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October 16, 2019

Jo Dongwan wins Touring SuperStock class at 2019 GIRC

The 2019 GRC International RC Car Championship was held at the GRC Circuit in South Korea, with drivers from Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan and Germany in attendance. Local driver Yang E-Jun was super quick in the Touring Superstock class qualifying and ultimately he would seal the TQ on Saturday but couldn’t hold the position in the finals. After some close battles he had to settle for 2nd overall behind eventual winner, Jo Dongwan. Local racer Lim Il Kuyn had a rough qualifying and started from P5 for the finals, but managed to have some good runs in the finals to take the final spot on the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 16, 2019

2019 Coupe de France – Report

The 2019 Coupe de France was held in Meyrargues in four different 1/10th Electric Off-road classes last weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy, attracting 45 entries, it was Armand Lantheaume (Xray) with the overall win from Team Associated’s Clement Boda in 2nd and TLR’s Renaud Savoya in 3rd.

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October 16, 2019

Mächler & Kuenning win at Mon-Tech NYGP

The 2019 Mon-Tech NYGP was held at 360v2 RC in New Rochelle, New York last weekend. The event saw Ronald Völker (Yokomo) walking away with the win in Touring Modified while Awesomatix’s Max Mächler TQed and won the TC Stock CanAm A-main, leaving behind Awesomatix’s Bill Sydor in 2nd and Yokomo’s Phil Matthews in 3rd.

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October 16, 2019

Mikey Brown wins at DieHard RC Indoor Series Rd1

Round 1 of the DieHard RC Indoor Off-Road Series was held in Snohomish, Washington last weekend, attracting nearly 160 entries that made for some competitive racing. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Jeff Jenkins Jr. with the overall TQ after the double qualifiers, however in the single 6-minute A-main event it was Mikey Brown, coming from P5 on the grid, who would hold the upper hand to bring home the silverware some 2.9 seconds in front of Jeff. Tyler Wilbur would come in 3rd to round out the podium result in front of Travis Harker in 4th.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

October 16, 2019

Robert De Cesare successful at Novarossi Trophy

The 15th annual Novarossi Trophy was held at the Automodellistico 5 Colli track in Gubbio, Italy last weekend. The event saw the running of 1/8th IC Track and 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring classes and in the 1/8th scale class it was Jonathan Gandin with the overall TQ, some 2.2 seconds in front of Dante Piersante. The 30-minute A-main final then had Robert De Cesare (Mugen) holding the upper hand as he took the win some four laps in front of Shepherd’s Mattia Collavo as Xray’s Alessandro Bracci came in 3rd to round out the podium result.

Image: Automodellistico 5 Colli [automodellismo5colli.com]

October 16, 2019

2019/20 EssexCarpetClash Rd1 – Report

After a successful and well backed series in 2018/19, the EssexCarpetClash returned last weekend for their second season located in the south of England. The opening meeting was fully booked with both 4 and 2 wheel-drive classes, 2 wheel-drive being the more popular. Having completed all rounds of qualifying, top dog in 4WD was Stephen Brown who had a perfect qualifier taking all four rounds, showing that he was going to be difficult to beat come the finals. John Painter lined up 2nd on the grid, with Mark Lewis, a top runner from last year in 3rd.

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October 15, 2019

Stephane Bouche wins at French On-road Cup

The 1/8th On-road French Cup was held last weekend at the Model Club Thionville track in 1/8th IC Track and Electric Track classes. In 1/8th 4WD Electric Track it was Stephane Bouche with the win after the double A-mains, leaving behind Steve Olanier in 2nd, however the two were tie on points and the tie-breaker would bring the decision in favour of Stephane. In 3rd it was Frederic Vallejo who would round out the podium result.

Source: Team Corally [corally.com]

October 15, 2019

Sunday Race Cup Rd3 – Report

The 3rd round of the Sunday Race Cup was held at the HSH Racetracks in Dintikon, Switzerland with nearly 30 drivers in attendance. The warm and sunny weather made for perfect racing conditions and in Touring Cars Pro Stock Boris Siladi pretty much dominated the proceedings, as he took the overall TQ and came out on top in all three A-mains for the overall win. Behind him the race for the runner-up spot was on between Jan Hässig and Luigi Manzo. Ultimately it was Jan with a strong performance in A3 that secured him the overall runner-up spot.

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