend for their winter season finale, the Emerald City Classic. The Seattle RC Racers hosted over 150 entries on the high-bite gym track known as “the smooth”. The largest class of the event was 17.5 Touring. In his first race Team Associated’s Andrew Cartwright was the man to beat every time he hit the track. Andrew topped the time sheets in all three qualifying rounds. He also set a new track record on his way to a convincing win in the A-Main event.
Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]
The 2014 FEMCA Asia nitro on-road championships will take place on the weekend of the 11th of May at the TRC Racing Track in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. The race will be run in 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm nitro classes and is also qualifying race for all Hong Kong based drivers at the 200mm World Championships. Online registration for the event is available by clicking this link.
