January 20, 2020

Völker & Ratheisky win at GP3F

The 2020 Grand Prix des 3 Frontieres was hosted by the French MRC Longwy club this past weekend, attracting a full 150-car entry for the two classes of Touring Modified and Touring Stock. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest electric on-road racers and it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker with the overall TQ from free agent Yannic Prümper and Marc Rheinard, the latter campaigning an Awesomatix car. The triple A-mains saw Ronald taking wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall while Mark Rheinard snatched the overall runner-up spot with a win in A3. Yannic Prümper had to settle for 3rd overall as Yokomo’s Christopher Krapp completed the top 4.

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January 20, 2020

Jörn Neumann sweeps IFMAR GT Worlds

Homestead RC Raceway of Homestead, Florida played host to the 2020 IFMAR GT World Championships last week. The event was held in both Nitro and Electric classes and attracted nearly 80 entries. Qualifying in the Nitro class was won by Alessio Mazzeo from Meen Vejrak in 2nd and Jeff Hamon in 3rd. In the Electric class it was Martin Bayer with the overall TQ from Jörn Neumann in 2nd and Felix Law in 3rd.

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January 16, 2020

Lewis Jones wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd6

The 6th round of the HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK last weekend, attracting nearly 75 entries. The mild January weather made for good racing conditions and the qualifying went to Less Reeder in Truggy, Richard Miller in E-Buggy and Callum Niblett in Nitro Buggy. The 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-main event was won by Team Associated’s Lewis Jones some two seconds in front of Xray’s Callum Niblett while HB Racing’s Simon Reeves came in 3rd, already a lap down.

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January 15, 2020

2020 INS10 & NCTS2 Series – Announcement

JConcepts have announced their INS10 and NCTS2 series for the 2020 season. 2020 marks a truly remarkable milestone as the JConcepts Indoor National Series will now be in its 10th year as the most highly participated 1/10th dirt off-road series in the world. However, JConcept’s vision doesn’t stop there. The proactive company also wanted to elevate the carpet and turf off-road racing scene and cater to all types of racers and that’s why JC went all in to established the JConcepts National Carpet and Turf Series last year. Being the only unified and true indoor nationwide off-road series for both carpet and dirt, JConcept’s aim is to create lasting memories and amazing experiences for all racers no matter the skill level or surface. Using a very similar formula to the INS that focuses on fun and adrenaline pumping action, the participants of the inaugural year of the NCTS instantly felt right at home with the racer friendly familiar format, racing at world class facilities, and face challenges of competing against the finest drivers that will bring the best in everyone. To keep things relevant and the series fresh, the organizers made a few tweaks to the INS10 and NCTS2 for better racing and even more fun. Full details and dates can be found on the dedicated event websites here or as a summary here.


January 15, 2020

Essex Carpet Clash Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Essex Carpet Clash championship was this past weekend, and the team had a slight change up for the driver for this round, running in the opposite, anti-clockwise, direction compared to all previous rounds. After the four rounds of qualifying, it was Stephen Brown in 4WD that took the pole position securing it by TQ’ing all rounds. Mark Lewis was hot on his tail and lines up 2nd on the grid ahead of John Painter.

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January 15, 2020

Havranek & Hoch win at HIT Rd4

Round 4 of the popular HIT series was held in the Czech Republic recently. A technically track of medium grip challenged the drivers and in the end it was Oliver Havranek with the win in the Touring Modified class from Martin Kratochvil in 2nd and Radko Cernohous in 3rd, making it an all-Xray top 3. Over in the Formula class Lukas Hoch walked away with the silverware from Filip Radjus in 2nd and Svetlin Douhlevski in 3rd.

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January 14, 2020

Ronald Völker wins at TOS West Division Rd2

The second round of the West Division 2019/20 Tonisport Onroad Series was hosted by the Racing Arena Limburg in Sittard, The Netherlands this past weekend. The race was held in a multitude of classes and in the premier Touring Modified category it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker with the overall win from now free agent, Yannic Prümper on the runner-up spot. Awesomatix’s Thimo Weissbauer came in 3rd to round out the podium in front of Lucas Urbain, Christopher Krapp and Loic Jasmin. Sebastian Meibörg, Liam van de Wouwer and Martin Machura completed the A-main results.

Image: Thimo Weissbauer