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June 17, 2016

Rybak & Abrahamek score at Czech IC Track Nats Rd3

The recent third round of the Czech Nitro On-road Nationals saw Jiri Rybak (Xray/O.S.) taking a narrow win in the 1/8th class from Filip Uher (Xray/O.S.) who ended the A-main some three seconds down in second. Miroslav Jurenka (Sheapherd/Novarossi) would complete the top 3 podium result. In 1/10th 200mm Touring, Michal Abrahamek (Xray/ O.S.) took the TQ after the qualifiers and he would continue to dominate in the main final as he ended the race some four laps ahead of Ondřej Kulhánek (Xray/ O.S.) while Michal Jansa (KM/Reds Racing) rounded out the top 3.

View the 200mm Touring podium here

June 17, 2016

Wesley van Helmond wins at Dutch Buggy Cup Rd3

The recent third round of the Dutch Buggy Cup was held at the Oberhausen track in Germany. The Nitro Buggy main final saw a battle for the win between Wesley van Helmond (TLR) and Jarno Pijpers (Xray), the latter coming from the 7 spot on the grid. Both made mistakes at one or the other point but a flame out after a crash cost Jarno dearly so he had to settle for second behind Wesley while Marcel Müller (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3 result.

View the final results here

June 16, 2016

Kurzbuch & Wischnewski aiming to build on early ENS lead

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Simon Kurzbuch and Dirk Wischnewski travel to Germany this weekend aiming to build on the early points lead victory brought them at the Euro Nitro Series season opener in April. Following an 8-week break since the Bologna event, the onroad nitro championship returns to Minidrom Ettlingen which last year made its first appearance on the ENS calendar bringing contrasting results for the two drivers. For 1:10 specialist Wishnewski, his home race would end a 6-year drought of international wins as he notched up both his and Team Shepherd’s first victory in the high profile championship. For Kurzbuch, then as the reigning ENS Champion, the race would effectively end his title hopes as the Top Qualifier finished only 7th. As he struggled, up front it was the new champion to be Dario Balestri who would claim his first 1:8 victory of the ENS.

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June 16, 2016

Ilya Plakhotnik wins at Cup of Urals

The Cup of Urals was held at the Corrtezz Raceway in Ekaterinburg, Russia, about 2000km away from Moscow. More than 50 drivers from the Urals and Siberia signed in for the event that was held in challenging weather conditions with wind, sun and rain. Moscow-based Ilya Plakhotnik would take the win in the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Ilya would take the lead in the opening stages of the final, defending the position for the remainder of the race to bring home the win.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 16, 2016

2017 The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The Dirt Racing have announced that the 18th annual, 2017 The Dirt Nitro Challenge will once again be held at the famous Fear Farm facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The dates are set at February 22nd to 26th 2017. As the new entry and class limit proved to be a success, with the 2016 race selling out and allowing the event to run smoothly with a scheduled race itinerary and 10 pm finish time, the 2017 DNC will continue to implement the same format to insure a successful, scheduled event. As usual The Dirt offers a discounted entry fee for a limited time in the Summer. Starting Saturday June 18th the early entry fee is 60US$ and it will be available until an allotted number of entries are sold. Classes will be the same as last year with the 40+ drivers allowed to run in addition to the regular classes. To enter, paypal fees to thedirtracing@aol.com and put the racer info in the notes section, or email Joey Christensen at thedirtracing@aol.com. More information about the race can be found here.

June 15, 2016

Shay Brand takes Pro Buggy win at SOS Rd1

This past weekend the first round of the Southern Off-road Series was held at HCRCR in McDonough, Georgia. The race brought in drivers from all over the Southeast, reaching a grand total of 195 entries for the 1-day event. Qualifying was close throughout the day and in the end Shay Brand was able to get the TQ in Pro Buggy despite some limited practice before. The Pro Buggy race saw a mistake of Shay on the first lap putting him about mid pack. After some great driving, Shay was able to make his way back to the front and had some really good racing with both Eddie Cordoba and Chandler Elliot. Shay was then able to come away with the win at the end of the 20 minute A-main event.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

June 15, 2016

Darren Bloomfield wins UK National warm-up

With the BRCA National at the Herts venue only two weeks away, the usual warm-up race was held over the weekend and provided the last chance of the some track time as the track is closed between now and the event itself. Weather forecasts were for heavy rain in the morning, which sadly proved to be accurate, and this meant many drivers chose not to run and withdrew. Some chose to remain booked in but would wait to see if the weather would clear. Fortunately after lunch the rain stopped and with the make up of the Herts track now, it does dry very quickly and the final two round of qualifying were run. The first of those rounds was still a bit wet, but by the final round a definite dryish line was beginning to appear. Darren Bloomfield made the most of the opportunity to try some ideas out with his set up, and certainly felt the changes did what he expected, even if they didn’t all make the car quicker on the lap.

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June 15, 2016

Ntkovca & Maliński win at Polish Open Race

The RC Car club of Murowana Goślina near Poznan in Poland recently held an open race as a practice event before the upcoming Oder Pomerania Cup. In the 1/10th 2WD class Pawel Ntkovca would come out successful from Sergiusz Kulak in second and Mateusz Geleta in third. Elsewhere in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy category it was Marcin Maliński who took the day’s win from Sergiusz Kulak and Mateusz Dudzic in second and third respectively.

View the Nitro Buggy podium here