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BRCA 2024 LMP12 Nationals Rd 1 and 2

22 January 2024
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Round 1 and 2 of the 2024 BRCA LMP12 Nationals took place this weekend at Eastbourne.

Ollie Payne took a fantastic double TQ and Win and both rounds, with some strong performances from the rest of the team with the Eclipse 5.

The Eclipse 5 took 6 of the top 10 positions in Rd1 and 7 in Round 2 showing a dominant display. They were all using Contact tyres.

Louis Parker, Andy Murray and Finlay Whitelock were all using the new Aerox 7400 LiPo.

Round 1

1st Ollie Payne - Eclipse 5
2nd Michael Bolt
3rd Adam Mackman - Eclipse 5
4th Mark Stiles
5th Morgan Williams - Eclipse 5
6th Andy Murray - Eclipse 5
7th Finley Whitelock - Eclipse 5
8th Aaron Morley
9th Mark Jewitt
10th Chase Mackman - Eclipse 5

Round 2

1st Ollie Payne - Eclipse 5
2nd Louis Parker - Eclipse 5
3rd Mark Stiles
4th Sam Coult - Eclipse 5
5th Michael Bolt
6th Morgan Williams - Eclipse 5
7th Andy Murray - Eclipse 5
8th Aaron Morley
9th Adam Mackman - Eclipse 5
10th Andreas Bryne - Eclipse 5


 




Orlowski Crowned IFMAR World Champion

11 December 2023
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Schumacher's Michal Orlowski has been crowned IFMAR 1/12th World Champion !

Beachline Raceway in Florida was the venue for Michal's 1st and Schumacher's 4th IFMAR World title.

Michal qualified 2nd with his Eclipse 5 and had an awesome set of finals with a little bit of luck, which had eluded him in past World Championships to claim the coveted title.

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His close friend Marc Rheinard finished 2nd with Alexander Hagberg 3rd.

The victory gives the Schumacher Eclipse chassis back to back World Championships after Marc took victory in 2020.

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Ollie Payne started the week well but had some difficulties and finished 8th.

In the Stock Class Morgan Williams had an excellent event and finished 7th overall.

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Congratulations to the whole team out in Florida for all the hard work and excellent results!

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Thanks to Red RC for the images.


 




Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters 2023-24 Rd 3

29 November 2023
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This past weekend was the third round of the hugely popular Worksop series.
There will be a total of 6 rounds with 4 to count for the overall championship, so already half way through.

As always the track crew built a fantastic track lay out, also adding to it this time as it was done so the lay out would be ran anti clockwise.
The same format as at previous series was the order of the day, 1 timed practice followed by 4 qualifying runs with the best 2 to count on round by round and finishing off with 1 round of finals for all.

Joni Skidmore was the man to beat in both classes as he went on to line up on pole for both buggy classes.
In 4wd it was Luke Holdsworth who would be 2nd on the grid with Ben Smith lining up 3rd.
Once again the CAT L1R was performing fantastic with 7 of them making the A final.



The A Final 4wd result was:

1st Jonathan Skidmore
2nd Luke Holdsworth - Schumacher
3rd Ben Smith - Schumacher
4th Edward Callan – Schumacher
5th William Goodwin – Schumacher
6th Aaron Nash
7th Ben Simpson
8th James Helliwell - Schumacher
9th Phil Sleigh – Schumacher
10th Matthew Thompson - Schumacher

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In 2wd qualifying it was Joni on pole, Ben Smith would line up 2nd on the grid and Luke Holdsworth was 3rd.
The new Schumacher Cougar LD3M was working great with 7 cars once again in the A final.



The A Final 2wd result was:

1st Jonathan Skidmore
2nd Ben Smith - Schumacher
3rd Luke Holdsworth - Schumacher
4th Matthew Thompson - Schumacher
5th Ben Simpson
6th Edward Callan – Schumacher
7th Harry Mears – Schumacher
8th Phil Sleigh – Schumacher
9th Paul Mitchell - Schumacher
10th Ryan Clarke

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In the Stadium Truck class it was really close racing and 3 different drivers had each taken a round TQ.
It was Rob Fox who would line up on pole, Adrian Parkes would be second and Richard Simpson would line up third on the grid.

The A Final Stadium Truck result was:

1st Richard Simpson
2nd James Helliwell - Schumacher
3rd Adrian Parkes
4th Andy Pearson
5th Simon Kemp - Schumacher
6th Steven Pierce - Schumacher
7th Jim Dixon – Schumacher
8th Craig Lomax – Schumacher
9th Joe Cockill - Schumacher
10th Rob Fox - Schumacher

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A special mention has to go to both Harry Mears and Ryan Clarke for both making their first worksop A finals, congratulations to both.

A huge thank you to all of the organisers and track crew.

Complete results and updated championships can be found here. 

That's all of the action from Worksop until the New Year, the next event is the BRCA British Off-Road Masters in January.


 




Ollie Payne Wins LMP12 British GP

21 November 2023
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Ollie Payne continued his fine LMP12 form in dominating the British GP this last weekend in Eastbourne.

Ollie took TQ and the first two finals to secure victory.

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Schumacher's Andy Murray took a great 2nd with his Eclipse 5.

Both drivers used the Eclipse 5 with Contact T35 tyres along with Dan Robins, Morgan Williams, Adam Mackman and Sam Coult in the A main.

1 - Ollie Payne - Eclipse 5
2 - Andy Murray - Eclipse 5
3 - Michael Bolt
4 - Mark Stiles
5 - Matthew Varah
6 - Dan Robins - Eclipse 5
7 - Morgan Williams - Ecllipse 5
8 - Adam Mackman - Eclipse 5
9 - Sam Coult - Eclipse 5
10 - Andrew Smith

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The next big race is the IFMAR World Championships in the USA.

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Orlowski Wins Florida Carpet Champs 2023

20 November 2023
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2023 Florida Carpet Championships was held at the famous Beachline Raceway last weekend.
It was a successful weekend for the team with Michal Orlowski crowned 2023 Florida Carpet Champion 2023 !
Michal took the win in 2WD with his new Cougar LD3 and was 2nd in 4WD with the CAT L1R giving him the overall championship !
With the championship coming down to a 5 lap race off between Michal and Bruno it was Michal who took it with the better aggrigate time between 2WD and 4WD. Certainly exciting!

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Broc Champlin RC also had a really strong weekend finishing P3 in both classes. Ryan Cavalieri had a P8 in 2WD and P7 in 4WD. Daniel Kobbevik P9 in 2WD and Daniel Chavez 5th in 17.5 Stock.

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A fantastic weekend for the team, congratulations!


 




New Icon 2 Worlds Launched

07 November 2023


Introducing the New Icon 2 Worlds Formula Car.
 
The ICON 2 has been fantastically successful on track with wins at the 2022 IFMAR World Cup, 2023 EFRA European Cup, and the 2022 ETS series, all driven by Schumacher team driver Andreas Stiebler.

The ICON 2 Worlds features some of the optional and development parts used by Andreas, now included in the kit, to make this the ultimate RC Formula racing machine.
 
- NEW Horizontal Alloy Wing Mount offering improved strength.

- NEW Vertical Carbon Fibre Wing Mount allows the wing to be lowered by 5mm compared to previous generation.

- NEW Lightweight low centre of gravity CNC alloy rear transmission housings. Lowered bearing housings to ensure small diameter foam tyres can achieve desirable ride heights.

- NEW Rear Springs that allow for full suspension travel when using softer spring rates.

- NEW Rear Spring Seat to suit new springs and provide clearance to the axle.

- NEW Montech Front and Rear wings for improved performance.

- NEW Castor inserts with pre-defined settings built in (5° & 8°, 6° & 7°, 2.5° & 10.5°).

- NEW Front King Pin provides the option to run more front droop which can result in more front grip.

- NEW Carbon Fibre Side Link Mount offers more space for electronics installation.

- NEW Carbon Fibre Full Length Chassis for increased cornering predictability and improved rear traction suspension system. Now accepts optional rectangular weights to ballast up to weight limit.
 
- Gear Differential offering an improved cornering ability in the majority of conditions. On power steering is improved along with corner entry stability. The car will also drive much flatter and have more predictability in high traction conditions. The ball differential can still be used and is likely to be an improvement only in very low traction conditions.

- Left hand rear wheel clamp design. This one piece, rotationally balanced design is the perfect match for our gear differential. It may also be used with the ball differential.
7075 Aluminium lower, and Carbon Fibre upper wing mounts.

- V2 damper rods with a large internal hole diameter. Easier to fill, with a larger quantity of oil. Leading to longer lasting, consistent damping and less frequent maintenance.

 
 
- Side link mounts for increased durability.

- Front end chassis posts for increased durability.

- Simplified and stylish front wing mounting using thread inserts. Narrow front wishbone position clearance added for when using the narrow camber strap options.

- Optional camber strap for reduced camber when using the narrow front end width on the wishbones. (U8358)

- Flanged, alloy rear wheel nuts for improved concentricity between the drive axle and rear wheels for smoother running.

- Hollow and lightweight steel rear diff axle included.  Optional carbon fibre gear diff axle (U8353) can be used for further weight reduction.
 
- Carefully increased longitudinal stiffness using a combination of topdeck and side brace design.

- Fully adjustable front end (Wheelbase, track width, ride height, toe, camber, caster, damping, bump steer and ackermann).

- Lipo mounting using o-ring fixing with easy loop over design. Catering for wide range of  ‘Shorty’  type LiPo shapes and sizes.

- Compatible with CORE solid axle design #CR721.

- Aluminium servo mounts.

- Thread inserts make working on the car quick and simple.
 
- Lightweight independent roll and bump springs with low centre of gravity.

- Ultra-low motor position.

- Adjustable anti-squat and pro squat, independent of droop setting.

- Ultra-balanced rear pod assembly.

- Full range of optional springs, front, side and rear.

- Fully adjustable body mounting system.

- Optimised steering geometry for precise handling.

- Chassis balance pivot holes. For use with U3582 pivot set. To optimise left/right weight distribution.

- Slotted centre pivot design prevents binding, adjustment screw ensures zero unwanted free movement.

- Extra low rear roll centre.

- Rear tweak adjustment via side springs.

- Adjustable rear ride height using interchangeable inserts with improved fitment (0.25mm increments).

- Adjustable front ride height using optional slide in alloy spacers. (0.25mm increments).

- Lightweight rear droop adjustment.

- High tensile steel hex screws used throughout.

- High quality easy to follow instruction manual.

- Accepts a huge range of industry standard body shells, motors, batteries, servos and speed controllers.


K212 - Icon 2 Worlds - £359.99

Available end of November. Dealer Pre-orders being taken now.


 




Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters 2023-24 Rd 1

09 October 2023
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Once again it is time for the start of another fantastic race series at Worksop.
Yesterday was the opening round of the new series. There will be a total of six rounds with 4 to count for the overall championship.
The classes this time are 2wd and 4wd buggy and also the addition of the 2wd Stadium Trucks.
As always the track crew did not disappoint, they did a brilliant layout which would prove to be a challenge for some, it had a large table top as usual but was a fast flowing layout.
The same format as at previous series was the order of the day, 1 timed practice followed by 4 qualifying runs with the best 2 to count on round by round and finishing off with 1 round of finals for all.

Michal Orlowski was in the UK this weekend and had already won the previous day at Junction 16.
He was in fine form and would take TQ in 4wd in dominating style ahead of team mates Ben Smith and Lee Martin who would line up second and third on the grid.
The CAT L1R performing fantastic with 7 of them making the A final.

The A Final 4wd result was:

1st Michal Orlowski - Schumacher
2nd Ben Smith - Schumacher
3rd Jonathan Skidmore
4th Luke Holdsworth – Schumacher
5th Edward Callan – Schumacher
6th William Skidmore
7th William Goodwin – Schumacher
8th Ben Simpson
9th Josh Holdsworth – Schumacher
10th Lee Martin - Schumacher

 
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In 2wd qualifying it was a clean sweep for Michal Orlowski with him taking TQ in all 4 rounds. Lee Martin would line up 2nd on the grid and William Skidmore was 3rd.

