August 9, 2016

Shimo fastest in CP2 in Gubbio

Shimo fastest in CP2 in Gubbio

Factory Mugen driver Takaaki Shimo was fastest in the second round of control practice at the Nitro Touring Car World Championships in Italy. As expected the round would produce slower times than the morning’s opening round with the Japanese driver fastest from Luca Redaelli.  With CP1 pace setter Dominic Greiner doing an engine change and struggling to get a good tune on it leaving him with a P8 in the hotter conditions, Alessio Mazzeo would be the quickest Serpent completing the Top 3 ahead of Dario Balestri.

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August 9, 2016

Greiner tops 1st controlled practice

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Dominic Greiner picked up where he left off yesterday to top the first round of controlled practice at the Nitro Touring Car World Championships in Gubbio, Italy, this morning.  The Serpent driver set the fastest 3-consecutive laps with an almost identical time to that which saw him top free practice last night.  Just 0.009 slower this morning, he was fastest from Dario Balestri with Takaaki Shimo completing the Top 3.

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August 8, 2016

Greiner tops WC free practice with impressive final run

Greiner tops WC free practice with impressive final run

After 2 days and 12 rounds of free practice at the 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship in Gubbio Italy an impressive final run by Dominic Greiner put the Serpent driver top of the times sheets. With the day’s opening practice providing the best conditions for setting a fast time, Greiner would complete just one lap as he suffered an engine failure.  With the times dropping off as track temperatures went up over the day, after a second engine failure in the penultimate round Greiner would put together 3-consecutive laps in the final practice to top Simon Kurzbuch FP7 topping time by 0.08 of a second despite conditions not being as good as the morning, Kurzbuch’s FP12 time over 3/10ths off his best.  The only driver in the Top 24 to better his time in the final practice, Greiner would be fastest in the round from Dario Balestri and Alessio Mazzeo by 3/10ths of a second, the biggest margin seen over the day’s six runs.

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August 8, 2016

Redaelli fastest in hotter mid day conditions

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With a noticeable rise in track temperature due to the midday sun meaning little chance of the days opening practice times been beaten, the 9th & 10th rounds of free practice at the 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World championships was used by many as an opportunity to focus on engine run times.  Over the two rounds it would be Italian Capricorn driver Luca Redaelli would would set the fastest three consecutive laps from the Serpent of Alessio Mazzeo with Alessio Agostinelli making it an all Italian Top 3 in the hotter conditions.  With the temperature rise Redaelli’s time was almost 7/10th off the current fastest 3-laps of Simon Kurzbuch which was set in FP7 this morning.  Best non Italian for the two rounds would be Dominic Greiner, the Serpent driver fourth fastest having posted a P3 time in FP10, just 0.003 quicker than Kurzbuch’s Shepherd.

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August 8, 2016

Kurzbuch setting practice pace at 200mm Worlds

Kurzbuch setting practice pace at 200mm Worlds

Simon Kurzbuch is setting the practice pace at the 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championships in Gubbio, Italy.  The reigning 1:8 World Champion sits top of the time sheets from pre-event favourite Dario Balestri with 8 of the 12 rounds of free practice at the Miniautodromo Internazionale M.Rosati track completed.  A driver with limited experience in the 1:10 class, Kurzbuch took his Shepherd to the fastest three consecutive laps in this morning’s opening practice bettering the fastest time of the first official practice day set yesterday evening by Balestri’s Capricorn.  With no clear advantage holder so far in terms of outright pace, the top 6 so far made of drivers representing 6 different manufacturers, the separation is only 0.156 of a second.  For reigning champion Alexander Hagberg his title defence has not started out well with the Xray driver finding himself 56th fastest of the 120 starters.

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August 8, 2016

Nejc Mihelič takes Austrian 1/8th Nitro On-road title

Nejc Mihelič takes Austrian 1/8th Nitro On-road title

Last weekend saw the running of the final round of the Austrian 1/8th scale Nitro On-road National Championships. Held at the LAMAC track and going into the final round the race for the overall championship was still on between Nejc Mihelič, Herfried Pucher and Gerhard Kandelhart. Mihelic showed a great pace on Saturday as he won two out of two qualifiers, but he would make some mistakes on Sunday of which Pucher took maximum advantage to take the overall TQ. Mihelic then came out fastest in the Superpole by 2 tenths of a second to grab the second direct qualifying spot beside ARC team mate Herfried Pucher. Just before the main final Kandelhart had to call for a time out due to technical issues, resulting in a loss of his 3 spot on the grid to start from 11th place. Up front the race for the win and the overall championship was on between Nejc and Herfried and while Herfried made a mistake Nejc was able to score the win from Herfried in second and Pascal Knoller in third, making it an all-ARC podium. In the championship and with two wins Nejc Mihelič grabbed the title from Herfried Pucher and Gerhard Kandelhart in second and third respectively.

Source: Mihelic Racing Team

August 8, 2016

Darren Bloomfield wins at BRCA Nitro Buggy Nats Rd4

Darren Bloomfield wins at BRCA Nitro Buggy Nats Rd4

Round four of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held in Pembrey, Wales over the weekend. The track was pretty tight with an oiled surfaces which would hold up well albeit for some holes that appeared. The 45-minute A-main was won by Agama’s Darren Bloomfield from Mugen driver Lee Martin and Milan Dragojlovic (Kyosho) in second and third respectively. Jack Embling and Simon Willetts completed the top 5 result.

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August 8, 2016

John Knight wins 1st Istanbul GT Night Race

John Knight wins 1st Istanbul GT Night Race

Istanbul in Turkey played host to the country’s first GT Night Race for 1/8th GT cars. Held to gather interest for a possible new class next season the race was run from 7:30 pm until midnight, attracting not only many racers but also surrounding locals who followed the racing action cheering and clapping. Racing was close with John Knight and Tom How making it out for the overall TQ with John holding the upper hand and after the finals it was again John who came out fastest in the triple 5-minute runs. Tom How ended the event in second place from Mert Köroğlu in third. With the positive reception of the race the organisers now plan a series possibly starting as early as September.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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