A round of the Argentinean Metropolitan Championship was held at the Hernan Matticoli track, home of the 2017 GT World Cup in December. In the GT class and due to the bad weather the program was shortened and ultimately it was Nico Bregante who made the best out of the slick conditions as he took the day’s win in the light rain.
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Round 5 of the 2017 Belgian SCR Cup was traditionally held on the iconic MBV Kampenhout track. The flawless organisation allowed to run four instead of the usual three qualifiers, giving the drivers more opportunities to improve their lap times, on the very technical and demanding track that requires a good rhythm. The qualifiers started on a wet track but it dried up quickly with the nice and sunny weather making for good but not too high grip levels all day long.
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The final round of the Swiss Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the Sitterdorf track recently. In the 200mm main final it was Maurice Lüscher who lead the proceedings at first but Patrick Fankhauser was able to take over the lead at some point and when Maurice suffered a body damage in the pits it was Patrick who was able to cruise to the win although things got a bit closer towards the end as teammate Traugott Schär was pushing hard. Ultimately it worked out for Patrick as the took the win from Traugott Schär and Michael Schäfer. Overall in the championship Traugott Schär would take the title from Patrick 2nd and Michael 3rd.
Round 2 of the AMSCI Italian 1/10th 200mm National Championships were held in Giardini Naxos, Messina. High temperatures the whole weekend made for a lot of traction and in the Expert class it was Alessio Mazzeo was the man to beat as he took the overall TQ after the qualifiers and also walked away with the win in the 45-minute main final from Mario Spiniello 2nd and Floriana La Rosa 3rd.
Last weekend the third and final round of the Danish Nitro On-road Championship was held at the high speed track of the Næstved Model Racing Club. In the 1/8th class it was again Martin N.O Hansen who set the pace, claiming the TQ position by winning three of the four qualifying rounds. Martin Dyrlund lined up in 2nd and Rasmus B. Nielsen had to settle for the 3rd spot after the qualifiers. Going into the 30-minute final Martin N.O looked unbeatable, but Martin Dyrlund, Rasmus and Søren had set a high pace and were on same lap as Martin N.O until the last minutes of the final, when Rasmus ran out of tyres and Martin Dyrlund’s high pace was at the cost of high fuel consumption. This allowed Martin N.O Hansen (ARC/Novarossi/Contact) to take the win one lap in front of Søren Jørgensen (ARC/Novarossi/Contact) in 2nd and Martin Dyrlund (ARC/Boss/Contact) 3rd. With the TQ and win, Martin also secured a perfect season with TQs and wins at all races to take the overall title.
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Round 4 of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was recently held in Tølløse near Copenhagen. Even without preparation the track offered good grip and the mostly sunny weather made for great racing conditions on Saturday. Unfortunately it was raining on Sunday morning and the weather would constantly change between dry and wet periods. The organisers decided to postpone the start by an hour and jump directly into qualifying. Ultimately it was Mike Gosvig with the TQ in the Superstock class from Frederik Broløs in 2nd. The opening A-main then went to Mike from Frederik and Patrick Danielsen and also the second A-main was won by Mike while Kevin Nielsen made a late move on Frederik to secure a 2nd place. In A3 it was again Mike with the win from from Kevin 2nd as Soren Boy Holst secured 3rd in the leg. Ultimately it was Mike Gosvig with the win from Kevin on the runner-up spot while Frederik had to settle for 3rd overall.
Southside RC in Lake City, Florida recently held their August club race and in the Open Nitro Buggy class it was Jason Frank (Xray) with the overall TQ courtesy of winning Q1 and Q2 in pretty slick conditions. Jason would start from P1 into the 15 minute A-main and after a few laps the 2nd placed driver made a mistake which gave Jason some breathing room that he would manage to come home with the win. Mike Montgomery (Xray) would come in 2nd from James Coker (Tekno) in 3rd.
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The 2017/18 season of the popular Mibosport Cup Winter Series will kick off on the weekend of the 14th of October in Hrotovice. Attracting almost 400 drivers in total including the likes of Ronald Völker, Lee Martin, Viljami Kutvonen, Alexander Hagberg, Viktor Wilck, Hupo Hönigl, Martin Hudy and Martin Bayer, last year’s series was again a great success. This year the series is run in the eight classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock LRP, Formula, 1/12th scale as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy. New categories are 2WD Stock 17.5T and 4WD Stock 13.5T Buggy. The Touring Modified and Formula classes will roll on Volante tyres, the Stock class utilises Sweep rubber while the off-road categories will run the brand new Schumacher Cactus tyres. As usual the on-road races will be run on the proven black ETS carpet while the off-road track is laid out with the same carpet as used at the EOS. More information about the series can be found here.