The A Final 2wd result was:

1st Michal Orlowski - Schumacher
2nd Lee Martin - Schumacher
3rd William Skidmore
4th Ben Simpson
5th Ben Smith – Schumacher
6th Edward Callan – Schumacher
7th Luke Holdsworth – Schumacher
8th Paul Mitchell – Schumacher
9th Jonathan Skidmore
10th Josh Holdsworth – Schumacher



Once again the Schumacher 2wd car was working fantastic with 7 making the A final, a 1-2 for the new Cougar LD3 prototype.

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In the Stadium Truck class it was a very close battle all day between James Helliwell and Steven Pierce. They both took 2 TQ's each but James had the faster time so would line up on pole.
Steven Pierce would be second and Adrian Parkes would line up third on the grid.

The A Final Stadium Truck result was:

1st Steven Pierce - Schumacher
2nd James Helliwell - Schumacher
3rd Rob Fox - Schumacher
4th Simon Kemp - Schumacher
5th Richard Simpson
6th Adrian Parkes
7th Paul Kemp – Schumacher
8th Jim Dixon – Schumacher
9th Ben Stephenson
10th David Loxley

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A special mention has to go to both William Goodwin and Paul Mitchell with their Schumacher rides for both making their first worksop A finals.

Thank you to everyone that helped at this event, it was an awesome start to the new series.

Results can be found here.

This series is proving hugely popular with 14 heats running at round one. There are a few places left at future rounds but please get booked in if you would like to enter.

Round 2 of this series is on Sunday 12th November, we hope to see you there!


 




IFMAR 1-10th Off Road Worlds Report

20 September 2023
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What a week for Team Schumacher at the 2023 1/10th off road Worlds at Hobby Action in Chandler Arizona. This World Championship event started with the 4WD class, this is the first time this has been done to try and rubber in some of the track to make it easier for the 2WD class later in the week.

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4WD – The team used the Schumacher CAT L1R at this event with most drivers choosing to use the ROS (Rear Only Slipper) to great effect in the lower grip conditions. Michal and Broc came out swinging in practice and qualifying. Michal managed to put his car 2nd on the grid for the A mains while Broc placed his 7th. Ben Smith managed to win the D Final, he was racing at his first worlds on the dirt, so it was a great result for the young British driver.

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4wd Finals – The triple A mains did not fail to deliver, there was some great racing with Michal finishing 2nd and Broc 4th in Leg one. Into the second round of the A main finals, Michal managed to get into the lead after Davide Ongaro made a mistake coming onto the straight. Michal managed to lead the final until being caught by the local racer Spencer Rivkin who just managed to get past to take the win in Leg 2, with a fast Broc finishing 3rd. So it was all down to leg 3 in the finals. Unfortunately, things did not work out in leg 3 for our drivers and it was congratulations to Davide Ongaro for taking the win and the World Championship with Michal finishing on the podium in 3rd and Broc finishing a very respectable 4th place.

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2WD – With the team now using the Schumacher Cougar LD3 prototype (More news soon) we could not wait to see what we could deliver. In 2WD it was the 4-time World Champion Ryan Cavalieri setting the pace as the quickest Schumacher driver, showing he is still a fast contender and showing the young guns a thing or two. Broc also made the top ten in round 1 of qualifying. So after the 5 rounds of qualifying, we had 2 of the Cougar LD3 prototype cars in the A mains with Broc taking the TQ in round 5 this put Broc 4th on the grid and Ryan Cavalieri a very respectable 7th on the grid.

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2wd Finals – In leg one Ryan showed he was not just here to make up the numbers and after some close racing he managed to finish 3rd in this leg with Broc having some bad luck and finishing 7th. Onto leg 2 and Broc got a better start and drove great to finish 3rd with Ryan finishing 7th. However a new World Champion was crowned, with a second leg win congratulations to Tater Sontag on his first-ever World Championship win. It was all down to leg 3 to sort the final podium positions with Broc and Ryan both in with a chance. While making sure they did not compromise each other they both had an amazing leg 3 with Broc finishing 3rd overall and Ryan taking 5th overall in the event.

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This World’s has been an amazing event for the Team getting 2 cars in the A main in both 2wd and 4wd. Congratulations to Tris on the great job he is doing with the team and the cars.

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A big thank you to all of our drivers at the 1/10th Worlds and thank you for representing us. We would like to thank Steven Pierce and Eugene Galley for all of the help this week with the team. Now we can start to look forward to the next 1/10th off road Worlds event in Australia in two years, the work starts now!

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BRCA 2023 4WD Touring National Round 5

18 September 2023
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Elliott returns and dominates, while Ollie Payne wins and takes the 13.5 Championship.

The 2023 BRCA 1/10th 4WD Touring Car Nationals are in the books.

Is this the premier Nationals series for Touring Car racers in the world?

The 5 round series see's the best of the UK Touring car drivers come head to head at 5 venues across the UK to battle out to be crowned the British Modified, 13.5 Stock and 17.5 Stock Champion.

Round 5 saw us head to the south east of England to Colchester, a small and characterful circuit that really test's all levels of car and driver performance.

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The Schumacher team has grown in popularity over the last 12 months, thanks to the performance of the Mi8 and the on track team support offered to the drivers.

Colchester is not really a track that the teams go to to test so nobody really had any advantage apart from a few regular club drivers.  In the end it turned out to be a very strong showing for the Schumacher team.


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In 17.5T an amazing total of 9 of the 10 A finalists ran an Mi8.  Tony Broad took the win from TQ after a fantastic tussle with Schumacher's Mason Weston and young Jack Collins.

1 Tony Broad

2 Mason Weston - Schumacher Mi8

3 Jack Collins - Schumacher Mi8

4 James Taylor - Schumacher Mi8

5 Jamie Hickin - Schumacher Mi8

6 Shane Chipolina - Schumacher Mi8

7 Dani Young - Schumacher Mi8

8 Alex Brocklebank - Schumacher Mi8

9 Liam Tyrrell - Schumacher Mi8

10 Chris Parrott - Schumacher Mi8

 

Congratulations to Tony on the win.

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In the overall Championship Tony also took the win from Schumacher's Mr nice guy Alex Brocklebank followed by Dan Moorey, on tie break with Jack.  Jack Collins, Mason Weston, Jamie Hall, Jamie Hickin and Chris Parrott made the championship top 10 with the Mi8.

 

17.5 TC

Pos        Name    `Ability  Points    R1         R2         R3         R4         R5

1           Tony Broad        100%     300       0           100       100       100       100

2           Alex Brocklebank98%     295       98         92         98         99         93

=3         Dan Moorey      98%       294       97         98         99         96         70

=3         Jack Collins        98%       294       95         99         97         97         98

5           Mason Weston  96%       289       93         97         0           93         99

6           Jamie Hall          95%       285       99         0           94         92         85

7           Jamie Hickin      95%       285       0           93         96         76         96

8           Mark Trinder     95%       285       96         94         0           95         90

9           Darren Tickner  94%       282       88         95         93         94         89

10         Chris Parrott      93%       279       100       86         88         88         91


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In the 13.5 class 4 drivers were still able to take the Championship going into this last round,   Schumacher's Ollie Payne, James Hart, Billy Fletcher and perennial winner Zak Finlay.

Ollie took the TQ in a drama filled qualifying, with Zak lining up second and Ricky Copsey 3rd.  It was extremely tight in this class with 17 cars within a lap of TQ.  There was drama in every leg of the final with even rain getting in the mix too.  Ollie drove a superb first two legs, winning both with Ben Moorey coming from 6th on the grid to take second and Ricky 3rd.  5 x Mi8's made the A final.

1 Ollie Payne - Schumacher Mi8

2 Ben Moorey

3 Ricky Copsey

4 Zak Finlay

5 James Hart - Schumacher Mi8

6 Sam Nicholls

7 Billy Fletcher - Schumacher Mi8

8 Charlie Colby - Schumacher Mi8

9 Sam Law - Schumacher Mi8

10 Alex Bold


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With the win Ollie too his first BRCA Touring Championship, tied with Zak but with more wins so taking it.  Billy Fletcher finished 3rd and James Hart 4th, Sam Law and Charlie Colby were 9th and 10th with the Mi8.

13.5 TC

Pos        Name                 Ability   Points    R1         R2         R3         R4         R5

1           Ollie Payne        99%       298       0           100       98         96         100

2           Zak Finlay          99%       298       99         97         99         100       97

3           Billy Fletcher     99%       296       98         98         100       95         94

4           James Hart        98%       295       100       92         96         99         96

5           Ben Moorey       98%       295       96         99         97         92         99

6           Chris Gunter      96%       289       97         94         95         97         86

7           Sam Nicholls      96%       287       93         0           94         98         95

8           Ricky Copsey      94%       281       89         93         80         90         98

9           Sam Law                         94%       281       95         89         92         94         92

10         Charlie Colby     93%       278       90         95         0           83         93

 

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Last but not least the premier Modified class.

Modified saw a return of 2 former champions, Elliott Harper and Olly Jefferies for this race, competition was crazy and seriously fast.  

Elliott took the win in dominating style from Alex Thurston and Kyle Branson.  Huge shout out to Bailey Graves for his fantastic P5 in with such great competition.

Mod TC - A Final

1 Elliott Harper - Schumacher Mi8

2 Alex Thurston

3 Kyle Branson

4 Olly Jefferies

5 Bailey Graves - Schumacher Mi8

6 Daniel Robins - Schumacher Mi8

7 Peter Eagles

8 Andy Murray - Schumacher Mi8

9 Matthew White - Schumacher Mi8

10 Richard King

 

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The championship was already decided with Hobbywing and Intellect driver Kyle taking the win, Zak Smith second with the Mi8 and Alex Thurston 3rd.  Mi8 drivers included Zak Smith, Chris Grainger, Andy Murray, Matt White and Dan Robins.

 

Mod TC

Pos        Name                 Ability   Points    R1         R2         R3         R4         R5

1           Kyle Branson      100%     300       100       100       100       100       98

2           Zak Smith           98%       295       99         98         98         0           0

3           Alex Thurston    98%       294       91         0           99         96         99

4           Harley Eldridge 97%       291       98         99         91         94         0

5           Chris Grainger   97%       291       95         95         97         99         0

6           Peter Eagles      96%       289       97         94         94         98         94

7           Andy Murray     95%       286       89         92         96         97         93

8           Matthew White 95%       286       94         97         95         92         92

9           Ben Cosgrove    94%       283       96         96         81         91         0

10         Daniel Robins    94%       282       92         0           92         95         95

It’s been a fantastic team performance all year, thank you and well done!

Congratulations especially to all the juniors!

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Carpet season up next!


 




Orlowski Wins ETS Arena 33

08 September 2023
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Over the weekend of 1-2-3 September Schumacher's Michal Orlowski dominated the latest round of the ETS at Arena 33 in Germany.
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Michal and his Hobbywing and Sunpadow powered Mi8 HGT had a perfect weekend being fastest in practice, winning all four qualifiers and the first two legs of the A final to take top spot from Ronald Volker and Marc Rheinard.

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Mattia Collina also made both A finals with his Mi8 HGT, Andy Murray made the A in the FWD class with the FT8 and Andreas Stiebler was P2 in Formula with the Icon 2.

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Congratulations Team!



BRCA 2023 2WD Nationals Round 5

04 September 2023
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The past weekend saw the BRCA 2WD Nationals head to Aldershot for the fifth round of the series.

Competitors were treated to a warm and sunny weekend, which led to some super close racing.

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In the FWD category, Ben Moorey took TQ, with Aaron Rose (Schumacher FT8) lining up behind him in 2nd, and Jamie Hickin (Schumacher FT8) in 3rd. Ben Moorey won all three legs to win the meeting, but was pushed close in leg 3 by Aaron Rose, who came away with 2nd. Jamie Hickin put in a good showing to round out the podium in 3rd.

