September 26, 2019

Thurston & Paton win at BRCA 1/8th Circuit finale

The final round of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Series took place at the Wombwell Circuit near Barnsley with damp weather conditions. Alex Thurston had a great debut for his new chassis sponsors Capricorn, taking the TQ and win in the nitro class from Mugen drivers Andy Hastings and Sam Snell. In the Electric class again Capricorn dominated as Jamie Paton took the win from Rob Scott and 3rd was Shepherd driver Robert Stevenson.

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September 25, 2019

Patrick Hofer takes Swiss Expert Nitro Buggy title

The Neuchatel Mini Buggy Club held round 5 of the Swiss 1/8th Off-road nationals last weekend. In the Expert class it was Christoph Affolter with the overall TQ from Jeremy Pittet in 2nd and Sven Zünd in 3rd. Overall championship favourite, Patrick Hofer only qualified in 7th overall. In the 45-minute main final it then was Jeremy Pittet with the win a lao in front of David Naldini as Patrick Hofer was able to take the final podium spot, some seven seconds behind David. With round 5 being the season finale, also the overall champions would be crowned with his 3rd place being enough for Patrick to bring home another Swiss National Championship title.

Image: Patrick Hofer

September 25, 2019

Paolo Morganti takes ROAR 200mm Sedan title

Last weekend’s 2019 ROAR Nitro On-Road Nationals, held at the One Eighth Racers of Toledo, saw Serpent’s Ralph Burch taking the overall TQ in the 200mm Sedan class, however it was Paolo Morganti (Capricorn) who would be crowned National Champion after the 30-minute A-main final. Qualifying in 2nd Paolo would bring home the win after battling with Ralph for the lead for a good part of the race. The latter would score an unfortunate DNF after about 23 minutes, allowing Paolo to take the lead and bring home the win a lap in front of Shepherd’s Ted Hammer as Serpent’s Jeremiah Ward came in 3rd, some 15 seconds behind Ted.

Source: RC Target [rctarget.com]

September 24, 2019

Arrowmax Cup HK Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Arrowmax Cup HK was held at the PYC track in Hong Kong last weekend. The event was held in Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, FWD and Formula classes and in Touring Modified it was Yokomo’s Kendrick Fong who checked out in leg 1 and 2 of the A-main to take an early overall win while Small Fung and Simon Yeung (Xray/ZeroTribe) fought for the remaining podium spots. Ultimately it was Small Fung with the runner-up spot from Simon Yeung in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

September 24, 2019

SBS 1/10 EP Malaysian Major League Rd5 – Report

The final round of the 2019 SBS 1/10 EP Malaysian Major League was held last weekend at the SBS Speedway in Sg Buloh, Malaysia. Albeit a lower turnout than usual, competition remained stiff as ever with the country’s fastest drivers making their appearance this round, including 1/8 GT IFMAR World Champion, Jade Lim. In 2WD Modified Buggy, Bashir (Team Associated) did not show any signs of slowing down knowing that he already had more than enough lead in the points to be crowned the overall champion. It was a strong fight between him and Jade (Team Associated) in all three finals but Jade managed to win the first two mains to take the win. Bashir finished 2nd and Aaron (Xray) sealed a 3rd place overall.

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September 24, 2019

Naoto Matsukura wins at International Nitro Grand Prix

The RCMC Singapore club held the Infinity International Nitro Grand Prix last weekend, attracting some of the World’s fastest nitro on-road drivers. The event was held in 1/8th and 1/5th scale classes and saw Infinity’s Jesse Davis taking the overall TQ from Infinity teammate, Naoto Matsukura in 2nd. The 45-minute main final then was a pretty close affair with Naoto taking the win by less than a second from veteran racer, Infinity’s Alberto Picco while Rick Vrielijnck (Infinity) came in 3rd, some nine laps down, to round out the podium result in 3rd.

Image: Alberto Picco

September 24, 2019

Hächler & Scherer win at Swiss IC Track Nats Rd5

The fifth and final round of the Swiss IC Track Nationals was held at the challenging MRC Langenthal track last weekend. In the premier 1/8th IC Track class it was Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch with a clean sweep after the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from ARC’s Silvio Hächler. In the 45-minute A-main however it was Silvio who turned the page, taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Simon Kurzbuch while Xray’s Mattia Pesenti came in 3rd to round out the podium. Overall in the Championship his 2nd place finish was enough for Simon Kurzbuch to bring home the overall title from Xray’s Luca Martinelli in 2nd and Mattia Pesenti, who attended only four races, in 3rd.

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