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January 10, 2020

An introduction to SGP1

This past weekend at RCI V2 in Shanghai, China, running alongside the OneTen Series for touring cars, the all new SGP1 Formula One series kicked off its inaugural season. An ultra fun, team-based series, running realistically painted body-shells to some very unique and interesting rules, all those in attendance seemed genuinely excited to be taking part and while competitive everyone seemed to be having fun, with teams not only competing on the track but off the track too with light hearted banter in the pits. Bringing fun back into RC and getting people back racing F1 was the goal of Rick Wang and Ben Lai and it has been very well received with the limited team spots selling out and a full grid at the opening round. We talked with the man behind SGP1, Rick Wang, to get a clearer insight into the concept and future plans for SGP1.

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January 9, 2020

Avery Pierce TQs & wins at FNS Rd3

Nuggets Ranch Raceway of Arcadia, Florida played host to round 3 of the Florida Nitro Series last weekend. In the GT8 class it was Avery Pierce with the overall TQ and he would also dominate the 30-minute main final, bringing home the win five laps in front of Howard Stamen. J.R. Gassett had to settle for 3rd overall while Mile Miesel and TJ Johnson completed the top 5 results.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

January 9, 2020

Luca Rau wins Stadium Truck class at 2020 KIM

Last weekend the 2020 edition of the Köngen Indoor Masters was held in Köngen in the south of Germany. The first major indoor race of the season attracted almost 130 entries with a challenging track, that offered both high speed and technical sections, making for great racing. In the 2WD Stadium Truck class it was Luca Rau who set the pace in the qualifiers and also the A-mains, taking the win from Jens Becker who struggled a bit with his tyre choice. The top 3 result was complete by Stefan Matas.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 7, 2020

Michael Lee dominates UK Formula Indoor Nationals Rd2

The BRCA F1 Indoor National Championship made its way to the Sheffield RC Racing Club for round 2 of the series last weekend. With championship leader Ben Cosgrove unable to make the meeting it was going to be a round that would shake up the title race. The field were greeted with a fast flowing track that had lower grip levels than the previous round. Major setup changes would be needed to get the new Volante tyres working. With grip levels building up, the first round of qualifying was very open. Stephen Lander was the driver to handle the conditions best and the only one to break into 22 laps. James Greener and Michael Lee weren’t far behind though. Round 2 saw another increase in grip and allowed pre-race favourite Michael Lee to take control with a time that was over a lap faster. He continued this strong run in the third round to take the overall TQ. Stephen Lander had just managed to beat Graham to make sure he would be next in line on the grid. James Greener and Lee Carter would be the other hopefuls in 4th and 5th places respectively.

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January 7, 2020

Micha Widmaier sweeps 2020 Köngen Indoor Masters

The 2020 edition of the popular Köngen Indoor Masters was held in southern Germany last weekend, attracting nearly 140 entries. In 2WD Modified Buggy Micha Widmaier, Florian Kappes and Luca Rau battled it out for the overall TQ with Micha ultimately taking the overall TQ thanks to winning two qualifying rounds while Florian and Luca scored a round TQ each. The triple A-mains saw Micha winning the opening leg while Luca Rau won A2 as Micha scored a DNF. With the only 21-laps run in A3, Micha put things straight again, taking the overall from Luca Rau in 2nd and Jens Becker in 3rd.

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January 7, 2020

Joona Haatanen doubles at JC Carpet Challenge

The JConcepts Carpet Challenge was held in Stockholm, Sweden last weekend with some big names from Northern Europe in attendance. The man to beat was Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen who was hotly contested from new AE teammate, Alexander Landen who was able to TQ two rounds of 2WD qualifying. The overall TQ honours however went to Joona thanks to a quicker tie-breaker. The finals were all preceded by a super pole, so the start order was set by a one lap shoot-out before each round. Alexander managed 2nd place in both the first finals behind Haatanen, and was en route to win the last round after a mistake by Joona, but problem with a lapped car that decided to immediately try to un-lap itself meant that Joona could catch up and make the overtake of the weekend with a huge jump before the straight meant that Alexander had to settle for 2nd in that final as well. Overall and behind Joona and Alexander it was Schumacher’s Pekko Iivonen with the final podium spot.

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January 7, 2020

2019/20 Urban Touring Series finale – Report

The 2019/20 season of the Urban Touring Series UTS concluded this past weekend at Urban RC’s rooftop raceway in downtown Singapore. A total of 41 entries across three classes made this one of the largest local races and was a fitting way to end the 4th season of UTS racing. Making it’s debut as an exhibition class was the 45+ Veterans Touring Car class, which attracted 13 entries, with several local legends returning to racing after being out of action for decades. First up was the premier Touring Car class of 17.5T Blinky which attracted a total of 25 entries. Setting the pace in qualifying was local ace, Nicholas Lee, who secured overall TQ with three perfect qualifying runs. Dominic Quek’s best opportunity for a TQ run was in Q1 where he started his qualifying with a blistering pace in the opening laps. However, a spin in the middle dog-leg in lap 4 meant Dominic had to settle for 2nd for the round and overall. PY Tang qualified 3rd, Esmail Apandi 4th, Sean Lee in 5th and making his first UTS A-Main was 13-year old, Zaccheus Lam. Bumping up from the B-final into the A-Main were Allan Tan and Sebastian Lee.

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January 7, 2020

2020 JConcepts Super Cup Rd1 – Report

Come January, the entire RC racing world is extremely anxious to start out 2020 with a bang. Just after Christmas and now into the New Year, most racers can’t wait to get out there and show off the new Christmas gear, new sponsor support, and get that racing fix. For most US South-East racers, the JConcepts Super Cup Series is it. For 2020, the Super Cup Series has jumped to a 7-race series that tours all over Florida visiting some of the legendary facilities the Sunshine State has to offer. Round 1 starts off at Beachline Raceway located in beautiful Cocoa Beach, Florida. With all-new black carpet that was recently installed, Beachline has become the place to be for fast action carpet racing. This year’s flow was amazing and required drivers to have razor quick reflexes with surgical precision. The jumps worked well and the elevated sections really added dimension to a typically flat track.

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