The A Final FWD results were:

1st Ben Moorey
2nd Aaron Rose (Schumacher FT8)
3rd Jamie Hickin (Schumacher FT8)
4th Andy Faulkes
5th Andrew Cooper
6th Dale Burr
7th Adam Southgate
8th James Donovan
9th Stewart Woodend
10th Stephen Davies

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In the F1 class, Michael Lee (Schumacher Icon2) wrapped up the TQ in the first two rounds of qualifying ahead of his brother, Luke Lee in 2nd, and James Greener in 3rd. Michael and Luke took a win apiece in legs 1 and 2 of the finals, leading to a winner takes all scenario in leg 3. After some stunning, close racing between the two drivers, Michael eventually prevailed to take a well-earned victory.

The A Final F1 results were:

1st Michael Lee (Schumacher Icon2)
2nd Luke Lee
3rd James Greener
4th Adam Southgate
5th Nicky Taylor
6th Paul Ellis
7th Jonathan Ellis
8th Rob Chaldecott
9th Michael Friebel
10th Jason McConomy

Aaron Rose's FT8 Set Up Sheet can be found here.


 




EFRA 1-10th Electric Track Euros 2023

08 August 2023
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The 2023 EFRA 1/10th Electric Track Euro's is in the books.

Congratulations to Formula European Cup Winner Andreas Stiebler. Adreas drove awesomely with his Icon 2 to TQ and win the event.

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Congratulations to Michal Orlowski for an impressive P3 podium with the Mi8 in the super close modified class.

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Schumacher Andy Murray had a strong run in the FWD class taking 5th overall with the FT8.

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Michal has been on the podium at every EFRA event this year and winning 3 in total.


 




BRCA 2023 Off Road Nationals Rd6 Torch

07 August 2023
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The BRCA Off Road Nationals for 2023 is in the books and it was a fabulous one for the #SchumacherFamily

In 2WD there was a little weather about, causing the finals to be cancelled, leaving TQ man Lee Martin and his Cougar LD2 to take the win with Luke Holdsworth 5th, Ed Callan, 7th, Ben Smith 8th and Josh Holdsworth 9th. An amazing 5 Cougar LD2's made the A final.

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2WD

1 - Lee Martin - Schumacher Cougar LD2
2 - Tommy Hall
3 - Neil Cragg
4 - Jamie Hall
5 - Luke Holdsworth - Schumacher Cougar LD2
6 - Matthew Peters
7 - Edward Callan - Schumacher Cougar LD2
8 - Ben Smith - Schumacher Cougar LD2
9 - Josh Holdsworth - Schumacher Cougar LD2
10 - Ben Pugh

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With the BRCA 2WD Championship already done and dusted for the 27th time to Neil Cragg, Lee took a great 3rd, Luke 4th, Ben 6th, josh 8th and Ed 9th.

Championship 2WD

3 - Lee Martin
4 - Luke Holdsworth
6 - Ben Smith
8 - Josh Holdsworth
9 - Edward Callan

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The sun came out for the majority of 4WD and out came a breakthrough win for the Hobbywing and Intellect powered car of Ben Smith. The Smith family put so much time and effort into their racing it was great to see Ben's first of many victories we're sure! Congratulations!

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Lee drove very consistently to also get on the podium to get 3rd with an incredible 6 CAT L1R's in the A final. Congratulations to Lewis Hopkins and Thomas Phipps for making their first!

4WD

1 - Ben Smith - Schumacher CAT L1R
2 - Tommy Hall
3 - Lee Martin - Schumacher CAT L1R
4 - Neil Cragg
5 - Jamie Hall
6 - Ben Pugh
7 - Luke Holdsworth - Schumacher CAT L1R
8 - Josh Holdsworth - Schumacher CAT L1R
9 - Lewis Hopkins - Schumacher CAT L1R
10 - Thomas Phipps - Schumacher CAT L1R
10 - Ben Pugh

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A great 2nd in the championship for Lee and 3rd for Ben with Luke 6th, Ben 7th and Ed 10th.

Championship 4WD

2 - Lee Martin
3 - Ben Smith
6 - Luke Holdsworth
7 - Josh Holdsworth
10 - Edward Callan

Congratulations to the whole team for some excellent results and great atmosphere in the pits.

Thanks to the Torch and BRCA crew for putting on an excellent meeting....without you we can't go and do what we enjoy!


 




Orlowski Wins 2023 European Championships

31 July 2023
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Michal Orlowski is the EFRA 1/10th 4WD Champion 2023!

8 years after Michal became the 4WD European Champion at Robin Hood Raceway he has done it again! Some awesome driving from Michal as always after taking the TQ position. Daniel Kobbevik also made the main and finished a credible 7th overall. The CAT L1R proving once again it is an excellent car.

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1 - Michal Orlowski - Schumacher CAT L1R
2 - Jöern Neumann
3 - Burak Kilic
4 - Bruno Coelho
5 - Marcus Kaerup
6 - Micha Widmaier
7 - Daniel Kobbevik - Schumacher CAT L1R
8 - Martin Bayer
9 - Noha Ben Mohamed
10 - Davide Ongaro

In the 2WD portion earlier in the week Michal was also very strong, taking another podium in 2nd, just an agonising 0.6 seconds from winning, but thats racing. Congratulations to Marcus Kaerup on the win. Schumacher's Wesley Van Helmond finished 7th and Daniel 10th with their LD2's

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1 - Marcus Kaerup
2 - Michal Orlowski - Schumacher LD2
3 - Jöern Neumann
4 - Davide Ongaro
5 - Burak Kilic
6 - Alexander Landen
7 - Wesley Van Helmond - Schumacher LD2
8 - Bruno Coelho
9 - Clément Boda
10 - Daniel Kobbevik - Schumacher LD2

Congratulations to the whole team!


 




BRCA 2023 2WD Nationals Round 4

31 July 2023
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The weekend saw Round 4 of the BRCA 2WD nationals at the fantastic Bedworth Model Car Club.

Saturday presented a chance for some practice for all the drivers competing in Sundays national.  A field with record high entries, showing how popular and enjoyable the front wheel drive class is becoming.
The Formula 1 class was also present and looking great on this track, which suits the cars very nicely.

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In Sundays qualifying Michael Lee would take a convincing TQ/Pole position with his Icon 2.  In FWD, the pole sitter went to Ben Moorey, Ben Cosgrove and then Schumacher’s Andy Murray and Aaron Rose in P3 and P4. The FWD team is growing stronger each weekend, shown clearly here with Andy and Aaron joined by Daniel Robins, Alex Bold and Sam Law all choosing the Schumacher FT8.   A total of 5 cars in the A final. Well done to all those guys and the rest of the team for strong performances across the board!

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In the finals, Michael Lee and his Icon 2 could seal the Formula 1 national win with 3 from 3 final leg wins.
In the FWD leg one final, the top 6 cars of the A final finished in qualifying order, but the rain hit for the second 2 finals. This saw some thrilling finals, allowing wins for each of the top 3 qualifiers, and a tie on points for all with a p1 and p2 counting for each.

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Ben Moorey would come out on top, with the fastest finishing time in his final leg win, followed by Ben Cosgrove.   Andy Murray completed the podium with his Schumacher FT8. Aaron Rose ended the day in 4th overall, Daniel Robins 6th with Sam law and Alex Bold ended up in P9 and P10 with their Schumacher cars.

1 - Ben Moorey
2 - Ben Cosgrove
3 - Andrew Murray - Schumacher FT8
4 - Aaron Rose - Schumacher FT8
5 - Dale Burr
6 - Daniel Robins - Schumacher FT8
7 - Andy Faulkes
8 - Gareth Preece
9 - Sam Law - Schumacher FT8
10 - Alex Bold - Schumacher FT8

Well done to the whole team. A fantastic weekend with a great team atmosphere and lots of fun/strong performances!

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Thanks to the Bedworth club and the BRCA for hosting such a fantastic event, enjoyed by everyone involved!!

Andy Murray's FT8 set up can be found here


 




BRCA 2023 4WD Touring National Round 3

17 July 2023
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The BRCA 1/10th 4WD On Road Nationals rolled in to Halifax this last weekend for Round 3 of the Championship.

Unfortunately the weather forecast was proved correct and we saw very changeable weather and track conditions throughout the weekend.

However it was still a great weekend for the Schumacher Team.

The highlight result was a TQ and win in 13.5T for Billy Fletcher. Billy puts so much effort into his racing and has the talent to go with it so it was a fantastic result. Congratulations!  Ollie Payne continued his top performances with a 3rd.

5 x Mi8's made the A final.

13.5 TC - A Final
1 - Billy Fletcher - Schumacher Mi8
2 - Zak Finlay
3 - Ollie Payne - Schumacher Mi8
4 - Ben Moorey
5 - James Hart - Schumacher Mi8
6 - Chris Gunter
7 - Sam Nicholls
8 - Michael Bolt
9 - Sam Law - Schumacher Mi8
10 - Mikey J Mansell - Schumacher Mi8

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In 17.5T Class Alex Brocklebank took a great podium from 7th on the grid, after an excellent qualifying from Morgan Williams who took the TQ. Unfortunately for Morgan the finals did not go to plan under tough conditions.

An incredible 6 x Mi8 cars made the 17.5T A final.

17.5 TC - A Final
1 - Tony Broad
2 - Dan Moorey
3 - Alex Brocklebank - Schumacher Mi8
4 - Jack Collins - Schumacher Mi8
5 - Jamie Hickin - Schumacher Mi8
6 - Andrew Robson - Schumacher Mi8
7 - Jamie Hall - Schumacher Mi8
8 - Darren Tickner
9 - Morgan Williams - Schumacher Mi8
10 - Michael Ball

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In the fastest Modified Class a great podium for Zak Smith rounded out the weekend, with a great midfield contingent and leg win for Chris Grainger to finish off.

Once again 5 x Mi8's made the A final with the car used by more than 50% of the A finalists across the classes....wow!

Mod TC - A Final
1 - Kyle Branson
2 - Alex Thurston
3 - Zak Smith - Schumacher Mi8
4 - Chris Grainger - Schumacher Mi8
5 - Andy Murray - Schumacher Mi8
6 - Matthew White - Schumacher Mi8
7 - Peter Eagles
8 - Stefan Chodzynski
9 - Daniel Robins - Schumacher Mi8
10 - Harley Eldridge

Kyle Branson and his Hobbywing and Intellect powered chassis took the Modified Championship, congratulations !

Kyle used;

Intellect 5900mHA battery | Here
Hobbywing 4.5T G3 Motor | Here
Hobbywing XR10 G2S Speed Control | Here

Congratulations to the whole #SchumacherFamily for a fantastic weekend.


 




BRCA 2023 Off Road Nationals Rd5 RHR

11 July 2023
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This past weekend was the fifth round of the BRCA National series at the famous Robin Hood Raceway facility.
There was once again a huge entry of drivers in both the 2wd and 4wd classes, the event is ran over the weekend and is 2wd on Saturday and 4wd on Sunday.

The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position.  Then one final for all competitors except for 3 leg A finals.

James Helliwell and his team had designed two brilliant track layouts for this event. One layout was used for 2wd and then it was changed to a different layout for 4wd the following day.

In 2wd qualifying it was hugely affected by the weather. The track was dry for some heats and wet for others due to rain moving across the UK throughout most of the day.
In the end it was Matthew Peters who would come out on top and take the overall TQ, his first ever national TQ - well done!
Some of the big names were driving their best but would only manage to line up further down the grid due to the mixed weather.  Ben Jemison would be second on the grid and Ben Pugh was 3rd.  A special mention has to go to Schumacher's Matt Thompson for making his first ever BRCA National A final. He drove superb in tricky conditions to make the main, many more to come for sure.

The A Final 2wd result after all 3 legs was:

1 Tommy Hall
2 Ben Smith - Schumacher LD2
3 Neil Cragg
4 Ben Jemison
5 Matthew Peters
6 Ben Pugh
7 Luke Holdsworth - Schumacher LD2
8 Matt Thompson - Schumacher LD2
9 William Venables
10 James Chappell

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In 4wd qualifying, it was a close battle between Ben Smith, Neil Cragg and Tommy Hall. All of them took TQ in each of the opening three rounds so it was down to the final round of qualifying to determine who would be on pole.
Tommy Hall took TQ in the final round so would line up on pole ahead of Ben Smith and Neil Cragg.

