June 1, 2018

Kaufmann & Marzini win at Swiss EP Nats Rd2

The second round of the Swiss Nationals took place in Schaffhausen, Switzerland with the event attracting many drivers from across Switzerland and neighbouring Germany. The AMCS track is a fun track and has its own unique charm as the drivers stand is not located in the usual manner and is located on the left corner of the track. To this adds an ageing and sometimes bumpy surface, making setup not an easy task. In the Modified class, Marco Kaufmann (Xray) made a clean sweep by TQing all qualifying rounds and bringing home the win in all three A-mains to end the day in front of Serpent’s Dionys Stadler and Yokomo’s Michele Manzo.

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May 31, 2018

Roberto De Cesare wins at RC Model League finale

The fourth and final round of the RC Model League was hosted by the Automodellisti Viterbesi club in Italy last weekend. The event was held in 1/8th Nitro On-road, 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring and Touring Stock 13.5T classes and in the 1/8th category, attracting 18 entries, it was Roberto De Cesare with the TQ and win. Roberto Purgatori came in 2nd from Maichol Tonizza 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]


May 31, 2018

Wataru Takashiro wins at DCRC Championship

Last weekend the 2018 DCRC Championship was held at the Jincheon Raceway in South Korea. Wataru Takashiro would sweep the Nitro Buggy class as he took the overall TQ and win from Hwang Sun Jung in 2nd and Ryan Lee in 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]


May 30, 2018

Danish Electric Off-road Championship Rd2 – Report

The small and bumpy Black Hill RC track in Hobro hosted round 2 of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals recently. In the 2WD qualifiers Jesper Rasmussen was on fire right from the start as he was one of the few drivers that delivered a mistake-free run. In Q2 Jesper took again the TQ without any mistakes in front of M. Kaerup. In Q3 Jesper was on TQ pace again but rolled it, allowing Frederik Hovgaard in front but in the end Jesper’s pace was a bit faster and he ultimately also took round 3.

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May 30, 2018

2018 Lonestar Nitro Challenge – Report

This past weekend was the 2018 Lonestar Nitro Challenge at Thornhill Raceway put on by Joey Christiansen and directed by Jimmy Babcock. The three day event was pretty standard with Friday practice, Saturday qualifying, and Sunday mains plus the always popular horseshoe tournament. As far as the racing went, Team Associated’s Jake Dellinger would take the TQ honors in Pro Buggy and Pro E-Buggy with Dillon Caldwell taking TQ in Pro Truggy. In Pro Buggy Jake Dellinger and Dillon Caldwell would break away from the field early with Tekno’s Tyler Hooks not far behind, but with Tyler having a DNF early on, the race for 3rd was seemingly Team Associated’s Austin Jeffries until Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre mounted a late race charge to take over the spot. Jake Delligner would come out victorious after a lengthy battle with Caldwell which ended in a flame out for the HB Racing privateer, Caldwell would rebound to finish 2nd.

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May 30, 2018

Perez & Moreno win at Spanish Electric On-road Nats Rd1

Round 1 of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals was held last weekend and in the Touring Modified class, Xray’s David Perez went home with the overall TQ and win. Echarri Santiago Carles (Mugen) came in 2nd from VBC Racing driver, Mateo Rodriguez Antonio in 3rd. In the Stock class, it was Luis Moreno Eugenio (Xray) who took the win in both A1 and A2, which gave him the overall win from Eres Ramos Vicente 2nd and Xray driver, Yeray Martinez 3rd.

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May 30, 2018

Norwegian National Series Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Norwegian National Series was held at the Kodal Raceway in Sandefjord on an entertaining track that offered both fast and technical bits in addition to a bumpy surface and a somewhat low grip level. On Saturday the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class was run with the race format seeing three round of qualifying followed by the Superpole, semis and 45-minute A-main final. Oskar Fjeld would dominate the qualifying to secure the TQ for the main final with his old spec Xray while Andrè Røine would go on to win the superpole with his newer spec NT1.

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May 30, 2018

Leonardo Varga TQs & wins at Austrian IC Track Nats

Round 1 of the Austrian IC Track National Championship was held at the LAMAC Ring in St. Paul last weekend. A total of 43 drivers made their entry and in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Leonardo Varga​ securing the TQ in front of Christoph Rohrmoser​ and Franz Engel. The start of the A-main was very clean with Leonardo and Christoph pulling a gap from the rest of the field. Unfortunately, Christoph was later stopped by an engine-cut and thus lost the connection to the leader and after 45 minutes of exciting racing, Leonardo Varga crossed the finish line first with Christoph Rohrmoser and Franz Engel completing the all-Shepherd podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]