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August 27, 2019

2019 Mugen Challenge – Report

The 2019 Mugen Challenge was held at the LCRC Raceway in Central Pennsylvania, attracting 389 entries from across the country. The event kicked off on Wednesday with the ‘Mechanics Clinic’ presented by Pat Risser & Kevin Mummah. This brand new 10 entry clinic taught 1/8 Drivers & Crew good maintenance practices, and how to setup their cars. Once again this year, on Thursday, Mugen Seiki’s Adam Drake hosted the Annual Drake Clinic, and worked with 20 drivers to improve their cars and their driving skills. Friday kicked off open practice, which was delayed by some early morning rain, but perfect weather followed for the remainder of the race. Throughout the weekend, 21,389 laps were put on the new LCRC layout, which featured an over/under obstacle.

View the different class results here

August 27, 2019

David Loppini joins WRC racing team

WRC have announced that front running Italian National driver David Loppini has joined their team. David is a former Italian vice Champion in the 1/10th 200mm class as well as a multiple Euro Nitro Series main finalist, having raced for Xray prior to this most recent move to the Italian manufacturer.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

August 27, 2019

Max Gotzl double at 2019 Czech Open series Rd7

The penultimate round of the 2019 Czech Open series was held in Horni Jeleni last weekend. Following free practice on Friday, the race started on the Saturday morning with qualifying. Xray driver Max Gotzl was able to take the overall TQ in both Nitro and EP classes, after winning all 4 qualifying rounds. Jiri Mara and Tomas Kapicka took 2nd and 3rd in the Nitro class, with Marek Ornst and Jiri Dvorak took 2nd and 3rd with E buggy. In Nitro it was again Gotzl who was fastest in the Semis, followed by Tomas and Jiri Benes in 3rd on the main final grid. The start went ok for the pole man but a long stop to adjust the engine lost him some time in his first pit stop, but was able to make it back. In the end Max was able to cross the finish line with the win, with a gap of two laps over 2nd placed Jiri Mara, followed by Tomas in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

August 26, 2019

Milan Holthuis wins Rd5 of Dutch 1/10th nats

The tight and twisty track at Gouda played host to round 5 of the Dutch 1/10 IC national series. The weather was glorious with the high temperatures stressing the engines to the max. Saturday saw a busy track with everyone searching for a stable setup for the low grip, but the track also demands a lot of steering in the many hairpins. Not an easy balance. Sunday started with the qualifiers and it would be Milan Holthuis that edged out Julius Kolff for Pole. With tire wear on the high side, the final was tight on tires. Some elected for a tire change where others tried to get through the half hour with one set. After the B final provided the two bump ups, one of which was one of the youngsters Merijn Schipper that drove a consistent race to earn his place in the A main. The A final saw Milan streak away from pole. The challenge from Julius never came as he broke a driveshaft in the 2nd minute. That left the fight for second to be the highlight of the race. It was Jurmin Etnel that would claim the second step on the rostrum as Dave de Ruyter put his car over the curb onto the grass in the last lap to lose his second spot. The last round will be in September on the superb AMCA track at Apeldoorn.

Thanks to Julius Kolff for the report.

August 26, 2019

Hendrik Lainemäe double at 2019 Baltic Cup

The Limbazi RC Track hosted the 2019 Baltic Cup, inviting the best drivers from 5 countries the event was certain to produce amazing racing throughout the weekend. In Qualifying it would be Karl Kasekamp who came out on top in 1/8 nitro buggy while Hendrik Lainemäe took TQ in 1/8 E-Buggy, both running the Xray XB8s. In the Nitro Buggy final Hendrik and Karl would take their respective Semi final wins followed closely by Domantas Cesiulis, Rainer Ressar and Robin Ilus. After some technical issues with timekeeping 2 separate finals would be run with aggregate results being the only option with the sunlight fading quickly. In the end it was Hendrik who would come out on top in front of Karl and Robin in 2nd and 3rd respectively, with Domantas and Jaanus Saare completing the top 5.

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August 19, 2019

Capricorn RC sign up Alex Thurston

Capricorn RC have announced the addition of top British driver Alex Thurston to their line-up of international drivers. After seven years with Serpent and achieving some great results, Alex will team up with Kyle Branson (above) to contest the UK Nationals along with major international events. Thurston will continue to race 1/8th and 1/10th scale GP classes as well as some limited 1/10th EP. He had the following to say about the deal:

I am super happy to be joining the Capricorn team. I have been very impressed with the drive of the team to improve and progress their products. Capricorn are one of the top leading brands in onroad and I’m proud to be a part of that. I would like to thanks Patrizio Rossi for the opportunity and also Team Serpent for all their support over the years.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

August 19, 2019

Daniel Kobbevik double at 2019 Norwegian Nationals

The 2019 Norwegian National Championship was hosted by Racingland SAS in Sandefjord, and unfortunately the weather forecast was horrible. The Club crew did an amazing job to make this race happen, and it was special since the club had been at this location for 33 years, and this was to be the last race held here. Saturday started with a technical meeting in the morning and it was decided to shorten down both classes to 3 qualifiers instead of 5, no semi practices and tighter program and to run the whole event on Sunday.

Continue reading the report here

August 19, 2019

Dominic Greiner dominates 1/10th Nitro Euros

The 2019 EFRA 1/10th Nitro European Championships were held last week at the Mini Car Club Turkheim track in the south of Germany. Qualifying would see complete domination from Serpent driver Dominic Greiner, the former World Champion taking all rounds of qualifying at what is his home track to secure the pole position for the 45 minute main final. Behind the German, Dario Balestri was the best of the rest, the Infinity driver heading the Mugen of fellow 1/8th World Champion Robert Pietsch with the Xray of Alessio Mazzeo and Shepherd of Patrick Nahr completing the top 5, those 4 drivers going into super pole. Following some tuning and engine issues in the Super pole event for Balestri and Mazzeo it would be Pietsch that would come out on top and take the final direct place in the main final with everyone else needing to battle it out in the Semi finals for the remaining 8 places.

Continue reading the report here