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November 8, 2011

Tironi & Cavicchioli win 2011 Motonica Trophy

The Motonica Trophy race was held recently on the newly resurfaced Fiorano track in Italy. In the 1/10th 200mm class it was Francesco Tironi in his first race with the new Capricorn Lab C02 and he dominated the race setting a new qualifying record and new lap record on the way to the TQ spot. In the final he won the 30 minute encounter by 6 laps ahead of Michele Scaglioni in 2nd and Luca Redaelli in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale class it was Alberto Picco that took the top spot in qualifying setting a new lap record on the way. In the final however it was Alberto hit problems and retired from the lead at 20 minutes. The race was won by Xray driver Christian Cavicchioli with Mugen driver Mirko Salemi in 2nd and Capricorn driver Andrea Ciurlante in 3rd.

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November 8, 2011

Johnson & Buran win Annual Halloween Classic

The Annual Halloween Classic event in Ohio has been held in many different venues over the long history of the race. From the early days on the westside of Cleveland, to the Mentor area, Strongsville and now in the hands of the Gate in Brunswick, Ohio, the race has bounced around the area. One thing that has not changed over the years is the high level of competition at the event. In addition to a strong field of talent, the event was sold out for 2011. The venue ran out of physical space at 180 entries, simply could not fit another racer, an incredible turnout.

Continue reading the report here

November 7, 2011

Juho Levanen confirmed for ATS Pilot race

Following on from the announcement that Ronald Volker was set to attend the Asian touring Series Pilot race at the Yatabe Arena in Japan, Finnish star Juho Levanen has also confirmed his entry. The factory Associated/Reedy driver and former European Champion is the only driver to beat Volker on carpet during last season’s ETS and will be a top contender for the win at the new Yatabe Arena. The event which will be run from the 18th to the 20th of November will be open to Modified and Pro Stock, running hand out 17.5T Speedpassion motors, as well as a large number of support classes including an offroad race at the Arena’s indoor dirt track. For further information on this event, visit the official ATS site here.

November 7, 2011

EFRA 2011 Season Review

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RC Racing TV have put together a nice montage of clips from this year’s EFRA European Championships, which they showed last weekend to those present at the EFRA AGM in Brussels.

Source: RC Racing TV [rcracing.tv]

November 6, 2011

EFRA releases 2012 race calendar

Following this weekend’s EFRA AGM in Brussels, the European governing body have finalised the dates for next year’s European Championships. There will be no European Championships for EP touring car this year due to the Worlds being in the EFRA bloc, but there will be a Stock Euros in September in Spain. Other noteworthy items from the meeting include the reduction in weight for the 1/8th on road class which falls to 2400 grams while from 2013 the nitro content will be set to a maximum of 16% and the qualifying heats go back to 5 minutes with no refuelling allowed.

March 9-11 – 1/12th scale Euros – Oberaich, Austria
April 23-28 – 1/10th on road ‘B’ Euros – Monaco, Monaco
May 21-26 – 1/8th on road ‘B’ Euros – Thionville, France
June 5-9 – 1/8th off road ‘B’ Euros – Oberbüren, Switzerland
July 9-14 – 1/8th & 1/10th on road 40+ Euros – Lyon, France
July 9-14 – 1/10th EP off road Euros – Fehring, Austria
July 21-28 – 1/10th & 1/12th on road Worlds – Heemstede, Netherlands
August 1-5 – 1/8th on road ‘A’ Euros – VillaReal, Portugal
August 6-11 – 1/8th off road ‘A’ Euros – Fehring, Austria
August 13-18 – 1/10th on road ‘A’ Euros – Cassino, Italy
September 7-9 – 1/10th EP TC Stock Euros – Alcobenas, Spain
September 14-16 – 1/8th off road 40+ Euros – Camse, France

View the full calendar here (PDF).

November 5, 2011

Ronald Volker confirmed for ATS Pilot race

The organisers of the Yokomo Asian Touring Series pilot race have confirmed that Euro Touring Series Champion and factory Yokomo/LRP driver Ronald Volker will be attending the event, which takes place from the 18th to the 20th of November. Held at the newly renovated Yatabe Arena in Tokyo, the race will attract the best drivers from Japan as well as a whole host of top international drivers, more of which will be confirmed in the coming days. The race will be open to Modified and Pro Stock, running hand out 17.5T Speedpassion motors, as well as a large number of support classes including an offroad race at the Arena’s indoor dirt track. For further information on this event, visit the official ATS site here.

November 3, 2011

Video – Pro Tips 2011 with Jilles Groskamp

Following on from our 2009 Pro Tips video series with two time Euro Touring Series winner Jilles Groskamp, we caught up with the Thailand based Dutch driver a while ago to make a follow up to these well watched videos. In the 3 part series, the Tamiya/Orion factory driver runs us through his current car and electronics as well as go into detail on his tire prep as well as building the perfect Tamiya gear diff.

Watch part 2 and 3 here

November 1, 2011

Sweep Challenge Carpet race report

The 1st annual Sweep Challenge Carpet race was held at TQ Raceway in Chino California last weekend. There were 60 drivers that generated 12 qualifying heats for the event and track owner Sean Park did a great job of creating a layout on the 90ft X 45ft sub-floored track that fostered close racing in all the classes. The Sweep QTS-32 “Real Blue” tire was used as the control tire for the event and provided superior traction and consistent lap times for all the drivers throughout the day. The most exciting race of the day was the 17.5 Expert Touring Car class which saw local hot shoe Alex Navarrete have to start last after failing to complete a qualifying round and subsequently come back to finish in 1st place ahead of the class TQ, Francis Mejia. In the end TQ ran a flawless event and the drivers enjoyed a huge raffle with prizes provided by Sweep Racing Tires and all the other event sponsors.

View the class winners here