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]
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]
Mendip raceway played host to round four of the BRCA 1/10th 200mm National Championship. The weekend offered more competition than normal for the drivers with Kyle Branson and reigning World Champion Alexander Hagberg among the entries. Saturday practice began and it was clear to see that it would be a close weekend of racing with there being five drivers all on pretty much the same pace. It was the usual guys Alex Thurston, Joe Kerry, Mark Green and of course Kyle Branson and Alexander Hagberg. Sunday morning and there was a round of practice for all drivers in which most opted to test final size tyres. Then everyone got stuck into the proper action, due to the temperatures rising the TQ spot was pretty much decided in round 1 where Mark Green came out on top to take overall TQ as well, Alex Thurston taking 2nd and John Zottl, who was the dark horse, came through to take 3rd. Kyle Branson’s round 4 time would put him 4th on the grid for the final behind Alex Thurston, Joe Kerry who was one of the only guys to improve on his time to take 2nd on the grid behind Mark Green.
The EFMOD club in Izmir, Turkey will hold the 1/10th GP Open Summer Cup on the weekend of the 12th of June. The 2-day event is dedicated to 200mm nitro touring cars and sees the attendance of Serpent’s Dominic Greiner and Capricorn’s Thilo Tödtmann from Germany, who will not only race but both are also available for trackside tech and setup support. Interested driver can get in touch with Mr. Ufuk Sengonul (ufuk.sengonul@efmod.org) for race registration.
The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th Nitro Off-road National Championship was held at the Graz track. Xray’s Martin Wollanka would dominate the qualifying with his FX-powered ride to take the overall TQ but after the semifinals he had to settle for second behind Dominic Bauer (Mugen/Novarossi) as he pushed a bit too hard, making two mistakes in the progress. The main final then was a 2-horse race between Dominic and Martin with both wanting to take the win. Running with the same pace the two were never separated by more than five seconds and at the end Martin finished only one second ahead of Dominic while Michael Nalukowy (Kyosho/O.S.) had to settle for third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Nordic Nitro On-road Championships were held this weekend at the Eskilstuna track in Sweden. The race also doubled as the warm-up for the EFRA 1/8th Track Euros later in July and thus the event attracted drivers from six countries but unfortunately the weather would play a major factor during the weekend. The 1/8th main final was a 3-horse race for the win with Mikael Fransson being the fastest driver in qualifying, from Roland Ström and Markus Hellquist. Tricky conditions laid the ground for a very exciting race with the lead swapping several times and in the end Markus Hellquist was the one to finish first and to bring home the victory. Mikael Fransson finished in second and since Roland Ström was not able to finish the race, Italian driver of Marco Vanni rounded up the podium in third.
The second round of the RC Mafia Offroad Series took place in Nowa Gadka, Poland. The event saw both 1/8th and 1/10th off-road racing and in the premier class of 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Kaja Novotny who took the TQ and the young man would also come out fastest after the qualifiers in E-Buggy as well as 1/10th 2WD, the latter following some nice battles with young and talented Jakub Luczak. Tomasz Gadnicki snatched the pole position for 1/10th 4WD A-mains while Marek Cisek took the TQ in 1/8th E-Truggy. Finally in 1/8 Nitro Truggy Tomasz Gadnicky grabbed his second TQ of the day.
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The second round of the Czech Nitro On-road Nationals was held in Slavkov, Czech Republic over the weekend. In the 1/8th class, Tono Sloboda (Xray) brought the win from second placed Jiri Rybak (Xray) and third placed Miroslav Jurenka (Shepherd). The 1/10th 200mm class was won by Michal Abrahamek (Xray) who went for soft tyres and a conservative fuel strategy in the final. His efforts would pay out as he took the win some three laps ahead of Alexander Ockajak with Jiří Král completing an all-Xray podium.
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