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January 14, 2019

Matt Lewis wins Ledbury Winter Series Rd4

A great turnout of 55 drivers attended round 4 of the Ledbury Winter Series this past weekend at Ledbury Model Car Club. The weather stayed dry and the track was extremely grippy. Mike Lewis dominated qualifying – securing all four round with TQ. His brother, Matt was 2nd overall with yet more AE drivers Jon Howells and Lloyd Pitt 3rd and 4th respectively. Onto the A-final that saw some really interesting battles throughout the 15-minute race. AE’s Matt Lewis took the win by only 0.6 secs from his brother Mike. Jon Howells took the final step, only 0.5 secs in front of HB driver Chris Lovell.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

January 14, 2019

Jörn Neumann doubles at DHI Cup

The annual DHI Cup was held in Odense, Denmark this past weekend. As usual the race was held simultaneously on an off-road and an on-road track with the tracks sharing the drivers’ stand. In the 1/10th Buggy categories it was Schumacher’s Jörn Neumann with the clean sweep, taking the win in both 2WD and 4WD as HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk and Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in 2WD Buggy. Over in 4WD Buggy it was David Ronnefalk with the runner-up spot from HB Racing teammate, Hampus Berg in 3rd.

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January 14, 2019

Xray Racing Series Germany Rd2 – Report

The second round of this Winter’s XRS Germany was held at the permanent track of the MCRT-Aschaffenburg club. It was the last time the race took place at this facility since the track is likely to be closed in the first quarter of 2019. As the track is known for its small technical layout it demanded a lot from all drivers to make all clean runs. Classes run were Touring Car Stock, 1/12 GT Pan Car, Touring Car FWD and Formula. Most of the drivers already started off on Saturday with a whole day of free practice. Sunday was race day and at first saw three rounds of qualifying with the best two to count. Jannick Namyslo found a decent starting setup for his car and was able to TQ all three rounds. In FWD Harald Schmittgen, who drove the new Xray prototype, swept the qualifiers, highlighting the performance of both man and machine. In Formula Johannes dominated the field while in 1/12 GT Pan Car Felix was topping the timing sheets followed by Benedikt.

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January 13, 2019

Juan Carlos Canas wins Spanish 1/8th Buggy finale

The final round of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship was held in Alhaurin de la Torre this weekend. Newly signed SWorkz driver, Juan Carlos Canas (SWorkz/Reds Racing/6Mik) was in control of things all weekend, taking all three qualifiers for the overall TQ and bringing home the win in the 45-minute A-main from Robert Batlle (Mugen/Maxima/Hot Race) in 2nd and Daniel Bernabe (Radiosistemi/RC Concept/Pro-Line) in 3rd. Finishing on the runner-up spot Robert Batlle took his 13th national championship in a row.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

January 13, 2019

Sobue & Ratheisky to start Rd6 A-mains from pole

Akio Sobue has continued his dominance of the Sweep Modified class as the Japanese driver took the 3rd round of qualifying and wrapped up the top qualifying spot here early in Guangzhou for round 6 of the series with one qualifier still left to run. Jan Ratheisky did a similar feat in the Scorpion Stock class as the Xray racer once again was not headed by any of the local racers. In modified, the German bolted on a fresh set of Sweep handout tires and looked set to stop Sobue’s dominance, leading the heat for 3 minutes, but unfortunately fell back in the last minute which allowed Akio and Nicholas Lee passed. Sawada took 4th, while Lao Minhao completed the top 5. Sobue was once again on used tires, using a combination of 2 run old rear tires on the front and rear of his IF14, and said he felt the traction improve in the last 2 minutes of his run as the tires came in. For the final qualifier and the single 8-minute long A-main, Sobue still has two brand new sets of tires.

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January 13, 2019

OneTen Rd6 kicks off with familiar faces topping Q1

Round 6 of the OneTen Series presented by Infinity kicked off at Feiteng Raceway in Guangzhou with cooler conditions than on Saturday. The colder track conditions meant traction was a little lower than before but the order of the top 2 drivers remained the same. Akio Sobue, who claimed the season title in Modified yesterday, was again the pace setter from Jin Sawada, who seeded first in controlled practice earlier in the morning. 3rd spot for the opening round went to Jan Ratheisky, while Nicholas Lee and Gary Huang, the Xray driver running in the 2nd fastest heat, completed the top 5. Sobue who was on one run tires from the 2nd A-main yesterday felt that the traction was lower today but his car and the used tire were still ok.

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January 12, 2019

OneTen Series season titles go to Sobue & Ratheisky

As expected Akio Sobue has taken his 5th overall win of the OneTen Series presented by Infinity and in doing so has wrapped up the overall Sweep Modified title. Winning the 2nd leg of A-mains today in Guangzhou, and setting the fastest lap of the weekend with a 16.984, Akio was the only driver to break into the 16 second lap barrier all weekend to take the title in commanding fashion and allowing him to sit out the final leg.

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January 12, 2019

A1 wins for Akio & Jan at Feiteng Raceway

Infinity driver Akio Sobue has moved a step closer to securing the 2018/19 OneTen Series Modified title as he took an easy win in A1 this afternoon in Guangzhou. The Japanese driver was never challenged and could win by a substantial margin, which had increased to 9 seconds as team mate Sawada crashed on the last lap coming onto the back straight. Having managed to get pass the line before the buzzer Jin was luckily able to maintain his runner up position.

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