May 14, 2013

Vrielijnck makes it 2 from 2 in Dutch 1/8th Nationals

Vrielijnck makes it 2 from 2 in Dutch 1/8th Nationals

Last weekend the 1/8 onroad Dutch nationals were held on the very bumpy track of Groningen in the far north of Holland. The weather forecast predicted lots of rain for the whole weekend but turned out to be just some showers during the training days and a full dry and sunny race day, with just a drying track at the start of the first qualification session. At the end of NK qualification it was RickV making the fastest time taking the pole for the A semi final folowed by Robin d’Hondt who had the pole for the B semi final. Further on in the qualification ranking they were folowed by Steven Cuypers, John Ermen, Gunther v. Steay and Danny Leewis. After 2 very fast and thrilling semi finals the main final had RickV on pole. At the start of the main final RickV had a good start and was pulling away followed by John Ermen, Gunther v. Steay and Robin d’Hondt. Gunther had to retire after 20 minutes of the 30 minutes final promoting Robin to 3rd.

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May 14, 2013

KM Racing joins Euro Nitro Series

KM Racing joins Euro Nitro SeriesKMLogo

With final preparations well underway for the first race of the Euro Nitro Series, the organisers of the exciting new championship for onroad nitro racers today announced that reigning 1:10 200mm World Champion manufacturer KM Racing will join the series coming on board as a Primary sponsor of the two race ‘Pilot Series’.  Set to release its first 1:8 Onroad contender, the K8, which is currently under going final development testing, KM Racing join Xray, Shepherd Micro Racing and Novarossi as the key sponsors of the inaugural season of the ENS.

View the complete announcement here

May 14, 2013

Cabezas takes victory in Rd2 of Spanish Nationals

Cabezas takes victory in Rd2 of Spanish Nationals

The second round of the Spanish 1/8th onroad Nationals was held in Madrid under sunny conditions and good temperatures. Qualifying saw Oscar Cabezas get the pole-position, being the only driver to make 14 laps on the way to a new track record, while in second position was Carlos Peracho. In the final Cabezas led the entire race and won by more than a lap advantage over Nacho Lopez in 2nd and three laps over Carlos Peracho in 3rd. Oscar leads the National standings with two wins from two races ahead of the third and final race on the 14th of July in Vigo, next to the beach.

View the final standings here

May 13, 2013

Double win for King at JBRL Rd2

Double win for King at JBRL Rd2

Paul King reports from last weekend’s JBRL Nitro round 2 held at Palm Desert RC Raceway. ‘It was a hot hard fought win in the Buggy class, and a little easier cruise in the Truggy class for Cody. These were good wins for Cody as he maintains the points lead in both classes and retains the #1 number plates. Temps exceeding 100f made the effort just a little more difficult unless you pitted in a motor home with AC. Lots of water and wet towels were the order of the day.

Continue reading the report here

May 13, 2013

Yannick Aigoin double at French 1/10th Nationals Rd3

Yannick Aigoin double at French 1/10th Nationals Rd3

The 3rd round of the French electric offroad nationals took place last weekend in the town of Orange in the south of France, close to Marseille. Qualifying would see Associated driver Yannick Aigoin take the top spot in both 2wd and 4wd and in the final would convert his form into convincing wins in both classes. In 2wd he would beat out Xray driver Renaud Savoya who took 2nd with X-Factory driver Alexis Dufau in 3rd. In 4wd it would be Savoya again in 2nd, this time beating out Xray/Orion team mate Lorenzo Crolla in 3rd.

Thanks to Yannick Aigoin for the report.

May 13, 2013

Susanto & Tribudiman win Jakarta Regional Rd2

Susanto & Tribudiman win Jakarta Regional Rd2

Round 2 of the Jakarta Regional 1/10 EP Championship was held at the Sunter International Speedway Circuit with total of 40 drivers joining the race. The race was ran in the counter clockwise layout and in good sunny weather. In the primary superstock class, current standing leader Bowie Ginting was ill and couldn’t attend the race. In qualifying Teddy Syach took the TQ spot with his Tamiya followed by Heri Susanto and Ronny Suwarto in 2nd and 3rd respectively with their Xrays. Chandra Yosef took the TQ spot in the Stock 13.5 boosted class. The interesting story in the Superstock class was in the main final which saw three different winners in each leg. The main final was won by Heri, Teddy and Ronny. So, there was the same points for all three drivers. With the two best round to count Heri won the race followed by Ronny and Teddy. In Stock Rama Tribudiman successfully took the win from pole man, Chandra Yosef followed by Robert Hendrawan.

View the final results here

May 12, 2013

David Ronnefalk wins Swedish Cup Rd1

David Ronnefalk wins Swedish Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Swedish Cup took place this weekend at the Skövde motorstadium in central southern Sweden. After a long winter it was the first major gas offroad race in Sweden this season but despite running electric all winter it was young superstar David Ronnefalk who take the TQ spot ahead of his Kyosho team mate Christoffer Svensson in 2nd, the pair swapping round wins during qualifying. Andreas Edvinsson and Mikael Johansson would complete the top 4. Following the semis there was no major upsets and the Ronnefalk would again start from the front for the 45 minute final. The race would be a 3 way battle between the Kyosho trio of Ronnefalk, Svensson and Johansson, finishing in that order with less than a lap separating the podium finishers. With round 1 in the books attention now moves the Euros warmup which takes place next week in France.

Image: David Ronnefalk

May 12, 2013

IRCC2013 Nagoya Airport race – Announcement

IRCC2013 Nagoya Airport race – Announcement

The organisers of the annual IRCC event that takes place in Japan have been in contact to tell us about this year’s event which will be held from the 28th to the 30th of June. The race is unique in that it will be held in Nagoya International airport, in a meeting room near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, you wont need to do much traveling and can in fact access the track by foot. Unfortunately, due to the Japanese 1/12th Nationals being held in early July they decided not to have the 1/12th modified class this year. There are lots of other attractive classes and the event is again open to international competitors. Racers interested can visit the official event site here, where you will find all the information also in English.

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