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March 3, 2015

Jackson & Stafford win Off-Road Wars Series

The third Off Road Wars Series is now over for another winter season and looking back on the series TLR has dominated both 2WD and 4WD on the array of circuits at Maritime. The premier indoor facility has seen some exciting and challenging tracks that have varied from multi-surface through to 100 percent carpet. The surface change is not the only variable that has occurred over the course of the championship with the track extension being brought in for the fourth round opening the track up allowing for a greater variety of layouts. Both decisions by the club have proved to be popular among the racers going to show that the Maritime club are truly about providing a great track for all to compete on. Speaking with Ian Knight about the track surface change he mentioned that the intention is to introduce wooden turns from time to time to change things up, but the 100 percent carpet circuit has worked well and provided a different challenge from the traditional mix at the venue.

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March 3, 2015

Silvio Hächler renews with Matrix

Matrix has announced the re-signing of former Swiss Champion Silvio Hächler for the 2015 season. The World and European Championship finalist, ENS A-main finalist and EFRA GP winner will focus on the 1/8th scale class as a preparation for this year’s World Championship, and with his Matrix-shod Mugen he will run the full ENS season, the Swiss Championship and the EFRA Euros. Silvio will be Matrix’ key figure for Switzerland, so do not hesitate to contact him in case you need any tyre advice.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

March 3, 2015

TTS Championship Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the TTS Championship was held at the Team NCRC Arena indoor track in Northern Cyprus in the three classes of Touring Car Modified, 13.5T Stock and Formula 21.5T. Proven “ETS” carpet made for high grip and a good level of competition. Finally in the Touring Car Modified class Amet Kasap came out successful in front of Niyazi Deniz and Eril Ucar.

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March 3, 2015

PY Tang wins Open Boost Class at 2015 TITC

The annual Thailand International Touring Car Championships was held this past weekend at the RC Addict Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand, home of the 2012 IFMAR 1/10 Nitro World Championship. More than 300 drivers competed in the five electric on-road classes of Touring Car Modified, Open Brushless, Non Boost, Formula and a Junior Class. Tyre strategy and car setup was crucial in getting the car dialled for the ever changing condition of the fast and flowing track with some sections being very bumpy, but the track offered high traction most of the time. In the Open Brushless Class, PY Tang was in control of things, scoring the only 19-lap run in controlled practise to top the group. On qualification day 1, PY again showed that that he was the man to beat, topping the time sheet in the first three qualifiers, securing the overall TQ just on day 1. On day 2 PY ran old tyres taking 3rd fastest in Q4 and Q5, allowing him to use the last fresh set of tyres from the qualifiers in the finals and in addition to the two fresh sets of rubber the A-main finalists received.

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March 3, 2015

Jesse Munn doubles at Cabin Fever Classic

The 2015 Cabin Fever Classic was held this past weekend at the Lewiston Round-up Fairgrounds in Lewiston, Idaho. This annual event is typically the first major event in the Pacific Northwest each year. This year’s event attracted racers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and even Canada. Friday consisted of open practice, Saturday had 3 rounds of qualifying using the qual points format, and Sunday was triple A-Mains for electric and 30-45 mains for nitro.

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March 2, 2015

Alexander Hagberg wins at 2015 TITC

The annual Thailand International Touring Championships was held in hot and humid Bangkok, Thailand over the weekend. For the 2015 edition the event came back to the famous RC Addict circuit. The race is particularly difficult and competitive since many of the world’s top RC drivers call Bangkok their home and this year the event saw more than 300+ competitors from all over Asia attending in five different classes. The super competitive Modified class as usual saw most of the world’s top drivers attending. As usual tyre strategy was key as every driver was allowed a maximum of four sets for the six rounds of qualifying of which three counted towards the qualifying result. In the end Alexander Hagberg managed to take the overall TQ with two 1st place and one 2nd place finishes in front of teammate Bruno Coelho.

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March 2, 2015

Tony Bishop takes BRCA Micro National Series title

This past weekend would see the last round of the 2014-15 BRCA Micro National Series take place at Caldicot. Going into the last round of the series there were four potential series winners, but only one would come out on top. After the qualifiers Tony Bishop grabbed the overall TQ for the finals in front of Phil Sleigh, Craig Harris and Andrew Jones.Going into the A-main it was all to play for as the any of the top 4 could win the series. Ultimately Tony Bishop would take the 2014-15 Series with a dominate display of 3 wins from 3, with team mates Phil Sleigh and Craig Harris tied for second on point with Andy Jones. The Series winners would be Carisma drivers Tony Bishop, Phil Sleigh and Craig Harris taking 1,2 and 3 and making it’s a Carisma podium lockout.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

February 27, 2015

Jernej Vuga wins 1/12th Open class at WES

The 2014/15 Winter Electric Series was held as a 3-race series with all three rounds counting towards the overall championship. In the 1/12th Open class former 1/8th scale European Champion Jernej Vuga took the title by TQ-ing and winning all three rounds of the series. Denis Fink came in 2nd while Luka Skolaris rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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