The A Final 4wd result after all 3 legs was:

1 Tommy Hall
2 Ben Smith- Schumacher  CAT L1R
3 Neil Cragg
4 Jamie Hall
5 Edward Callan- Schumacher  CAT L1R
6 Luke Holdsworth- Schumacher  CAT L1R
7 Charlie Saunders
8 Josh Holdsworth- Schumacher  CAT L1R
9 Ben Pugh
10 Tom Yardy
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There was lots of great racing throughout all of the finals over the weekend. Leg one of the 2wd A final for sure was one to watch!

The A final videos and more info from Raceway One can be found here: 

Full results from the event and overall series can be found here: 

Round 6 and the final round of this series will be at the Torch Model Car Club on 5th & 6th August.


 




BRCA 2023 2WD Nationals Round 3

03 July 2023
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The past weekend saw Mendip play host to the third round of the BRCA 2WD Nationals.

Weather conditions were warm and windy, and the track offered great racing throughout.

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In the FWD category, Andy Murray took a commanding pole position with his FT8, with Aaron Rose lining up just behind him in 2nd, Jamie Hickin in 4th, and the returning 2022 series runner up, Sam Law, qualifying in P7. Andy sewed up an imperious victory by taking the win in leg 1 and 2, leaving Aaron Rose and Ben Cosgrove to fight over the final two steps on the podium in leg 3, with Ben eventually prevailing in 2nd and Aaron 3rd. Jamie Hickin took an impressive fourth place, and Sam Law finished 7th. Shane Chipolina wasn’t quite on his usual pace, but still took home the U17 Junior Trophy.

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The A Final FWD results were:

1st Andrew Murray (Schumacher FT8)
2nd Ben Cosgrove
3rd Aaron Rose (Schumacher FT8)
4th Jamie Hickin (Schumacher FT8)
5th Stephen Davies
6th Luke Westwood
7th Sam Law (Schumacher FT8)
8th Andy Faulkes
9th Shaun Ogden
10th Alex Bold

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In the F1 class, Michael Lee finished where he qualified, coming home in 2nd with the Icon 2.

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The A Final F1 results were:

1st Luke Lee
2nd Michael Lee (Schumacher Icon 2)
3rd Michael Friebel
4th James Greener
5th Rob Chaldecott
6th Benedetto De Vizio
7th Jason McConomy
8th Craig Williams


 




BRCA 2023 Off Road Nationals Rd4 Southport

27 June 2023
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This past weekend was the fourth round of the BRCA National series at Southport Radio Car Club.
There was once again a huge entry of drivers in both the 2wd and 4wd classes, the event is ran over the weekend and is 2wd on Saturday and 4wd on Sunday.

The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position.  Then one final for all competitors except for 3 leg A finals.

Aidan Burke and his team at Southport had designed a very fast track layout for this event and the track and facilities were all excellent.

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In 2wd qualifying it was dominated by Luke Holdsworth, taking TQ in all 4 rounds of qualifying so he would line up on pole position. Neil Cragg would be second on the grid and Paul Crompton 3rd.

The A Final 2wd result after all 3 legs was:

1 Luke Holdsworth - Schumacher LD2
2 Paul Crompton
3 Neil Cragg
4 Lee Martin - Schumacher LD2
5 Josh Holdsworth - Schumacher LD2
6 Ben Smith - Schumacher LD2
7 Jamie Hall
8 Tommy Hall
9 Edward Callan - Schumacher LD2
10 Charlie Saunders

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In 4wd qualifying, it was a close battle between Paul Crompton, Neil Cragg and Tommy Hall, this is the order they would line up on the grid.
The day started off dry but rain was on the way, most of the day after 2 rounds of qualifying was damp or wet.

The A Final 4wd result after all 3 legs was:

1 Paul Crompton
2 Tommy Hall
3 Neil Cragg
4 Lee Martin - Schumacher CAT L1R
5 Luke Holdsworth - Schumacher CAT L1R
6 Ben Smith - Schumacher CAT L1R
7 Jamie Hall
8 Charlie Saunders
9 Josh Holdsworth - Schumacher CAT L1R
10 Ben Pugh

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There was lots of great racing throughout all of the finals.

The A final videos and more info from Raceway One can be found here

Full results from the event and overall series can be found here

Round 5 of this series will be at Robin Hood Raceway on 8th & 9th July.


 




Orlowski Wins EFRA 1-8th Title

12 June 2023
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Michal Orlowski is crowned 1/8 eBuggy EFRA European Champion 2023!

Schumacher driver Michal Orlowski driving a development 1/8th car has been crowned 1/8th eBuggy EFRA European Champion.

After a weekend of high action Michal, supported by Schumacher Development Engineer Tris Neal, was crowned the champion after the tense 3 legged finals in Germany.

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Michal Qualified in second position.

This win will promote many questions of when the Schumacher 1/8th Buggy will come to the market. If or when it comes is currently unknown, Michal is running a development car used for learning the class.

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Michal was powered by Schumacher distributed items, Hobbywing Electronics and Sunpadow LiPo's for his amazing win.

Congratulations to Michal !


 




BRCA 2023 4WD Touring National Round 2

12 June 2023
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The second round of the BRCA Nationals is in the books and it was a fine one for the Schumacher drivers once again.

The track at Eastbourne was super tough for all and with the beautiful sunshine it was making things very tricky.

In 17.5 local up and coming driver Jack Collins took a great 2nd place and six Mi8's made the A final.

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17.5T

1 Tony Broad
2 Jack Collins - Schumacher
3 Dan Moorey
4 Mason Weston - Schumacher
5 Morgan Williams - Schumacher
6 Darren Tickner
7 Mark Trinder
8 Jamie Hickin - Schumacher
9 Alex Brocklebank - Schumacher
10 Liam Tyrrell - Schumacher

13.5 saw a fantastic win for Ollie Payne. Ollie had to do it the hard way after getting disqualified from round 1 of qualifying for being under weight. So needing 2 from 2 in qualifying having used 1 set of tyres for nothing, it was an impressive performance! An excellent podium for Billy Fletcher, reward for his hard work.  Four Mi8's made the A final.

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13.5T

1 Ollie Payne - Schumacher
2 Ben Moorey
3 Billy Fletcher - Schumacher
4 Zak Finlay
5 Ethan Southall
6 Charlie Colby - Schumacher
7 Chris Gunter
8 Ricky Copsey
9 James Hart - Schumacher
10 Alex Bold

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In the super powerful modified class the cars looked out of control for most, on this track! However Zak Smith drove some excellent and controlled finals to take 3rd overall. Five Mi8's made the A final with Matt White having some great battles to finish 4th overall.

Modified

1 Kyle Branson
2 Harley Eldridge
3 Zak Smith - Schumacher
4 Matthew White - Schumacher
5 Ben Cosgrove
6 Chris Grainger - Schumacher
7 Peter Eagles
8 Liam Brooks
9 Andy Murray - Schumacher
10 Bailey Graves - Schumacher

Congratulations to the winners and our drivers for an impressive performance.


 




BRCA 2023 Off Road Nationals Rd3 Boughton

12 June 2023
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This weekend was the third round of the BRCA National series at Boughton Raceway.  There was once again a huge entry of drivers in both the 2wd and 4wd classes, the event is ran over the weekend and is 2wd on Saturday and 4wd on Sunday.

The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position.  Then one final for all competitors except for 3 leg A finals.

Barry Abbott and his team at Boughton had designed a fantastic track layout for this event and the track and facilities were excellent.

In 2wd qualifying it was a close battle between Neil Cragg, Lee Martin and the Hall brothers. Neil came out on top to qualify on pole.

The A Final 2wd result after all 3 legs was:

1 Neil Cragg
2 Lee Martin Schumacher
3 Jamie Hall
4 Tommy Hall
5 Luke Holdsworth Schumacher
6 Edward Callan Schumacher
7 Ben Smith Schumacher
8 Ben Pugh
9 Daniel Pole
10 Paul Crompton

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In 4wd qualifying, it was a close battle between Tommy Hall, Neil Cragg and Lee Martin, this is the order they would line up on the grid.

The A Final 4wd result after all 3 legs was:

1 Tommy Hall
2 Lee Martin Schumacher
3 Jamie Hall
4 Paul Crompton
5 Neil Cragg
6 Ben Smith Schumacher
7 Ben Pugh
8 Edward Callan Schumacher
9 Luke Holdsworth Schumacher
10 William Callan Schumacher
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A special mention to William Callan for making his first ever National A final.

There was lots of great racing throughout all of the finals.

The A final videos and more info from Raceway One can be found here.

Full results from the event and overall series can be found here. 

Round 4 of this series will be at sunny Southport on 24th & 25th June.

Thanks to Racewayone for the images.


 




South African National Championships Rd2 – Welkom RC Arena

06 June 2023
This past weekend saw the running of the second leg of the South African Championships for 1/10th Offroad. The event hosted by Welkom RC Arena, arguably one of the best venues in South Africa, proved very successful for the Schumacher runners.
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17.5 2wd Stock
Despite little track time and some very fast local runners, 3 LD2’s made it into the A-mains. Quinton Baker secured a 3rd position overall with Gavin Stassen and Francois Beukes finishing 5th and 7th respectively. Hardus Swanepoel managed a 4th place in B-mains.

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13.5 4wd Stock
Michael Gibson proved untouchable in 4wd stock taking the TQ spot as well as the win on Sunday. Fellow team mates Jan Venter and Francois Beukes would finish 4th and 7th.

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2wd Modified
2wd Modified would see a great battle between the LD2’s of Michael Gibson and Rikus Jansen van Vuuren with Michael edging out Rikus to secure the TQ spot. In the finals however positions would be reversed with Rikus taking the overall win and Michael finishing in 2nd.

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4wd Modified
After some close qualifying runs Michael Gibson lined up 2nd on the grid for the mains on Sunday. He managed to go one better in the finals and secured the top spot on the podium. Jan Venter finished in 8th.

Congratulations to the team in South Africa! 

#SchumacherFamily


 




ETS Rd1 Wins for Orlowski and Stiebler

05 June 2023
Image titleThe first race of season #16 of the ETS is in the books and it was an exceptional one for the Schumacher Team.
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Andy Murray also made the A Main with the new FT8 FWD car in the FWD class.
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The victory for Michal gives him back to back wins from the last race in season #15 in Daun on carpet and now on tarmac in Apeldoorn, showing the Mi8's fantastic versatility.

Full information, video's and results can be seen on the dedicated ETS page here. 

Set Up's available soon.


 




BRCA 2023 Off Road Nationals Rd2 Mendip

26 May 2023
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This past weekend was the second round of the hugely competitive UK BRCA National series at Mendip Raceway.
There was once again a maximum entry of 120 drivers in both the 2wd and 4wd classes, the event is 2wd on Saturday and 4wd on Sunday.

The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position.
Then one final for all competitors except for 3 leg A finals.

The Mendip crew had designed a fantastic track layout for our event, a huge thank you to them all for their hard work and dedication and especially Martin Owen who spent many hours organising everything.

In 2wd qualifying it was a close battle between Tommy Hall, Neil Cragg and Josh Holdsworth, this was the order they would line up on the grid.

The A Final 2wd result after all 3 legs was:

1 Tommy Hall
2 Neil Cragg
3 Josh Holdsworth - Schumacher
4 Ben Smith - Schumacher
5 Ben Pugh
6 Lee Martin - Schumacher
7 Luke Holdsworth - Schumacher
8 Jamie Hall
9 Charlie Saunders
10 Edward Callan - Schumacher

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In 4wd qualifying, it was a close battle between Jamie Hall, Tommy Hall and Ben Smith, this is the order they would line up on the grid.

The A Final 4wd result after all 3 legs was:

1 Jamie Hall
2 Tommy Hall
3 Lee Martin - Schumacher
4 Neil Cragg
5 Ben Smith - Schumacher
6 Josh Holdsworth - Schumacher
7 Luke Holdsworth - Schumacher
8 Matthew Peters
9 Ben Pugh
10 Daniel Pole

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This was a brilliant event with some superb close racing.

Full race report can be found from Raceway One here.

