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July 26, 2016

Giovanni Verbrugghe crowned 1/5 Touring Euro Champ

Giovanni Verbrugghe crowned 1/5th Touring Euro Champ

The 2016 EFRA 1/5th scale European Championships were held in Bologna, Italy last week and in the 30-minute main final it was Belgium’s Giovanni Verbrugghe who walked away with the win. Verbrugghe snatched the runner-up spot from Ales Bayer, who suffered from changing weather conditions, while Italy’s Lamberto Collari controlled the pace on the front end of the pack. Pole position holder Patrick Folman was out of the title race following several off-track experiences and another prominent victim of unplanned off-road excursions was leader Lamberto who spun out in the closing stages of the final, promoting Giovanni Verbrugghe into the lead that he would hold onto until the checkered flag to take the 2016 European Championship title from Lamberto Collari while Patrick Folman was able to recover to third overall.

Thanks to Giovanni Verbrugghe for the report.

July 25, 2016

BRCA 1/10th IC Nationals Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the BRCA 1/10th IC Nationals was held last weekend at the Cotswold track situated on Kemble Airfield. Although the sun was out in force on Saturday, Sunday was to be a more overcast affair and a total of 42 drivers took part in the three classes of 1/10th 200mm, 1/10th Sports GT and 1/8th GT. In the 200mm class, Joe Kerry would take the TQ by almost breaking the track record. Mark Green and Alex Thurston would qualify second and third with Kai Grainger and Matthew Cook completing the top half of the grid.

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July 25, 2016

Riccardo Berton successful at Novarossi Trophy

The 2016 Novarossi Trophy was held at the pista Ospy Team di Gussago track in Gussago, Brescia over the weekend with some of the fastest Italian Nitro Off-road drivers in attendance. Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton was in control of things all weekend, taking the TQ and win in the Expert Buggy class from Mugen’s Davide Ongaro. Newly crowned 1/8th European Champion, Elliott Boots (Kyosh0) had to settle for third in the 45-minute A-main. Mattia Polito and Marco Natale would round out the top 5 result.

Source: MRC [modellismorc.net]

July 25, 2016

Thilo Tödtmann wins at Central German regionals

A round of the Central German Nitro On-road regionals, the qualifying series for the German Nationals, was held this past weekend at the MC Ettlingen track. In the 1/10th 200mm class Shepherd’s Dirk Wischnewski would take a close TQ from Capricorn driver Thilo Tödtmann while Rene Püpke (Shepherd) completed the top 3 result after the qualifiers. The main final then saw a close fight between Dirk and Thilo with the better end for Thilo as Dirk had to pull out of the race some 5 minutes before the end. Up front Thilo brought home the win some two laps in front of Shepherd’s own Patrick Schäfer while Jannick Namyslo (Xray) rounded out the top 3 result.

Image: Thilo Tödtmann

July 24, 2016

Georgiadis doubles at Greek Fanatix Race

The Fanatix Race was recently held at the Fanatix racing track in Greece. The event saw 1/10th Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and Nitro Stock racing and in the Touring Modified class it was the Xray duo of Georgiadis and Papachristos who battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Georgiadis who would ultimately grab the pole position for the finals. Papachristos had to settle for second while Yokomo driver Amaxas rounded out the qualifying top 3.

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July 21, 2016

Leo Arnold wins at French 1/8th On-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals was held in La Ferriere in Western France. The narrow track in combination with a fast yet technical layout made for challenging conditions and in the qualifiers it was Anthony Abisset who came out on top from Arnaud Mathieu, local driver Benjamin Brasset and Leo Arnold. In the semis, Leo took the win in the semi B while Anthony Abisset won the semi A, with the faster time handing Leo the pole position for the main final.

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July 21, 2016

Sebastian Beltran wins Colombia Nationals Rd1

The first race of the Colombia National Off-road championship was held at the Bima racing track in Bogota. Sebastian Beltran (Xray/FX) took the TQ after the four rounds of qualifying only to suffer issues in the opening stages of the 30-minute A-main. Being almost four laps down Sebastian soon started to recover and in the closing stages, he was able to regain the lead to win the race while also setting a new track record. Yovanny Vergara (Xray/FX) and Pablo Mojica (Xray/FX) rounded out the podium in second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 21, 2016

2016 Midwest Series Rd3 – Report

The One Eighth Scale Racers club hosted round 3 of the 2016 Midwest Series at their Toledo Ohio track. This six race series is thought to be the longest running series in the United States, having been organized back in the summer of 1970. Seventy drivers traveled to compete in the event and the racing action was exciting every class. This series features both 1/10 Sedan and 1/8 Open 4WD classes as well as Masters classes for both scales. The cars are run together by scale but scored separately by class.

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