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September 3, 2019

BRCA Touring Car Nationals finale – Report

The final round of this year’s BRCA Touring Car Nationals were held at the iconic Aldershot last weekend. Heading into it both classes were yet to be decided. In Modified, Olly Jefferies has been battling hard with Elliott Harper all season and either of them could take the championship and in Stock the battle would be between Schumacher’s James Hart and Zak Finlay with Colin Jackson having an outside chance. In Modified Olly dominated proceedings with his prototype Schumacher chassis, winning all four rounds locking out TQ for the meeting. His rival Elliott Harper (Xray) would line up second from Team Associated’s Zak Smith who was also very fast this weekend.

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September 3, 2019

Romanian 1/10th Buggy Nationals – Report

This year’s Romanian 1/10th Buggy Nationals were held in Pucioasa on a technical, high-traction indoor carpet track. In the Senior 2WD Buggy class it was the duo of Catalin Matei and Cristian Faur who battled it out with Catalin, top qualifier, made it to the top opening two A-main events. Cristian Faur had to settle for 2nd in front of George Vladu to complete the podium.

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September 3, 2019

Infinity World Challenge – Report

Last weekend the Infinity World Challenge Race was held at the Morac Ring in Austria. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Nejc Mihelic with the round TQ in Q1 from Branislav Panak in 2nd. Q2 was lead by Branislav most of the time but a last lap mistake allowed Tomas Liptak to TQ the round. Overall however it was Nejc Mihelic with the TQ after the qualifiers. In the first of the two finals it was a clean run for Nejc Mihelic as he managed to run away from Branislav and Tomas while the two battled for 2nd position. The battle was lost for Branislav later as he ran out of fuel on lap 52 and then again on the last lap so it was an easy win for Nejc who would finish 1 lap ahead of Tomas and 2 laps in front of Branislav.

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September 3, 2019

Mauritian Electric On-road Championship Rd6 – Report

The Mauritian RLMC/MMC Electric On-road Championship recently concluded with the sixth and final round of the series. The event was again held three different classes with 1/8th BL Open being won by Mosheen Casseem from Christophe Cazin on the runner-up spot. Jovanni Appasamy came in 3rd to round out the podium at round 6.

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September 3, 2019

SBS 1/10 EP Malaysian Major League Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the SBS Major League at the SBS Speedway in Sg Buloh, Malaysia recently. The penultimate round of the series saw a hiccup with the timing software, forcing the race director to start the race later in the afternoon but with a lower than usual amount of entries finishing by the end of the day was not a concern. As in every round so far, 4WD Modified Buggy saw the most participants and this time was no different. Competition was fierce with reigning champion Bashir (Team Associated) battling against Shahrin (Xray) and Kent (Tekno) for the the win this round, however Bashir maintained his composure and grabbed the win in all the mains. Shahrin came in 2nd and Kent was 3rd.

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September 2, 2019

2019/20 Australian Touring Series – Announcement

The Australian Touring Series has announced details for the new 2019/20 season. Series host Ryan Maker and race director Chris Mitchell are thrilled to be bringing the best on-road racing weekends in Australia, focusing on the fun and exciting environment seen at major international events, in a format and atmosphere that everyone can enjoy. ATS2 starts in Melbourne – October 4th-6th 2019 at the MRCCR Inc. Club in Lilydale, Victoria. Following rounds in 2020 will run through Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane – with event dates being finalised and a very special announcement coming soon. After the inaugural season, ATS2 will see some changes to the classes being offered, with 3 touring championship classes and 5 showcase classes being offered at each round, giving everyone a chance to race their favourite class. Championship classes will include Modified Touring, 13.5T Super Stock Touring and 21.5T Stock Touring with the showcase classes being 1/12th Stock, 1/12th Modified and new for 2019/20, 17.5 GT, Formula, and Pro10. Full details can be found on the series’ official website here.

September 2, 2019

Wataru Takashiro TQs & wins at GQ Cup

The GQ Cup was held at the Icheon RC Circuit in Icheon, Korea this past weekend. Wataru Takashiro set the overall TQ and he also took the win in the 45-minute Nitro Buggy main final. Kim Yeon Ho came in 2nd followed by Ryan Lee who rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

September 2, 2019

Thomas Musso wins French 4WD Buggy championship

The fifth and final round of the French Electric Off-road Championship was held at the CARCA track in Noeux Les Mines over the weekend. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Thomas Musso with the overall TQ, taking five of the six qualifying rounds to leave behind Renaud Savoya in 2nd and Thomas Anger in 3rd. The triple A-main events again saw Thomas Musso making a clean sweep and by taking wins in all three legs he secured the overall from Savoya and Anger. With the win at the final round, Thomas Musso also took the French 4WD Buggy National title.

Source: Corally [corally.com]