Full results from the event and overall series can be found here.

Round 3 of this series will be at Boughton Raceway on 10th & 11th June.


 




FT8 FWD Touring Car Launched

25 May 2023



Introducing the New Schumacher FT8 1/10th Competition FWD Touring Car. 


Pre-Orders being taken.
Shipping early June.

K211 - FT8 - C/F - Kit - £479.99
The Schumacher FT8 – Design and engineering excellence.

The FT8 has been developed by Schumacher’s world class engineering team to make a fast and great handling front wheel drive (FWD) touring car.
 

With a low centre of gravity, light weight, and fine attention to detail, the FT8 is a pleasure to build, maintain, and to drive.
 
The FT8 contains all the features and adjustments you need from a high end front wheel drive to take you to the top of the podium. The FT8, drive from the front.
 

The FT8 in prototype form has achieved some excellent results including;

BRCA FWD National Win, 2nd's and 3rd's, Andy Murray, Aaron Rose and Jamie Hickin.  EWS overall Championship win, Shane Chipolina.  MiCC Championship 2nd and 3rd, Aaron Rose and Jamie Hickin.

 
 
New - C/F Chassis designed with adjustability of flex characteristics in mind.  
New - Vertical servo mounting allows a heavily forward weight bias.
New - Motor positioned directly behind servo for optimal weight distribution.
New - Single bell crank steering for a smooth feeling. Compact design allows the battery to be positioned favourably.
New - 3D printed bumper with weight options available.
 
- Precision hard anodised alloy gear diff, with large oil volume for consistency throughout a run. Ball raced differential outputs with high precision gears.
- Twin upper suspension link design for flexibility characteristics and tuning of castor.
- Front body height limit control included in the kit with a lightweight and simple solution.
- Carbon fibre wishbones with pivot ball mounting inboard and outboard.
- Super low profile shock absorbers and a mounting layout designed for super low centre of gravity.
- Both Vertical and Horizontal rear body mounting options included in the kit.
- Transmission housings designed to lower centre of gravity, maximise durability and optimise geometry and flexibility.
- Anti roll bar design lowers centre of gravity.
- Ultra fine adjustment eccentrics for optimum belt tension and diff height adjustment.
- Lower bumper moulding prevents the bumper touching down on track.
- Black alloy turnbuckles used throughout. 
- 22 precision ball raced bearings.
- “O” ring retained alloy wheel hexes.
- Hollow, precision steel layshaft.
- Ultra durable ‘Long Life’ blades.
- Improved belt efficiency which can be run much looser without slipping.
 
- Arrowmax supplied 92T 64dp industry standard fitting spur gear.
- Symmetrical chassis cutout offers consistent chassis flex.
- LiPo adjustment for fine tuning weight distribution.
- Rear track rod for infinite adjustment to rear toe-in. This can be tuned for the use of Active Rear Suspension.
- Aerospace carbon fibre components throughout.
- Ultra low centre of gravity.
- Double wishbone suspension for increased suspension rigidity, and reduced play.
- Durable and more efficient drive train with larger pulleys 22:40. 
- Fully adjustable, suspension geometry, wheelbase, castor, camber, roll centre, ackermann, droop, anti-dive, anti-squat, front and rear toe in/out, ride height and much more.
- Option Parts available to fine tune to all track conditions.
- LiPo retention mouldings. No tape required.
- Rebuildable, super durable steel double joint driveshafts.
- Low profile threaded insert. Eliminates the need for nuts.



K211 - FT8 C/F - Kit - £479.99

Pre-Orders being taken.

Shipping early June.


 




BRCA 2023 4WD Touring National Round 1

16 May 2023
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The first Round of the BRCA 4WD Nationals took place at the awesome Stafford venue just last weekend.

With poor weather in the UK leading up to event, it was hard to judge who the top contenders would be as not much dry running had been done.

The Schumacher team has grown recently and was in a strong position with the Mi8 chassis.

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The 17.5T class would be dominated by local Schumacher driver and Stafford chairman Chris Parrott. Chris took the TQ spot and was the overall winner after 3 legs. In second was young up and coming driver Jamie Hall, son of midlands legend David Hall. Filling out the podium was also Schumacher driver in Alex Brocklebank. A podium clean sweep and 7 x Mi8 in the A final!

17.5T

1  - Chris Parrott - Mi8
2  - Jamie Hall - Mi8
3  - Alex Brocklebank - Mi8
4  - Dan Moorey
5  - Mark Trinder
6  - Jack Collins - Mi8
7 - Stephen Rogers
8  - Mason Weston - Mi8
9  - Andrew Robson - Mi8
10 - James Taylor - Mi8

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The 13.5T class was a battle resumed between Schumacher's James Hart and reigning champion Zak Finlay. James took TQ and wins in leg 1 and leg 3 to take the overall win after a fantastic battle between the two. Billy Fletcher showed a strong performance taking 3rd, with again a large 5 x Mi8's in the main.

13.5T

1 - James Hart - Mi8
2 - Zak Finlay
3 - Billy Fletcher - Mi8
4 - Chris Gunter
5 - Ben Moorey
6 - Sam Law - Mi8
7 - Alex Bold
8 - Sam Nicholls
9 - Mark Wallace - Mi8
10 - Chris Ashton - Mi8

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In the Modified Class the battle was again just like last season between Schumacher Zak Smith and Kyle Branson from Xray. This time Kyle took the TQ spot from Schumacher's Zak, leading into some fantastic finals.

Stafford is tough to pass, and it was Intellect and Hobbywing runner Kyle Kyle that took the win with Zak doing all he could to find a way past it was just not possible, and Kyle drove a strong set of finals. A total of 4 x Mi8's made the A main.

Modified

1 - Kyle Branson
2 - Zak Smith - Mi8
3 - Harley Eldridge
4 - Peter Eagles
5 - Ben Cosgrove
6 - Chris Grainger - Mi8
7 - Matthew White - Mi8
8 - Liam Brooks
9 - Daniel Robins - Mi8
10 - Alex Thurston

All in all a fantastic weekend for the team, congratulations! Next up we move to the south coast with Eastbourne being the venue.


 




ROAR National Champions 2023

24 April 2023
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It was the 2023 ROAR Carpet Nationals in the US this last weekend and it was hugely successful for the Schumacher Team.

Held at the fabulous Beachline Raceway the action was fast and furious!

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In the hugely competitive stock classes, Daniel Chavez took the TQ and wins to become ROAR Champion in both 2WD and 4WD with his Cougar LD2 and CAT L1R chassis.


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In the Modified classes Broc Champlin and Ryan Cavalieri had a great runs in both 2WD, 4WD and Truck. Broc managed a triple podium taking 3rd in 2WD, 2nd in 4WD and 3rd in truck. Ryan had strong finals to claim 6th in 2WD, 7th in 4WD and 4th in Truck.

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These are some of the best results we have seen in Schumacher's history in the USA, congratulations to the team!

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2 x ROAR Champions 2023!


 




BRCA 2023 Off Road Nationals Rd1 RHR

19 April 2023
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It was the first round of the BRCA 1/10th Nationals at the fabulous Robin Hood Raceway.

It was a strong showing from the Schumacher drivers, no victories this time but 5 cars in the 2WD A final with the highest placed Luke Holdsworth just missing out on the podium in 4th. He was joined by Edward Callan, Josh Holdsworth and Lee Martin.

2WD
1 - Neil Cragg
2 - Jamie Hall
3 - Tommy Hall
4 - Luke Holdsworth – Schumacher LD2
5 - Ben Pugh
6 - Ben Smith – Schumacher LD2
7 - Edward Callan – Schumacher LD2
8 - Josh Holdsworth – Schumacher LD2
9 - Ben Jemison
10 - Lee Martin – Schumacher LD2

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In 4WD Lee Martin took an excellent podium in 2nd with his new L1R, with 3 exciting finals pushing joined by 5 others, Ben Smith, Josh and Luke Holdsworth and Edward Callan.

4WD
1 - Tommy Hall
2 - Lee Martin – CAT L1R
3 - Neil Cragg
4 - Paul Crompton
5 - Ben Smith – CAT L1R
6 - Jamie Hall
7 - Charlie Saunders
8 - Josh Holdsworth – CAT L1R
9 - Luke Holdsworth – CAT L1R
10 - Edward Callan – CAT L1R

Great performances #SchumacherFamily right across the board!

Full Results - https://brca.org/events/event-results
Full Reports and Video's - https://racewayone.com/category/brca-uk/2023-brca-nationals/round-1-rhr-uk/

Thanks to Racewayone for the images.


 




EFRA 1-12th European Champions

17 April 2023
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The 2023 EFRA 1/12th Euro's is in the books and it was incredible for the Schumacher Team and the Eclipse 5

In Stock they claimed TQ, 1st, 2nd 3rd, 7th, 9th 10th, & Junior Stock Champion.🏆🏆🥇🥈🥉

Michal Orlowski TQ and 1st, Ollie Payne 2nd, Louis Parker 3rd. Sam Coult Junior Champion.

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In Modified the top step was not quite achievable but they were 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 10th & Junior Modified Champion. 🥈🥉🏆

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Ollie Payne 2nd, Michal Orlowski 3rd. Dan Robins Junior Champion.

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All drivers were using the Eclipse 5 and Contact RC Tyres.

Many thanks to EFRA and the BRCA for an awesome event.

Congratulations to Alex Hagberg on the Modified win.

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Congratulations to the whole #SchumacherFamily for some awesome results across the board!

 





Schumacher Indoor Masters 2022-23 Finals

28 March 2023
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Last weekend was round six, which was the final round of the Worksop Masters series 2022-23, the fantastic track crew once again did not disappoint, there was a brilliant layout which would prove to be a challenge for many, it had a large table top as usual and many features.
The same format as at previous rounds was the order of the day, 1 timed practice followed by 4 qualifying runs and finishing off with 1 round of finals for all.
As this was the last round of the series, there were still many overall championship positions to be decided.
4wd was first up as usual, it was total domination by Michal Orlowski as he took TQ in all 4 rounds, therefore he would line up on pole position for the final. Edward Callan would line up 2nd and Jonathan Skidmore 3rd.
The CAT L1R proving to be very good with 7 of them making the A final.

The A Final 4wd result was:

1st Michal Orlowski - Schumacher
2nd Jonathan Skidmore - Xray
3rd Edward Callan – Schumacher
4th Ben Smith – Schumacher
5th Lee Martin – Schumacher
6th Luke Holdsworth – Schumacher
7th Josh Holdsworth – Schumacher
8th Ben Simpson – Yokomo
9th Matthew Thompson – Schumacher
10th William Skidmore - Xray

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In 2wd qualifying, Jonathan Skidmore would take TQ in the first 2 rounds of qualifying, but then Michal Orlowski took TQ in rounds 3 and 4 with a faster time, so would take pole position. Therefore Jonathan Skidmore would be 2nd on the grid and Ben Smith would line up 3rd.

The A Final 2wd result was:

1st Michal Orlowski - Schumacher
2nd Jonathan Skidmore - Xray
3rd Ben Smith - Schumacher
4th Edward Callan – Schumacher
5th Will Skidmore – Xray
6th Lee Martin – Schumacher
7th Luke Holdsworth – Schumacher
8th Ben Simpson – Yokomo
9th Matthew Thompson – Schumacher
10th Josh Holdsworth – Schumacher

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So this concludes what has been another awesome series at Worksop.

The Championship positions were decided and trophy boards were given to the top 20 drivers in each class.

The top 3 in each class were:

2wd
1st - Jonathan Skidmore
2nd - Tommy Hall (Couldn't attend :))
3rd - William Skidmore

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4wd
1st - Jonathan Skidmore
2nd - Edward Callan
3rd - Ben Smith

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A huge thank you to each and every person that has helped at this series, we shall be back to do it all again when the new series starts in October.

 

 

 


 



ORLOWSKI DOUBLES AT BRITISH GRAND PRIX

13 March 2023

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It has been a fantastic weekend for Schumacher's Michal Orlowski at the British Grand Prix in Milton Keynes.

