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June 12, 2018

Daniel Kobbevik doubles at Norwegian Nats Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Norwegian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at Hof Raceway, located some 45 minutes out off Norway’s capital of Oslo. It has been extremely hot in Norway the past weeks which meant challenging conditions and a hard-packed track with a lot off bumps but the club did its best to make the best out of it. Saturday started off with four qualification rounds for nitro, and Xray factory driver Daniel Kobbevik won three out of four qualifiers meaning the overall TQ in front of Xray’s Lars Erik Moe as Kyosho’s Danny Kwiatkowski came in 3rd.

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June 12, 2018

Bula & Zalewski win at Oder Pomerania Cup Rd1

Last weekend saw the running of the opening round of the Oder Pomerania Cup in Poznan, Poland. Conditions were very difficult as it was hot and the bumpy track had almost no traction. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Donat Bula brought home the win from Paweł Ntkovca 2nd and Mateusz Dudzic 3rd. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class Bartosz Zalewski was super fast all day and after winning all qualifiers and the semifinal he also took the overall win after the A-main finals with Wojtek Rzepecki and Steven Nortdorf rounding out the top 3.

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June 11, 2018

Balestri wins ENS Germany as Kurzbuch hits trouble on final stop

Dario Balestri has taken the win at ENS Germany. The Infinity driver came out on top of a close race long battle with Simon Kurzbuch after the Top Qualifier suffered a broken glow plug during his final fuel stop. Kurzbuch had lead the race with Balestri following close behind, the duo doing synchronised fuel stops early on but with a loose clutch on Balestri’s car meant he started to come in early. For Kurzbuch this meant he now had a stop in hand but first of the leaders to take on new tyres, the Shepherd driver made a second tyre stop for just outside tyres. While Balestri looked to have a slight edge as the race entered the final 5-minutes unfortunately we were denied a showdown of the two World Champions. In the pit for his last fuel stop, Kurzbuch’s engine for the second race in a row came to stop and needing a new plug the laps ticked away before he rejoined. This benefited Alessio Mazzeo, who having finished 2nd in the 1:10, finished just shy of two laps down on his fellow Italian. Toni Gruber would return to the ENS by claiming the final podium place ahead of Robert Pietsch with Kurzbuch ending up 5th. The result means it is Balestri who leaves Germany as the championship leader on the completion of the first half of ENS Season #5.

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June 11, 2018

Greiner fends off Mazzeo challenge to win ENS Germany

Dominic Greiner has won Round 2 of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series in Germany. The championship’s fourth year to visit the challenging Minidrom Ettlingen, the Serpent driver became the race’s fourth different winner after seeing off a determined challenge from the Xray of Alessio Mazzeo. Initially it was Top Qualifier Jilles Groskamp who lead the way but gambling on a longer 5-minute refuelling strategy, the Round 1 winner got caught short and flamed out on his way in for his second stop. Holding Mazzeo at bay, Greiner’s super fast tyre stop would give him the breathing space he needed to secure his 4th ENS career win. The German was also helped by the fact Mazzeo was refuelling shortest of the leaders which meant he had to do two extra stops compared to his rivals. With Groskamp opting to change just his outside tyres, he struggled after the stop resulting in a big off which played into the hands of last year’s winner Eric Dankel who would take the final podium position ahead of the Infinity driver who leaves Germany still leading the championship.

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June 11, 2018

Kim Elfström wins at Finnish IC Track Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Finnish IC Track National Championship was hosted by Hyvinkään urheiluautoilijat the past weekend under sunny conditions. In the 1/10th class, Panu Vehviläinen took the TQ honours but in the final Kim Elfström showed the better pace on the bigger and harder tyres and on the quite bumpy track. Taking over the lead, Kim was able to hold it to the end with Panu suffering technical difficulties later, just securing 2nd place in front of Sami Munck following 1.5 seconds behind.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 11, 2018

Ongaro & Scaramozzino win Bittydesign Eurocontest

The 2018 Bittydesign Eurocontest was held at the Barcoff in Italy over the weekend. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers and in the Nitro Pro class it was Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) who was able to take the win with an incredible two laps ahead of second placed driver Robert Batlle (Mugen) while Mugen’s Marco Ravaglia came in 3rd. Davide was also able to take the win in the Electric Brushless class, winning the first and second A-main while in the strong Open class with 108 entries, it was young Italian driver Alessandro Scaramozzino who was able to take the win with an impressive drive ,showing once again his talent.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

June 11, 2018

North German 1/8th Off-road regionals Rd4

Round 4 of the North German 1/8th Off-road regional championship was held in Hamburg over the weekend. Despite a different forecast the weather held up fine on Sunday, however the tough and challenging track made it difficult for all pilots. In the premier Nitro Buggy class it was all about Burak and Berkan Kilic again. The two brothers battled it out for the win in the 40-minute A-main final until Berkan had smaller issues during pitting that kept him from fighting for the top spot. In the end it was Burak (Agama) with the win from Marcel (Kyosho) in 2nd and Berkan (Agama) who fought with Marcel for the 2nd spot, however he had to settle for 3rd in the end.

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June 11, 2018

Bruno Coelho scores at Portuguese IC Track Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Portuguese IC Track National Championship was hosted by the Radiomodelismo De Benfica club this past weekend. The 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class attracted a total of 28 drivers and it was Xray’s Bruno Coelho who would lead the way by taking the TQ, pole position for the final and also the A-main win some six laps in front of Mugen’s Nuno Duraes. Shepherd’s Fabio Torres Ramos came in 3rd to round out the podium as Joao Malveiro and Pedro Silva completed the top 5 results.

Image: Bruno Coelho