May 31, 2022
The first round of the 1/10 EP Touring Greek Nationals was held in the RcManiacs track located in Argos, Greece recently in hot conditions. In the Modified class, reigning Greek champion Dimitris Ioannidis (Awesomatix) took the TQ spot early on by taking Q1, Q2 and Q3 while multi-time Greek champion Isaakidis (Mugen) secured 2nd spot on the grid with Andreas Koutras (Mugen) behind him. In the finals, Ioannidis won leg 1 and leg 2 securing the overall win even when in leg 1 a tire issue saw him lose 3 places, he was able to regain the lead and take…
April 3, 2022
Racing was back once again at the Valkaria RC Raceway for Rd6 of the FSEARA series last weekend. Due to the increased interest and popular demand in order to practice this year’s ROAR Regionals and Nationals, FSEARA revisit Valkaria for the 2nd time this season. This race is also considered the warm up event for the ROAR Regional due to the timeline of the event. With a solid 104 entries for the event, it was once again a successful turn out for this round. The highlight of the battle for the weekend was for sure in 17.5 TC. Infinity Driver…
March 30, 2022
The Norwegian EP Offroad Nationals were held this past weekend at the KayArena carpet track in Siggerud. The 2wd portion was run with four qualifiers and Daniel Kobbevik TQ’d all four with his Sunpadow/Hobbywing powered Schumacher LD2. Helge Johannesen and Eirik Andressen complete the top three on the grid. Daniel won A1 easily with Eirik Andreassen with his Yokomo second and Alexander Gjemble with his Schumacher third. In A2 Daniel had huge lead, but 1:45 before the finish, the right front wheel came off, and at same time earlier in the final Alexander and Eirik had a hard wheel to…
March 22, 2022
…from eighth on the grid to take the win. Finley would come home second with James Eaves completing the podium from 6th place. Stuart would finish in 5th place. F2 LMP12 A Final Result Round 5 1. Gavin Clinch – Zen Racing 2. Finley Williams – Roche 3. James Eaves – Schumacher 4. Peter Stockton – Schumacher 5. Stuart Rand – Zen-Racing 6. Stan French – Awesomatix 7. Mark Barford – Zen Racing 8. Dan Millard – Roche 9. Nigel Hale – Awesomatix 10.Andy Cottom – Schumacher In F1 LMP12 David Spashett was favourite to secure the championship having won…
March 18, 2022
The final round took place last Sunday, for the well attended EssexCarpetClash series. To round off the series a quick and enjoyable track was laid for all drivers to race on. After a single round of practice, the 4 rounds of qualifying took place and it was clear in both 2WD and 4WD that the pole sitter meant business by topping the score sheets in all qualifying. 4wd saw John Painter line up in pole position ahead of Steve Kelly and Paul Evans. In 2wd, Kyle Moon would be car 1, ahead of a very fast and chasing Ellis Stafford….
March 17, 2022
…Brien – 575 10.Mitchell Fiddling – 573 Unfortunately Championship winner Neil was unable to attend the last round. As always a huge thank you to the Worksop team for all of their hard work and effort throughout the year, the tracks have been amazing and it has been a brilliant series. Also a huge thank you to the referees, to both Dave Fiddling and John Cockill who have done a brilliant job for us. It was nice to welcome our International racer Moritz Lautenbach from LRP to this event, well done on making the double A final. Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]…
March 15, 2022
The final round of the 2021-2022 Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. Although the championship had been wrapped up in the Modified and Super Stock classes, it was far from decided in the Sportsman Stock and Front Wheel Drive categories as the 10th Anniversary Season came to a close. The Modified class saw two popular European racers join the field, Sweden’s Alexander Hagberg and France’s Lucas Urbain, but it was already-crowned champion Kyle Branson who set the pace in Q1 for Xray, narrowly ahead of Lucas’s Awesomatix. Q2 saw Lucas move to the top, with Alexander the quickest Xray…
February 26, 2022
Round 5 of EssexCarpetClash4 took place last Sunday, and the drivers entered the venue to a slightly untraditional track layout compared to normal. With the straight in the centre of the track, a cross over and a larger jump for this round, it was a ‘Marmite’ track for the drivers. After heated practice, the 4 rounds of qualifying started with the best 2 to count. Harley Eldridge got to grips with the track straight away taking the top spot in all rounds. Stephen Brown would line up second with Steven Kelly in 3rd beating Lee Hedges on a better time….