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The race held in the Centre MK shopping complex was a fantastic showcase for our hobby and even better as Michal dominated the event. Michal took TQ and won both 2WD and 4WD with his Schumacher CAT L1R and Cougar LD2 buggies.

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In 2WD we had 4 Cougar LD2's in the A main with Daniel Kobbevik 5th, Broc Champlin 6th and Lee Martin 10th.

2WD Result

1 MICHAL ORLOWSKI - Cougar LD2
2 BRUNO COELHO
3 TOMMY HALL
4 NEIL CRAGG
5 DANIEL KOBBEVIK - Cougar LD2
6 BROC CHAMPLIN - Cougar LD2
7 JAMIE HALL
8 JORN NEUMANN
9 MARCUS KAERUP
10 LEE MARTIN - Cougar LD2

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In 4WD we had 3 new CAT L1R's in the final, Broc just unlucky not to make the podium in 4th, and Daniel 6th. Some fine results in such a packed field.

4WD Result

1 MICHAL ORLOWSKI - CAT L1R
2 BRUNO COELHO
3 MARCUS KAERUP
4 BROC CHAMPLIN - CAT L1R
5 TOMMY HALL
6 DANIEL KOBBEVIK - CAT L1R
7 BARTEK ZALEWSKI
8 JONI SKIDMORE
9 NEIL CRAGG
10 JAMIE HALL

Congratulations to the whole team on an excellent set of results.

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Set Up's coming soon.

Check out the huge amount of coverage including video's features and pictures at https://racewayone.com/

 

 


 

 




CHAMPLIN AND ORLOWSKI TAKE TOP HONOURS AT ROUND 3 OF THE EOS IN DAUN!

06 February 2023

Champlin and Orlowski take top honours at round 3 of the EOS in Daun!

This past weekend saw the 2022/23 series finale at Daun in Germany. There was a huge entry for this event, one of the biggest ever for the EOS. This also meant the competition was huge too.
Schumacher's USA star Broc Champlin flew in to make his EOS debut, he soon showed what a class act he is as he dominated proceedings in the 2wd class.
Broc took TQ in all 3 qualifying rounds to line up on pole position for the 3-leg A mains. Second on the grid was Micha Widmaier and third on the grid was Lee Martin.
There was some brilliant close racing in the mains, Broc managed to take the win in legs 1 and 2 so sealed the victory without needing to race in leg 3.

Here are the top 10 positions after all 3 legs of the A finals in 2wd:

1 Broc Champlin - Schumacher
2 Marcus Kaerup
3 Micha Widmaier
4 Alexander Landen
5 Michal Orlowski - Schumacher
6 Lee Martin - Schumacher
7 Martin Bayer
8 Daniel Kobbevik - Schumacher
9 Jorn Neumann
10 Tommy Hall

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Then on to the 4wd action, Michal Orlowski was on form in this class and as Broc did in 2wd previously, Orlowski took TQ in all 3 rounds to line up on pole position for the 3-leg A mains.
Second on the grid was Bartosz Zalewski and third on the grid was Broc Champlin.
Some superb close racing followed in all 3 legs of the finals between most drivers. However Orlowski had things under control out front and took victory in legs 1 and 2,
therefore he was just a spectator for leg 3 having wrapped up the win. Michal and Broc taking a 1-2 and another superb result for the new Schumacher CAT L1R.


Here are the top 10 positions after all 3 legs of the finals in 4wd:

1 Michal Orlowski - Schumacher
2 Broc Champlin - Schumacher

3 Bartosz Zalewski
4 Micha Widmaier
5 Jorn Neumann
6 Marcus Kaerup
7 Tommy Hall
8 Alexander Landen
9 Clement Boda
10 Lee Martin - Schumacher

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As it was the last round of this 3 round EOS series, the championship points were added up and the winners crowned.
The best 2 results from the 3 rounds counted for the championship.

Top 10 positions in the 2wd championship:

1 Michal Orlowski - Schumacher
2 Marcus Kaerup
3 Lee Martin - Schumacher
4 Joona Haatanen
5 Micha Widmaier
6 Jorn Neumann
7 Burak Kilic
8 Tommy Hall
9 Pekko Iivonen - Schumacher
10 Daniel Kobbevik - Schumacher


Top 10 positions in the 4wd championship:

1 Michal Orlowski - Schumacher
2 Marcus Kaerup
3 Micha Widmaier
4 Jorn Neumann
5 Daniel Kobbevik - Schumacher
6 Joona Haatanen
7 Burak Kilic
8 Clement Boda
9 Tommy Hall
10 Lee Martin - Schumacher


Another brilliant performance from Michal Orlowski, doing the double and winning both championships.

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Great job by the rest of the Schumacher team of drivers who attended, it was fantastic to see so many attending this event.


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As always a great job was done by Scotty, Uwe, Toni, and their brilliant organising team.
Also many thanks to William White for the reports, updates and photos from the event on Raceway One.

#SchumacherFamily
#SchumacherRC
#EOS

 


 



NEW ECLIPSE 5 1/12TH CAR LAUNCHED

06 January 2023



The Schumacher Eclipse cars are the current reigning 1/12th scale IFMAR World and EFRA European Champions in both modified and stock classes. 

The New Eclipse 5 features a extensive list of refinements, making it even faster and better handling.

 


The Eclipse 5 is the ultimate professional LMP12 racing chassis kit. The choice of champions!

 

NEW - Alloy chassis design with a much shorter overall length.  This allows for reduced chassis scrubbing along with a significant weight reduction from beyond both front and rear axles.  These benefits allow the car to enter a corner more effortlessly and when in the corner, rotation is achieved more freely.  

NEW - Upgraded left and right rear hex wheel clamps to prevent any wheel wobble issues.  Now perfectly true running wheels with our unique single nut rear wheels/solid axle!

NEW - Servo mounting has been improved, resulting in direct mounting for the Sanwa micro range of servos such as the PGS-HR and SRG-HR.  Direct and easy alignment onto the centre of the car.  In doing this the chassis flexibility characteristics have been vastly improved, for performance and strength, by removing the large, off centre transverse slots previously used.  All other brands of servo still can be used with the ultra-lightweight floating servo mount, included.

NEW - Lightweight and flexible 3D printed rubber bumper, offering perfect body shell protection.  Compared to the previous foam bumper, it is also very durable and long lasting.

NEW - Black aluminium steering turnbuckles now included.  Stealth and lighter weight. 

NEW - Updated top decks design, further reducing the polar moment of inertia.  They now secure at the front within the wheelbase.

 

NEW - The front lower beam has been improved, mounting in line with the front axle, and further reducing this forward weight, allowing for the reduced chassis length.  The new beam makes use of super easy, slide in, speed secret ride height spacers. 0.5mm U7920 and 0.75mm U7921.
NEW - Independent and lightweight front bumper mount makes front end assembly far easier.  The front bumper can now be removed with only 2 screws.
NEW - Moulded lighter weight front hub carrier design with much improved suspension action and damping characteristics.  Un-sprung mass has also been reduced.
NEW - Tweak free and easy LiPo mounting using new lighter weight O-ring fixing.
NEW - Interchangeable front LiPo position stops with 4 equally spaced settings included. 

 

NEW - Optional 1.0° camber strap option available.  1.5° camber is included in the kit for maximum steering and lap time in most conditions.
NEW - Pod offset has been refined to achieve the perfect pod balance with a wider range of modern motors.
NEW - Lightweight pod carbon parts for lower centre of gravity and overall car weight.
NEW - Underside Variable Chassis chamfers, offering improved ground clearance, smoother scrubbing and better clearance to curbs or other corner markers.  

 

Not forgetting all the usual features that have made the Eclipse IFMAR World and EFRA European Champion.

- Range of optional colour coded front springs.
- Big Bore side and centre dampers offering long lasting damping. They also give great damping oil retention (less frequent maintenance required) and a compact and central design. Damper geometry changes have improved damping characteristics.
- Lightweight pod assembly for smoother, more predictable drivability and bump handling.  Strengthened for tweak prevention. 
- Lightweight Low Centre of Gravity CNC Alloy Motor Mounts.
- Rear ride height adjusters, easier adjustment and 0.25mm height increments.
- Front beam socket using O-ring fixing system.
- Thread insert design making work on the car much quicker and simpler.
- Easy body shell height adjustment.
- Extra low rear roll centre pivot height for awesome rear traction.
- Centre pivot design for easy build and maintenance, with a fully bind free design.

 

    - All black nuts as standard.
- Perfectly balanced rear pod assembly.
- Ultra-low motor position.
- Full range of colour coded rear and side springs.
- Separate springs for independent roll and bump stiffness adjustment.
- Ball bearing front and rear axles.
- Adjustable toe-in/out.
- Chassis balance pivot holes. For use with U3582 Precision Balance Pivot Set. (Available Separately) To optimise left/right weight distribution.
- Rear tweak adjustment via side springs.
- Simple rear droop adjustment.
- Small Kimbrough servo saver with stiffener included as standard.
- High tensile steel hex screws used throughout.
- High quality easy to follow instruction manual.
- Range of World Championship Winning Contact RC foam tyres available.
- Accepts a huge range of industry standard body shells, motors, LiPo’s and speed controllers.
- Suitable for USA rules GT12 racing.
 

 

 


 

 



NEW CAT L1R LAUNCHED

16 December 2022



We are pleased to introduce the awesome 1/10 4WD Competition Off Roader the CAT L1R.

The Schumacher CAT L1R brings all the latest developments from the Schumacher International Racing Team, to make another sensational 4WD buggy.  A buggy that can take you to the top of the podium. The L1R features improved suspension geometry, lighter weight, better durability, and a new JConcepts bodyshell.

In prototype form the CAT L1R has recently achieved some great results;

- BRCA 4WD National Champion 2022 -
- German 4WD National Champion 2022 -
- Florida Carpet Championship Winner 2022 -
- US Carpet Off Road Champion 2022 -

 

The L1 series of buggies have already won the EOS Series, British BRCA National Championship, and the USA ROAR Carpet Nationals. The L1R is an awesome looking buggy that is sure to be a winner on all types of track. 

Join the race winning team. #Schumacherfamily and drive a CAT L1R.

A Pure Beast.

 

New - Front hub carriers with screw on steering plates, allows adjustability to suit all track conditions.
New – Layshaft and slipper plates with M4 layshaft Nut. Lightweight, twin pad slipper clutch with Ultra Fine adjustment spring. The new drive interface for the plates and gears allows more true/concentric running and improves the efficiency. 
New – Rear suspension geometry for more stability and improved rear traction. This new geometry keeps the car flatter in the turn while maintaining its grip through the corner. 
New – Wider suspension mounts.
New - Rear hub carrier with larger outer hub bearings and multi positional camber settings. 10 camber link positions on one plate with shims to adjust the vertical height. 
New – Longer rear U/J steel driveshafts.
New – Rear camber strap.
New - Hard anodised -1.5mm width, 12mm wheel hex.
New – Suspension pivots inserts for more accuracy and durability. Steel top hat bushes for longer lasting pivots and a greater span for the bearing area of the effective hinge pin length.

New – JConcepts bodyshell design. Popular well known style which offers a great balance of steering and stability.

 

New – Shorter front U/J driveshafts. More forward drive and reactiveness.
New - Longer front diff outputs.
New – Stronger front upper transmission housings.
New – Updated front wishbones.
New – Steering ball cup and 5.5mm ballstuds.
New – Front inner 3.5mm hingepin with raised position. For more forward drive and agility.
New – Low CofG pinned and centre mounted motor mount. That allows full height shorty lipos to fit in the new forward mounting position. The Lipo position is 9mm further forwards than the previous model.
New - Hard anodised 2mm 7075-T6 alloy chassis. Pocketed for easy radio access with S2 removable trays. Sleak new shape to the rear of the light weight and flexible chassis which allows the car to transfer weight to the rear through corners without the chassis catching the track. 

 

New - Moulded composite side pods. Allowing the flex to remain with these soft high quality mouldings.
New – Easy access LiPo mounting with further forward positioning.
New - 3 piece top decks.
New – Longer rear shock shaft.
New – Rear 1.8mm Anti-roll bar to match the new geometry, included.
New – Gear diff pulley housing with thicker planetary gear shim for better durability.  Improved efficiency of the diff in the run.
New – Moulded shock pistons and bushes.
New - ‘S2’ shock brackets. To suit the new front and rear geometry's.
 

