This past weekend Dialed In Raceway of Victorville, California held round one of the Grass Roots series. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also come out successful in the 20-minute A-main, leaving JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine a lap behind in second. HB Racing driver Tyler Brown would round out the podium result in third another lap down.
Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]
Modelix Racing have announced the signing of Spanish on-road frontrunner, Jonnhy Pastor to their team. Although being widely known for his on-road skills, Jonnhy will make a step into off-road racing this season using Procircuit tyres, Ultimate engines and accessories as well as Nitrolux fuel.
Source: Modelix [modelixracing.com]
The first annual Thornhill Cup was recently held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas. In the Nitro Buggy A-main Jake Dellinger (Team Associated) would bring home the win from Noah Dickerson (Xray) in second and Tyler Hooks (TLR) third. Rocco Margiota (Xray) and Edwin Hartman (Tekno) would round out the top 5 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the Italian GT national championship was held at the Il Lombrico track in Milazzo. In the F2 category Andrea Catanzani took the Super Pole after the qualifiers and he would also dominate the 45-minute A-main by coming out some eleven laps in front of second placed Fabio Valente while third placed Mauro Meli ended the day another five laps down in third.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
Pepe Group from Italy have announced the signing of Italian 200mm vice-champion, David Loppini to their team. The multiple ENS A-main finalist will use the range of Energy products in the upcoming 2017 season, starting from the opening round of the EFRA GP Series.
Source: Pepe Group [pepegroup.net]
Serpent have announced the signing of UK frontrunner, Alex Thurston to their international team. Alex is focussed on the 1/10th 200mm nitro class and he will campaign Serpent’s 748 platform at events such as the ENS, the European Championships and the National Championship while also having select outings in the electric 1/10th Touring and 1/8th Electric on-road classes. Alex says:
I am very excited to run for team Serpent and work together closely with Michael Salven, David Ehrbar and the other top-drivers in the team like Mark Green and Dominic Greiner.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The annual Indoor GP Bütschwil was held this past weekend in Bütschwil, Switzerland. On an again pretty challenging and slippery track Patrick Hofer would take the overall TQ after winning two of the four qualifying rounds with Luca Rau coming in second and Aaron Münster taking third, both scoring a round TQ each. The 45-minute A-main was a pretty clean affair for the top qualifier as Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) was able to bring home the win some two laps ahead of Aaron Münster (Kyosho) with Christoph Affolter rounding out the podium in third.
The Pendle club recently played host to round 7 of the Winter Series. Rainy weather before the race soaked the track and light showers through the day made things unpleasant but at least there was no standing water so the race went ahead. At the end of the 22-minute Nitro Buggy main final Dave Crompton walked away with the win from Ashlee Owen in second and Gavin Uttley third. Colin Brennan and Mick Butler would round out the top 5.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
