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September 24, 2015

Gary Baird takes 2015 Irish 1/8th Off-road Champs

The final round of the Irish 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held on the astro turf track in Navan. The usual weather playing games had the drivers need sun cream for the Saturday and a wet suit for the Sunday. Qualifying was mixed for a lot of drivers. The new astro they laid in Navan had plenty of gaps in it that randomly spun your car, but also rubber balls instead of sand, so it smelt delightfully of melting rubber. The man on a mission Alan Scroggie took TQ with pretty impressive runs. Andrew McClean would line up 2nd looking very controlled and starting to give the older drivers a lot to think about while Gary Baird would line up 4th and Barkley 6th. Three of these drivers were separated only by 2 points in the overall championship.

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September 24, 2015

Nikolas Bowie joins Serpent Asia

Serpent have announced the signing of Nikolas Bowie to their Asian team. Bowie is specialised in on-road racing, both EP and GP, with 1/10th electric touring car as his premier class. Bowie will run most races in Indonesia with some international races in his area being on the agenda too.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 24, 2015

Salvatore Giliberto wins at Torero Trophy

The recent Torero Trophy saw Salvatore Giliberto walking away with the 1/10th 200mm class win in front of Salvo Scalia on the runner-up spot. Umberto Gentile would round out the podium in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 24, 2015

Italian 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The Italian AMSCI 1/8th off-road national championship recently concluded with the running of the fourth and final round. Held at the Rome Cross Village track, more than 80 drivers competed on the three nitro categories of Expert, F1 and F2 and the event also saw the single round Electric Brushless Championship to be held. In the Expert category Davide Ongaro took the win from tone to tone in the 45 minute final. Behind him Marco Natale, Davide Tortoricci, Alessandro Stocco and Fabrizio Teghesi battled for the remaining podium spots with the positions changing constantly. At the end Marco held the upper hand by taking the runner up spot one lap down on Davide Ongaro, leaving Davide Tortoricci behind by only around 0.5 seconds. Alessandro ended the final some 3.5 seconds short of Davide in fourth, Fabrizo rounded out the top 5 in the same lap as the second to fourth placed drivers, making for an entertaining season finale.

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September 23, 2015

Alexander Hagberg doubles at Xray Challenge Greece

The second running of the Xray Challenge Greece was again held at the Fanatix Race Track just outside of Athens with some 50 entries for the electric and nitro classes. Held over a single day the fun and entertaining event would see the attendance of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg who competed in the electric and nitro classes. In the nitro class, Alexander managed to take the TQ position after a fast and clean run, some 8 seconds in front of Greek driver John Sotiropoulos, and the Xray pairing of Nikiforos and Dimitrios.

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September 23, 2015

Traugott Schär takes European 200mm 40+ title

The Nitro On-road 40+ EFRA European Championships were held in Lostallo, Switzerland in mixed weather conditions. The five qualifying rounds were run in both dry and wet conditions and at the end Traugott Schär grabbed the TQ in the 200mm class. From the Super Pole Bernd Hasselbring bumped up into the main final as did Hartmut Rose and Andreas Husman who won their respective semifinals. Thankfully the main could be run in dry condition and it was again Traugott Schär (Xray) who came out fastest after some nice fights with Andreas Husman (Mugen). Hartmut Rose (Xray) completed the podium result in third place.

View the final result here

September 22, 2015

Alessandro Remia takes Italian F1 buggy title

The Italian 1/8th Buggy Championship was held this past weekend. In the F1 class Alessandro Remia had a tough final as he looked to secure an easy win until 15 minutes to go when he ran out of fuel several times due to a faulty fuel gun. But at the end a fourth place was enough for Alessandro to grab the overall F1 category title. Francesco Piccinetti came in second at the final round while Giuseppe Tescione rounded out the podium in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 22, 2015

Sebastian Recio wins Argentine 1/8th On-road Champs

The Argentine 1/8th On-road Championship was recently held in Cordoba in several classes. In the 1/8th “Free” category Sebastian Recio came out successful from second placed Juan Pablo Golobic. Natalio Maringolo in third would round out the podium. In the “3 Transfer” category it was again Sebastian who ended on top of the class while Agustin Cutini and Emilio Lanzilota came in second and third respectively.

View the other podium here