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May 28, 2018

Ari Heinonen wins Finnish Nitro Buggy Nats Rd1

Round 1 of 4 of this year’s Finnish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Turku in the South Western part of the country. Max Mört looked like the driver to beat in the Nitro Buggy class after taking a pretty dominant TQ, however problems in the semifinal meant he would miss the main final with Ari Heinonen (Mugen/Bullitt/JConcepts) taking profit of the situation, eventually winning the A-main from Joseph Quagraine (JQRacing/Reds Racing/JConcepts) 2nd and August Poutiainen (JQRacing/O.S./AKA) 3rd. Pekko Iivonen (JQRacing/SMJ/JConcepts) and Joonas Hyvärinen (JQRacing/SMJ/Pro-Line) rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

May 28, 2018

Muchmore sign Surikarn Chaidajsuriya

Muchmore have announced the return of former IFMAR ISTC World Champion, Surikarn C. to their factory team. The Thai frontrunner leaves behind a rather fruitful stint with Hobbywing but starting immediately he will campaign Muchmore electronics to power his rides. Surikarn had the following to say about the deal:

I am so happy and thank you so much for give me an oportunity to be back on Team Much More again for 2018 and beyond. I’m already looking forward for the upcoming races and can’t wait to feel a Much More speed with a Team Much More equipment.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

May 28, 2018

Mirko Salemi wins at Italian Shepherd Trophy

The 2018 Shepherd Trophy was held at the Racing Mini Car Fiorano track this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Nitro class it was WRC Racing’s Mirko Salemi with the triple of pole position, fastest lap and win to round out a perfect weekend. Shepherd’s Marco Vanni ended the 30-minute main final a lap down while Serpent racer, Andrea Ciuriante rounded out the podium result in 3rd another two laps down. In the 1/10th class Alessandro Balboni took the win of the A-final in front of Michele Scaglioni and Alessandro Ciaccheri while in the 1/10th Formula category it was Alessandro Bianchi that came out fastest in front of Matteo Berlincioni and Daniel Conte.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com] & Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 28, 2018

Lucas Urbain takes win at French TC Nats Rd3

The Beaumont Monteux Voitures Radio Commandees club held a round of the French Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend and it was Awesomatix’s Lucas Urbain with the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class. Awesomatix teammate, Loic Jasmin would end the day on the 2 spot of the podium in front of Xray’s Jérémy Limoges.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

May 28, 2018

Volker & Sobue complete final Reedy Race podium at Tamiya Raceway

Ronald Volker and Akio Sobue completed the podium at the 21st running of the Reedy Race of Champions, both drivers registering wins in the 12th and final round of racing at the legendary race’s final farewell to the Tamiya Raceway track. With Marc Rheinard wrapping up his 7th Reedy Race title with a win in the penultimate round of racing, the final series of races was about deciding the podium with the first race up the important one in the fight for 3rd. Contenders Sobue, Viktor Wilck and Christopher Krapp lined up together with Wilck also having an outside chance of taking second overall from Volker but his main focus was on keeping the final podium position he had held all day. Starting on the front row, Sobue got the perfect start to take the lead and while Wilck tried to chase him down he couldn’t get by the Infinity driver. With Krapp having a rough race behind them, Akio would get the win snatching 3rd overall from Wilck on tiebreak. With that position settled, the final race would see Volker and Rheinard line-up on the same grid and having duelled it out for the win all weekend until Volker suffered a DNF this morning, it would be a fitting end to the event as the pair but on a world class duel that highlight exactly why the Tamiya track has been such a hit with drivers. Coming through the field, they battled over the win with Volker putting a great pass on Rheinard even complimenting his rival afterwards on his ‘nice move’ on him. While Rheinard will go down as the last driver to win the Reedy Race at the Tamiya track, Volker has the claim of winning the last ever race.

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May 28, 2018

Rheinard bids farewell to Tamiya track with record 7th Reedy Race title

Marc Rheinard has bid farewell to the iconic Tamiya Raceway with a 7th Reedy Race of Champions title. Having come into the final day of the event, at a track many believe is what makes the unique format race so special, after starting the day with a win the Infinity driver wrapped things up in the penultimate round of racing. His 5th Reedy win at the track, which will disappear later in the year and become a storage facility, Rheinard’s man rival Ronald Volker needed a win in the 11th round after suffering a DNF a round early. With Rheinard up in the first race of the round, he made that quest even more difficult for his fellow countryman by taking his sixth win of the 21st running of the unique heads up racing event. For Volker, his disappointing day continued as he could only manage 5th in his race behind Viktor Wilck handing Rheinard the title and the honour of being the last Reedy Race winner at the Tamiya track.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

May 28, 2018

Lars Hoppe wins North German IC Track regionals Rd2

The second round of the North German IC Track regionals was held at the MAC Hamburg track this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro class 1 competition was tough. With Lars Hoppe, Timo Schröder and Merlin Depta three internationally experienced drivers battling it out for the win. After qualification the two Shepherd drivers Lars and Timo put their cars on the 1 and 2 spot for the finals as Serpent’s Merlin Depta followed in 3rd. In the final Lars slowly pulled away while Timo was able to make a small gap too. After 30 minutes of racing Lars took the win three laps in front of Merlin and Timo, the later unfortunately struggling with several engine flame-outs. In the 1/10th Nitro class Lennart Skornia took the TQ and win in front of Bernd Hasselbring and Kai Bode.

View the 200mm podium here

May 28, 2018

Jamie Clancy takes win at HNMC Memorial Race

The Herts Nitro Model Club held their annual Memorial charity race this past weekend to honour Pete Steven, Stephen Brunsden and Bernard Wija while raising money for the good cause. Kevin Brunsden took the overall TQ in the Nitro Buggy class from Jamie Clancy 2nd and Callum Niblett 3rd. Kevin would start from pole position into the A-main final, however a small bobble on lap 1 had him fall back to 3rd and eventually he would also drop to 4th following a crash. Up front Jamie Clancy held the lead while Kevin was able to recover after switching to risky 10-minute stints. In the end Jamie took the win a lap ahead of Kevin Brunsden as Callum Niblett ended the final in 3rd.

Image: Kevin Brunsden