KM Racing driver Alex has won the first round of the Malaysian national nitro on-road series that took place at the KLIRCC track in Malaysia. After taking TQ Alex won the 45 minute final one lap ahead of Nick Chong. Cik Kree completed the top 3 some further six laps down.
Source: KM [km-rc.com]
The 2nd round of the RCMC national series in Singapore took place at the RCMC East Coast Raceway. In the 1/8th Open class Serpent driver Alvin Ng took the win from Khamil and Erwin Luhur. In the 1/8th GT class Serpent driver Pason Phue was able to take the win from Yubin and Anthony Yeo.
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Xray announce that multiple Italian champion Francesco Martini has re-signed with the Slovakian company for the 2014 season. Francesco is an extremely dedicated touring car racer and an important R&D member of the T4 platform. Francesco says:
During these past years I have got the chance to work in close contact with Juraj and Martin; their expertise and contagious passion led me to love this hobby more and more, and to chase perfection as the only possible result. Only those who know them can understand how strong and contagious their desire to always improve is. Martin’s further involvement in the touring project allowed the work team to get even more tight-knit. And now everyone works hard but with a smile on his face. Of course, also the development of the models has benefited of this mood. I think that our highest aim is to continue on this path.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 5 of the BRCA 1/12 nationals took place last weekend, and for the first time a BRCA national event was held in a large shopping mall. Thecentre:mk played host to what many are already dubbing as ‘the best 1/12 national for more than 20 years’. Crowds 2 or 3 deep surrounded the 28m x 14m carpet track for the entire weekend, and there were also other exhibits and attractions on offer to engage the public with RC racing. The whole event was streamed live on the internet and with commentary provided by full size motor racing commentary legend John Hindhaugh it all came together to make for an enthralling spectacle.
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After a break of more than a month the Mibosport Cup 2013/14 resumed with round number 5 last weekend. A total of 118 drivers signed up for the event with 66 attending in the on-road and 52 in the off-road classes. The event marked the penultimate race of the season before the big finale in March, with international frontrunner Ronald Volker attending. In the Touring Car Modified class Marek Černý took the TQ some three seconds ahead of Michal Orlowski and Kuba Šimurda. In the first A-final, Marek Černý had to fight hard with Michal Orlowski for the win, just to finish 0.061 seconds ahead of him. Kuba Šimurda finished third. The second A-final was quite similar to the first one with Černý and Orlowski fighting for the win. Černý won again ahead of Michal Orlowski and Kuba Šimurda. In the third A-final, Orlowski had a contact with Černý and both of them ended at the lower end of the pack. The winner of this final was Kuba Šimurda with Zdenko Kunák and Patrick Gollner behind. The overall win went to Marek Černý, second was Michal Orlowski with Kuba Šimurda completing the podium.
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The first race of the Automodelli.it On Tour race took place with around 80 drivers attending. Beside two Touring Car classes also a Mini Chassis and Formula 1 race was held. In F1 Marco Puleo (WRC) took the pole position for the finals in front of Nicola Pezzotti (Serpent), Mattia Collina (Xray) and Bryan Ferrara (Fenix). In the finals Bryan got everything together winning two out of the three legs to take the overall win from Puleo and Pezzotti.
Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]
The 2014 German 1/12th nationals took place at the MAC Burgdorf club in Northern Germany this past weekend. Nearly 40 drivers attended in the Modified “EA” and Stock “EB” class. In Modified it was multi-time national champion Markus Mobers who not only took the TQ but also secured himself another national title by winning the first and second A-final in front of Daniel Sieber. The latter than took the vice-championship title while Tim Altmann came in third to complete the podium. In the Standard class Moritz Hilbert made a clean sweep by winning all three A-finals after dominating the qualifiers to take the TQ spot. The runner-up spot and vice-championship went to Sven Stoffels who left Jens Ginnuttis in third position.
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The 38th annual Florida Winternats were run last weekend in Fort Myers, Florida. The race again attracted a huge number of drivers including some international starts alongside the fastest nitro on-road racers from the U.S.. In 1/8th Open Capricorn driver Dario Balestri, running for his new engine sponsor XRD, took the win some six laps ahead of top qualifier Mike Swauger (Xray/Picco) with Flavio Elias (Mugen/Novarossi) coming in third another three laps down.
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