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April 15, 2015

Swiss Nitro On-Road Nationals Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Swiss Nitro On-Road Nationals was hosted by Mini Racing Ticino and Moesa at the iconic Lostallo track. The big news for the year was the introduction of the ENS points system for the qualifiers and in the 1/8th class the fight was on between the two World Championship finalists Simon Kurzbuch and Haechler Silvio and also Mattia Pesenti was really fast on his home track. Mattia took the TQ in the opening qualifier but Silvio Haechler came out fastest in the remaining three rounds to take the overall TQ but Mattia at least pulled the fastest lap in the qualifiers. Simon had a troubled qualifying and came in 3rd place.

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April 14, 2015

Aaron Stringer doubles at King of the Mountain

Over 60 drivers attended the inaugural “King of the Mountain” race held at Toowoomba, Australia. Aaron Stringer took dominant TQs in both the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes and in the Truck final Aaron got a clean start from pole position and just cleared out and won the final by over 3 laps. Buggy then was the last race of the event and Aaron got an o.k. start from pole with 2nd and 3rd in close pursuit, but 3 minutes in the race the computer suffered a glitch causing the race to be stopped while the issue was fixed. The second start to the A-main was much better and Aaron was able to drive away from his opposition. By the end of the 40 minute main Aaron had put 2 laps on the 2nd place taking his second win of the weekend and the mantle as “King of the Mountain”.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

April 14, 2015

2015 Asia Onroad Championship Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2015 Asian Onroad Championship series made its way to the Wang racing family owned RCI Raceway in Shanghai, China last weekend. The AOC saw drivers representing eleven countries from many regions of the World, including IFMAR World Champions such as Hayato Matsuzaki and Surikarn Chaidajsuriya. Other drivers in attendance included Nicholas Lee of Singapore, JJ Wang among many others from China, and the North American contingent of Rick Hohwart, Kevin Hebert, Eric Anderson, Felix Law, Tiny Welch, Paul Lemieux and Eric Epp.

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April 14, 2015

Western German Championships Rd1 – Report

The first of four rounds of the Western German Nitro Onroad Championships was held at the track of the MCK Dormagen in the North of Cologne. A total of 65 competitors joined this first qualifier for the German Nationals in the three classes of 1/8th scale class 1 and 2 and as well as 1/10th scale 200mm. Following the Nitro-West warmup race two weeks before, which has been washed out by rain, all drivers tried to make maximum use of the ten hours of practice on Saturday, which was interrupted by slight rain for about one hour at lunch time. Unfortunately more rain hit the track in the evening which resulted in a still damp track during the first heat on Sunday morning.

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April 14, 2015

Joel Valander sweeps Model Expo Race

Last weekend the final round of the Finnish National Winterjumps 1/10th off-road series was held at the annual Model Expo fair that, combined with other fairs held at the same time, attracted some 40,000 visitors in total. The race was held in 2WD and 4WD electric off-road classes and it attracted some 40 entries to race on a purpose-built concrete track with carpet-clad jumps. In the 2WD class, run on Saturday, Joel Valander controlled the qualifiers to secure the overall TQ. Team mate Lari Jäppinen would start from 2nd into the finals.

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April 14, 2015

Lee Martin sweeps BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nationals Rd1

The first round of this year’s BRCA 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals was held at the Robin Hood Raceway. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg took the TQs in both the 2WD and 4WD classes but it was Yokomo’s Lee Martin who ended the day on top of the podium in both classes. Neil came in 2nd while Yokomo driver Tom Cockerill completed the top 3 result both in 2WD and 4WD.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

April 14, 2015

Carson Wernimont doubles at JBRL Nitro Series Rd1

The opening round of the 2015 Jimmy Babcock Racing League series was held at the Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California. Run in several 1/8th off-road categories including 1/8th E-Buggy the event always attracts a good mixture of World-renown drivers and local talent. In the premier class of 1/8th Nitro Buggy Team Associated’s Carson Wernimont took the win driving a prototype of the forthcoming RC8B3 buggy in front of Drew Moller (HB) and newly signed Mugen racer Adam Drake.

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April 13, 2015

French Nitro On-Road Championship Rd1 – Report

The opening round the 2015 French 1/8th Nitro On-Road Championship was held at the Circuit Carole, a fast and challenging track with the event attracting a total of 86 racers. Four rounds of qualifying were scheduled but only three would be held due to rain. In the Elite class it was Romain Picard who took pole position, just 0.14 seconds in front of Christophe Louis. In the National class Mickael Foin took pole position after the qualifiers.

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