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October 18, 2024

Coelho to contest FEMCA ISTC Championship

Double World Champion Bruno Coelho is to contest the 2024 FEMCA ISTC Championship. The Xray driver is the first confirmed international entry for this year’s Foshan International Invitational RC Championship (FIRC), which after a successful debut last year, will now host ‘Asian Championship’ title race. Last December the GDC Indoor Race Club in Guangdong, China, hosted the inaugural FIRC where Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker took the win and announcing in July the 2nd edition would take place December 5-8 the race has since been award the FEMCA ISTC Championship status. Last year saw the FEMCA Championship return for Electric Touring Car after Covid with Huge RC in Bangkok, Thailand, hosting the race where Awesomatix driver Jack R. Kittipong became 2023 Modified Champion ahead of Yokomo’s Nicolas Lee. One of the four blocs that make up IFMAR, FEMCA represents 15 nations in Asia and Australasia however the FEMCA Championship has been open to drivers from across the globe with entries from the likes of Coelho putting the spot light on the Asian racing scene.

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October 14, 2024

Raymond doubles at 2024 Kinwald Klassic

Hobby Action RC Raceway in Chandler, Arizona, played host to the 5th annual Kinwald Klassic where young Team Associated driver Levi Raymond completed the double. One of the 2023 IFMAR 1:10 Offroad World Championship host venue’s two big annual events, the other being the Desert Classic, the Kinwald Klassic is held in honour of Offroad RC great Brian Kinwald. Decided over 3 rounds, qualifying would see Matthew Gonzales secure the 2WD Mod Buggy TQ ahead of Chase Boyd while in 4WD it was Raymond who secured the top spot from Gonzales. In the triple finals, all three counting, 2WD would see three different winners but winning A2 it was P4 qualifier Levi Raymond that took the win over A1 winner Gonzales with his brother Chase Raymond completing the podium. In 4WD Buggy, Raymond would win A1 & 2 and finish P2 in the third encounter to complete the double again with Gonzales and Chase either side of him on the podium. The biggest winner of the event however was the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation who in Brian’s name received over $5,000 from collections during the event – well done to everyone involved.

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October 14, 2024

Jefferies wins EWS season opener

The latest season of the popular & long running Essex Winter Series kicked off over the weekend with Awesomatix driver Olly Jefferies taking the win ahead of the Schumacher of reigning Champion Elliott Harper. Qualifying for the opening round of the 5 race series, which is presented by Ruddog/Iris, would see Harper open proceedings with a TQ hitting the top of the times again in Q3. Taking Q2, Jefferies would however take the overall TQ was he laid down the fastest time in the fourth & final qualifier. Returning to race action former British National Champion Kyle Branson would line-up third ahead of British Nitro Onroad Champion Alex Thurston. In the single 5-minute A-main, the Top 7 would finish as they started with Jefferies registering maximum points 1.5-seconds up on Harper with Branson completing the podium a further 1.3-seconds back. In Stock, Zak Finlay secured the TQ and win while in the FWD class the win went to the Iris of Top Qualifier Adam Southgate.

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October 14, 2024

Inaugural Borneo Buggy Race – Report

The inaugural Borneo Offroad Buggy race organised by KKKJC (Kelab Kereta Kawalan Jauh Catz) concluded successfully last weekend at the privately owned Mulu RC Speedway track. The track, owned by a dedicated RC enthusiast for over two decades, played host to the Borneo Offroad Buggy event. A total of 38 from Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and France participated in this race, divided evenly into Electric and Nitro buggy categories.

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October 13, 2024

Anderson claims his first MonTech NYGP win

Having attended all five previous runnings of the MonTech New York Grand Prix, Awesomatix’s Kemp Anderson has finally added his name to the list of Champions of the annual flagship event of the 360V2 track in New Rochelle. Pushed hard in the rocket round qualifying by NYGP organiser Donny Lia, the 22-year-old would emerge as the Top Qualifier of the AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class ahead of Lia and Xray’s Keven Hebert. With a single 8-minute to decide who would be the new Champion, the two 2023 World Championship finalists where in a class of their own quickly gapping the rest of the 10 car field with their world class level of driving. With Lia all over the rear of his A12X, running slightly wide coming onto the straight was the only invitation Lia needed to go to the front just after the two & a half minute mark. Such was the leaders pace however, they where quickly upon traffic with the leader finding himself with nowhere to go as a back-marker tried to recover from a crash. Hitting the car and in turn hit from behind by Anderson, when everything settled it was the pole sitter that was back in front. With a mistake from Lia giving Anderson breathing space and dropping the New Yorker down to third behind Hebert, Anderson would lap everyone up to second place. With Lia getting back passed Hebert with a minute & a half left on the clock, the attention was then on the battle for third, fourth place qualifier Max Mächler getting passed Hebert with 5 laps to make it an all Awesomatix podium by 0.044 of a second.

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October 13, 2024

Anderson Top Qualifier at MonTech NYGP

Kemp Anderson is the 1:12 Modified Top Qualifier at the sixth edition of the Montech New York Grand Prix, the Awesomatix driver securing pole position for tomorrow’s single main with his time from the penultimate round of qualifier at the 360v2 track in New Rochelle. With Donny Lia putting himself right in the picture after leading Q3 for a time, he would go on to top the fourth & final qualifier but would come up short on the TQ pace. His time from the previous round will see the NYGP organiser line-up P2 in the final followed by Keven Hebert, the Xray driver finally getting his car set-up to where the Canadian has a chance of adding the NYGP title to his 2024 ROAR Nationals title. Having surprised himself by holding the overnight TQ after topping Q1, 1:12 Spec World Champion Max Mächler with line up P4 on the AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified grid ahead of the Prodigy of Josh Cyrul and CRC of Andrew Knapp. In the eXcelerate 13.5 1:12 class it is Lia who is your Top Qualifier from IFMAR President Eric Anderson. The Speedzone Modified Touring Car class sees Hebert lead away the grid tomorrow thanks to the Canadian’s Q3 time which Kemp Anderson came very close to toppling in Q4.

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October 12, 2024

Pressure from Lia sees Anderson up pace in Q3

An impressive performance from Donny Lia in the penultimate round of qualifying at the Montech New York Grand would force Kemp Anderson to up the pace in Q3 to hold on to the top spot in the event’s AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class with another new fastest time in rocket round qualifying format. A non-starter in the second round of qualifying as he switches between racer and event organiser, Lia, boosted by his 1:12 Stock TQ run in Q2, would lay down a very strong run until a mistake was enough to put Anderson back on top of the timing screens, the pair separated by 0.328 of a second at the end of the 8-minutes. The only driver to manage 54-laps in Q2, he would better that time by almost 4.5-seconds with Lia becoming only the second driver to 54 laps of the 360v2 track. Behind, Josh Cyrul would take his Prodigy 12 to the third fastest time ahead Keven Hebert and Friday’s Q1 pace setter Max Mächler, the later two having difficult runs.

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October 12, 2024

Anderson goes top in qualifying at Montech NYGP

Kemp Anderson has gone to the top of qualifying at the Montech New York Grand Prix, the Awesomatix driver laying down a new fastest time for the AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class this morning in Q2 as he became the first driver to do 54 laps of the 360v2 track. Behind Xray’s Keven Hebert set the second fastest time improving on his time from last night’s opening qualifier but the Canadian still remains third overall. Opening qualifying with a TQ run, Max Mächler struggled with his Awesomatix this morning but still completed the Top 3 ahead of the CRC of Andrew Knapp, the American suffering a late mistakes that meant he also did not improve on his Q1 time.

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