Norsemen RC news
Motiv Race 3 & Midwest F1 and GT Series Race 1
The Fury had a busy last couple of weeks in the hands of our USA driver, Rob King. He went two for two with race wins. First was the Motiv Midwest All-Star Carpet series held at the Island Speedway in Iowa over the weekend of February 25th. This was the third race in the series and Rob’s second win with the Fury. Not much to say about the race as he dominated the small crowd. More information can be found here on MOTIV series Facebook page. The next weekend was up in Oshkosh, WI at the Hobbytown track. This was the...
Motiv Race 2 Report
Michiana RC Raceway (MRCR) near South Bend, Indiana hosted round 2 of the Motiv Midwest All-Star Carpet Series last weekend. Our American driver, Rob King, now has a streak of two TQ’s and fastest lap. Unfortunately, a couple race incidents had him finishing 2nd. This is another American Black CRC carpet track with quite a bit of traction. Rob was testing a few prototype parts over the race weekend and found a couple of them to be useful. A thicker chassis, a longer top deck, and a front arm brace. Some of these will be available on our web-shop in the...
SGP1 Round 3
SPG1 Round 3 happened last weekend. Track changed to more flowing, open layout that was slightly faster. Testing was a bit difficult coming into the weekend due to very high traction causing rollovers from the previous layout. If you changed your setup to deal with this, then in the morning you had to switch back to a more forgiving one to take advantage of the lower traction. This round saw a change to the qualifying procedure. Instead of 90 minutes to put in your fastest lap time, it was broken up into three parts. We will be using this format...
SGP1 standings after round 2
Norsemen are doing great being on top after two rounds, other fury drivers are doing good as well with 5 in the top ten!
Fury wins Motiv series race 1
Congratulations to Rob King for starting the Motiv Midwest All-star Carpet series with a dominating win.He TQ’d the Fury, finished A1, and had fastest lap. Rob has been driving the car for a few months in America on their CRC black carpet and outdoor asphalt surfaces. Norsemen are very fortunate to have Rob’s extensive F1 experience guiding us through track conditions we are unable to replicate locally. Thanks Rob.Also good to see another friend of Norsemen, Rick Vessell, come in at A3. Although Rick is driving a different car, he has been providing lots of technical design and setup support....