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Wataru Takashiro TQs & wins at GQ Cup

Posted: 02 Sep 2019 08:55 AM PDT

The GQ Cup was held at the Icheon RC Circuit in Icheon, Korea this past weekend. Wataru Takashiro set the overall TQ and he also took the win in the 45-minute Nitro Buggy main final. Kim Yeon Ho came in 2nd followed by Ryan Lee who rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

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Thomas Musso wins French 4WD Buggy championship

Posted: 02 Sep 2019 07:46 AM PDT

The fifth and final round of the French Electric Off-road Championship was held at the CARCA track in Noeux Les Mines over the weekend. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Thomas Musso with the overall TQ, taking five of the six qualifying rounds to leave behind Renaud Savoya in 2nd and Thomas Anger in 3rd. The triple A-main events again saw Thomas Musso making a clean sweep and by taking wins in all three legs he secured the overall from Savoya and Anger. With the win at the final round, Thomas Musso also took the French 4WD Buggy National title.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

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Tim Wood wins at British Open

Posted: 02 Sep 2019 07:16 AM PDT

The annual British Open Championship took place over the UK bank holiday weekend at the Halifax racetrack in the north of England. Glorious sunny weather for 3 days greeted 87 drivers across the 1/8th and 1/10th IC Track classes. Hot weather made 5-minute qualifying runs difficult for the top heat with many drivers running out of fuel on numerous occasions. Andrew Hastings took the TQ, having successfully managed the full 5 mins without stopping. Finals took place on Monday. The 1/8th main final saw a 7-car train at the start. Andy was battling Karl at the front whilst Tim Wood was working his way through the pack. After seven minutes Tim took the lead which was never relinquished. A smooth drive saw Tim take another convincing victory. Karl Dransfield finished 2nd with Andy North taking the final podium position after a tight battle with John Carr who finished 4th. With this victory, Tim has not only won the first British Open title for his chassis sponsor. With 601 points from six races, Tim has also done the trick of taking the title of the BRCA 8th Circuit National Champion second time in a row.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

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Infinity plastic storage boxes

Posted: 02 Sep 2019 06:37 AM PDT

Infinity has released two new plastic storage boxes to transport and store your race car. The black plastic storage boxes offer greater strength and durability than a regular cardboard box. Printed with the ‘Infinity World Champions Team’ logo, the regular box measures 47×21.5x13cm to accommodate a 1:10 scale touring car. The large 57×31.5x17cm offering caters for the 1:8 racers storage needs.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

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2019 Schumacher GP Italy – Report

Posted: 02 Sep 2019 06:30 AM PDT

The 2019 edition of the Schumacher GP Italy was held at the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Bolzano in a state of the art conference room supplemented by large pit spaces which provided great comfort for the numerous attendants. In LMP Open Modified, it was Andy Murray taking the win ahead of teammate and young gun Daniel Robins. The 3rd place went to Mattia Dall’Oca.

In GT12, the largest class at the event, it was again back to back UK National Champion Andy Murray to seal the win after a super close and thrilling battle on the track with Nathanael Goodban. To complete the all-english podium, Mark Fitzsimmons showed impressive consistency and speed throughout the weekend.

In the Touring Car Stock, Christian Stöckl swept the race with the TQ, fastest lap and the overall win ahead of Lorenzo Bigi and Martin Stöckl.

The race was also a joint event with the sixth and final round of the Italian GT12 Series 2019. Alessio Mota came out on top of the overall ranking of the Series after a super close battle with teammate Mattia Dall’Oca. Luca Tassinari completed the final podium.

Source: GT12 Italia

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Davide Ongaro crowned European E-Buggy Champion

Posted: 02 Sep 2019 05:01 AM PDT

The 2019 EFRA 1/8th E-Buggy European Championship was held in Barcelona, Spain over the weekend. Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro and HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk battled it out for the overall TQ with Davide ultimately holding the upper hand, winning three of the five qualifiers while David was able to win the remaining two rounds. The three 10-minute A-mains then had Davide taking a very close win in A1 and a not-so-close victory in A2 for the early overall title from David on the runner-up spot. Davide then sat out A3, making way for SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas who would take the win to cement his his final podium spot from Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo in 4th.

Image: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

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Matt Gonzales doubles at Surf City Classic

Posted: 02 Sep 2019 04:36 AM PDT

OCRC Raceway of Huntington Beach, California played host to the 12th annual Pro-Line Surf City Classic this past weekend, attracting over 310 entries. In 13.5T Stock Buggy it was Yokomo’s Matthew Gonzales with the overall TQ and he would also take the win in the single 10-minute A-main event, leaving behind Team Associated’s Antonio Counsil in 2nd, a lap down. TLR’s Matthew Willbilly came in 3rd some 2.8 seconds down on Antonio to round out the podium. Over in 17.5T Stock Buggy it was again Matthew with the overall TQ and win as Antonio scored another runner-up spot, 9.6 seconds behind Matty G. Team Associated’s Ezra Keller would round out the top 3 another second down.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

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Michal Orlowski sweeps oOple Invernational X

Posted: 02 Sep 2019 04:20 AM PDT

The oOple Invernational X was held at the Robin Hood Raceway in the UK this past weekend, attracting some of Europe’s fastest 1/10th off-road racers. Schumacher’s Michael Orlowski would take the overall TQ in 2WD Modified Buggy and he also came out on top in A2 and A3 after scoring a 4th place finish in the reverse grid A1. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg took 4-2-2 finishes for the overall runner-up spot from Greg Williams in 3rd with 9-3-3 runs. 4WD Modified Buggy again had Michal scathing the overall TQ and win from Neil as Allan O Brien (Schumacher) came in 3rd overall.

