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Nicolas Bregante wins at Metropolitan Championship Rd3

Posted: 22 Apr 2019 06:42 AM PDT

The third round of the Metropolitan Championship was held at the Hernan Matticoli Circuit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Off-road specialist Nicolas Bregante had one of his few on-road outings and was very fast from the get-go despite missing practice due to work commitments. Counting round TQs in Q2 and Q3 secured him the overall TQ and starting from pole position allowed him to take the wins in the opening two A-mains for the overall. Ezequiel Forgaral ended the day on the runner-up spot and in front of Luciano Capel in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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Nico Schmid doubles at Swiss Champs Rd2

Posted: 22 Apr 2019 06:07 AM PDT

The second round of the Swiss Electric Off-road Championship was held at the Islikon indoor track. The race would mark the final race event at the popular location that will close its door permanently after the Easter weekend. Racing-wise it was Nico Schmid who took wins in the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes, leaving behind his brother Florian in 2nd place in both categories. Kay Fehner snatched the final podium spot in 2WD while Philip Jeisy rounded out the top 3 in 4WD, making it all-Xray top 3 podiums in both categories.

In the entry-level Sportsman class it was Mathias Machler with the win from Daniel Mannhart in 2nd and Ramon Brulisauer in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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Urban Touring Series Rd3 – Report

Posted: 22 Apr 2019 03:53 AM PDT

Round 3 of the 2019 Urban Touring Series took place this past Sunday at Urban’s rooftop PlaySpace raceway. Despite forecasts of rain, an enthusiastic grid of close to 30 racers turned up to pit themselves against one another in the Touring Car 17.5T Blinky and Formula classes. In the TC Class, it was Nicholas Lee who would take overall TQ by topping Q1 and Q2. Dominic Quek would have to settle for a P2 start in the A-Main. Sean Lee had a great qualifying to snatch P3 from Esmail Apandi who made some uncharacteristic mistakes during his runs. Wee EC and Hasron Robana would take the last two direct spots in the A-main, and would be eventually joined by Sebastian Lee and Chhua Joo Kiah bumping up.

In the Formula class, it was Tapana V who took the pole position start in final 1 with a blistering 12.816s best lap during qualifying.

In the Touring class A-Main, Nicholas made his pole position start count as he managed to hold off a hard charging Dominic in A1 and A2, and would take an early overall win for the second race in a row. With Dominic securing 2nd, the battle was between Esmail and Sean for the final spot on the podium. In one of the season’s highlights, the close racing between Sean and Esmail in A2 for 3rd was a delight to watch. In the early battle, a mistake by Sean at the front chicane gave P3 to Esmail and it looked like that was how it would finish until a late mistake by Esmail on the right-side hairpin gave Sean the position back, and he would hold on to take 3rd. This was pivotal as it would be the run that would secure Sean his first podium finish for the season.

With the win at round 3, Nicholas (200pts) opens up a 4-point lead at the season’s half-way mark, with Dominic (196pts) in 2nd, while Esmail (195pts) is just a point behind in 3rd. Sean (193pts) and Wee EC (190pts) round up the Top-5 in the Championship standings in the Touring Class.

It was close racing throughout in the Formula class finals. Running six Reedy-style finals, Tapana V would fend off his closest challengers to score maximum points by winning four finals. Andy Tan and Alan Leung would take a final each, with Andy taking overall 2nd on the tie-breaker. Overall in the standings, Tapana V’s second win on the trot sees him assume the championship lead with 200 points, with Kamen Koh and Alan Leung both six points back on a joint 2nd place.

The next round of the UTS will be run in June.

Source: Urban PlaySpace [facebook.com]

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Hobiland Race of Champions – Report

Posted: 22 Apr 2019 12:47 AM PDT

The Hobiland Race of Champions was held at the SDC offroad track in Serpong, Indonesia. The event attracted 40 entries for the 1/10th 2WD Modified and 2WD Stock as well as the 4WD Buggy and 4WD SC Truck classes. In 2WD Buggy, Bowie Ginting secured the TQ, ahead of Ariatenna and Dimaz Arianto in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 4WD class, Rizky Pradana secured the TQ after winning the first and second qualifying round and in front of Arief Budiman and Yusuf Zulkarnain.

Due to weather issues, the race had to be stopped during the 2nd leg of finals, meaning only the single best final result would count towards the final results. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Bowie with the win from Ariatenna 2nd and Dimaz Arianto in 3rd

2WD Modified Buggy final results:
1. Bowie Ginting – Kyosho/Zombie
2. Ariatenna – Xray/Team Orion
3. Dimaz Arianto – Team Associated/Hobbywing
4. Eric Kristianto – Team Associated/Team Orion
5. Yuri Taruna – Team Associated/Team Orion
6. Gunawan Igun – Kyosho/Team Orion
7. Uki – Team Associated/Reedy
8. Shiddiq Wangsaputra – Xray/Hobbywing
9. Surya Abi – Team Associated/Reedy
10.Oki – Team Associated/Reedy

Over in 4WD Modified Buggy Rizky Pradana converted his pole into a flawless victory followed by Yuri Taruna and Yudha Sanjaya.

4WD Modified Buggy final results:
1. Rizky Pradana – Yokomo/Racing Performance
2. Yuri Taruna – Yokomo/Hobbywing
3. Yudha Sanjaya – SWorkz/Reedy
4. Yusuf Zulkarnain – HB Racing/Hobbywing
5. Arief Budiman – HB Racing/Team Orion
6. Ariatenna – Tekno/Team Orion
7. Shiddiq Wangsaputra – Tekno/Hobbywing
8. Indra Subroto – Tekno/Hobbywing
9. Juang Iqbal – Tekno/Hobbywing
10.Arianto – Durango/Hobbywing

Thanks to Bowie Ginting for the report.

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SMJ digital pocket scale & racing weights

Posted: 22 Apr 2019 12:37 AM PDT

Coming from SMJ are their new digital pocket scale and a set of 5g racing weights. Starting with the palm-sized scale, it is capable of weighing items of up to 200g of weight in 0.01g increments. The compact device measures 65x122x21mm, it weighs in at 91g and features a 30-seconds automatic switch-off for power-saving reasons and can measure in g, oz, ct and gn units. The scale is ideal to check the weight of gear differential when filling them with diff fluid, ensuring consistent diff action from re-fill to re-fill.

Also new is a 10-piece set of 5g weights. The weights come with a printed SMJ logo and attached double-sided tape, making them ready to use. Their small design and rounded edges ensure that they can be used in a variety of chassis areas on both on-road and off-road vehicles.

Source: SMJ [smj-rc.com]

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