Red RC » R On Road

July 16, 2013

Mustafa Alp wins TC Modified and Stock at TTS Rd4

The fourth round of the TTS was held at the newly build electric on-road track of İMOP, located in the centre of a park making for a good racing atmosphere and lots of audience. The track itself is very technical with a 20 metre long sweeper just before the main straight. Open practice started on Friday followed by five controlled practice rounds on Saturday. Both the touring Modified and Stock class was TQ’d by Serpent’s Mustafa Alp followed by Erol and Serpent driver Ahmet Tekelioglu in the Modified class and Murat Çağış as well as Akın Gürsoy in Stock.

Click here to continue reading

July 16, 2013

Brooks & Clinch win BRCA on-road Clubman Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA Clubman Series electric on-road championship was help at the southern track of Adur. Showing record high temperatures, this would test the drivers to their limits looking at not over heating the control tyres and driving consistency. With the track not being used for electric on-road for a while, Saturday practice was all about rubbering in the track and building the grip up which is vital to not graining the tyres too much. Race day on the Sunday came around with another scorching hot day of 32 degrees air temp. Much hotter than Saturday. Entries coming all over the UK of 90 drivers came down to the fast flowing but technical track to see how they compete against each other. The 17.5 Blinky class showing the bigger entries of 5 heats and the 13.5 Open class showing 4 heats.

Click here to continue reading

July 15, 2013

Hoppe wins 1/8th at North German championship Rd3

The 3rd round of the North German championship took place on the track of the MSC Braunschweig club. Unfortunately nearly the complete practise and the first round of qualifying was rained out on Saturday but in the evening the track was dry the drivers could hit the track for some practise laps. On Sunday the weather was much better and the track stayed dry all day. In the morning three rounds of qualifying were held. Shepherd team driver Lars Hoppe showed an excellent performance with his Sonic-powered Velox V8 “Pro” and secured himself the pole-position for the 30 minute final followed by Serpent pairing of Andreas Giesa and Merlin Depta with Shepherd/Sonic driver Timo Schröder in 4th position.

Click here to continue reading

July 15, 2013

Kyle Branson wins BRCA 1/8th on-road Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA 1/8th nitro on-road national championship was hosted by the Cotswolds Club and this was the sections second visit this year. With the Euro A championships only 2 weeks away and with the calendar being very full this season meant that the two rounds at this track were run close together. The weekend started with warm weather and after the initial practice had started, the track was soon starting to rubber in and the cars started to lap in the ball park of around the low 15 seconds per lap. With the track getting quicker, it was Branson who was setting the pace, fresh from his Euro warm up victories earlier in the month. In hot pursuit was Green and Wood, all recording sub 15 second laps with Kyle being the most consistent. Behind these, a host of drivers including North, King, Carr, Frost, Diver, Thurston, Hastings, Bancroft were all recording low 15 second laps.

Click here to continue reading

July 15, 2013

Cao Zi An wins KHRC Racing Club Grand Opening Race

Last weekend the KHRC Racing Club, located in Hangzhou, China, hosted the opening race on their high-grip asphalt track and it was T.O.P. Racing driver Cao Zi An who set the fastest qualifying times in the touring sport class. He was able to maintain his speed through to the finals going on to win the class from pole position.

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

July 12, 2013

Minituerkas RC Opening Championship Rd6 – Report

Last weekend saw the final round of the Minituerkas RC Opening Championship 2013. Minituerkas RC’s track is located in the National Stadium in the capital of Chile, Santiago. In the early morning the weather was cloudy but the track temperature ideal and the drivers were anxious to race on this final stage of the championship in the three racing categories of the club, 1/10th electric touring 8.5T, 1/10th 200mm nitro and 1/8th GT. After a hard time in qualifying Tomás Ramirez TQ’d the 8.5T class, Paolo Tamburini grabbed the top spot in 200mm nitro and Fernando Fernandez pulled the fastest 1/8th GT time.

Click here to view the qualifying results and to continue reading

July 12, 2013

Keith Chui wins 13.5T at AOC

The first ever Australian AOC Race saw close to 200 entries and was one of the biggest races in Australia for a long time. On-road meetings in Australia are normally run on asphalt outdoors, the AOC Race was a different affair as it was held indoors on Carpet, a difficult task with no practice or preparation on the surface for many home drivers. In 13.5T touring cars Keith Chui was on fire from the first practice run, setting lap times that were as quick as the Modified cars, after qualifying was finished Keith was on TQ after a super strong 4th round Qualifying run, all eyes were on him this weekend. Xray team mate Corey Broadstock was also looking strong with consistent runs through qualifying eventually starting 5th off the grid for the finals. At the end Keith was able to conserve his performance by winning the class in front of Corey Broadstock and Justin Vergunst.

Click here to continue reading

July 11, 2013

Oskar Fjeld wins TC Modified at Norwegian nats Rd3

The third round of the Norwegian electric touring modified national series was held at the Vulbu Raceway close to Fagernes. The track itself is spectacular with a four meter elevation change and also the weather for the event was perfect, allowing good grip and interesting racing. The good forecast also meant a lot of drivers came out for the race, making it the biggest outcome in a long time. Qualifying consist of three rounds with the best one to count followed by triple finals. First round of qualifying saw Xray driver Tom Erik Haaversen setting the best time, closely followed by Oskar Fjeld and Joakim Nicolaisen in second and third. Oskar also set a new track record in this round.

Click here to continue reading