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October 27, 2016

TQ Gens Ace Championships – Report

‪TQ Gens Ace Championships – Report‬

TQ RC Raceway of Chino, California, SoCal’s only indoor carpet on-road track, was the site of the first Gens Ace Championships. The morning started early with practice then the formal lineup of cars and drivers. The race day was handled by track owner Sean Park and his main shop guy Ralph, both kept the race pace fun and flowing well with its 49 Entries and 10 heats spread between seven classes. The Sedan classes were full as usual in both 17.5 and 13.5. Drivers had to navigate the tighter than normal sweeper at the end of the straight and many would come in contact with the wall. Ultimately in 13.5 Expert Roel Espina TQ’d and would take a decisive win by a lap over the field. Brian Rutgerford would come in second from JD Ramsey third.‬

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October 27, 2016

Asian Onroad Championships Rd4 – Report

Round four of the 2016 Asian Onroad Championships was held at PYC Raceway in Hong Kong. This unique, historical event was unluckily forecasted to coincide with a level 8 typhoon that would shut down most of the Hong Kong’s working force due to high wind, rain, and flooding advisory. However, miraculously enough the racing Gods would shine upon the AOC and slid the typhoon quickly across the dense city without any major harm or damage. Racing resumed on Saturday and the thrill of the AOC was back in action. One of the biggest standout feature about PYC Raceway is the smoothness of the surface. The silky asphalt top mimicked the pleasure of driving on carpet balanced with perfect curbs that allow every driver to press hard and use the curbing without too much penalty. The layout had great flow mixed with high and medium speed corners that required a certain amount of stability to carry maximum corner speed. Although the layout was not extremely tricky, it was nice not having “luck” features or sections that would eliminate drivers from having close battles. The times were close.

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October 26, 2016

2016 Race for Your Lives – Report

This past weekend Track Time Hobbies of Reno, Nevada held their annual Race for Your Lives event. Racers from as far as Arizona made the trek to Track Time Hobbies to race on the latest layout made with some of the most consistent dirt on the West Coast. Nearly 80 entries meant there would be some additional time and this would also allow for an additional 4th round of Ifmar qualifying for the racers who attended along with double A-main formats for the more heavily entered classes. Lower B-Mains were run first allowing the two bump up drivers to bump into their respective A-mains.

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October 26, 2016

Georgiadis wins at Greek Electric On-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the Greek Electric On-road Nationals was recently held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. Three pretty dominating round TQs secured Georgiadis the overall TQ and thus the pole position for the triple A-mains in the Touring Car class. The finals were then a walk in the park for the polesitter as he took wins in the opening two A-mains to grab the overall victory with one leg to spare. Tamiya pilot Isaakidis and Awesomatix’s Doucakis came in second and third to round out the podium.

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October 26, 2016

LRP-AE Challenge Italy Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the LRP-AE Challenge Italy was recently held with 70 entries for the four classes of Touring 13.5, Touring 17.5, Formula and Cinquone 299. Touring 13.5 was the most competitive category of the weekend with the top six drivers all being within two seconds. Andrea Simari would walk away with the win from Andrea Valerio who snatched the runner-up spot from fast Denny Giacomelli thanks to winning the third and final A-main. Davide Gianuzzi and Stefano Bizzoco would round out the top 5 result.

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October 26, 2016

BRCA 1/8th Electric Circuit National Rd9 – Report

With the racing season drawing to a close, the BRCA 1/8th Circuit section headed to the northern venue of Wombwell Model Car Club. With Alex Thurston only having to take home 92 points to be 1/8th Electric Circuit national champion, it seemed as if Alex had both hands on the trophy all weekend. With Saturday dry and Alex setting the pace it looked ominous for other championship contenders, but come Sunday the weather was to turn wet and after four rounds of qualifying Paul Bellinger took the TQ from Franck Dambrine and Jamie Paton.

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October 25, 2016

Daniel Rubio takes ATS Formula class title

The final round of the Andalusia Touring Series was held this past weekend at the Las Gabias track in Granada. With a second place at the final event, Daniel Rubio (MD Racing) secured himself the overall Formula class title from Xray driver Carlos Manuel Garcia and Tamiya pilot Francisco Sanchez Garcia in second and third respectively.

Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]

October 25, 2016

2016 Halloween Classic – Report

The 2016 Halloween Classic once again brought in racers from around the U.S. to The Gate in Brunswick, Ohio. The limited space available makes a pitting area a coveted badge of honor as it once again sold out, this year in only about 1 hour after going live for sign ups. Even with the extreme pressure all weekend everybody was having a blast, making new friends, and enjoying the announcing by the fabulous Mr. Chris Goetz. Having fun is the priority at The Gate, which is what helps make this race popular every year. Qualifying was hot and heavy as previous TQs fell in many classes from round 1 to round 4, keeping everyone on their toes and wrenching in the pits to find that something extra. Many former Stock class winners also jumped into the Mod arena in Touring Car while trying the test class of 12th 6.5 blinky.

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