Gruber wins second European 1:10 Nitro title

Toni Gruber is the new EFRA 1:10 Nitro Onroad European Champion, the Capricorn driver retaking the title he previously held in 2017 with the win at Naxos World in Italy today.  The only driver to better Dario Balestri in qualifying, taking the first of the five rounds after which the Italian topped every round, the German would go on to take Super Pole to lock in his direct No.2 starting position in the final behind the Top Qualifier.  Locked in battle with Infinity team-mates Balestri and 3rd place qualifier Jilles Groskamp, as the race entered its final 8-minutes Balestri would suffer a flame out ending his chances of a 3rd European title in the class.  While Groskamp would chase Gruber, the Dutch driver ran out of tyres and couldn’t match the leader.  At the end of 45-minutes Gruber took his Ielasi Tuned powered C04 to victory by just over 4-seconds.  Carmine Raiola would complete the podium, one lap down.  Unfortunately Balestri would suffer a DNF, retiring in the final 3-minutes of the race.

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