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July 23, 2019

DJ Apolaro TQs & wins at IFMAR GT Worlds warm-up race

The IFMAR GT Pre-Worlds race was held in Homestead, Florida last week with IGT8’s DJ Apolaro walking away with the overall TQ and win in the ROAR 5-Port Spec class. The hour-long A-main final saw Paolo Morganti (IGT8) coming in 2nd, a close 2.3 seconds behind DJ as Super Pole winner, IGT8’s Lazaro Alonso ended the race in 3rd, only nine seconds behind the winner. Serpent’s Joaquin Desoto Jr. came in 4th, some three laps behind the top 3 as Fabrizio Martello (IGT8) completed the top 5 results another three laps down.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

July 22, 2019

Ari Heinonen sweeps Finnish 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Finnish 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held at Fullspeed RC in Vantaa, Finland this past weekend. Ari Heinonen took the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifying rounds from Lauri Ruotsalainen, who also took a round TQ. In the 45-minute A-main event it was again Ari who would prevail, taking the win some twelve seconds in front of Markku Honkanen on the runner-up spot. A lap down Simo Ahoniemi would complete the top 3 result, finishing on the same lap as 4th placed Tomi Salonen and 5th placed Lauri Ruotsalainen.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

July 22, 2019

Kurzbuch secures 4th ENS title with another Aigen win

Simon Kurzbuch has secured the 2019 Euro Nitro Series title after claiming his fifth consecutive win at the hillside Aigen track in Austria. Travelling to the third round of the Euro Nitro Series on the back of his first win of the season at Round 2 in the Netherlands, the Shepherd driver collected maximum points taking the TQ and win ahead of reigning champion Dario Balestri. With the demise of Dominic Greiner, who came into the weekend just 1-point off the Swiss ace, Kurzbuch becomes Champion of the ENS for a fourth time. In the Round 3 encounter, it was the Infinity pairing of Balestri and Carmine Raiola who were the only ones to trouble Kurzbuch in the 45-minute Saturday night final. Raiola was to lead for a time until he hit traffic, literally, and had to pit for body repairs. With Kurzbuch and Balestri having the same tyre strategy but in reverse order, the latter going for all four tyres in the first stop and just the outside in the second, as the race came to a close it looked like we might see a repeat of the thrilling finish to the 1:10 A-Main. In the end Kurzbuch calculated things perfectly crossing the line 9/10ths of a second in front of his long standing rival while Raiola came home third to complete the podium. Off the podium, Toni Gruber would finish 4th ahead of Merlin Depta with Rick Vrielijnck rounding out the Top 6.

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July 22, 2019

Leino lifts ENS title with 3 out 3 wins

Teemu Leino is the 2019 Euro Nitro Series Champion, the 2016 champion securing back to back 1:10 titles today for Infinity with a thrilling win over team-mate & outgoing Champion Jilles Groskamp. Securing the TQ in Austria with a dominant performance in all four qualifiers, the Finn looked like he was going to continue that form in the final but in the final 5-minutes Groskamp made an impressive charge for one of the closest finishes in ENS history. With Leino holding a steady 2-second gap for much of the race, last year’s Aigen winner hunted him down bringing the gap down to 2/10th as they crossed the line. Having won the opening two rounds of the Championship in Italy and the Netherlands, Leino third consecutive win secures him the title with the perfect campaign. While the two Infinity drivers the class of the field, it was Shepherd’s Melvin Diekmann who completed the Round 3 podium after battle with team-mate Thilo Tödtmann ended when he hit gearbox issues. France’s Quentin Leroux had a good race coming from P8 to 4th over the 45-minutes ahead of Rico Kröber who had bumped up to the 12th and final spot on the A-Main from the B-Final.

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July 22, 2019

Hampus Berg wins at Swedish Off-road Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Swedish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Älvsbyn this past weekend. Lucas Westerlund lead the Nitro Buggy class after the qualifiers from Hampus Berg and Jessica Palsson, and in the 45-minute main final it were the latter two that would lead the proceedings with Hampus taking the win some nine seconds in front of Jessica. P4 qualifier, David Hassel came in 3rd, already some two laps don as Lucas Westerlund rounded out the top 4 results another lap down.

Image: Hampus Berg

July 22, 2019

Joni Skidmore takes maiden BRCA Rally X win

The third round of this year’s BRCA 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held at the Cleobury Mortimer track this past weekend. After the five qualify rounds it was Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy with the overall TQ, winning three of the five rounds to take the overall TQ from Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore who also took a round TQ. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots came in 3rd from Team Associated’s Matt Lewis. HB Racing’s Graham Alsop ended the qualifiers in 5th from Team Associated’s Lewis Jones, who also scored a round TQ. The finals then were also a pretty close affair with the top 4 all finishing on the same lap, separated by only 20 seconds on the line. Ultimately it was Jonathan Skidmore with his maiden nationals win some ten seconds in front of Jamie Clancy as Lewis Jones came in 3rd to round out the podium. Graham Alsop came in 4th as best of the rest and in front of Agama’s William Skidmore.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

July 20, 2019

Kurzbuch on Pole at ENS Austria

Simon Kurzbuch will start Round 3 of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series on pole position, the Shepherd driver taking all three of today’s qualifiers in Austria. Missing out on the TQ in the opening qualifier yesterday to Dario Balestri, Kurzbuch would open Saturday’s action with a comfortable TQ run over Carmine Raiola. Q3 was to be a closer affair with the former World Champion snatching the fastest time from Balestri on the final lap. With Q3 the rocket round this effectively sealed the deal for Kurzbuch with the hotter conditions of the final qualifier making it an impossible task for Balestri. In the end it was Kurzbuch who topped it ahead of Balestri, albeit over 2-second slower than his previous effort. Brought forward to tonight due to the bad weather being forecast for tomorrow, Balestri will line-up second for the A-Main ahead of Raiola, Silvio Hächler, Toni Gruber, Oliver Krähemann and ENS Italy winner Dominic Greiner.

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July 20, 2019

Leino Top Qualifier at ENS Austria

Teemu Leino is the Top Qualifier at ENS Austria, the Infinity driver putting in a dominant performance to take all four rounds of qualifying at the Aigen track. A two time winner up in the Austrian hills, the Championship leader will start ahead of team-mate Jilles Groskamp, the reigning Champion unable challenge to match the Finn’s blistering pace. Claiming his best ever ENS qualifying result, Jakub Rozycki will start from 3rd on the grid for the 45-minute encounter, which, due to inbound rain has been rescheduled to run tonight. Matching his 2017 qualifying result at the track, Melvin Diekmann will start 4th ahead of Milan Holthuis and 2017 podium finisher Thilo Tödtmann.

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