 

Not forgetting all the usual features that have made this buggy one of the best on the planet!

- Big bore shocks with big bore “CORE-RC” springs, titanium nitride shafts, twin o-ring sealing.
- Ball mounted two piece shockcap for easier building, maintenance, vented option and lighter weight.
- 1.4mm and 1.8 Front anti roll bars included.
- Front pivot strap inserts for front track width adjustment. And 8°, 10°, 12° front rake adjustment.
- Lightweight front shock tower cover to protect your car and the track from damage.
- Threaded spring collars for better location.
- Includes 31 super precision ball bearings.
- FAB (Front Adjustable Brake System) with new ‘S2’ friction pads.
- Lightened side transmission gears.
- Rear Ultra-Low wing mounts.

 

- Rear interchangeable toe inserts, includes 4, 3.5 ,3, 2.5, 2, 1.5, 1, 0.5 deg.
- Small, low rotating mass gear differentials.  With 3 position height adjustment, to adjust for driveshaft plunge and mixed track conditions. Shim designed to increase durabilty and race to race consistency. Solid cross-pin accommodates ‘2 planet gear’ assembly.
- Medium flex rear arms
- Shorty and saddle compatible.
- 5mm, durable polyurethane drivebelts.
- Cable management system.
- Alloy and carbon fibre floating servo mount.
- Multiple ackerman position alloy centre track rod. 

 

 

 


 

 



ORLOWSKI WINS US CARPET OFF ROAD CHAMPS

06 December 2022

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Schumacher's Michal Orlowski has completed his 3 week tour of the US, with a comprehensive double TQ and victory at the US Carpet Off Road Championships.

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Michal finished the trip with a super strong performance with his Cougar LD2 and prototype CAT buggies ahead of a extremely strong US field.

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Set up's coming soon.


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Congratulations...

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SCHUMACHER INDOOR MASTERS 2022-23 RD2

01 December 2022

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This past weekend was round two of the Worksop Masters series. Once again the team didn't disappoint and there was a fantastic track to greet us all Sunday morning.

 

The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position.

 

In 4wd qualifying, it was Neil Cragg who took TQ and would therefore line up on pole. Tommy Hall would be 2nd and Ben Smith would line up in 3rd.

 

The A Final 4wd result was:

 

1 Jonathan Skidmore - Xray

2 Neil Cragg - AE

3 William Skidmore - Xray

4 Tommy Hall - AE

5 Jamie Hall - AE

6 Matthew Thompson - Schumacher

7 Edward Callan - Schumacher

8 William Goodwin - Schumacher

9 William Callan - Schumacher

10 Ben Smith - Schumacher

 

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In 2wd qualifying, Jonathan Skidmore would take TQ to line up on pole position, Tommy Hall would be 2nd on the grid and his brother Jamie Hall would line up 3rd.

 

The A Final 2wd result was:

 

1 Jonathan Skidmore - Xray

2 Jamie Hall - AE

3 Matthew Thompson - Schumacher

4 Tommy Hall - AE

5 Neil Cragg - AE

6 William Skidmore - Xray

7 Edward Callan - Schumacher

8 Zak Smith - Schumacher

9 Ben Smith - Schumacher

10 Ben Simpson - Yokomo

 

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A brilliant event as always and lots of fantastic racing.

 

Videos from both A finals are available to view here:

 

4wd A final:

 

 

 

2wd A final:

 

 

The full results and up to date championships can be viewed here: 

 

As always a huge thank you to the Worksop team for all of their hard work.

 

The third round of this series is on Sunday 15th January 2023, limited spaces are still available in both classes.

 

Here is a link to the online entry form: 

 

We hope to see you there.

 

 

 


 

 

 



ORLOWSKI WINS FLORIDA CARPET CHAMPS 2022

21 November 2022

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Schumacher's Michal Orlowski has been crowned the overall Modified Champion at the Florida Carpet Championships 2022. Held at Beachline Raceway, Florida USA over the weekend, the indoor carpet event attracted a star line up of 1:10th Off Road drivers including many Europeans.

2WD qualifying would see a different driver top each of the three qualifiers, topping the final Q3 would be enough for Michal with his Cougar LD2 to secure P2 on the grid with reigning World Champion Spencer Rivkin putting his AE 3rd having topped Q2 and Dakotah Phend taking Q1 to top the timesheets overall with TLR.

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In 4WD, Phend was in dominant form taking all three heats. Behind, Rivkin secured second on the grid from the Schumacher's of Broc Champlin and Michal using prototype CAT 4WD's.

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In the 2WD A-Main, the Top 3 would finish as they started with Phend getting the job done in A2 with his second straight win.
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4WD however would see things go to A3. While Phend won A1 from Orlowski, it would be Champlin with the A2 win as Orlowski suffered a DNF and Phend finished third behind Schumacher's Daniel Kobbevik also running a prototype chassis. It now would be tough for Michal to make the top spot, however it was still all to play for in A3. It was Orlowski who came through from 4th on the grid for the leg win from Rivkin, Champlin and Phend.  Overall it was Michal 1st, Broc 2nd and Daniel a fine 5th, an awesome result.

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Taking the overall 4WD win from team-mate Broc Champlin with Phend completing the podium, combined with his second overall in 2WD it was Michal who was crowned the overall Modified Champion of the 2022 Florida Carpet Championships.

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Schumacher's Engineer Tris Neal picked up his transmitter for this one and made the stock A main in 4WD, a top result.
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Congratulation to the whole Schumacher team for some awesome results stateside.

 

 

 


 

 

 



SCHUMACHER INDOOR MASTERS 2022-23 RD1

11 November 2022

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This past weekend was round one of the Worksop Masters series, following on from the very successful recent EOS event at this venue, lots of people were excited to get back on track again.

 

The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position.

 

The Worksop team as always provided a fantastic track layout for this event.

 

In 4wd qualifying, it was Ben Smith who took TQ and would therefore line up on pole. Tommy Hall would be 2nd and Neil Cragg would line up in 3rd.

 

The A Final 4wd result was:

 

1 Ben Smith - Schumacher

2 Neil Cragg - AE

3 Harley Eldridge - Xray

4 Matthew Thompson - Schumacher

5 Edward Callan - Schumacher

6 William Skidmore - Xray

7 Tommy Hall - AE

8 Jamie Hall - AE

9 Ben Simpson - Yokomo

10 Charlie Saunders - AE

 

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In 2wd qualifying, Tommy Hall would take TQ to line up on pole position, Neil Cragg would be 2nd on the grid and Jamie Hall lined up 3rd.

 

The A Final 2wd result was:

 

1 Tommy Hall - AE

2 Neil Cragg - AE

3 Jamie Hall - AE

4 Ben Smith - Schumacher

5 William Skidmore - Xray

6 Edward Callan - Schumacher

7 Eugene Galley - Schumacher

8 Matthew Thompson - Schumacher

9 Craig Mawson - Kyosho

10 Mitchell Fiddling - Schumacher

 

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A brilliant event as always and lots of fantastic racing.

 

The full results and up to date championships can be viewed here: http://www.schumacher-results.com/worksopresults22/index.htm

 

As always a huge thank you to the Worksop team for all of their hard work.

 

The second round of this series is on Sunday 27th November 2022, limited spaces are still available in both classes.

Here is a link to the online entry form: https://www.racing-cars.com/schumacher-indoor-off-road-masters-2022

We hope to see you there.

 


 



PROCAT CLASSIC LAUNCHED

28 October 2022



Introducing the awesome new Re-Release from the Schumacher 'Classic' Range -

The Legendary ProCat !

 

The legendary Schumacher ProCat dominated 4WD off road racing in the early 90’s, winning multiple championships including the 1990 Euros with the late great Phil Davies.

 

Now you can relive the glory days with the ProCat Classic. It is an authentic re-release using much of the original tooling, but with a few subtle improvements such as fittings for modern lipo batteries.

 

 

The ProCat Classic will be a top contender at vintage RC races, or will make a fabulous addition to any collection, as one of the most iconic RC cars of all time.

 

FEATURES:

● High quality GRP chassis.
● Efficient fibre reinforced drive belts.
● 14 ball, ball differential, invented by Cecil Schumacher in 1978.
● Unique alloy coil over oil filled laydown front shock absorbers.
● Front double wishbone suspension with massive travel.
● Huge steering lock to handle the tightest tracks.
● Front ‘O’ ring ‘crashback’ system to minimise front end crash damage.
● Tough polycarbonate bodyshell to keep out the dirt.
● Original Schumacher tyres.
● Accepts period NiMh batteries or modern shorty LiPos.
● Accepts brushed or brushless motors.
● Option parts available including a transmission upgrade #U7236 to handle modern high powered motors, and create a class leading buggy for vintage RC racing.

More information on the dedicated ProCat product page on our website.

 




BRCA 2022 GT12 NATIONALS RD2

12 October 2022

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Round 2 of the BRCA GT12 National series rolled down to the south coast of England, to the welcoming Eastbourne club.

It proved to be a strong performance from the Schumacher GT12 Team.

We started with a practice round and then on to 4 qualifying rounds.

After the four qualifiers we had the following grid lined up for the A final.

1 Andrew Murray - Atom 2
2 Daniel Robins - Atom 2
3 Stuart Rand - Destiny
4 Mark Jewitt - Destiny
5 Barry Lynch - Atom 2
6 Oscar Keen - Atom 2
7 Finley Whitelock - Atom 2
8 Joseph Moore - Atom 2
9 Matthew Gammons - Atom 2
10 Matt Hunter - Atom 2

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A Final
Andy also drove from line to line, followed by junior Dan, Barry was in third place for most of the race, but an unfortunate mistake left him in 6th, Joseph Moore took 5th, Oscar 7th, Matt Gammons 8th, Matt Hunter 9th and Finley Whitelock 10th.

1 Andrew Murray - Atom 2
2 Daniel Robins - Atom 2
3 Mark Jewitt - Zen
4 Stuart Rand - Zen
5 Joseph Moore - Atom 2
6 Barry Lynch - Atom 2
7 Oscar Keen - Atom 2
8 Matthew Gammons - Atom 2
9 Matt Hunter - Atom 2
10 Finley Whitelock - Atom 2

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Andy's set up sheet can be found here.

A great showing from the juniors of the Schumacher team, Finley making his first National A final, in his second season of GT12,
Dan took top junior, Oscar 2nd and Finley 3rd.
In the B final we had Ewan (B2), Sonny Beard (C10)

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The next round will move on to Tamworth on the 13th November. Booking in for all rounds available - www.brca.org/gt-circuit-events




SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RD3

30 September 2022

The past weekend saw the running of the 3rd round of the South African National Championships hosted by Bushveld Model Racers.
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The hotly contested 2wd Stock class saw Quintin Baker put his LD2 in the TQ spot after 3 rounds of qualifying followed by another LD2 driven by Jean van Eeden in 2nd. Jan Venter with his LD2 was just beaten to 3rd preventing a Schumacher 1,2,3 in qualifying.

The Sunday Mains continued the good showing of the Schumacher cars with Quintin winning 2 out of the 3 main rounds to place 1st for the event followed by Jean in 2nd and Jan finishing up in 7th.

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4wd Modified saw Rikus Janse van Vuuren dominate in his L1 Evo. First time out in the Evo Rikus manged to TQ all 3 rounds of qualifying. His excellent form continued on Sunday needing only 2 of the 3 main rounds to secure the win. Rikus also showed good speed in the 2wd Modified class to finish in 2nd place.

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A big Thank you goes out to Gary and Michael Gibson from Grand Prix Models for their support.

Thanks to Jean van Eeden for the report.

 

 

 


 

 

 



BRCA 2022 4WD TOURING NATIONAL ROUND 6

28 September 2022

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Last weekend saw the finale of the BRCA national championship at the fabulous Halifax Track and it was an extremely competitive one for the On Road team.