Images: Michal Orlowski

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2019 International German Pro10 Nationals – Report

Posted: 02 Sep 2019 03:53 AM PDT

The 2019 International German Pro10 Nationals were held at the Speedracer Bernau Club near Berlin in Modified and Sport classes with drivers from The Netherlands, the UK and Germany in attendance. The warm weather made for good traction conditions and the weekend kicked off with free practice on Friday followed by triple controlled practice runs and three qualifying rounds on Saturday. Sunday saw two more qualifiers and the triple A-mains. In the Modified class reigning German Champion, Tim Altmann set the pace in the timed practice followed by his brother Kai with Timo Schad and Tobias Weist completing the top 4.

In the opening two qualifiers Tim and Kai took the top 2 spots followed by Dirk Elsebusch and Reinder Wilms. Tobias, with DNFs in Q1 and Q3 scored a round TQ in the third qualifier from Timo and Tim. The fourth and fifth qualifier also went to Tobias who won the tie-breaker with Tim. Timo took P3 on the grid, again in a tie-breaker, leaving behind Kai in 4th.

A1 then saw a freight train of the top 4 drivers with a mistake of Tobias opened the door for Tim about four minutes into the race. Finally it was Tim with the win about a second in front of Tobias as Timo came in 3rd. A2 saw again Tobias leading the way, taking profit of a 2-horse battle between Tim and Timo. Ultimately it was Tobias with the win in the second A-main from Timo, who found a way past Tim, the latter ending the leg three tenths of a second behind Timo. This meant the overall title would be decided in the third and final A-main that was again lead by Tobias who was able to open an early gap and bringing home the win and overall title some eight seconds in front of Tim, Kai and Timo. When the dust had settled it was Tim with the vice-championship from Timo in 3rd. With the result the previous three German Nationals winner joined themselves on the podium.

Reinder Wilms in 5th would bring home the title in the 40+ class from Dirk Elsebusch while Jamie Peter with a 9th place finish took the best Junior trophy.

Over in the Sport class Joachim Behnken set the pace in the practice sessions, however it was 2nd place seeder Jan Dietmar with the fastest times in the opening two qualifiers. Mathijs Hermens came in 2nd in Q1, followed by local hero Christian Wünsch. Q2 saw Sascha Lennartz and Joachim Behnken in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Q3, Q4 and Q5 then were dominantly won by Joachim, however his times were slower than Jan’s meaning the latter would snatch the overall TQ in the tie-breaker. Sascha came in P3 while Mathijs and Christian completed the qualifying top 5. Reigning Champion, Erwin Peters had to cope with the challenging track and only started from P9 into the triple A-mains.

A1 saw a race between Jan and Joachim with the two showing nice slipstream battles. After a flawless run it was Jan with the win some six tenths of a seconds in front of Joachim – both ending the leg with the only 25-laps runs as Sascha came in 3rd for now. A2 saw Jan scoring a DNF after having a technical some two minutes in to the race, allowing Joachim to take the win from P6 qualifier Rainer Schad. At the tone of A3 Jan jumped the start which awarded him a 5-seconds time penalty that he tried to make up with a faster pace, however driving on the edge ended in hitting a curb and scoring another DNF. Up front Joachim clocked the fastest time of the day for the overall German Pro10 Sport class title. Rainer again showed a strong pace to take the vice-championship from Sascha Lennartz in 3rd overall. The three would also make up the 40+ podium. Last year’s Youth Champion, Florian Kölsch only competed in the B-final, however he was still able to walk away with the 2019 Youth title from Philipp Lischke in 2nd.

Thanks to Tobias Weist for the report. Images: Ronny Amft

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Alexandre Hirata wins at Brazilian Touring Champs

Posted: 02 Sep 2019 02:44 AM PDT

The 2019 Brazilian Electric Touring Car Championships were held in Joinville, Santa Catarina recently in 8.5T Modified and 13.5T Blinky classes. In 8.5T Modified the race for the overall TQ was on between Xray’s Erich Heshiki and WRC Racing’s Alexandre Hirata with the two ending tie on points after the qualifiers with the better tie-breaker handing Erich the overall TQ from Alexandre in 2nd. The finals would be held on Sunday and in very good weather conditions. The opening A-main saw ARC driver Cesar Salvadori taking the win from Denis Picktaill (Awesomatix) and Alexandre Hirata (WRC) – the latter having to recover from a bad start and being dead last in the opening stages. A2 then had Alexandre taking the win from Mugen’s Flavio Elias in 2nd. The final A-main would bring the decision for the overall win with Felipe Franceschi (Xray) taking the leg win and with it the overall 3rd place as Alexandre snatched the overall win and the Brazilian 8.5T Touring title with a 2nd place finish in A3. Cesar Salvadori came in 2nd overall with a steady performance in the finals.

Touring 8.5T Modified final results:
1. Alexandre Hirata
2. Cesar Salvadori
3. Felipe Franceschi
4. Flavio Elias
5. Denis Picktaill
6. Erich Heshiki
7. Willian Capitelli
8. Vinicius Rebello
9. Diogo Rocha
10.Lincoln Almeida

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

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