Round 1 of the Danish Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the Naestved track in perfect weather conditions. In the premier 1/8th on-road class it was Martin N.O. Hansen who took the day’s win from Rasmus B. Nielsen in 2nd and Martin Dyrland 3rd. Bo Nielsen and Henrik Christensen would round out the top 5 result.
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The opening round of the Norwegian Nitro Touring Series was hosted by the Lier MBK club and held at the Hverven Raceway in Oslo. In the 45-minute 200mm Nitro Touring A-main Anders Mikkelsen, coming from P2 and Trygve Bull, coming from the 8 spot on the grid, would swap the lead several times until Trygve eventually suffered engine issues and had to retire in lap 138. Back in the lead Anders kept things easy until the checkered flag to cross the finishing line in 1st position with Anders Roine and Brede Isaksen rounding out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The second round of the Swiss Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in Oberbüren on a unique track laid out with astroturf and paving stones. High temperatures of nearly 35 degree Celsius made for very high grip the drivers needed to adapt to. Ultimately it was Jeremy Pittet who took the overall TQ from Patrick Hofer 2nd and Roman Kummer 3rd. The semifinals then saw Patrick Hofer (Team Associated/Reedy) coming out with the fastest time to put himself on the pole position for the A-main that he would win after some nice and clean fights with Jeremy Pittet (HB Racing/Team Orion) in 2nd while Ronny Lüber (Team Associated/LRP) would take the final podium spot in 3rd.
Thanks to Patrick Hofer for the report.
The Summer Shootout 2.0 was held at SouthSide Raceway in Florida over the weekend with over 340 entries for the several 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes. In the 35-minute Expert Nitro Buggy A-main TQ holder Cole Ogden (Mugen) would bring home the win with a 1-lap margin over runner-up, Evan Vail (Team Associated). In 3rd Griffin Hanna (Serpent), who struggled in qualifying but was able to work his way up through the field, would round out the podium result.
Round 3 of the French Nitro Buggy National Championship as held at the CAV de Viglain track this past weekend. In the premier Elite class Team Associated’s Tom Robin took a popular TQ in front of some of the country’s fastest drivers and in the 45-minute main final Tom was able to conserve his performance, bringing home the win some ten seconds in from of TLR’s Renaud Savoya while Xray driver Yannick Aigoin snatched the final podium spot some two laps down.
Image: Renaud Savoya
The opening round of the 2017 NRW Cup was held at the high-grip astro turf track of the M.A.C.H.-One Helmond track in the Netherlands with over 90 entries from Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. During Saturday’s practice and first qualifier everybody was struggling with the high temperatures of over 30 degree Celsius which made for high traction. On Sunday morning though the drivers were greeted by a wet track and the following two qualifiers would be run in wet conditions. For the finals the track had dried up again and in the premier OR8T “Top” Nitro Buggy class it was Agama’s Bart Mullink who made the best out of the changing conditions as he took the win from the Xray duo of Sander van Genechten and Jarno Pijpers in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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The recent Rocky Mountain Meltdown Race was held in Calgary, AB in great weather conditions. In Nitro Buggy Xray’s Ty Tessmann made a clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking all three rounds of qualifying for the overall TQ. Starting from pole position into the main, Ty would never look back to take the win from the Team Associated duo of Eric Hardy and Peter Tozser.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the Czech Xray Racing Series was held at the Celakovice track this past weekend. In the premier Electric Touring Open class it was Jirka Vysin who took the overall win from Marcel Dostal in 2nd and Jan Kanina 3rd. Miroslav Cerv and Miroslav Loupy would round out the top 5 result.
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