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May 20, 2015

F1ItalianSeries GP13 & 14 – Report

Last weekend the F1ItalianSeries left the city of Rome for a maiden race at the beautiful track of the Rce Model Tuscia in Montefiascone. The track proved to be quite narrow and a sequence of fast and slow corners made it very difficult to learn as well. The 1-day event on Sunday started off with very good weather and the qualifying of GP 13 in which all 16 drivers made the Q1 with the 10 fastest drivers proceeding to Q2 to set the best time and hunt the pole position. At the end it was Davide Morgani (Renault) who took the pole from 2nd placed Manciocchi (Hesketh), 3rd was Lenci (Aguri), 4th Giorgio (Hesketh) and 5th Nicosanti (Lotus).

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May 19, 2015

Justin Moon wins NCRL series title

This past weekend Norcal Hobbies held the third and final round of the NCRL series. Pre-event favourite Justin Moon only had to show up and finish to claim the overall title in the 2WD Modified Buggy division. Justin would taking two 1st’s, a 2nd and a 3rd in the Reedy format race and he would be taking the series championship with six 2nd place finishes, five 1st place finishes and one 3rd place.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

May 19, 2015

Tim Wilson takes Nevada State Championship title

The 2015 Nevada State Championships were held this past weekend at the RC Tracks of Las Vegas. After three solid rounds of qualifying Tim Wilson would make the 45 minute A-Main in Truggy and he would start 3rd on the grid. After only a few laps Tim found himself in the lead and he would stay there for the remainder of the final to take the day’s win.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

May 19, 2015

Arnold wins at Swiss Touring Car Championship Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss Touring Car National Championship was held in Schaffhausen. French ace Leo Arnold grabbed the pole position for the A-finals following a mixed qualification with technical issues and rain interruptions. Leo then made a clean sweep in the finals, winning all three A-mains to take the day’s win and with it the third consecutive win following victories at the French Nationals Electric Touring and Nitro Touring Nationals. Behind Leo Fabian Widmer and Florian Hauser lined up in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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May 19, 2015

BRCA Regional Series Rd2 – Report

The Southport club held the second round of the UK BRCA Electric Buggy Regional Series. The track had lots of rain the week leading up to Sunday and the club worked very hard to clear the water off the track. Sunday morning did start off damp and the track dried slowly but it didn’t totally dry up all day. After some very close qualifying in th2 2WD class it was Craig Collinson (Team C) who took TQ with Xray’s Stu Wood, running an XB2 prototype, in 2nd and local hero Chris Evison (Team C) in 3rd. The final was very close right from the start. Craig made a mistake which let Stu and Chris pull away a few seconds. Stu and Chris were head to head until the very last corner of the last lap and Stu tried to go for the inside line but clipped the apex too much and went upside down on top of Chris. After the marshal did his job Chris Evison with the Team C car came out the winner with Stu 2nd less than a second behind him.

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May 19, 2015

Turkey On-road Championship Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Turkey On-road Championship was recently held in the classes of 1/10th Nitro On-road, Electric Touring Car Modified and Stock. With Turkey holding the EFRA 1/10th 200mm European Championships the interest in this class was pretty high with a total of 18 racers signing in, including two guests from Greece. The race was won by Nikos Karabelas in front of Mustafa Alp and Spiros Piknis.

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May 19, 2015

Neil Cragg wins BRCA Nitro Buggy Nationals Rd2

The second round of the BRCA Nitro Buggy Nationals was held in Kent this past weekend. The main final was a thriller to the wire and not a race for the faint hearted. Although Elliott Boots (Kyosho) took TQ, the final was a close battle between Neil Cragg (Team Associated) and Boots for much of the race. Boots held a steady gap but Cragg had a fuel stop in hand. At least until he ran dry – then all hell broke loose. Neil’s misfortune was a gift for Boots until the role was reversed. Boots ran into clutch issues and eventually ground to a stop. Ultimately Neil took the win from Darren Bloomfield (Agama) while Elliott still snatched the final podium spot despite the mechanical issues.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

May 19, 2015

Caribbean Invitational – Announcement

The Jamrock Radio Control Car Club will host the Caribbean Invitational on-road race on the weekend of the 16th of August on the beautiful island of Jamaica. The three-day race will feature open practice on Friday, three rounds of qualifying on Saturday, and a final round before main events on Sunday. Four classes will be offered including 1/8th scale Open, Nitro GT, 1/10th scale sedan and electric touring car. More information can be found on the club’s website by clicking here.