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May 14, 2018

Dennis Weihert wins at German Nats qualifier

The first round of the central region qualifiers for the German 1/8th IC Track Nationals took place this weekend at the Wiesbadener Minicar Club. In qualifying Oliver Mack would claim the TQ in impressive style. First setting a new track record in Q2 he then managed to go even faster in Q4. With rain on the forecast causing the final to be reduced to 20-minutes, Oli was pulling away from the field but he stopped at the 12-minutes mark due to an engine failure. Dennis Weihert, who qualified 5th, was able to take over the lead and from there he never looked back to take the win.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

May 14, 2018

Davide Ongaro sweeps Delta Plastic Race

Last weekend’s Delta Plastic Race was organised by Enjoy Drive and hosted by the Delvi Modellismo track near Rome in Italy. The event attracted the country’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers as well as guests from abroad and in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro with the win from Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin in 2nd. Mugen’s Marco Natale rounded out the top 3 podium result. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was again Team Associated young gun Davide Ongaro with the win as TLR’s Renaud Savoya in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin in 3rd completed the podium.

View the E-Buggy podium here

May 13, 2018

Alexander Hagberg joins BR1 team

During this weekend’s Euro Touring Series fourth round in Andernach, Germany, Bruno RC, the brand of multi-class talent and round 4 winner, Bruno Coelho, has announced the signing of former IFMAR World Champion, Alexander Hagberg to the BR1 team. Alexander will be using Bruno RC’s BR1 brand servos in his Xray rides from now on and he had the following to say:

It was a natural move for me to join the BR1 brand. I know that Bruno’s objective with the brand is very professional, and it will also further improve our team work, as we will work from the exact same platform. My initial impression after testing the servo was very positive. The steering feel is very natural, with good response, as a result of the low CG integrated mount, which also saves a lot of weight – something that is very important mainly due to the new weight limit rules of the ETS. The BR1 servo is definitely the best servo for our T4 platform, as it’s designed with this car in mind. I am looking forward to using this and other BR1 products in the future!

Source: Bruno RC [brunorc.com]

May 11, 2018

Jeff Hamon wins at NSW State Championships

The 2018 NSW State Championships were hosted by the NSWRCRCC club at the John Grant International Raceway last weekend and while Andrew Bardetta took the title in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Mugen’s Jeff Hamon with the win in 1/8th IC Track. Shepherd racer, Ric Bartolozzi came in 2nd behind Jeff as Dan Kradolfer (Mugen) rounded out the podium result in 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

May 10, 2018

Sousa & Ramos win at Portuguese IC Track Nats Rd2

The Maiorca track recently played host to the 2nd round of the Portuguese IC Track Nationals. In the premier 1/8th Nitro class it was Shepherd’s Jose Areias with the TQ, however after the A-main it was Vasco Sousa (Shepherd) with the win thanks to staying on a single set of tyres as Alexandre Pereira came in 2nd. Over in the 1/10th 200mm class it was Shepherd’s Fabio Ramos with the TQ and win from young Xray driver Tomas Andrade in 2nd and Nuno Duraes (Mugen) 3rd.

View the 200mm podium here

May 10, 2018

Andrew Bardetta takes NSW State Championship title

The 2018 NSW State Championships were hosted by the NSWRCRCC Inc at the John Grant International Raceway. In 1/10th Nitro it was Jeff Hamon that would take the TQ, Andrew Bardetta in 2nd, David Chen 3rd and up and coming young racer Brayden Stanley in 4th taking the last automatic qualifying position for the A-final. They were joined in the final by Alex Koussas, Tim Moylan, Dustin Fletcher, George Karozis, Michael Rumiz and John Germanos who bumped up from the 2 semi finals.

Continue reading the report here

May 9, 2018

2018 Silver State race – Report

The 2018 Silver State race was held at South Point Hotel Casino and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada last weekend, attracting the creme de la creme of the US’s off-road pilots. This year’s Silver State was a totally new experience from year’s past. In many ways, you can say that it’s a version 2.0 or a refresh of a great race organized by Joey Christiansen and The Dirt crew that still has the familiar taste, but a whole new look. One of the reasons why the Silver State is so popular is the plain and simple fact that it’s held in Las Vegas, Nevada also known as City of Lights (or Sin City whichever you prefer). Keeping the tradition alive, Joey decided to keep the race in Vegas but came up with a great idea to have an 8th scale and 5th scale race simultaneously at the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa. To everyone’s pleasant surprise, Joey hit the jackpot.

Continue reading the report here

May 8, 2018

Juan Guillermo Carrasco wins Ciudad de Elda GP

The 29th running of the Ciudad de Elda Grand Prix was held at the Tomas Monzo track in Vinolopo last weekend with a total of 26 drivers signing in for the event that also counted as part of the Alicante Championships. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Juan Guillermo Carrasco who took the win with 41 laps, followed by Hugo Ibáñez with 40 laps in 2nd place and Eldense Ismael Puche in 3rd, also with 40 laps in the 30-minute A-main final.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com] via cadenaser.com [cadenaser.com]