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September 13, 2016

Oliver Mack & Armin Weihert join Team Infinity

Oliver Mack & Armin Weihert join Infinity

Team Infinity have announced the addition of Germany’s Oliver Mack and Armin Weihert to their already star studded factory team. Oliver, who spent close to a decade with Shepherd, claimed his first EFRA European A title with the German team in 2015 is joined in the move by long time pitman Weihart who has worked at Shepherd for more than a decade. The pairing has already had a successful first outing with the car during last weekend’s Novarossi Trophy in Fiorano with the next big races being the German Nationals followed by the fourth and final round of the ENS held in Fiorano in October. Oliver has the following to say about the deal:

I want to thank Shepherd and the Schäfer family for the past 8 years that were crowned by the European Championship title in 2015. I am now looking forward to the new adventure with Infinity. My first outing with the new car was already pretty successful and I am very excited to run it at the German Nationals and the ENS in Italy.

Source: Infinity [creationmodel.net]

September 13, 2016

Collari & Redaelli win at 2016 Novarossi Trophy

This past weekend the 2016 Novarossi Trophy was held at the Fiorano track in Italy with some of the country’s fastest nitro on-road drivers in attendance. The 1/8th on-road class saw Infinity’s Lamberto Collari walking away with the win in the 30-minute A-main from Capricorn’s Dario Balestri in second and WRC’s Andrea Pirani in third. Carmine Raiola and Alberto Picco rounded out the top 5 result.

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September 12, 2016

Abisset wins French IC track finale as Mathieu takes title

The final round of the 2016 French 1/8th On-road Championship was held at the Beaumont-Monteux track last weekend. The weather was perfect with warm temperatures and bright sunshine. Leading the championship going into the final round Arnaud Mathieu (Capricorn) would only need a fifth place finish to take the overall Elite class title. The qualifiers saw Christophe Louis (Mugen) taking the top spot in front of Leo Arnold (Xray), one of the title contenders, while Arnaud Mathieu rounded out the top 3.

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September 12, 2016

Wattakorn & Pichakorn win at Huge RC Club Race Rd6

Round six of the Huge RC Club Race series was held this past Sunday and in 1/8th Nitro On-road it was Chavit who set the TQ, however in the 30-minute main final it was Wattakorn to take the win some two laps ahead of Anutin with Wittaya completing the top 3 another four laps down. In 1/10th Nitro Touring Supawoot took the top qualifier honours but in the main event it was Pichakorn to take the win one lap head of Andy Moore and Supawoot, who rounded out the podium result three laps down.

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September 12, 2016

Claus Ryeskov wins at Danish 200mm National Rd3

Round three of the Danish 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the HRCR track in Hillerod, Denmark. The weather forecast for the weekend was very bad but on race day the drivers were greeted by Sun and temperatures of about 23 degree Celsius. The usual suspects were complemented by a new entry this weekend with off-road driver Rune Gustavsen campaigning Claus Ryeskov’s spare car and he was fast right from the get go, putting the car on the 3 spot behind Claus in second and Martin No Hansen on the 1 spot. In the final Martin and Claus battled for the lead with Claus putting a lot of pressure on Martin. Claus tried to get past a couple of times and both would make an unfortunate contact in the chicane, sending Martin off the track. With Claus opening a gap the race was now on between Martin and Rune while Rene and Tom were in a battle too. Martin then encountered glow plug problems that send him dead last and Tom Limkilde smashed into the pitwall, ending his race due to a broken servo. About 28 minutes into the main light rain started to fall but the shower did not affect the overall standings and so Claus cruised to the win with Rune in tow. Rene would complete the top 3 while Martin and Tom rounded out the top 5.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 12, 2016

José A. Martinez wins at SOR Championship Rd5

Round 5 of the SOR Championship was held at the Barceloneta Speedway off-road track in Puerto Rico. José A. Martinez would take the TQ in the Nitro Truggy class and he would also walk away with the win in the 40-minute A-main encounter, ending the race some eight laps in front of Omar Lopez in second and Choto Mendez in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 12, 2016

Brunei Nitro GT Nationals Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Brunei Nitro GT Nationals was held at the big Budiman Youth Park track in the country’s capital. Even though the turnout was smaller than at the previous rounds, the race still offered very close and competitive racing. With the series’ top two points leaders Darul and Pg Shamsul absent from this race it was a great opportunity for the other racers to score some big points. In the qualifying rounds, Bahreen, one of the up and coming stars in this class swiftly clinched to TQ spot after topping two rounds straight.

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September 9, 2016

Dante Piersante wins 200mm class at SRC Trophy

The SRC Trophy was held in Montegiorgio, Italy last weekend in the two classes of 1/8th nitro and 1/10th 200mm nitro. The 1/10th class saw very tight battles right from the start of the qualifying when Dante Piersante, Mattia Collina and Alessio Menicucci fought for the pole position. At the end Piersante took the TQ in front of Collina and Menicucci in second and third respectively. From the sound of the tone a battle for the top spots arose in the main final but Menicucci had to stop due to a broken tyre. At the end of the 30 minutes long final Dante Piersante would take the win over Mattia Collina and Federico Iezzi (all Xray).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]