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November 6, 2020

Jamie Hall takes EssexCarpetClash Rd2

Last weekend saw round 2 of the EssexCarpetClash championship take place. The track was a little challenging in places to get a perfect lap, but was rewarding when you did. After 4 rounds qualifying, Jamie Hall showed his talent by topping the time sheets for all rounds with his Associated. The rest of the field would then place their best times to get as high up the 8 field grid for the 3 legged finals. William Venables managed to secure second on the grid with his Associated ride, while Yasir Mughal had a good consistent qualifying to place third ahead of fellow Yokomo driver Harley Eldridge. The finals would go the same way as qualifying for Hall, never looking back and taking all leg wins in the finals. Mughal would get caught up with a few errors in the finals, where as Eldridge would keep her head and run clean, managing to finish second in two of the finals. Venables would complete the podium in third, where his second place finish in leg 2 would be a key counting score.

Source: Essex Carpet Clash [essexcarpetclash.co.uk]

November 4, 2020

Frechette & Vanderway win South Ontario Champs Rd1

Last weekend was the first race of the Southern Ontario onroad Championship series at Outlaw RC Motorsports, home of the Canadian On-Road Nationals. The Outlaw crew put on a great event and took lots of extra precautions to keep us all safe and healthy. In TC Mod Barret Morrow (Xray) managed to TQ but would only finish in 3rd overall after some setup changes. The win would go to Bryce Frechette (Xray), just ahead of Lou Vanderway in 2nd. In TC Stock Bryce Frechette qualified first, but it was Lou Vanderway that would take home the win with Barret Morrow taking 2nd and Frechette having to settle for 3rd.

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November 2, 2020

Vera & Schimizzi win at FSEARA Rd1

The Florida State Series started its 41st season at Valkaria RC, home of the 2016 Roar Nationals. With nearly 90 entries running 3 qualifiers and 1 main and 7 different classes it was set to be a long day of racing. In the heavily contested 17.5 Super stock TC, Wallace Motorsports team driver Dave Vera took the TQ and the wire to wire win with his Infinity If14-2, with Brian Larkin coming in 2nd and Anthony Schimizzi rounding out the podium. Dave was also able to TQ and take the wire to wire win in the Modified division with his Infinity TC by a narrow margin over Felix Law (2nd) and Cory Parsons (3rd). In Formula One, Wallace Motorsports driver Anthony Schimizzi from 2nd on the grid put some serious pressure with just under 1 minute to go in the race on TQ Sean Wager and made an awesome pass in the chicane coming onto the straight to take the lead and hold on for the win. Sean Wager would finish 2nd with Scott Meeks finishing 3rd.

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November 2, 2020

Victory for Max Kuenning at 2020 Halloween Classic

The Halloween Classic 2020, hosted by NORCAR at the Gate in Brunswick, Ohio, was the kickoff event to the 2020 carpet season. Limited to a total of 40 drivers due to local state guidelines, the race was sold out with RC racers eager to get out and start racing after many months of quarantine. The track is a permanent CRC Black Carpet track with a subfloor underneath it for a super smooth racing surface while the layout was technical and had high traction. Factory RC America/Xray team driver Max Kuenning was able to reset TQ in every qualifier of the stock class with the all new X12’21. In the final he was able to lead from tone to tone to bring home the win ahead of fellow Xray driver Fabio Evangelista in 2nd and John Dickson (Awesomatix) in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 26, 2020

Double win for Adam Izsay at RcProf Cup Rd2

Round 2 of the Hungarian RcProf Cup was held on last weekend close to Budapest. In the hotly contested 4wd buggy class it was Adam Izsay that took the TQ after qualifying, just ahead of Zsolt Bajusz in 2nd. In the finals, Adam could convert his TQ spot into wins in all the finals with Gabor Forrai finishing runner up and Szabolcs Konya in 3rd. In 2wd buggy class Izsay also took the TQ and win in all finals, with Janos Pittman coming home 2nd and Karoly Izsay, father of Adam, in 3rd.

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October 21, 2020

Fletcher wins BRCA 1/8th Rd5 as Lee claims title

As we reported earlier, last weekend saw the 5th and final round of the BRCA 1/8th onroad championships held at the super-fast and popular Cotswolds circuit. Saturday practice in the EP class saw Billy Fletcher (Capricorn) leading the way followed by Mikey Mansell (Capricorn) and Michael Lee (Xray). When Sunday qualifying got under way all 3 drivers pushed harder than ever to take that extra all important TQ point for the championship. After 4 rounds Billy Fletcher would take TQ with Mikey Mansell trailing him by just under a second with Michael Lee in 3rd. Peter Vater (Xray), Jamie Paton (Capricorn) and Luke Drinan (Capricorn) joined them in the A final. The finals got underway and after some really close and hard racing in both legs Billy Fletcher took the win followed by his team mate Mikey Mansell with Michael Lee claiming 3rd right on Mikey’s rear end. These final results saw Michael Lee clinch the championship with Billy Fletcher in second on equal points, Michael taking it on count back. Mikey rounded out the championship podium with 3rd place.

Thanks to Michael Walton for the report.

October 20, 2020

2020 AMSCI EP Italian National – Report

This past weekend the 2020 AMSCI EP Italian National were held at the Ca De Mandorli track in Bologna. In the modified class Gabriele Berselli (Xray) took the TQ and would go on to take the win in front of team mate Alessio Menicucci (Xray) in 2nd and Nicola Marrone (Infinity) in 3rd position. In the 13,5 stock class Nico Catelani (Xray) was also able to TQ and win in front of Orlando Fenili (Mugen), with Roberto Fabiano (Xray) in third place. In the Formula 1 class Alessandro Manciocchi (Xray) also would top qualifying before going on to win ahead of Bryan Ferrara and Claudio Cristofori.

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October 19, 2020

Alex Thurston is 2020 British National Champion

The fifth and final round of the 2020 British 1/8th onroad Nationals were held last weekend at the Cotswold MCC track. From early practice Alex Thurston (Capricorn) was setting the pace, and a new outright lap record, but a massive crash in the first qualifier destroyed his car and he would miss most of the rest of the qualifying, only getting out for Q4. Tim Wood (Shepherd) would take the top spot in qualifying in front of Kyle Branson (Capricorn) in 2nd, with Thurston, winner of the 4 rounds of the series to date, in 3rd, with Mark Green (Serpent) and David Spashett completing the top 5. At the end of the 30 minute A-final, Alex Thurston would claim victory ahead of his team mate Kyle Branson, with Mark Green in 3rd. The win gives Alex the perfect score for this year’s Nationals and gives him the 2020 title.

Image: Alex Thurston