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July 12, 2023

Hong Nor’s Grenenger takes QLD 1:8 GT State Title

Having only signed for Hong Nor at the end of May, Russell Grenenger got the partnership off to the best possible start by taking a debut 1:8 GT Nitro victory at the Queensland State Title championships at England Park Raceway. The former large scale World Champion, secured the overall TQ after topping 3 of the six rounds of qualifying with the similar car of Cameron Nurcombe 2nd, Serpent’s Jeff Hamon 3rd and Jason Vallely’s Hong Nor P4, each driver having posted 1 TQ run. In the 30-minute final, Grenenger, having dropped off the lead for a time, would get his Ielasi Tuned powered X3-GTS 2023 back to the front to eventually win by 8-seconds from Lachlan Pearson and Vallely. Unfortunately having just won the 1:8 Onroad title one race earlier, Hamon would DNF 2/3rd the way through the GT encounter. A big year for the 1:8 GT category, Grenenger’s State Title win will be a nice boost ahead of the 1:8 GT World Championships. Only the second running of IFMAR title for the class, New South Wales Radio Control Racing Car Club will host the Worlds from October 8-15th at the ‘The John Grant International Raceway’ in Sydney.

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July 10, 2023

Hamon wins QLD 1:8 Onroad title

Jeff Hamon added another State Championships title for 2023, this time the Serpent driver claiming 1:8 Onroad Queensland title at England Park Raceway. Having won the NSW State Titles in electric Touring Car back in May, Hamon would pull off the perfect weekend in his specialist class of 1:8 nitro topping four of the 6 rounds of qualifying to secure the overall TQ. Behind Tim Moylan secured P2 with two TQ runs with P3 on the grid going to Hamish Scott. Over the half hour final the World Championship Finalist would control the race to eventually win by a lap from the Infinity of Russell Grenenger with the Serpent of Rick Bartolozzi completing the podium. An event support by Speedy RC, in the 1:10 title race it was the Infinity of Brayden Stanley who took victory.

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July 9, 2023

Bermudez crowned Euro B Champion

It was a dream weekend for up & coming 1:8 Offroad talent Rémy Bermudez as the French teenager claimed his first European Championship title on home soil. The Xray driver secured the overall TQ at the EFRA Euro B Championships at Longvic in Djion and duly went on to win his Semi final to secure pole position for the final from Mathis Peyre who qualified P2 and won the second of the Semi finals. Over the 45-minute final, Bermudez would set to the fastest lap of the race with his FX Engine powered XB8 en route to taking the win by a lap from the similarly Hotrace Tyres shod Sworkz of Spain’s Adrian Pariente Torrijos who line-up 3rd on the grid. 8-seconds back Peyre’s Xray would complete the podium at the 18th edition of the championships which counts David Ronnefalk, Juan Carlos Canas and Lee Martin as just some of its former champions.

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July 8, 2023

Bermudez Top Qualifier at Euro B Championships

Rémy Bermudez is the Top Qualifier at the EFRA 1:8 Offroad European B Championship in France. The Xray driver, who is supported by multiple European Champion Yannick Aigoin’s Aigoin Racing, topped qualifying from the similar XB8 of fellow countryman Mathis Peyre, the HB Racing of Kévin Michaudet and Agama of Hugo Tavernon. With each driver managing to go fastest in one of the four rounds of qualifying, the Top 3 would be decided on tie break with Bermudez’s Q2 time the fastest to give him the overall TQ. Racing on the large Alc Longvic Mini Racing Car track, best non French racer was Spain’s Adrian Pariente Torrijos who took his Sworkz to 6th in the final qualification ranking. All drivers will have to progress from Semi Finals to the Main Final which will decide the 18th edition of the European B Championships, a title that has been a stepping stone to greater things for many drivers.

