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June 6, 2016

Rick V. & Marco Kruse win at Dutch 1/8th Nats Rd2

The second round of the Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the technical MBC de Sluis track in Gounda with 43 drivers attending. Nice Summer weather with temperatures of above 25 degree Celsius made for perfect racing conditions. The new, combined ABC final system again ensured nice battles during the finals as the drivers races more on their own level. In the premier NK class Rick Vrielijnck took a pretty easy win in the 30-minute A-main some three laps ahead of runner-up, Jeffrey Rietveld. Only some 1.3 seconds down, Frank Baggen completed the podium result in third.

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June 6, 2016

Lee Martin successful at 3rd Annual Mugen Challenge

The 3rd Annual Mugen Challenge was held this past weekend in Reims, France. Classes run would be Nitro and Electric Buggy and Truggy as well as GT and 1/8th On-road. Following a wet practice on Friday the qualifiers would be held on Saturday and it was Lee Martin who TQ’d round one and two to take the overall TQ in front of Spain’s Robert Batlle. The finals would be held in an electric triple mains format and it was again Lee who dominated the proceedings and with wins in A1 and A2 he took the overall victory from Robert Batlle and US boy Adam Drake.

Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]

June 6, 2016

Michael Salven wins at West German regionals Rd3

Round three of the West German Nitro On-road regionals, a qualifier to the German Championships, was held at the Hamm track over the weekend. Serpent’s Michael Salven would end the day on the top spot with team mate Merlin Depta a lap down after the 30-minute encounter. Christian Wurst (ARC) would complete the podium result in third, another lap down.

View the final results here

June 6, 2016

Burak Kilic sweeps North German off-road regionals Rd2

Round two of the North German 1/8th off-road regionals was held in Kiel over the weekend. The race schedule saw practice on Saturday followed by the qualifiers and finals on Sunday and despite a very good track preparation by the club, the track was already pretty beat up after Saturday’s practice. The start of the 30-minute main final, run in pretty hot weather conditions on Sunday afternoon, saw Agama’s Berkan Kilic, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, jumping into the lead while pole position holder Burak Kilic (Agama) dropping back to fourth. But the young man would soon recover to fight for the win in a 3-horse race with his brother as well as Mugen’s Phillip Guschl. Ultimately Burak would grab the win after nice and fair battles with Phillip and Berkan who completed the podium result in second and third respectively.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

June 6, 2016

Elliott Boots doubles at BRCA E8 & Truggy Nats Rd3

Round three of the BRCA E8 and Truggy Nationals was held at the popular Herts track over the weekend. Jack Embling would take the TQ in both classes but it was Elliott Boots who came out successful in the 12-minute E-Buggy final, leaving Darren Bloomfield behind by under a second. Jonathan Skidmore in third completed the podium result a lap down. Elsewhere in the Truggy class it was again Elliott who came out successful in the A-main final.

View the Truggy podium here

June 3, 2016

Conley, Collymore & Hardman win at Midwest Series Rd1

The first of six races for the Midwest Series kicked off in Toledo, Ohio, home of the One Eighth Racers of Toledo. The track was setup for a little practice on Friday but Saturday saw a little rain in the morning. The track crew did a great job with getting the track ready to go and with extended practice the race would cut out a qualifier. In 1/8th Open Ted Hammer (Shepherd) would take the TQ while in 200mm Sedan Diatta Collymore (Xray)came out fastest after the qualifiers.

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June 2, 2016

Valentin Peuziat wins at French GP

The GP de Reignac for large scale off-road cars was held last weekend and in the 4WD class it was Valentin Peuziat who took the pole position for the main final. Valentin would maintain the lead throughout the main final to take the win from team mate Judicael Gandino.

Source: MDC Racing [mcdracing.com]

June 2, 2016

Dirk Wischnewski wins at Central German Champs Rd2

Round two of the Central German Championship was held at the MSC Kirchhain track. After three rounds of qualifying it was Dirk Wischnewski who took the TQ in the 1/10th scale class with Patrick Schäfer lining up in second only 0.2s behind. Mirco Thalheimer also made it directly into the main with a 3rd place, rounding out an all-Shepherd top 3. The main final then was a done deal for Wischnewski. After a few laps Schäfer’s car was hit in the back by another competitor, resulting in a body tuck meaning a short stop near the pitlane was necessary. Later on Patrick’s engine stalled one time meaning any chance to fight for the lead was gone. Unimpressed Wischnewski cruised around the track and crossed the finishing line in first position with a massive gap of 7 laps in front of Michael Hauser (Xray). Patrick Schäfer recovered to 3rd another lap down but posting the fastest laptime of the final.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]