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October 20, 2015

Jesse Davis wins maiden 1/8th IC Track national title

The 1/8th Australian IC On-Road Titles were recently held at the Lilydale track, just outside of Melbourne in Victoria. Jesse Davis set the fastest time in the opening of the six rounds of 10 minute qualifying with a 41/10:04.273, from Jeff Hamon and Steven Jovanovic, both with 40 laps. No one was able to match Davis’ in Q2 but Jovanovic came close with a 41/10:10.075 in Q3 and then Hamon even closer with a 41/10:05.277 in Q4. In the final round of qualifying, Davis improved his time with 41/10:00.496 to cement the TQ position into the 45 minute main final. Unfortunately, the rain started to fall before the race commenced and with no end in sight, the decision was made to abandon the race and base the final results off qualifying, therefore giving Jesse Davis his first ever 1/8th Australian IC On-Road Title and some added confidence leading up to the World Championships in Brazil. Hamon had to settle for second with Jovanovic third.

Thanks to Leigh Dytor for the report.

October 19, 2015

ROAR announce 2016 calendar dates & tracks

ROAR have announced the dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2016. Prolevel RC of St. Louis, MO will play host to the Carpet On-Road Nationals from the 3rd to 6th of March. The 1/8th Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 9th to the 12th of June at the Thornhill Racing Circuit, Hutto, TX, while the 1/8th Electric and 4WD SCT Off-Road Nationals will be run at Stateline RC, Raceway, Fremont, IN from July 21st through to the 24th. HobbyTown USA Hobbyplex in Omaha, NE will play host to the 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals from August 11th to 14th while the Electric Paved On-road Nationals will be held at Valkaria RC in Valkaria, FL. Last but not least come the Fuel On-road Nationals on October 20th to 23rd at Homestead RC Raceway in Miami, FL.

October 19, 2015

Alpe Adria Masters 2015 – Report

The Alpe Adria Masters 2015 recently concluded with the third and final round held at the LAMAC track in Austria. The very technical but smooth track layout attracted some 60 drivers despite a less-than-pleasant weather forecast for Saturday. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road class local driver Herfried Pucher (ARC/Picco) took the win from Nejc Mihelic (ARC/Picco) and Jernej Vuga Stendler (Xray/Reds Racing). As for the overall result, the third place at the final round of the three race series handed Jernej the win from Nejc on the runner-up spot. Roland Riegler (Capricorn/Picco) would round out the top 3 result.

Continue reading the report here

October 19, 2015

Robert Batlle dominates final Spanish Buggy

The final round of the Spanish Nitro Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the Alhaurin de la Torre track in mixed weather conditions. In the shortened qualifiers Mugen’s Robert Batlle found himself in a battle with Bryan Baldo for the TQ but it was the former World Champion who ultimately came out fastest from his Mugen team mates Bryan and Oscar. The 45 minute main final on Sunday was run in dry weather and on a track prepped with sawdust and the race again had Robert coming out fastest although he again had to defend himself against the fast Baldo brothers with whom he swapped positions several times in the opening stages. Ultimately Robert took the win from Oscar with a 16 seconds margin while Bryan ended the main final one lap down, making it a Mugen/Ultimate 1-2-3 finish. Dani Vega (Agama/Reds Racing) ended the main in fourth place, Joan Carlos Canas (HoBao/O.S.) rounded out the top 5 result. As for the overall championship, Robert Batlle secured yet another one while Oscar Baldo grabbed the runner-up spot. Bryan Baldo in third and Javi Pombo in fourth completed the top 4 result for 2015.

View the final result here

October 16, 2015

Thomas Desmaries wins at French On-road Cup

The French 1/8th On-road Cup was recently held at the Limoges track with some of the country’s fastest drivers in attendance. The main final at first saw the battle for the lead between Adrien Bertin and class rookie Leo Arnold but the latter would make some mistakes in the opening stages, allowing Adrien to open a gap on the field. Around the 20 minute mark, with Adrien out in front by around 9 seconds, Leo ran into tyre problems, allowing Thomas Desmaries to first close the gap and then also to pass Leo. With some five minutes to go Adrien had to pull out of the race with problems on his car and this promoted Thomas into the lead that he would keep until the checkered flag. Leo finished the main just two seconds short on Thomas with Stephane Riccobono rounding out the top 3 result.

View the top 10 result here

October 15, 2015

Mattia Collavo wins Pista Verde Fener Championship

The Italian Pista Verde Fener Championship recently concluded with the final round and in the 1/8th Nitro Pro class it was Mattia Collavo who made the triple by taking the TQ, win and the fastest lap. The victory at the season finale also handed Mattia the overall Pro class championship title. Marco Filippetto ended the season on the runner-up spot while Fabio Vigani grabbed the final podium spot to round out the top 3 result.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

October 13, 2015

Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Nats Rd6 – Report

Utrecht’s RACO 2000 track played host to last weekend’s sixth and final round of the Dutch National 1/8th Nitro On-road Championships. Saturday’s practise started off dry and partially cloudy, while Sunday morning’s qualifying started under sunny but much colder conditions. In both the premier NK class and the Nomac class, the championship still was to be decided. In the NK class it was Frank Baggen (ARC/Reds) who was fastest after the qualifiers, followed by Arie Manten (Shepherd/Picco), Joey Sorber (Shepherd/Maxima) and Ad Vissenberg (ARC/Reds).

Continue reading the report here

October 13, 2015

Leo Arnold teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of French National Champion Leo Arnold to their on-road team. Leo will be racing at national and international 1/8th and 1/10th scale events using Xray’s RX8, NT1 and T4 cars. Leo’s campaign will include attendances at the ENS, ETS and European Championships and 3-times French Cup winner and multiple ENS and ETS finalist has the following to day about the deal:

I’m very motivated to join Xray for the upcoming season. The support that the factory and the team can give me is the best way to obtain better result. Xray is the most professional RC factory in the world, with high quality product and constant development, so it’s with big intention that I join the team. I really want to thank the Xray team and the Hudy family for this nice opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]