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April 30, 2018

Reno Savoya wins rained out French Elite Nats Rd2

The second round of the French Elite 1/8th Nitro Off-road Nationals was held in Deuvry this past weekend. Rain threatened the event all weekend long and in the end the organisers had to call it a day on Sunday with the semis and mains not being run. This handed TLR’s Renaud Savoya the win thanks to his TQ position with Xray’s Yannick Aigoin taking the runner-up spot as Kyosho’s Rayan Medjoubi snatched the final step on the podium.

Image: Renaud Savoya

April 30, 2018

Ryan Cavalieri takes 2018 ROAR Touring Modified title

The 2018 ROAR Electric Paved On-Road National Championships were held this weekend at Ft. Myers R/C Car Club in Cape Coral, Florida. Off-road ace, Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated/Muchmore) arrived at this year’s nationals with hopes of adding another Modified Touring Car National Championship to his already impressive resume. In the premier Modified Touring Car class, Cavalieri went onto dominate qualifying by TQ’ing three of the four rounds to take the overall TQ honors. In A-main number one, Cavalieri drove flawless by leading every lap and taking the Win by over five seconds. A-main two would be more difficult as changing track conditions made racing extremely tough. Cavalieri remained calm while having great battles with teammates Rick Hohwart and Kevin Hebert throughout the intense 6-minute A-main. As the checkered flag waived, it was Cavalieri just edging out Hebert to take the win and the 2018 ROAR Modified Touring Car National Championship. Behind him, Keven Hebert (Team Associated/Reedy) took the runner-up spot while Xray/Maclan’s Julian Wong completed the podium result.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

April 30, 2018

Introducing the 2018/19 OneTen Series

Red RC are excited to introduce the 2018/19 OneTen Chinese EP Racing Series presented by Infinity, a new series comprising of 4 rounds of electric onroad racing that travels along the South Eastern China seaboard. For our inaugural season, the OneTen series will comprise of 2 electric touring classes – Modified Touring and Stock Touring and will be run using controlled tires and additive in both classes, as well as controlled motor in the Stock Touring class. At each round we will also run a fun & simple non-championship support class, details of which will be announced soon.

View more details plus the complete calendar (中文) here

April 30, 2018

Hofer & Kaufmann wins at Swiss Buggy Nats Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Swiss 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place at the ORCM track in Montagny, France. In the Expert class it was Patrick Hofer with the TQ while in the Amateur category young Noah Kaufmann came out fastest after the qualifiers. The Expert class then held a breath-taking battle between Patrick Hofer and Jeremy Pittet. At the 30-minutes mark the two were separated by barely a car length but with coolness and excellent pit stops, Patrick was able to bring home the win after Pittet also suffered a flame-out during his final stop for fuel. In the end Jeremy would have to settle for 2nd in front of Joachim Kallen 3rd. In the 30-minutes Amateur class A-main it was Noah Kaufmann with the win, some 22 seconds in front of Gabriel Pinto as Gilles Devaud rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Team Associated Switzerland [facebook.com]

April 30, 2018

Jörn Neumann wins at International Warm-Up Race

The 12th annual International Warm-Up Race was held at the Rhein-Main-Circuit in Bischofsheim, Germany this past weekend. The event marks the season opener for the 1/8th Off-road classes in Germany and traditionally attracts many racers from Germany and the surrounding countries. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann with the win in the rain-delayed 30-minute main final, only about a second in front of Agama’s Burak Kilic. RC gypsy Joseph Quagraine (JQ Racing) would round out the top 3 podium results from SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier 4th and Mugen’s Carsten Keller 5th.

Continue reading the report here

April 30, 2018

Elliott Boots TQs & wins at BRCA Rally X Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th Rallycross National Championship was held at the Herts track this past weekend. Typical British weather made things a bit unpleasant and it was Kyosho’s Elliott Boots who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers. In the 45-minute main final, that lacked some of the big guns such as Lee Martin or Neil Cragg, it was again Elliott that excelled, as he took the win with a 1-lap margin from Team Associated’s Lewis Jones 2nd and Mugen’s Simon Willetts 3rd. Oliver Currie and Graham Alsop rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

April 30, 2018

Davide Ongaro gets the job done at The Italian Job

The annual The Italian Job Race was held this past weekend at ehe Tracciato Piemontese di Balocco track and it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro with the TQ and win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy Pro F1 and Electric classes. Davide swept qualifying in both categories with Xray’s Marco Baruffolo coming in 2nd in Nitro Buggy as Tekno’s Alex Zanchettin came in 2nd after the qualifiers on the E-Buggy class. The Nitro A-main was slightly affected by rain but this did not stop Davide from bringing home another popular win this season with Radiosistemi driver, Leonardo Valente, coming in 2nd as Alex Zanchettin (Tekno) rounded out the top 3 results. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Marco Baruffolo was able to chase Davide in the opening 30 minutes, however technical issues forced Marco to retire and he eventually finished 13th overall. The single 10-minute E-Buggy A-main at first saw Ongaro and Zanchettin fight for the lead but Davide held his nerves together as Alex had some mishaps as he tried to put the leader under pressure. Ultimately it was Davide with a second win this weekend, leaving behind SWorkz’s Martin Wollanka on a popular 2nd place as Marco Baruffolo ended up in 3rd overall.

Source: Modellismo RC [modellismorc.net]

April 30, 2018

Bowie Ginting wins East Touring Series Rd2

The second round of the East Touring Series was held at East RC Speedway, Jakarta this past weekend, attracting a total of 30 racers to compete in the Open Brushless 13.5 class. It was Bowie Ginting who secured the pole with a 1.5 seconds margin ahead of Christian Mamesah and Arya Seta, all of them scoring 18 laps. Muhammad Izzah and Ridhwan Suteja came in 4th and 5th respectively with 17 laps. Leg 1 was full of drama with both Bowie and Christian failing to finish due to mechanical issues, handing Ridhwan Suteja the win by quite a margin. With Bowie securing leg 2 and 3 of the A-mains it was the Yokomo driver with the overall win from two-times P2 finisher, Christian, as Ridhwan completed the podium result.

View the final results here