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July 4, 2023

Cuypers wins Dutch Nationals Round 3

Round 3 of the 1:8 Onroad Dutch National Championship took place over the weekend with Mugen’s Steven Cuypers taking the win. Racing at the famed Apeldoorn track, the race attracted a top quality international field however rain on Saturday meant no action. In Sunday morning’s qualifying the Infinity of Jilles Groskamp securing the overall TQ. The Dutch ace set his fastest time in the third of the three qualifiers with Belgian Cuypers second fastest with his Q2 time. Shepherd’s Timo Schröder was third fastest the German laying down his best time on the final run. Making it four different manufacturers in the Top 4 was John Ermen at the controls of his ARC. In the half hour final Cuypers took control of proceedings from the start and pulled out a lead over the pack to win from Groskamp by more than half a lap while Ermen completed the podium ahead of the Serpent of Jesse Keller. In 1:10, Infinity driver Milan Holthuis took the win from Top Qualifier Melvin Diekmann with Julian Van Buël in 3rd.

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July 3, 2023

Skidmore leads British Championship with R3 win

Jonny Skidmore made it two in a row at the latest round of the BRCA 1:8 Offroad British Championship, the Xray driver taking the TQ and win at Round 3 in Blackpool over the weekend. Winner of the second round of the 5 round championship 2-weeks earlier in Brookthorpe, Skidmore topped qualifying from WRC Racing’s Leis Jones, William Skidmore and reigning Champion Elliott Boots. Boots would take his S-workz to the win in the first of the Semi’s but winning his Semi in a faster time it was Jonny Skidmore on pole for the 45-minute final. The final result would see the Top 4 finish as they started. Skidmore would have a half lap advantage over Boots with brother William third 10-seconds clear of Jones. The result sees Skidmore, last year’s championship runner-up, lead the points from William with Graham Alsop, finishing Round 3 in 5th, holding third. The penultimate round of the championship will take drivers to Shrewsbury at the end of the month.

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July 3, 2023

Berg leads Mayako 1-2 at NXC Grand Prix

Hampus Berg led a Mayako 1-2 at the annual NXC Grand Prix in Denmark over the weekend taking the win from defending champion David Ronnefalk. Organised by Hilleröd RC Club at the same venue that hosted the 1:8 Offroad European Championships way back in 1988, this year’s edition of the 1:8 Offroad event attracted over 140 entries including Infinity’s Ricky Berton. In qualifying it was Ronnefalk who secured the TQ from his team-mate after topping 3 of the 4 qualifiers that ran, Q3 being rained out. Berton would end up P3, the 2019 European Champion’s best run coming in Q4 when he was second fastest behing Berg. Winning his wet Semi in the fastest time, Ronnefalk started pole for the 45-minute final ahead of Berg, Berton and Xray’s Pelle Culmsee. While starting out wet, the track would dry with Berg able to eke out a lead over the former World Champion that was 12-seconds at the finish despite Ronnefalk having the fastest lap of the race. Berton, almost a lap down, would complete the podium with Culmsee finish fourth on the same lap. The Top 6 was completed by Peter Harder and Ludwig Albertz. In eBuggy, Culmsee took the win from Top Qualifier Nikolai Lamberts with Berton again completing the podium.

Image: David Ronnefalk [Facebook]

July 2, 2023

Arnaldi successfully defends 1:8 GT European title

Bernard-Alain Arnaldi has successfully defended his EFRA 1:8 GT European title in Zagreb, Croatia. Having won the title last year in Lostallo, the Genius driver started his title defence from 4th on the grid with Serpent teenager Andrea Catanzani having secured the overall TQ at the Mini Autodrom Ayrton Senna circuit. Despite being the fastest car on track, Catanzani would hit problems during the 45-minute final, with Frenchman Arnaldi able to take the win with his Gimar powered GTc8 23 from Schepis Model driver Rosario Giaimo and the Serpent of Gabriele Paloschi. In the 1:8 GT Electric former European 1:10 Nitro Touring Car Champion Alessio Mazzeo starting as Top Qualifier was able to become the inaugural European Champion of the electric category for Capricorn. Joining the Italian on the podium were Xray’s Martin Bayer and the Genius of Denmark’s Nicolai Lindegaard.

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