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September 2, 2016

Teemu tops seeding at ENS Aigen

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Teemu Leino is the top seed for 1:10 qualifying at the Austrian Euro Nitro Series encounter, the Team Infinity driver fastest in the two rounds of controlled practice at the third round of the championship in Aigen. Having set the pace in free practice, last year’s race winner was again quickest from Serpent’s Dominic Greiner, the Finn having a 3/10ths advantage over 3-laps. Behind them inaugural ENS Champion Erik Dankel made a big improvement on his free practice form to post the third fastest time ahead of Francesco Tironi and championship leader Dirk Wischnewski.

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September 2, 2016

VBC Racing sign Marc Fischer

Following his departure from long-term sponsors Serpent and a short campaign with Capricorn, Germany’s Marc Fischer has now found a new home at VBC Racing. An A-main finisher at the recent IFMAR ISTC World Championships, Marc will campaign VBC Racing’s on-road kits at events such as the German Nationals, the ETS as well as the DHI Cup and other international events. Marc will also assist with product development and testing and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am really happy to start work with the VBC Team and I want to thank Mr. Victor L for this opportunity to drive for VBC Racing. I am looking forward for the first races and I am just really happy.

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]

September 2, 2016

Martin Wollanka takes Austrian 1/8th Buggy title

Round three of the Austrian 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the Kirchschlag track. The race started on Saturday with free practice and also the opening qualifiers in which Xray’s Martin Wollanka came out fastest. Martin would continue to dominate on Sunday as he took wins in two more qualifiers but the final two would went to Dominic Bauer (Mugen) and the pair would also make for entertaining semi finals but ultimately Martin would walk away with faster run in his semi. The opening stages of the main final then saw close fights between Martin and Dominic but at around the 15 minute mark Martin suffered a flame out due to running out of fuel after pushing too much. With Dominic up and away Martin now focussed on bringing home a second place which would win him the overall title, and so he had to find a way past second placed Michael Nalulowy (Kyosho) and with both pushing hard it was Michael who made a mistake that allowed Martin by and to take the overall second place but not without another moment he had to overcome due to having one fuel stop more than Michael. Ultimately Dominic brought home the win from a lucky Martin with Michael taking a third place finish.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 2, 2016

LRP-Offroad-Challenge 2016 finale – Report

The finale of the 2016 LRP-Offroad-Challenge was held on the astroturf track of the MSC Gemünden in Germany. With over 120 entries for the five classes run the event exceeded last year’s turnout by about 20 percent it also marked a new milestone as beside the usual classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy, Short Course and Rookie also the new-for-2016 1/8th E-Buggy class was held. Just in time for the weekend hot weather kicked in, making for a real test for man and machine and only a short rain shower on Sunday noon made for a bit of relief although it completely changed the track conditions for the final qualifier. For the main though the track dried up again, making for equal conditions for everyone.

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September 1, 2016

World Champions head ENS Austria entry

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After a two & a half month break, the Euro Nitro Series resumes with the third round taking drivers to Austria this weekend (September 2-4). With the World’s biggest prize keeping them occupied during the break, it is newly crowned Nitro Touring Car World Champion Dominic Greiner who leads the 1:10 entry while 1:8 World Champion Simon Kurzbuch heads the 1:8 field for the championship’s 3rd visit to the Aigen track. With the race marking the start of the second half of the season, the weekend could be crucial to deciding the 1:8 title but with 1:10 having produced two different winners so far it is an opportunity for more drivers to join the race to become champion.

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August 31, 2016

2016 U.S. World Nitro Cup – Announcement

The 2016 U.S. World Nitro Cup will be held from December 7th to 11th at Fullthrottle R/C Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida. The events starts off on Wednesday with open practice and the opening qualifier will be held on Friday morning while the day will end with a poolside social at the host hotel in the evening. 2016 classes are 1/8th Open, Masters, Sportsman and 2WD pan car as well as 1/8th GT 5-port, 1/10th Sedan and a 4WD 1/8E promoter class. More information about the event are available here.

August 30, 2016

Patrick Hofer takes back-to-back Swiss 1/8th Buggy title

This past weekend the sixth and final round of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in Gland on a grass track with lots of smooth jumps. Right from the start Patrick Hofer (Team Associated/Reedy) laid down some very quick laps, ending the practice rounds with the fastest lap but come the qualifiers things changed a bit as the track started to get more bumpy with the grass breaking up, revealing more and more dirt. The fight for the TQ spot was on between Jeremy Pittet (HB Racing/Team Orion) and Patrick with the better end for Jeremy who took the TQ after the four rounds of qualifying. The two semifinals again were and all-Jeremy-and-Patrick affair with the better end for Jeremy who would start from the pole position into the 30-minute A-main. Patrick though would take maximum profit of an ultra-fast refuelling during his first pitstop that would promote him into the lead that Hofer would hold onto until the chequered flag. Jeremy would end the race on the 2 spot from third placed Joachim Kallen (Xray/FX). With the win at round six Patrick secured himself his second 1/8th national title in a row.

Thanks to Patrick Hofer for the report.

August 30, 2016

Ty Tessmann wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd5

Round five of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Off-road Series was held at R/C Tracks of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The race marked the second time the otherwise SoCal-based series headed to Nevada and the round would be one of the biggest of the year as many drivers tried to get some more laps under their belts in preparation for the forthcoming IFMAR World Championships. In the premier Expert Buggy class HB Racing’s Ty Tessmann came out fastest from Mugen’s Adam Drake and Kyosho factory driver Cody King.

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