The third round of the Swiss IC Track Championship was held at the Aigle track recently. In the 1/8th on-road class it was ARC’s Silvio Hachler with the win from Shepherd’s Oliver Krahemann and Xray’s Luca Martinelli.
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Round 3 of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MRCL Langenthal club. In the Touring Pro Stock class it was Awesomatix’s Boris Siladi with the overall TQ courtesy of two round wins from the Xray duo of Nuno Huber and Cham Dassanayake, the latter two scoring a round win each. The triple A-mains then saw a clean sweep of Boris who took wins in all A-mains for the overall from Cham in 2nd and Nuno in 3rd. Over in the Formula class it was Fabio Marzini with the day’s win from Giacomo Moretti in 2nd and Renato Marrocco in 3rd.
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Round 5 of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Bjæverskov last weekend. The sunny and hot summer weather made for some great racing and after Sunday’s 1/8th Nitro Buggy qualifying it was Pelle Culmsee with the overall TQ from Daniel Bubel in 2nd and Peter Harder on the 3 spot. The 45-minute A-main final then saw Xray’s Peter Harder coming out on top with a 12-seconds margin on Serpent’s Nikolai Lamberts who had the pace to match Peter but suffered a couple of mistakes and an additional stop for fuel. In 3rd it was Xray’s Daniel Bubel who would round out the podium.
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The astro turf track of Velke Opatovice played host to round 3 of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals last weekend. Max Götzl would make a clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking the overall TQs in 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Stadium truck, the latter two pretty much unchallenged while the 2WD TQ was decided in the tie-breaker with Marek Schiller who had to settle for 2nd after the qualifiers. The opening A-main of 2WD then also went in Max’s favor as he will a flawless win from Ales Bidovsky in 2nd and Marek Schiller in 3rd. A2 however was a different affair as Max made some mistakes and he had to settle for 2nd behind Ales. A3 then saw Max fighting with Ales for most of the time, with a last-lap side-by-side tangle leaving Ales with the win from Max in 2nd, only a second behind. So Ales would take the overall from Max 2nd and Marek in 3rd.
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Last weekend the third round of the Swedish Nitro On-road Cup was held at the technical Staffanstorp Raceway track. The race attracted drivers from Sweden, Denmark and Norway and in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was clear right from the start that it would be a close affair up front with five drivers being on the same pace. Ultimately it was Rasmus Nielsen who set the pace in qualifying by claiming the TQ with a rocket drive in the last round of the qualifying. Lars Stub-Holm lined up in 2nd after being outpaced by three seconds over the 4-minutes round and Georg Ellingsen had to settle for the 3rd spot only six tenths behind Lars.
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Round 2 of the HKRCSA EP Series was held at the Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong last weekend. Serpent’s Felix Law was in control of things in the Touring Modified class qualifiers, taking three of the four rounds for the overall TQ from Q4 winner, Xray’s Kevin Lau. Awesomatix driver, Fai Ho came in 3rd with three 2nd place finished. Unfortunately the race director had to call the event a day after the qualifiers as heavy rain made it impossible to run the final legs, meaning the overall results would be based on the qualifying results, handing Felix the win from Lau and Fai with Lau taking the runner-up spot in the tie-breaker with Fai.
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Round 4 of the Swiss 1/10th Off-road Nationals was held at the EOCD track recently. The weekend kicked off pretty wet with most of Saturday being washed away by the rain, however things should brighten up on Sunday with a shorted schedule of three rounds of qualifying and triple mains making for a busy day. In the 2WD class Aaron Munster was in a class of his own, taking the win in front of Florian and Nico Schmid with all three holding their qualifying positions for an Xray 1-2-3.
The AMC Langenfeld club played host to the 1/10th 4WD Buggy and Stadium Truck German Nationals warm-up race last weekend. In the 4WD and Stadium Truck class it was Jens Becker with the overall TQs while Marcel Schneider came out on top after the 2WD Buggy qualifying. The A-main of the 4WD class stayed wide open until the final lap of A3 and ultimately it was Marcel Schneider (HB Racing) with the win from Xray’s Aaron Münster and Jens Becker.
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