The iconic Andernach track played host to round 5 of the Tonisport Onroad Series this past weekend. The race was held in Touring Modified, Stock 13.5T, FWD 13.5T, Fun 17.5T and a Formula class and in Stock 13.5T it was Awesomatix’s Max Mächler with the TQ and win from Tamiya driver Dai Sakaguchi 2nd and Jacques Libar (Awesomatix) 3rd.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
Round 2 of the Finnish IC Track National Championship was hosted by Hyvinkään urheiluautoilijat the past weekend under sunny conditions. In the 1/10th class, Panu Vehviläinen took the TQ honours but in the final Kim Elfström showed the better pace on the bigger and harder tyres and on the quite bumpy track. Taking over the lead, Kim was able to hold it to the end with Panu suffering technical difficulties later, just securing 2nd place in front of Sami Munck following 1.5 seconds behind.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The 2018 Bittydesign Eurocontest was held at the Barcoff in Italy over the weekend. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers and in the Nitro Pro class it was Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) who was able to take the win with an incredible two laps ahead of second placed driver Robert Batlle (Mugen) while Mugen’s Marco Ravaglia came in 3rd. Davide was also able to take the win in the Electric Brushless class, winning the first and second A-main while in the strong Open class with 108 entries, it was young Italian driver Alessandro Scaramozzino who was able to take the win with an impressive drive ,showing once again his talent.
Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]
Round 2 of Schumacher Dart Cup was held this past weekend at the Astroturf RC track in the town of Serock, some 70km north-east of Warsaw. The track offers a high grip Astroturf surface and a nice layout with a mixture of fast, sweeping and tight corners as various jumps make racing very challenging. Before round 2 the track underwent a rebuild of the cross-over section, by adding the bridge with the perfect shape giving the chance for long jumps. The format for the event was seven rounds of round by round qualifying with the three best to count followed by triple mains for everyone. The race saw the attendance of Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski who was a class of his own, showing a flying pace over the weekend.
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Round 4 of the North German 1/8th Off-road regional championship was held in Hamburg over the weekend. Despite a different forecast the weather held up fine on Sunday, however the tough and challenging track made it difficult for all pilots. In the premier Nitro Buggy class it was all about Burak and Berkan Kilic again. The two brothers battled it out for the win in the 40-minute A-main final until Berkan had smaller issues during pitting that kept him from fighting for the top spot. In the end it was Burak (Agama) with the win from Marcel (Kyosho) in 2nd and Berkan (Agama) who fought with Marcel for the 2nd spot, however he had to settle for 3rd in the end.
The popular Noeux les Mines track played host to round 4 of the French 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship this past weekend. Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel took the double TQ and win in both the 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod Buggy classes as young Clement Boda (Team Associated) and Xray’s Armand Lantheaume completed the top 3 in 2WD while HB’s Thomas Musso and Thomas Anger rounded out the 4WD Mod podium result. Overall in the championship however it was TLR’s Renaud Savoya who would snatch the 2WD Mod title with one round to spare courtesy of a P4 finish at round 4 while over in 4WD Mod it was Thomas Musso who took this year’s national title.
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Round 3 of the Portuguese IC Track National Championship was hosted by the Radiomodelismo De Benfica club this past weekend. The 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class attracted a total of 28 drivers and it was Xray’s Bruno Coelho who would lead the way by taking the TQ, pole position for the final and also the A-main win some six laps in front of Mugen’s Nuno Duraes. Shepherd’s Fabio Torres Ramos came in 3rd to round out the podium as Joao Malveiro and Pedro Silva completed the top 5 results.
Image: Bruno Coelho
The fourth round of the French 200mm National Championship was hosted by the A2tech club this past weekend. Xray’s Leo Arnold was in control of things all day as he took the pole position for the final, the win and also the overall championship title with one round to spare. Shepherd’s Basile Concialdi came in 2nd, some three laps down as Michael Derderian (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]
