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March 15, 2017

Urban Touring Series Rd3 – Report

Singapore’s Urban Touring Series ran its third round this past weekend. While some of the top names were missing this time, there remained plenty of fast drivers to make it another racing showpiece. Despite the grim start to the day with overnight rain, the hard work of the track crew, together with the help of racers, ensured that racing could get under way by late morning. Dominic Quek (Xray) took the TQ honours in qualifying round 1 by five seconds over Leonard Sim (Awesomatix). Despite a slightly damp track due to a slight drizzle in Q2, Dominic Quek improved on his Q1 result by two laps, securing overall TQ. In Q3, YS Heng (Yokomo) secured the TQ for the round to lock-down a P2 grid position for the finals. Leonard Sim would qualify 3rd overall.

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March 15, 2017

Hovgaard wins at DRCMU Electric On-road Nats Rd6

The sixth round of the Danish DRCMU Indoor Electric On-road Nationals was recently held at the Djurs RC club. In the Touring Modified class Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard was the quickest driver from the get go, coming out fastest in the controlled practice by about a tenth of a second in front of Mike Gosvig (Xray), and Frederik would also take the opening two qualifiers to grab the pole position for the triple A-mains from Mike Gosvig and Mike Hansen (Schumacher). In the opening A-main the race for the win was on between Frederik and Mike Gosvig as both had a good start but problems with backmarkers meant Frederik would be allowed to cruise to the win in A1. After another good start and with a fast pace, the Yokomo driver would then also come out fastest in A2 to take the day’s win from A3 winner, Mike Gosvig in second and Mike Hansen third.

Thanks to Frederik Hovgaard for the report.

March 14, 2017

Kaja Novotny sweeps Czech 1/10 Off-road Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the Czech Electric Off-road National Championship was held in Olomouc over the weekend. Kaja Novotny would sweep the qualifiers in the 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and 2WD Truck classes to take the pole positions in all three categories. In the 2WD mains Kaja continued to dominate, taking wins in all three A-mains to grab the overall from Milan Mudra in second and Marek Schiller third.

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March 14, 2017

Havranek, Kunak & Hoch win at HIT 130 finale

The Czech-based HIT 130 electric on-road series is in its final stages of the 2016/17 season with the recent round attracting a good amount of national and even international drivers. The event was an unofficial warm-up for the forthcoming Czech National Championship and so head track designer, Martin Babovsky created a pretty challenging layout that separated the boys from the men. In Touring Stock young Oliver Havranek took the TQ and he also came out on top of the field after the A-mains to grab the day’s win from a chasing Ludvik Kurecka on the runner-up spot. Behind the two Karel Kratochvil secured himself the final podium spot from son Martin.

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March 14, 2017

Basile Concialdi wins at French 200mm Nationals Rd1

Evry in the South of Paris played host to the opening round of the French 200mm National Championship this past weekend. Known for its fast layout and very high traction the track made for exciting races in the fast Elite category that saw a close race with six drivers being able to post lap times in the low 16-second range. Shepherd’s Basile Concialdi started the main final from pole and after 45 minutes of racing without any mistakes or traction rolling he crossed the finishing line in first position one lap in front of Michael Derderian (Xray) with Jean Baptiste Geneau (Capricorn) completing the podium in third.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 14, 2017

Picard & Saux successful at French 1/8th IC track opener

The opening round of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road National Championship was held in Marseilles over the weekend. In the Elite category, Romain Picard would take the TQ while in the slightly slower National category it was Georges Saux that came out fastest after the qualifiers. The 45-minute Elite class main final was a pretty entertaining affair with the top 3 drivers, winner Romain Pircard (Mugen), runner-up Jerome Papaconstantinos (Shepherd) and third placed Leo Arnold (Xray) being separated by only 1.7 seconds on the finish line. In the 30-minute National class final it was Georges Saux who would defend his top spot from Gabriel Maufroy in second and Frederic Vergnieres in third.

View the National class podium here

March 14, 2017

Aurelien Gouriau wins French 200mm opener

The opening round of the French 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was hosted by the Mini Racing Team Essonne club in Envy near Paris. In the National class Clement Bioy would take the TQ but it was Aurelien Gouriau (Mugen) who would take the win in the 30-minute main final from Mugen teammate Clement. In third Shepherd driver Jeremy Debez would round out the podium result.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

March 14, 2017

Pichakorn & Surikarn win at Huge RC Challenge Rd2

The second round of the Huge RC Challenge was held at the Huge RC facility in Thailand this past weekend. In the 1/10th Touring class it was Pichakorn who took the TQ but he suffered from an engine flame out at the start of the final, sending him down the order and he was already two laps behind when he finally managed to get back into the race. With a tremendous pace Pichakorn was able to make up ground and some five minutes before the end he was able to get into the lead, eventually tanking the win from Anutin in second and Den in third. Elsewhere in the 1/8th Nitro class, Surikarn would take the win on home soil, battling with top qualifier Benz for a while until the latter ran into mechanical issues which allowed Surikarn to cruise to the win with Panyavit and Sittichai coming in second and third respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]