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October 2, 2015

Nick & Ethan Lefebvre take ROAR Region 9 titles

The ROAR Region 9 O-road Fuel Championships were held at RCRCNT, located just south of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Rendon, Texas. With nice weather and warm temperatures it was set to be a great weekend of racing. In the premier 1/8 Open class it was Nick Lefebvre taking the TQ position from fellow team driver Chris Methany. As with the sedan class, tire wear was very high and became a factor for the 30 minute final event. Off the start, Nick remained in the lead and began to pull away from Chris. On Lap 4, Terry Brown got around Chris and took over the 2nd spot. During Lap 11, Nick made a mistake and gave up the lead. After catching back up to Terry, Nick continued to press hard and eventually passed him for the lead. This is how the race continued and eventually ended with Nick winning while holding on to a 1 lap gap over both Terry and Chris.

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October 2, 2015

Hviid takes Swedish Championship Series title

The final round of the Swedish Championship Series was held at the MK Eskil track, home of the 2016 EFRA 1/8th On-road European Championship. In the 200mm class Mickael Brandt (Xray) took the TQ from Nikolaj Hviid (Capricorn) with the two being the only drivers to score 10-laps runs in the 5 minute long qualifiers. Jose Castro (Capricorn) came in third one lap down on Mickael and Nikolaj. In the 45 minute main final on Sunday Mickael then took the win from Jose while Nikolaj ran into trouble early as a problem with the rear belt on his car made it difficult to drive. Nevertheless a fifth place in the race secured the Capricorn driver the overall Swedish National Championship Series title.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 1, 2015

Martinelli crowned 40+ European 1/8th Champion

Luca Martinelli crowned 40+ European 1/8th Champion

The 40+ European Nitro On-road Championships were recently held in Lostallo, Switzerland in challenging weather conditions all week. In the 1/8th class Alain Levy took the TQ but it was Luca Martinelli who came out successful in the shortened main final. Second in the 35 minute encounter, that was stopped due to rain, was Erol Sehirtoy who took the vice championship. Cristofer Hedlund would round out the podium in third place.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

October 1, 2015

Peracho wins final round of Spanish 1/8th Champs

The final round of the Spanish Nitro On-road Championship was held at the Autet track. During qualifying the weather was excellent resulting in a close affair with a gap of only 3 seconds from 1st to 6th place in the 1/8th class. Alberto Alonso already secured the Spanish championship title at the penultimate round so the race was on for the runner-up spot. For Sunday the weather changed with some clouds and thunder storms predicted for the afternoon. First up was the 40+ final and it was Vicente Eres who took the victory.

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October 1, 2015

Raphael Wicki takes Swiss 200mm title

The sixth and final round of the Swiss Nitro On-road Championship was held at the iconic Lostallo track. Xray’s Rahael Wicki took the TQ after some mixed qualifiers and he looked like he would also score a win in his semifinal but Traugott Schär (Xray) made a late move on him to take the pole position for the 30 minute final. At the start of the main Raphael jumped into the lead followed by Traugott with both showing some great battles until some 9 minutes before the both had a coming together but they would escap with no problems and at the end of the half hour encounter Raphael took the win from Traugott and with it the Swiss Championship title. Michael Schäfer (Xray) would round out the top 3 at the final round while Maurice Lüscher (Xray) and Traugott Schär rounded out the championship podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 30, 2015

Mattia Collavo grabs Italian 1/8th F1 class title

Last weekend’s Italian 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship finale not only saw the title decision in the Expert class but also the F1 category title was up for grabs. The championship had to be decided between Mattia Collavo – who took the super pole – and Roberto de Cesare with the fastest driver in qualifying being Valerio Moccia. The start of the final saw no surprises. But 5 minutes into the race de Cesare had a crash and destroyed the rear end of his car which allowed Collavo to back off the throttle and cruise to the title win. At the front it was Luca Martini who took over the lead after Moccia had to retire because of a broken engine. Martini drove an excellent race and crossed the finishing line in first position while Collavo took it easy, finishing in 4th position and scoring enough points to win the Italian Championship in the F1 category.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 30, 2015

Ryan Nimori takes 1/8 Sportsman win at KO Propo GP

The recent KO Propo Grand Prix was hosted by the Greater LA R/C Club and held at the Harbor Gateway Transit Centre. In the A-main of the 1/8th Sportsman class Ryan Nimori, coming from 4th on the grid, would take the win from TQ Mark Santa Ines in second. Biboy Angeles would round out the podium in third.

Source: Hobby Authority [hobbyauthority-dist.com]

September 30, 2015

Nitro-West-Masters Rd5 – Report

Round five of this year’s Nitro-West-Masters was held at the Velp track in the Netherlands. With a margin of less than a second Christian Wurst won an exciting battle in the 1/8 scale nitro on-road Open class ahead of Frank Schewiola, but not only in the 1/8 class great racing was shown on the popular track. Also in the three other classes with René Puepke (1/10 Open), Matthias Guenther (1/8 Stock) and Majuran Tharmalingam (1/10 Stock) taking the winners trophies great racing was on display. A total of 65 entries were received for the Dutch round of the seventh edition of the Nitro-West-Masters. Following an intensive day of practice on Saturday also on race day the weather made for perfect conditions.

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