The 2017 edition of the Mountain Model Camp will be held from the 12th to 16th of October at the Storefjell hotel in Norway. The event will see Modified Touring, 13.5T Touring, Formula, 1/12th scale and M-Chassis classes beside RWD and CS drift car categories and it not only is about racing but socialising with the winter resort offering lots of things to do beside RC racing. All information including sign-up can be found here.
The 2017 season of the popular German Nitro-West-Masters series is about to start this coming weekend. Round one of the series, that mainly visits tracks in the western part of the country, will take place at the fast track Hamm track, home of last year’s EFRA 40+ European Championships and the German Nationals. Already in its ninth season the Nitro-West-Masters cares about the popular 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes that got some additional swing with the introduction of the Hobby-Cup Stock engine classes some years ago.
The April Fools Classic hosted by Murf’s Intermountain R/C Raceway for the past 29 years hit a record high 365 entries this year. Super Stock Buggy was a nail biter for Joel Eaton (Xray). Starting from the TQ position lap 1 was perfect for him but entering the infield burm turn on lap 2 his car unexpectedly hit a bump and flipped causing the car to fly end over end onto the straightaway. Luckily for him most of the field also had issues through the 180 degree burm turn and Joel was able to rejoin in 3rd. By lap 3 he was already back in second and had a race long chase to catch leader Charley Cavalier (TLR) with in the closing stages. Pushing Charlie he made a mistake over the huge booter triple that allowed Joel to pass as he crashed. Eaton was able to hit his marks and take home the win from there, taking home the win from Charlie Cavalier 2nd and Tony Newland (Schumacher) 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
This past weekend, Neo17 would once again invade Harper Adams Arena in Shropshire, England. Well know as probably the most popular indoor 1/8 off-road race in the World, this year would see one of the most stacked drivers list from the past few years with all the major teams sending out there top drivers to compete for one of the prestigious Neo titles. After all five rounds of qualifying were complete, it was HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk securing the overall TQ honours. The single 10-minute A-main event saw a great battle for the first couple of laps between David Ronnefalk and Xray’s Ty Tessmann. On lap five Tessmann was able to get by Ronnefalk and open up a lead. Tessmann would then control the race for the next couple minutes before coming under pressure from Kyosho’s Elliott Boots. With time running out, Tessmann would run mistake free and be the only driver to make it by for the extra lap to take home yet another Neo 1/8th E-Buggy title.
Round four of the Indonesian GT National Championship was recently held at Sunter International Speedway. Serpent’s Bowie Ginting would take the overall TQ in front of Serpent teammate Arya to start from pole position into the 30-minute main final. At the start Arya would jump into the lead while polesitter Bowie had to return to the pits to have his engine’s carburettor readjusted. Rejoining the field dead last Bowie soon recovered, taking the 2nd place behind Arya some six minutes into the race. Some time later the latter had to retire with engine problems which left Bowie in the lead with a huge margin on the field. At the end Bowie Ginting (Serpent/O.S.) was able to wrap up the win some 8 laps ahead of Rahmat Futaki (HongNor/O.S.) with Yuri Taruna (Mugen/O.S.) in third. Vavan Mahatma (Mugen/O.S.) and Bernardy (Kyosho/Reds Racing) would round out the top 5 result.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The 2017 edition of the International Dutch F1 Masters was held at the Dutch MACH Heemstede club over the weekend. Erik Sigterman had claimed the overnight TQ after the four qualifying rounds on Saturday and he would also take the overall TQ as the fifth and final qualifier on Sunday morning had to be cancelled due to rain and hail. Infinity’s Jitse Miedema would put his car on the 2 spot on the grid while Sidney Blokker (Yokomo) came in third.
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Revelation Raceway of Ontario, California played host to the Spring Challenge and it was Adam Drake who took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class. Adam would also lead the way in the 30-minute A-main, ultimately bringing home the win some by two laps.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
The opening round of the Belgium Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the MAC De Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, The Netherlands. In the 1/8th class it was John Ermen who took the TQ after the qualifiers with Gunter van Staey and Robin D’hondt coming in second and third. For the 30-minute main final John Ermen (ARC) was able to conserve his qualifying performance, taking a dominant win some three laps in front of Capricorn driver Robin D’hondt while Augustin Mejor (Serpent) completed the top 3 result another two laps down.
Image: John Ermen