With championships already decided for 13.5 and 17.5 motor classes, Modified was still open between Schumacher's Zak Smith and the hobbywing and Intellect powered car of Kyle Branson.  A win for Zak and would possibly secure the title with Kyle outside the top 2 and it would go right down to the last race!

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-Following a struggle during the Saturday practice day, our modified championship protagonist came out the blocks fighting after some great teamwork overnight appeared to transform his car. His title rival Kyle took the TQ but Zak would line up P2, alongside him on the front row. Andy Murray placed his Mi8 in P3 after a strong run in the final qualifier. Jamie McDonagh and Jordan Norwood placed their Schumacher cars into the top 10, each for a third time this season to make it 4 Mi8’s in the Modified A final!

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-In the stock 13.5T category, the championship was already settled, in Zak Finlay’s favor. This wouldn’t stop our guys battling it out for the round win in the final. Zak would take the top spot with James Hart lining up alongside him, after a round TQ in the final qualifier. Billy Fletcher and Mikey Mansell make it 3 cars in the A final, with Dani Young narrowly missing the top 10, in P11. A special mention goes to Gregg Allan for placing his Mi8 into the B final in P19.

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-Stock 17.5T qualifying would see Darren Tickner the top spot but with strong qualifying from all of the Schumacher team, with 6 Cars lining up in positions 3,4,5,6,7 and 8! Special mentions in this class go to new team drivers Jamie Hall and Tom Foreman for joining the A final on their Schumacher team debut!

--Finals--

-Zak would win leg 1 after a great pass at turn 1, followed by a race long battle with Kyle, Andy and Harley. Leg’s 2 and 3 saw Kyle take p1 and with it the National title after a last leg decider, with Zak following him closely in both the final 2 races! Harley Eldridge completed the podium in p3. Jordan Norwood finished a brilliant P6 from the back of the grid!

-Stock 13.5 saw a clean sweep of wins for Zak Finlay, but he was pushed hard throughout by James finishing in P2 overall. Ricky Copsey finished P3 and stood back on the podium.
-In Stock 17.5, Alex Brocklebank moved up and onto the podium, tied on points with his team mate Andy Robson, in P4. Darren Tickner took a deserved win.

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--Championship--
-Billy Fletcher took a clean sweep of round wins in 17.5t to become national champion on his first season with Schumacher! Alex Brocklebank, Chris Parrott and Andy Robson all finished the season with strong championship positions with P5, 6 and 7 respectively.

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-In 13.5t James Hart solidified his P2 in the championship, with some crazy close racing with Zak.  Mickey Mansell and Jonathan Dronfield finishing in a fantastic P9 and P10 on their Schumacher TC team debut’s!

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-P2 this weekend was enough for Zak to finish runner up in the modified national championship after a fantastic season, winning half the rounds he competed in! Schumacher Junior star Daniel Robins rounded out the season to finish a great P7, and Jordan Norwood and Jamie McDonagh, with strong final rounds elevating them to P9 and 10. Amazing results for both, well done!

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Congratulations and thank you to the whole Schumacher Touring Car team for an amazing season all year long with many great results for us to be proud of!

Congratulations to all the national champions Billy, Zak and Kyle.

Bring on the winter where are top guys will be competing at big championships such at the MICC and EWS amoungst may other local series.

Halifax Set Up's can be found here.

Final congratulations go to the BRCA crew who stepped up the game year, challenging at times, but lots of effort looking like making some gains and good signs for the future of National touring cars in the UK.




IFMAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GUBBIO 2022

23 September 2022

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The last week saw the IFMAR Worlds Championships in Gubbio Italy.

The week saw a successful set of results for our small team which included support from Andy Murray from the Schumacher factory.

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In the IFMAR Formula World Cup class it was Schumacher’s Andreas Stiebler that would take the victory with his Icon 2. Sadly he could only make legs 1 and 2 of the finals due to having to rush off to catch his flight back home due to the rescheduled finals. However he managed to do enough in these 2 legs to become the Champion.

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Adreas's car was powered by a Hobbywing G3 21.5T Motor, Hobbywing Speed Control, Sunpadow LiPo and Highest Servo.

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IFMAR Formula World Cup Winner 2022 for Andreas and the Icon 2.

Andreas' Set up sheet can be found here.

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In the premier Modified class Michal Orlowski, would lead the team with Mattia Collina and Pekko Iivonen would be looking for good results. Michal would qualify 10th in the A main and with 3 solid finals would claim 6th overall. Michal drove brilliant in all 3 legs and had some real good pace, a very good result with such talent on the drivers stand.

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Michals Schumacher Mi8 was equipped with Hobbywing 4.5t G3 motor and XR10 Pro G2S ESC, Sunpadow 6500mAh HV Platin battery, PowerHD S15 servo and MR33 accessories.

Michal's Worlds set up can be seen here.

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Well done to the whole team out in Gubbio, Italy! A lot of hard work at these events and the team should be very proud with what you have achieved.

Thanks to Red RC and RC Racing TV for the images.



TOURING CAR ITALIAN AMSCI NATIONAL – GUBBIO

29 July 2022

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On the same day as the British team had strong performances at the BRCA National, Mattia Collina, Carlo Alberto Conti and Michal Orlowski would compete in the Italian AMSCI National with support from Andy Murray and Alessandro Giubbilei. The venue being Club 5 Colli Racetrack in Gubbio, host of the upcoming ISTC World championships.
The race took place after several days of testing and it would be Mattia Collina with an epic performance throughout that would take the pole position and victory after the 3 leg finals. Michal also showed very strong pace, but suffered some issues during the races and thus could not show his true potential this time out! Carlo qualified a strong 6th but also suffered some unfortunate luck during the finals.

Congratulations Mattia for this victory. Very impressive performance!

 

 


 

 

 

 

SCHUMACHER SPANISH GP 2022 BARCELONA

 

 

28 July 2022

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Big weekend in Barcelona, we did it again!!!!

As usual on SCHUMACHER GP SPAIN the most important is create good vibes with all RC fans!
On Saturday the track was open for free practice and our loved Schumacher Driver Mr. Javier Rojo did a spectacular PAELLA!! And the veteran Mr. Antonio Callejón did a special Drink loved for British people on our beaches (Sangria). Yes, for the next year if you are in Northampton thinking where we could go to race overseas?? Maybe SCHUMACHER GP Spain will give you the best food, drinks, atmosphere, and beach!! All in one!

On Sunday the performance of driver was as following:

On Touring Stock 13,5T
1.Carles Echarri
2.Ramon Guasch
3.Luis Crisenti (Schumacher Mi8)
4.David Baena
5.Ruben Sarabia (Schumacher Mi8)
6.Ivan Mir
7.Jose Corral
8.Lucas Marquez
9.Miguel Paredes
10.Jaume Pertegaz

The performance of Schumacher Team was so good fighting to be on the podium and also Mr. José Borja achieved the third position in his Final B wit Mi7 Schumacher.

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On Fwd

1.Javier Rojo
2.Oriol Roig (Mi7 converted to Fwd).
3.Antonio Callejon

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On Truck

1.Raul Galán
2.Antonio Puig
3.Oriol Puig

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Many Thanks to https://www.orientexpressmodelismo.com/ and https://amsatrinitat.com/ the Schumacher GP Spain and we will back soon…

Schumacher Spanish Team

 


 



BRCA 2022 4WD TOURING NATIONAL ROUND 3

04 July 2022

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The BRCA 4WD Touring Car National Round 3 took place over the weekend and it was a strong performance from the team.

In the 17.5 class new recruit on the Mi8 Billy Fletcher took the TQ and a fine victory. Local legend Andy Robson was 2nd after some good finals, Alex Brocklebank, Chris Parrot and Ade Sully also made the main with the Mi8's making 5 cars in the A final.

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In 13.5 James Hart and Zak Finlay had some epic battles for TQ and the win. In the end Zak came out in front with James having an unlucky last leg of the finals to bump him down to 3rd. Mikey Mansell had a strong performance in 6th with Jonny Dronfield 7th and Dani Young 9th, so again 4 cars in the main.

In the fastest modified class Zak Smith came home 4th, Dan Robins 6th, Chris Ashton 7th and Jordan Norwood 8th. 4 more Mi8's in the main.

Congratulations to the winners and the team, the next round is at the fast Mendip track on 23-24th July.

 



 

SCHUMACHER DOMINATE BELGIUM GP 2022

28 June 2022

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The famous Belgium GP at Kampenhoute was this last weekend and it was a dominant performance for the Schumacher Team.

In the 2WD portion TQ and A final win went to Wesley van Helmond with his Cougar LD2, Jorn Neumann was second.

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In the 4WD event the roles were reversed with Jorn taking the TQ and win and Wesley second.

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Jorn also took the Truck TQ and win with long time Schumacher driver JM Taijmans second.

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As usual with this race it was enjoyed by all !

A quick hop across the water for Jorn and Wesley to the European Championships starting the day after.


 




 

BROC CHAMPLIN WINS ROAR TITLE IN USA

27 June 2022

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Schumacher's Broc Champlin has taken the ROAR 1:10th Carpet National Championship with the CAT L1 EVO.  The prestigous event held at Norwast Hobbies attracted all the best driver across the US to compete for this great title.

In the 4WD protion Broc took TQ in all 4 rounds of qualifying with his LRP powered CAT L1 EVO and then won the first 2 finals to wrap up a comfortable victory.  Broc's brother Blake also made the A main in 9th.

Result;

4WD
1 BROC CHAMPLIN – Schumacher CAT L1 EVO
2 RYAN CAVALIERI
3 DAKOTAH PHEND
4 RYAN MAIFIELD
5 SPENCER RIVKIN
6 AYDIN HORNE
7 TY TESSMANN
8 AARON KOTHMAN
9 BLAKE CHAMPLIN– Schumacher CAT L1 EVO
10 DUSTIN EVANS

Broc also had some good success in the 2WD portion, taking 2nd overall behind Dekotah Phend with his Cougar LD2.

2WD
1 DAKOTAH PHEND
2 BROC CHAMPLIN – Schumacher Cougar LD2
3 RYAN CAVALIERI
4 SPENCER RIVKIN
5 AARON KOTHMAN
6 RYAN MAIFIELD
7 TY TESSMANN
8 AYDIN HORNE
9 BRANDON FOOTE
10 DUSTIN EVANS

Congratulations to Broc and Blake for some excellent results!


 




 

BRCA 2022 1/10TH NATIONAL RD3 BOUGHTON

13 June 2022

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Round 3 of the BRCA 1/10th Off Road Nationals took place this weekend at Boughton Raceway.

Once again it was a very strong performance from the team. Michal Orlowski was across fighting it out at this event and he was able to qualify 2nd in 2WD and take victory in the 3 legged finals.

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The hot conditions meant quite low traction and all the team did well to dial their cars in.

Ben Smith once again showed great maturity and speed to claim 5th, Josh Holdsworth 6th, Phil Sleigh 9th and Joseph Howson 10th in 2WD.

2WD

1 - Michal Orlowski - Schumacher LD2
2 - Neil Cragg
3 - Tommy Hall
4 - Lee Martin
5 - Ben Smith - Schumacher LD2
6 - Josh Holdsworth - Schumacher LD2
7 - Jamie Hall
8 - Richard Barton
9 - Phil Sleigh - Schumacher LD2
10 - Joseph Howson - Schumacher LD2

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In 4WD Michal again qualified 2nd but this time behind Paul Crompton. Michal could not quite manage his feet from Saturday and Paul drove well to secure the first two leggs after a hard charging Michal made a couple of errors. Michal was able to finish 2nd overall with a win in the last leg.

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Once again the CAT L1 EVO was performing well with Ben Smith and Josh Holdsworth 5th and 6th again and Ben Pugh 8th.

4WD

1 - Paul Crompton
2 - Michal Orlowski - Schumacher L1 EVO
3 - Lee Martin
4 - Neil Cragg
5 - Ben Smith - Schumacher L1 EVO
6 - Josh Holdsworth - Schumacher L1 EVO
7 - Tommy Hall
8 - Ben Pugh - Schumacher L1 EVO
9 - Charlie Saunders
10 - Jamie Hall