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On Saturday the opening round of the 2019/20 BRCA LMP12 National Championship was held at the Eastbourne club in the south of England. This will be a very important season for British LMP12 racing, with a home World Championship taking place in January 2020 and for this reason alone, a very competitive national season is guaranteed. With multiple categories raced each day, Saturday saw the new 17.5T class complement 13.5T classes in both the F2 and F1 formulas. Markus Askell managed to take pole position in the 17.5T class on his first day. In the F2 class, Kenneth Rogers had an excellent qualifying to line up 2nd on the A-final grid. The premier category for the day was the 13.5T F1 category. In this class Olly Jefferies, started out his world championship preparations with a comfortable pole position using a prototype chassis. In 13.5T F1 Olly Jefferies controlled the main event in exemplary fashion. Such was his control of the A-final, he would finish 9 seconds clear of 2nd place man David Spashett. Adam Catchpole completed the podium. Andy Murray crossed the line in 4th, just behind in a very close race with David and Adam at the finish line.

In 13.5T F2 Kenneth capitalised on his strong qualifying to take the win in the A-final, after some great close racing with many drivers in contention.

In 17.5T Markus, after an early error, would fight back and have a race long battle with team mate Andrew Sawyer. He eventually would make a great late overtake to take the overall win. Andrew made it a 1-2 finish.

On Sunday the categories being raced were Open Modified and Sports Modified 13.5T. The Open Modified class for this year is fully open modified, with boost allowed. Olly Jefferies took pole position from a fantastic drive by Louis Parker in 2nd and Andy Murray completed the top 3 on the grid.

In the Open Modified A-main Olly took a clear advantage and managed an easy win for himself while Andy and Louis had an exciting race for the entire 8 minutes to finish in that order. Louis showed that his A-final at the European championships was no fluke, with his result at a national to date.

In Sports Modified Nathan continued his strong day to move up the order, finishing less than half a second behind 2nd place to make his first LMP12 national podium finish. This close race put him and 2nd place man Andrew Smith, only 6 seconds behind the ever strong David Spashett at the finish line.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

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The Coupe de France 1/8th E-Buggy race was hosted by the MRCPM club in Les Pennes-Mirabeau, France this past weekend. Jerome Aigoin would take two of the four qualifiers for the overall TQ from Yannick Aigoin in 2nd and Thomas Musso in 3rd, the later two also scored a round TQ each. After the five A-main events in it was still Xray’s Jerome Aigoin on top with Yannick Aigoin (Xray) coming in 2nd overall. Kyosho’s Rayan Medjoubi came in 3rd to round out the top 3 result.

Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]

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Revelation Raceway of Ontario, California played host to the 2nd annual Sidewinder Fall Championship last weekend, drawing nearly 75 entries. In the Open Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst with the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind JQRacing’s own JQ in 2nd, a lap down while Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo had to settle for 3rd overall, 0.8 seconds behind JQ. Over in Open E-Buggy it was again Joe Bornhorst with the overall TQ and win as 8th place qualifier, Javier Perez came in 2nd an runner-up after the qualifiers, Vince Stolo ended the day in 3rd overall.

Image: Carlos Arredondo

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The Falun RC Club hosted the opening round of the Swedish Winter Indoor Cup in 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes this past weekend. The race was booked out in minutes, making for a good and competitive turnout of drivers. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Elias Johansson with the overall TQ from Wilhelm Skjöldebrand on the runner-up spot. In A-mains 1 and 2 it was again Elias who would hold the upper hand, taking the overall win early and with a leg to spare, leaving behind Viktor Östling in 2nd and Lukas Larsson in 3rd.

Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Elias with the overall TQ after a clean sweep and again he came out on top for his 2nd win this weekend. Martin Johansson Nielsen in 2nd and Lukas Larsson in 3rd would round out the top 3 results.

Images: Elias Johansson

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Fast Forward from Austria have released first information on their new FF7.2F front-wheel drive conversion kit for the Team Associated TC7.2 touring car. The set will allow to convert the 4WD TC7.2 into a FWD touring car with the overall design offering a very centralised weight balance for improved cornering thanks to front-mid motor location, a new rail-type steering and a mid-ship mounted main gear and layshaft. Included in the kit will be the 2.25mm carbon fibre main chassis, 2.0mm carbon fibre upper deck, 3.5mm rear shock tower, a 7075 alloy servo mount, all steering components, front battery tab, diff pulley spacer as well as the belt, and nuts and bolts. Required for the conversion are a Team Associated TC7.2 kit as a donor car or the respective missing suspension and drivetrain parts. The FF7.2F is available for pre-order now and it will become available from mid-November.

Source: Prihorse [prihorse.at]

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Vejle in Denmark played host to round 2 of the Danish DRCMU electric on-road series this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Kevin Nielsen (Xray), who attended his first ever Modified race, with the clean sweep in the triple qualifiers, taking the overall TQ from Patrick Hornum (Awesomatix) in 2nd and Patrick Danielsen (Xray) in 3rd. The A-mains then again saw Kevin leading the way in all three legs for the overall win from Patrick Hornum 2nd and Patrick Danielsen in 3rd.

In the growing Formula class, that attracted nearly 20 drivers, it was Jesper Rasmussen with the overall TQ from Michael Johnsen in 2nd. In the triple A-mains Jesper would make a clean sweep, taking the win in all three A-mains, leaving behind Michael Johnsen in 2nd and Chris Nielsen in 3rd.

Images: Kevin Nielsen & Jesper Rasmussen

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Ahead of next week’s 1/8th Onroad World Championship in the USA, Infinity has released a number of new parts for their IF18. A new hard front arm made from a harder material than the standard kit version offers sharp steering, a characteristic preferred by expert drivers. Another update on a standard kit part is the hard rear bushing set. Its use increases the rigidity of the suspension and improves corner speed. For down stop adjustment in the front and rear lower arms, new M4x8 round top set screws are available. The tip has a smooth round shape, making it difficult to damage the contact area with the main chassis.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

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Raw Speed have introduced their all-new Radar 2.2” buggy rear tyre. The directional, next generation indoor tyre is built on a completely redesigned carcass to create exceptional forward and side bite, predictable cornering and the tyre is offering increased tread density for improved durability. The tyre is available in soft, soft long wear, super soft and clay compounds including closed cell inserts.

Source: Raw Speed [rawspeedrc.com]

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The Circuito de Pista de Asoger track in Madrid, Spain played host to round 4 of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. In the competitive Stock Touring class, attracting 30 entries, it was Luis Enrique Carrasco with the overall TQ from Isaac Cuevas in 2nd after the qualifiers. After the triple A-mains the two would be tie on points but the better tie-breaker would mean the day’s win for Luis with Isaac in 2nd and Enrique Parrizas in 3rd. With the win, Luis would also seal the overall championship for 2019.

Source: Zoo Racing [zoo-racing.com]

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