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September 6, 2017

Patrick Fankhauser wins at Swiss IC Track finale

The final round of the Swiss Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the Sitterdorf track recently. In the 200mm main final it was Maurice Lüscher who lead the proceedings at first but Patrick Fankhauser was able to take over the lead at some point and when Maurice suffered a body damage in the pits it was Patrick who was able to cruise to the win although things got a bit closer towards the end as teammate Traugott Schär was pushing hard. Ultimately it worked out for Patrick as the took the win from Traugott Schär and Michael Schäfer. Overall in the championship Traugott Schär would take the title from Patrick 2nd and Michael 3rd.

View the final results here

September 6, 2017

Alessio Mazzeo wins at Italian 200mm Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the AMSCI Italian 1/10th 200mm National Championships were held in Giardini Naxos, Messina. High temperatures the whole weekend made for a lot of traction and in the Expert class it was Alessio Mazzeo was the man to beat as he took the overall TQ after the qualifiers and also walked away with the win in the 45-minute main final from Mario Spiniello 2nd and Floriana La Rosa 3rd.

View the final results here

September 6, 2017

Fabio Boero teams up with BMT

BMT have announced the signing of Fabio Boero to their team. The multiple national and European champion will campaign the company’s 016GT 1/8th GT car and he has the following to say about the deal:

I want to thank Schepis model company for these 14 years of support for giving me the chance to win 8 national champ. and European championship. Now is the time for new motivation and I thank Pasquale for this opportunity.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]

September 6, 2017

Hansen crowned Danish 1/8th On-road Champion

Last weekend the third and final round of the Danish Nitro On-road Championship was held at the high speed track of the Næstved Model Racing Club. In the 1/8th class it was again Martin N.O Hansen who set the pace, claiming the TQ position by winning three of the four qualifying rounds. Martin Dyrlund lined up in 2nd and Rasmus B. Nielsen had to settle for the 3rd spot after the qualifiers. Going into the 30-minute final Martin N.O looked unbeatable, but Martin Dyrlund, Rasmus and Søren had set a high pace and were on same lap as Martin N.O until the last minutes of the final, when Rasmus ran out of tyres and Martin Dyrlund’s high pace was at the cost of high fuel consumption. This allowed Martin N.O Hansen (ARC/Novarossi/Contact) to take the win one lap in front of Søren Jørgensen (ARC/Novarossi/Contact) in 2nd and Martin Dyrlund (ARC/Boss/Contact) 3rd. With the TQ and win, Martin also secured a perfect season with TQs and wins at all races to take the overall title.

View the top 3 championship results here

September 5, 2017

Jason Frank wins at Southside RC August club race

Southside RC in Lake City, Florida recently held their August club race and in the Open Nitro Buggy class it was Jason Frank (Xray) with the overall TQ courtesy of winning Q1 and Q2 in pretty slick conditions. Jason would start from P1 into the 15 minute A-main and after a few laps the 2nd placed driver made a mistake which gave Jason some breathing room that he would manage to come home with the win. Mike Montgomery (Xray) would come in 2nd from James Coker (Tekno) in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 5, 2017

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals – Report

The fourth round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Skripov recently. The track was nicely prepared and watering meant the traction, that was low at the beginning, would come up soon. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Ales Bidovsky dominated Q1, while Jiri Mara took a super close TQ in Q2. The third round was won by Kaja Novotny by just few tenths in front of Ales Bidovsky and this meant the overall TQ went to Ales from Kaja and Jiri. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy Kaja Novotny was on fire, TQing all three rounds meant a clean sweep for the TQ while also setting a new track record. Behind him Max Gotzl and Ales Bidovsky would round out the top 3 for now.

Continue reading the report here

September 5, 2017

Ari Bakla wins at NSW State Championships

The NSW State Championships here held recently and in the Nitro Truggy class it was Xray’s Ari Bakla with the win. Ari qualified 2nd but in the 45-minute main final he battled it out with Jarred King (Agama) over the full race distance to finally bring home the silverware with the closest of margins from Jarred in 2nd. Shane O’Conner (HB Racing) would round out the podium results in 3rd.

View the final results here

September 5, 2017

Turkish On-road National Championship Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Turkish On-road National Championship was held at the Bumod track in Bursa. This time the track was run anti-clockwise which made for about four to five seconds lower lap times in the 200mm Nitro Touring class compared to running clockwise. Alain Sarafyan made a clean sweep in the Nitro Touring class, taking the TQ and his first pole position in this category. In the main final Alain kept his cool and with swift laps and a flawless run he was able to open a gap on the field and control the other drivers to give him the win from Kagan Aydin 2nd and Halit Körpe 3rd.

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