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April 22, 2016

Balestri & Coelho take opening ENS qualifier

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Dario Balestri and Bruno Coelho have claimed the first round of qualifying at the Euro Nitro Series season opener in Italy. The reigning 1:8 Champion, Balestri topped the times from Robert Pietsch while in 1:10 Coelho was fastest over the 4-minutes from the touring car class’ reigning champion Jilles Groskamp. Having started out the day with their drivers topping the times in both classes, Serpent wouldn’t be able to maintain their position, driver errors the prblem for Merlin Depta in 1:8 and both Alessio Mazzeo & Dominic Greiner in the 1:10 encounter. Mark Green would at least see Serpent in the Top 3 of 1:10 while in 1:8, World Champion Simon Kurzbuch was third fastest.

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April 22, 2016

Depta tops 1:8 practice at ENS Bologna

Merlin Depta topped 1:8 practice at the Euro Nitro Series season opener in Italy this morning, the Serpent driver fastest from reigning champion Dario Balestri over 3-consecutive laps. With the majority of drivers posting their fastest time in the first of the two controlled practices, an improvement in CP2 would see WRC’s Andrea Pirani complete the top 3 ahead of World Champion Simon Kurzbuch. With the event marking the official debut of class newcomers Infinity it was Francesco Tironi who was fastest of the star studded team, posting the 6th fastest time ahead of team-mates Jesse Davis and Carmine Raiola. Racing at L.Collari RC Raceway, track owner and No.1 Infinity recruit Lamberto Collari would manage only the 22nd fastest time.

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April 22, 2016

Serpent opens ENS#3 with strong 1:10 practice

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Serpent have opened the 2016 Euro Nitro Series season with a strong show of force as their drivers locked out the Top 3 in controlled practice in Bologna, Italy, this morning. With drivers getting two rounds of controlled practice which will determine the heat seeding, it was last year’s season finale winner Alessio Mazzeo who set the pace around the high speed L.Collari RC Raceway. Behind the Italian it was Mark Green, just 0.049 of a second off over 3-laps, with Serpent’s 2015 title contender Dominic Greiner on a further 0.075 adrift. Best of the rest would be Erik Dankel, the 2014 ENS Champion making a good start to his Mugen debut with only 0.029 his deficit to Greiner.

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April 21, 2016

New ENS season brings new competition

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The wait for the highly anticipated start to the third season of the Euro Nitro Series is over as the world’s best onroad drivers travel to Bologna, Italy, this weekend for the first of four stops on the 2016 calendar. New to the championship last season when it also hosted the opening round, the L.Collari RC Raceway circuit owned by RC legend Lamberto Collari has attracted over 150 entries with the biggest news of the new season being the arrival of the new Infinity team. Making their ENS debut with a small presence at the 2015 season finale in Fiorano, 1:8’s newest manufacturer has over the winter recruited an impressive driver line-up in it’s quest to win the prestigious ENS title.

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April 20, 2016

Michal Abrahamek wins at Internationclub Series Rd1

The opening round of the Internationclub series was held at the Morac Graz club in Austria. The event attracted racers from Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Austria and it was held in several on-road classes. In 1/10th 200mm Michal Abrahamek (Xray/O.S.) took the TQ and he went on to win the main final in pretty dominant fashion from the Sonic-powered Shepherd of Gergö Lehner. Igor Liptak (Xray/FX) rounded out the podium result in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 20, 2016

Max Götzl wins Czech Offroad Party series Rd1

The season opener of the Czech Offroad Party series was held in Kolin this past Saturday. Due to rain the qualifiers only started at noon and also for the main finals the drivers had to cope with a damp track and it was Max Götzl (Xray) who made the best out of the conditions by taking the TQ in all qualifying rounds to grab the overall TQ from Jiri Benes (Xray) and Frantisek Kalenda (Xray). For the main final Max was able to conserve his qualifying performance and after a flawless run he took the win from Jiri and Frantisek in second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 20, 2016

Gray & Desoto Jr. win at Miami Grand Prix

Last weekend’s 2016 Miami Grand Prix attracted over 200 drivers to compete in the four classes of 1/8th Open and Masters, 1/8th GT and 1/10th 200mm Sedan. While Chris Tosolini grabbed the win in the 1/8th Open category it was Scotty Gray who came out fastest in the Sedan class from Paolo Morganti. Junior Castellanos rounded out the top 3 result. In the growing 1/8th GT class Joaquin Desoto Jr. took a comfortable win with a 4-lap margin over runner-up, Joachim Bruneau. Charles Parsons came in third another two laps down.

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April 20, 2016

Chris Tosolini wins at Miami Grand Prix

Last week the top US nitro drivers made there way to Homestead, Florida to compete in the 2016 Miami Grand Prix with the top drivers from almost every manufacturer set the stage for a shootout in nearly perfect South Florida weather. As practice began the fastest 1/8th drivers were getting down into the 15’s showing some ballistic pace. DJ Apolaro, Paolo Morganti, Chris Tosolini, and Joaquin Desoto Junior all looked to be a factor to contend for the win. On Friday qualifying got underway and DJ Apolaro set the bar putting down a 16 lap run followed by Paolo, Joaquin, and Tosolini.

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