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August 29, 2016

Jörn Neumann wins German Nitro Buggy Championships

The MRC Meiningen club played host to the second round of the German Nitro Buggy National Championship this past weekend. The opening event was won by Serpent’s Jörn Neumann but round two was dominated by young Agama driver Burak Kilic who came out fastest in the 40 minute main final one lap ahead of Philipp Guschl (Mugen) while Jörn ended the race some 7 seconds down on Philipp in third. The final podium spot was still enough for Jörn to take the overall title from Burak Kilic while SWorkz’ Micha Widmaier rounded out the National’s top 3 in third.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 29, 2016

Dominic Greiner takes German 200mm National title

Newly-crowned IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Champion, Dominic Greiner (Serpent) was able to take over the momentum to last weekend’s German 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals as he brought home a popular win from Mugen’s Robert Pietsch and Capricorn driver Rico Kröber. Held in Ettlingen in the South of the country, the event’s practice rounds were dominated by Robert Pietsch and the former World and European Champion would also be on top of the timing sheets after the qualifiers, in front of Dominic, but the main final would then see the 2016 World Champion coming out successful some eight seconds in front of Robert while Rico had to settle for third four laps down.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 24, 2016

Simon Kurzbuch takes Swiss 1/8th Nitro On-road title

Last weekend the fifth round of the Swiss 1/8th On-road Championship took place at the Minidrom Sitterdorf. The weather was not the best meaning only one dry round of qualifying could be run. Simon Kurzbuch was the fastest and secured himself the TQ in front of Silvio Hächler. On Sunday the weather improved so was it possible to race all the finals under dry conditions. The main final was dominated once again by Simon who crossed the finishing line in first position some three laps in front of Mattia Pesenti with Remy Hasler completing the podium another two laps down. With four wins out of five races Simon Kurzbuch already secured himself the 2016 overall Swiss Championship title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 23, 2016

Martin Wollanka signs with Hot Race Tyres

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Austrian racer Martin Wollanka to their team. The factory Xray left former long-termn tyre sponsors Pro-Line right before this year’s European Championships and he will be using Hot Race Tyres’ range of competition tyres from now on. Martin has the following to say about the deal:

It was time to chance some things after around 10 years with Pro-Line tires, so I looked for another option. I start to test Hot Race Tyres some months ago and Iwas really impressive how they working fine on my Xray car. I drove very good laptimes and constant too. I was also impressed by the always equal quality of the tires, and the quick adaptation of any condition of the track and temperatures during the races. Nicola showed the potential of its product in on road, now becoming one of the pioneers of the On Road industry, and I want to help him to show it in offroad too! I’m already know it. I’m happy to be part of the Hot Race team.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

August 23, 2016

Henri Fredriksson takes Finnish 1/8th IC Track title

The fourth round of the Finnish 1/8th On-road national series was recently held at the Kuovola track. Good weather allowed a very nice and fair weekend of racing and after the qualifiers it was Teemu Saarinen who started from the top spot into the main final followed by Henri Frederiksson, Tomi Mairue and Tony Raikas. In the first minutes of the main final Teemu pulled away from the field until he hit a slower car. After this incident there was a great battle for the lead between Tomi and Henri. At the end Tomi won the race with Henri Fredriksson in second and Tony Raikas completing the podium. For Henri the second place was good enough to secure himself the 2016 overall Championship title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 23, 2016

Cole Ogden wins Pro Nitro Buggy at Wicked Weekend

Racers from all over the US gathered at the Chicopee Wood Agricultural Center in Gainesville, Georgia, for one of the fastest growing events, The Wicked Weekend. With an unexpected entry count of 643 total entries this race would definitely live up to its name and be a wicked long race. Because of the large entry count the race organizers decided to change up the race format from three 5 minute qualifiers to two 7 minute qualifiers to save on time. With many racers unsure about the sudden change it would prove to be a very wise decision in the end. In Pro Nitro Buggy, the most competitive class at the event, Cole Ogden came out on top with one of the closes races of the event. Blake Pickett finished second and Blake Boggs would continue to show his presence rounding out the top three.

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August 23, 2016

Takashiro wins Chunchoen Worldleisure Champs

The recent Chunchoen Worldleisure 1/8th Offroad Championships were held in Korea with high temperatures making for a tough day for both men and machine. Kyosho driver Wattaru Takashiro would make the best out of the conditions by taking the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy main from Agama pilot Si Minsu and Jang Wonseok (Serpent). Dani Choi (Kyosho) and Jeon Hanyoung (Serpent) completed the top 5 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 23, 2016

Kyle Branson teams up with Infinity

Creation Model has announced that British talent Kyle Branson has signed to join their factory race team. Branson, who was the runner-up at the 2013 1/8th EFRA Euros, joins a line up of experienced racers, to compete in the on-road nitro classes with Infinity’s 1/8th scale platform and the recently revealed 1/10th scale prototype. Branson will also be continuing to race electric on-road, and contributing to the development of Infinity’s future projects. Branson, a multi-time ENS and Euros A-finalist, made the top ten at this month’s IFMAR Worlds in Gubbio, has the following to say about the deal:

I’m really excited to join creation model to be running their infinity brand car’s. The dedication the team has shown in its short time to establish itself as one of the leading manufacturers is amazing, and I can’t wait to hit the track with their cars. I want to thank Kenji and every body at creation model for the opportunity to represent the team, and look forward to achieving more great results with them.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]