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July 4, 2017

Martin N.O Hansen takes Danish 1/8th IC Track title

Last weekend the 2nd round of the Danish Nitro On-road Championship was held at the small and technical track of the Odense RC Minirace club. In the 1/8th class it was again Martin N.O Hansen who set the pace, claiming the TQ position by winning all four qualifying rounds. Bo Nielsen lined up in 2nd and Henrik Christensen had to settle for the 3rd spot. Going into the 30-minute final Martin looked unbeatable, but Rasmus B. Nielsen had a rocket start from P4 and was right behind Martin on the first lap. The first four minutes saw a close battle between the two and the gap was only about 0.8 seconds. Later Martin hit a curb and went into the grass which gave Rasmus a comfortable lead that he was maintaining well. Martin was pushing in 2nd place, trying to catch up with Rasmus but the latter was able to even lap Martin, whose pit crew then decided to change the strategy, sending out Martin on different tyres. Pushing his car to the maximum Martin set a new track record while up front an unfortunate Rasmus had to retire with gearbox issues with six minutes left in the race. This allowed Martin N.0 Hansen (ARC/Novarossi/Contact) to cruise to the win some five laps in front of Bo Nielsen (Infinity/Orcan/Matrix) in 2nd and Kasper Eliasen (Shepherd/Novarossi/Contact) 3rd. With the win, Martin also secured the overall title for 2017.

Thanks to Martin N.O Hansen for the report.

July 3, 2017

Schroeder wins at North German IC Track regionals Rd3

The MAC Hamburg club played host to the third round of the North German 1/8th nitro on-road regionals, qualifying events for the German Championships later this year. In the 30 minute main final, Timo Schroeder, driving a Shepherd, at first had so settle for 2nd position until he was able to take over the lead due to a different fuel strategy. In the final minutes of the race Timo was chased by Serpent’s Merlin Depta but he brought home the victory with a margin of only 0.2 seconds in front of
Merlin on the runner-up spot and Shepherd racer Lennart Skornia in 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

July 3, 2017

Chris Nielsen wins at Danish 200mm Nationals Rd2

This past weekend round 2 of the Danish 200mm National Championship was held at the fun and flowing Odense track. The practice rounds saw Claus Ryeskov setting the pace with his three fastest consecutive laps in front of Rene Kjellerup in 2nd, some 0.9s down. Chris Nielsen came in 3rd, another 0.4s behind. In qualifying it was again Claus Ryeskov who set the pace, claiming the TQ position by winning the first three rounds. Chris Nielsen TQ’ed round 4 to line up in 2nd. René Kjellerup had to settle for the 3rd spot, after two good runs in Q1 and Q2.

Continue reading the report here

July 3, 2017

Schiffner & Krause take 2017 German Truggy titles

The 2017 German Truggy Championship was held at the MRC Leipzig track over the weekend. In the Nitro Truggy class it was Agama driver Ronny Schiffer who took a maiden truck title from young Johannes Klatt (Mugen). TLR driver Sascha Nelson came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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July 3, 2017

Patrick Hofer sweeps Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held in Montagny this past weekend. Patrick Hofer would take the TQ position after the qualifiers and following a rain-interrupted Sunday morning he would claim the P2 spot for the 45-minute main final after the semis. In the main and shortly after the start Patrick was able to get into the lead and from there he never looked back to take a commanding win, leaving Jeremy Pittet and David Naldini behind in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

July 3, 2017

Tom Cockerill doubles at Kampenhout GP

The annual Belgium GP was held at the MBV Kampenhout track in changing weather conditions. Yokomo’s Tom Cockerill would sweep the event by taking the wins in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes to take a double victory. Ben Jemison (Schumacher) and Team Associated driver Jesper Rasmussen would round out the 4WD podium while Wesley van Helmond (Schumacher) and Wounter Wynen joined winner Cockerill on the 2WD podium.

July 3, 2017

Matsuzaki & Martin win 2017 JMRCA 1/10th Buggy titles

The 2017 JMRCA 1/10th Buggy Japan National Championships were held this past weekend at the iconic Yatane Arena. Hayato Matsuzaki (Yokomo) would grab the TQ in the 2WD class while Kaito Kodera (Yokomo) came out fastest after the 4WD qualifying. After the 2WD A-mains it was still veteran racer Matsuzaki on top to take another All-Japan Championship title, after a 9-year long winning drought, with Kohta Akimoto (Kyosho) and Lee Martin (Yokomo) rounding out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 4WD category Lee Martin took his maiden JMRCA title from Kaito Kodera 2nd and Kohta Akimoto 3rd.

View the 4WD podium here

July 3, 2017

David Ronnefalk claims 6th national 1/8th off-road title

The Swedish 1/8th Off-road Nationals were held at the famous Furulund track this past weekend in changing and thus challenging weather conditions. Due to the weather the qualifying was very close and ultimately it was HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk who took the TQ honours and he would also score the win in the main final to grab his sixth 1/8th off-road national title. Behind him, Jessica Palsson (Kyosho) in 2nd and Hampus Berg (HB Racing) in 3rd would complete the podium result.

Source: David Ronnefalk [facebook.com]