October 7, 2014

Tom Cockerill doubles at Petit RC Race

Tom Cockerill doubles at Petit RC Race

The 9th running of the PetitRC Race was held in Terrugum, Portugal with drivers from the UK, Poland, Holland, France, Germany, Spain and Portugal in attendance. The track was a permanently laid outdoor Astroturf track, with plenty of jumps and a good flow, which made for some great close racing. The event format was for free practice on Friday with the 2WDs being run on Saturday and 4WD on Sunday, allowing plenty of track time for all the drivers.

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October 7, 2014

David Perez takes Spanish Touring Car Modified title

David Perez takes Spanish Touring Car Modified title

The 4th and the final round of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Valladolid, Spain. During the practice it became clear that David Perez and Johnny Pastor both showed a very good pace making them the event favourites. In the following qualification David made his intentions clear by winning five out of the six rounds to take the overall TQ. For the finals David made some tweaks to the setup of his car but the changes actually slowed his pace allowing Johnny to catch up. Thanks to some tremendous driving David still was able to take the win in the first to A-mains to take the win and the overall Touring Car Modified title and his 3rd national title in a row.

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October 7, 2014

Rebels Race Trutnov Rd1 – Report

Rebels Race Trutnov Rd1 – Report

The first Rebels Race carpet race of the Winter season 2014/15 was held in Trutnov, in the North of the Czech Republic. The series boasts of a high organisation level, great competition and friendly environment and it is run in the four classes of Touring Car Open, Touring Car Stock, Formula and Hobby. In the Open class Kuba Simurda started out strong into the season by taking the TQ and the overall win. The race for the runner-up spot was on between Vita Hola and Michal Blahovsky and at the end Michal came out successful while Vita grabbed himself the last remaining podium spot. Jirka Janousek, having a comeback to RC car racing, finished in 4th with the top 5 being rounded out by Polish driver Wojciech Rozwadovski.

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October 7, 2014

Ric Bartolozzi takes Australian 1/8th on-road title

Ric Bartolozzi takes Australian 1/8th on-road title

The 2014 AARCMCC South Australian IC National Titles were held last weekend with 25 drivers attending in the 1/8th on-road class. Steven Jovanovic (Capricorn) grabbed the TQ after the qualifiers from Jeff Hamon (Mugen) and Peter Jovanovic (Capricorn). The 45 minute final than saw the early retirements of the two Jovanovic’s making way for Ric Bartolozzi (Serpent) who took the win and the South Australian title some four laps in front of Tim West (Mugen) and Leight Dytor.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


October 7, 2014

Mark Green retains BRCA 1/8th Circuit national title

Mark Green retains BRCA 1/8th Circuit national title

With the season entering its final two races, the penultimate race of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was at the Adur circuit in Brighton and this could decide the winner of the overall Championship in favour of Mark Green if he finished within the top 3. Current championship leader, Daniel Bancroft has had his best ever season with many consistent performances but Mark would overall him along with Tim Wood on best 6 of 9 scores to count.

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October 6, 2014

WCICS 2014/15 season – Announcement

WCICS 2014/15 season – Announcement

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS celebrates its 24th year as one of the world’s largest RC series. The season already kicked off in Saskatoon, SK, and will resume on the weekend of the 2nd of November in Edmonton, AB. More details about the electric on-road series can be found here.


October 6, 2014

Ronda Drake TQ’s & wins at Race for the Cure

Ronda Drake TQ's & wins at Race for the Cure

Last weekend the 2nd annual Race for the Cure event was held at IERC Raceway. TLR’s Ronda Drake TQ’ed and won the 1/8th Expert E-Buggy class while also finishing 2nd in the Pro4 SC category.

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October 6, 2014

Morganti, Grey & Desoto Sr. win at FORGASS Rd2

Morganti, Grey & Desoto Sr. win at FORGASS Rd2

The 2nd round of the 2014/15 Florida On-Road Gas State Series was run this past weekend at the Fort Myers track in the three classes of 1/8th Open, 1/10th 200mm Sedan and 1/8th Super GT. The 1/8th class had Paolo Morganti taking an easy win some 6 laps ahead of Fabrizio Martello and Tony Rice with the latter being separated by only 0.9 seconds.

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