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November 5, 2013

Atsushi Hara wins at Ride Cup Rd3

The 3rd round of the 2013 Ride Cup was held at the recently opened Huge R/C circuit. The world class indoor asphalt track includes covered pit areas, a covered drift track and a fully stocked hobby shop. In addition to the five usual cup classes this time also a Modified Touring Car class was run that saw the attendance of three World Champions in the form of Atsushi Hara, Jilles Groskamp and Meen Vejrak. After a close battle in qualifying Atsushi claimed TQ ahead of Jilles by less than one second, with both drivers running 20 laps in 5:04. The finals once again saw a close battle between Atsushi (ARC) and Jilles (Tamiya), with Hara managing to win the first two A final legs and therefore the overall event. With the first two podium spots already locked away both drivers used the 3rd A final to make some changes using the great track conditions to try settings for the upcoming TITC 2014 to be held at the same circuit, with Hara again being the winner after very close racing. The final podium spot went to Paphon Chanyasak (Xray).

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

November 5, 2013

EFRA releases 2014 race calendar

Following last weekend’s EFRA AGM in Zagreb, the European governing body have announced the (provisional) dates for next year’s European Championships with the 1/10 IC Track Euro date still needs to be finalised. A busy summer season with 3 ‘B’ championships, a 1/8th flat chassis Euros and 2 40+ titles along with the usual ‘A’ titles up for grabs. Full AGM details can be found here.

March 20-23 – 1/12th scale Euros – Scandiano, Italy
May 5-10 – 1/10th on road ‘B’ Euros – Madrid, Spain
May 26-31 – 1/8th on road ‘B’ Euros – Bologna, Italy
June 6-8 – 1/8th off road ‘B’ Euros – Madrid, Spain
July 11-13 – 1/8th off road 40+ Euros – Fehring, Austria
July 14-19 – 1/10th EP off road Euros – Trelleborg, Sweden
July 21-26 – 1/8th on road ‘A’ Euros – Kirchberg, Austria
July 31 – August 3 – 1/10th EP on road Euros – Madrid, Spain
August 1-2 – 1/8th on road Flat chassis Euros – Gubbio, Italy
August 4-9 – 1/8th off road ‘A’ Euros – Sand am Main, Germany
August 11-16 – 1/10th on road ‘A’ Euros – Autet, Spain
August 18-23 – 1/8th & 1/10th on road 40+ Euros – Ruphen, Netherlands

View the full calendar here (XLS).

November 5, 2013

D’Almeida wins Stock class at Portuguese nats Rd5

D'Almeida wins Stock class at Portuguese nats Rd5

The fifth and final race of the Portuguese national touring car championship took place at the A.R.M.A.I.A track in Maia-Porto. In the Stock class Rui d’Almeida (TOP) brought home the day’s win in front of Fernando Cardoso (Schumacher) and Manuel Malta (TOP).

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

November 4, 2013

Ronald Ström wins 1/12th at MSEC Rd1

The first round of the Middle Swedish Cup saw new Zen Racing driver Ronald Ström taking the 1/12th scale win. Having only received the conversion kit the Friday before the race Ronald still managed to leave Mickael Brandt and Magnus Hedlung behind.

Source: Zen Racing [zen-racing.co.uk]

November 4, 2013

Bryan Ferrara wins F1 at ModelBerghem race

At last weekend’s ModelBerghem race Fenix Racing driver Bryan Ferrara took the win in the Formula 1 class with the new Su-zuka conversion kit. Coming in second was Flavio Paladin (Tamiya) with Domenico Drago completing the top 3.

Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]

November 3, 2013

Asmer does Pro Stock/Formula double at ETS

Serpent driver Jan Asmer became the first double category race winner today when he took the overall win in both the Xray Pro Stock and Formula classes at the season opener of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic. Having already made ETS history yesterday when he TQ’d both classes, the final day of the Hrotovice event did not get off to a good start for the German but in the final round of A-Main he turned things around to win both of his A3 encounters to secure the top step on the podium. A great start to the defense of his Formula title, the win in Pro Stock’s marks his first touring car win with him describing that race as the hardest 5-minutes he has experienced in racing.

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November 3, 2013

Volker pulls off the perfect start to ETS Season #7

Defending Yokomo Euro Touring Series Champion Ronald Volker pulled off the best start possible to Season #7, the Yokomo driver taking the overall win with another faultless win in Leg 2 of the A-Main in the Czech Republic. Chasing a fourth consecutive title in the World famous championship this season, the win is the German’s ninth ETS career win and the fourth year that he has won the season opener. Having won Leg 1 from Marc Rheinard, he again headed home the Tamiya driver in Leg 2 with Yannic Prumper completing the Top 3.

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November 3, 2013

Volker handed easy Leg 1 win

Ronald Volker was handed a relatively easy win in the opening A-Main at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series this morning in the Czech Republic after the two drivers starting behind him clashed on the opening lap. A coming together between Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Awesomatix’s Freddy Sudhoff allowed Volker to take a 1.3 second win over Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard with Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukura completing the Top 3.

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