The KLIRCC International track in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia played host to the GP Challenge Cup recently. The event was held in several on-road classes and attracted local racers as well as guests from Singapore. In the 1/8th Nitro category it was Xray’s Jade Lim with the win in the main final from Shepherd’s Austin Wong and Xray driver Dixon Chen.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 2 of the Rebels Race series was held in Trebešín, Prague, Czech Republic last weekend. This time the organisers prepared a very fast track layout with many fast chicanes and as the track was laid out with ETS carpet the grip level was progressively raising up. In the Modified class it was Matěj Šulc, who won all qualifying rounds to take the pole position spot in front of Marcel Dostál and Petr Grof. Ultimately it was Matěj with the win in first two A-mains from Marcel and Petr. The final A-main would decide the overall podium results and in the end it was Marcel who would hold the upper hand over Petr, that latter was able to close on Marcel but did nit found a way past.
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The opening round of the Andalusian Championship was held at the Circuito RC José María García track in Lebrija this past weekend. Juan Carlos Canas was in control of things, taking the TQ after the qualifiers from Zacarias Villalba and also bringing home the win in the 45-minute main final. Agustin Illanes would better his qualifying performance, ending the race on the 2 spot, from runner-up after the qualifiers, Zacarias Villalba in 3rd, making it an all-Mugen top 3.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
PDX RC Underground in Portland, Oregon held round four of the 2018 Winter Rockstar Off-road Series this past weekend. Yokomo’s Joe Pillars was in control of things in the 2WD Modified class as he took the TQ after the qualifiers and also the win in the single 5-minute A-main. The Yokomo podium sweep was completed by Tanner Day in 2nd and Brad Borneill in 3rd.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
The inaugural running of the King of Stock Off-road Championship hosted by NewRed Hobbies took place last weekend. NewRed Hobbies is an indoor track located in north-central Florida with a very unique surface that is hard packed clay that is glued. With this race being 13.5T and 17.5T stock only, total entry count was a little smaller at 78 across the six classes; 2WD Indy buggy, 2WD SCT, 2WD Expert, 4WD Expert, Stadium Truck, and RTR Sportsman. Three rounds of qualifying were run on Saturday. Team Associated driver Lee Setser put in a dominating performance in the 4WD expert class with a perfect score for the overall TQ. The 2WD Expert class was very competitive in qualifying with Team Associated driver AJ Marasco and former World Champion Billy Easton (Serpent) trading TQ runs throughout qualifying, but Billy secured the overall TQ in the 3rd round. After qualifying ended, they had a 10-minute/no turn-marshal “Dash for Cash” for the Expert 2WD A-main drivers. There was an amazing 3-way battle between AJ Marasco, Lee Setser, and Billy Easton, but in the end, it was JConcepts Lee Setser taking the win and cash prize.
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Round one of seven of the Belgian FBA 1/10th Electric On-road National Championship was held this past weekend at the GTM club in Vosselaar. The club laid out a technical layout on the 30x20m ETS carpet track with a roomy pit area allowed lots of space for drivers and mechanics. The 2-day event kicked off with open practice on Saturday while the qualifiers and finals would be held on Sunday. Classes run remain the same for 2018 with Touring Modified on Voltante 28 tyres, Touring Stock using the ETS motor and speedo combo and Volante 28 tyres, Formula with ETS combo and Voltage tyres as well as the 17.5T fixed timing Rookie class. The race format for the weekend would be three rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains for all.
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The third round of the popular MRC Longwy Winter Series was held this past weekend. Hosted by the MRC Longwy club the event attracted a total of 88 drivers – a good amount given many other high-class races in the region and in Europe in general. The race was held in several electric on-road classes and in the premier Touring Modified category it was Lucas Urbain with the TQ and win from Cyril N’diaye in 2nd and Manual Wagner 3rd.
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The Saint Brieuc Indoor GP was held this past weekend with the event being hosted by the Saint Brieuc Mini Bolides club. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road class it was Benjamin Brasset with the TQ from Damien Thirion and John Ermen in 2nd and 3rd after the qualifiers. Changing outside temperatures and humidity made things challenging for the drivers especially on Sunday and one of the victims was John Ermen who crashed into the barriers at the start of the 30-minute main final to being dead last already in lap 1. At the front end of the pack however it was Benjamin who controlled the pace and despite John recovering to 2nd and chasing down the leader in the final stages, Benjamin would bring home a 2-seconds win from John 2nd as Stephane Bouche ended the main some four laps down on the leading duo.
Image: John Ermen
