The fast 310-metre track of Hamm was the arena for round three of the Western German Championship for the 1/8 and 1/10 scale nitro classes. A total of 57 nitro racers made their entry and were welcomed by excellent weather with temperatures up to 30 degrees. Following intensive practice on Saturday, the heat was on to qualify for the German Nationals on Sunday.
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AMain Performance Hobbies hosted the Inaugural Manufacturers’ Cup presented by Tekin at Silver Dollar RC Raceway last weekend. The race pitted the top pros against one another in four heads-up 14-minute races. Many of the elite drivers were in attendance including: Ryan Maifield, Adam Drake, Ryan Cavalieri, Ty Tessmann, Ryan Lutz, CJ Jelin, Austin Blair, Joe Bornhorst and Jared Tebo.
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The second round of the Mid-German onroad regionals took place in Kirchhain last weekend with 46 drivers in attendance with sunny weather on Saturday. Rain on Sunday however meant that for the third and fourth rounds of qualification most of the drivers decided not to drive. In 1/8th the only drivers who were able to make the 25 laps in qualifying were pole man Oliver Mack and Merlin Depta, with Patrick Schäfer lining up on the grid in 3rd position.
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The ADAC-Ring at Haltern in the north of the Ruhr region in Western Germany was the venue for round two of the Nitro-West-Masters (NWM) on the Pentecost weekend. 55 participants meant a new record entry since the comeback of this old outdoor circuit in 2012 which is located inside a driver safety training centre and well known for its unique atmosphere with tents in the non-covered paddock. The Nitro-West family enjoyed a great weekend as rain didn’t hit the track as forecasted, only a shower during practice on late Saturday afternoon and some drops during a sub-final.
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Round 2 of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Skanderborg with the Truggy class run on Saturday and Buggy on Sunday. Pelle Culmsee would TQ three of the four Truggy qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ and by winning the semifinals he also put himself on pole position for the main final. Just before the main rain began to fall that would endure the whole race but this did not stop Pelle Culmsee from taking the win after having to recover from a bad start. Maguns Frandsen came in 2nd while Jan D. Hansen had to settle for 3rd.
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Round two of the BAWÜ Cup was held in Fischach over the weekend. SWorkz’ Micha Widmaier would sweep the event by bringing home the wins in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. Alex and Tobias Nagel (both TLR) would round out the Nitro podium while Morris Voldenauer (HB Racing) and Kevin Meschenmoser (Tekno) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the E-Buggy class.
Italian Muchmore Racing distributors Mikimodel have announced the signing of Riccardo Berton to the Muchmore Italy team. The Kyosho driver will use Muchmore products in his 1/8th and 1/10th off-road vehicles this season with Mikimodel and Muchmore Racing looking forward to some great results.
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The Manufacturers Cup was held at A-Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar Raceway this past weekend. The event used Reedy-style heads-up racing to determine the winners in the three Pro classes with Xray’s Ty Tessmann bringing home the winning honours in the premier 1/8th Pro Buggy class from Mugen’s Ryan Maifield and Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz.
