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September 15, 2015

Thurston & Beal win at BRCA 1/10th Nitro Nats Rd7

Round seven of the British 1/10th Nitro Championship was held at Mendip Raceway last weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm class Alex Thurston made a perfect qualifier to take the TQ and converting the pole in to a win in front of Joe Kerry and Mark Green. This result for Alex puts him in a very good position to take the 200mm UK title at the next round. In the 220 GT class Glyn Beal also converted his perfect driving and car prep to take a dominate TQ in qualifying. Glyn would then convert the pole position for the main into a convincing win in front of Richard Kozakiewicz and Franck Dambrine.

View the 220mm podium here

September 15, 2015

South African Nitro On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The TRAP RC Racing Venue just North of Tshwane, Pretoria played host to the 4th round of the South African Gas On-road Nationals. The penultimate round of the 2015 National series attracted around 50 entries to race in the premier 1/8th scale, as well as the 200mm Nitro Touring, 235mm and a new 1/8 Scale GT entry level class. The event was greeted with great weather, which kept track conditions consistent and drivers were happy to report that grip remained predictable for the 3-day event.

Continue reading the report here

September 15, 2015

John Allas wins at Mauritius GP On-road Champs Rd4

The fourth round of the Mauritius GP On-road Championships was organised by the Mighty Model Club and held at the Winner’s Speedway track. In the 1/10th GP class, John Allas took the TQ from Giovanni Arekion and Olivier Lebon. The final then saw John taking the win while Giovanni and Olivier swapped places so Olivier would grab the runner-up spot from third placed Giovanni.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

September 15, 2015

Jason Nugroho wins at Bali Fun Race

The Bali Fun Race was held at the dusty and medium-grip Willson Track in Denpasar, Bali. After the triple qualifiers Jason Nugroho (Xray) took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he would start from the 1 spot into the main final. A bit of traffic let Jason fall back in the early stages of the A-main but he was able to get back into the lead around the 5 minute mark and he would be able to retain the top spot till the end to take the win in the 60-minute final from Dimas Soenarto (Kyosho) and track owner Willy Santana (Xray), who came from 9th on the grid.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 14, 2015

Adrian Bertin takes French 1/8th Elite class title

The final round of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the MARCG Castelsarrasin club. Going into the season finale with a pretty big margin on his competitors was pre-event favourite Adrien Bertin, with an 8th place in the final would be enough for him to take the overall Elite class title. Technical issues in the qualifiers then tightened things up a bit for Adrien as he had to go through the quarter finals but after a safe drive in the semis Bertin would be able to put his car on the 4 spot for the main final. Adrien then would have an early battle with Desmaries, but after a small mistake of his opponent, Adrien would take the lead and later on the win and with the 2015 French Championship.

Source: HB Europe [hbeurope.com]

September 14, 2015

Ielasi & Spiniello win at Novarossi Trophy Gubbio

The 2015 Novarossi Trophy Gubbio was held at the Automodellismo 5 Colli club in Gubbio, Italy over the weekend. The 1/8th on-road class saw Italian frontrunner Daniele Ielasi taking the win in the main final some three laps ahead of Alessio Mazzeo in second. Mattia Rinaldi ended the 30 minute race some 16 seconds short on Alessio in third place to round out the podium. In the 1/10th 200mm Touring class a close fight for the top spots arose between TQ Mario Spiniello, Alessio Agostinelli and Giuseppe Musolino. At the end Mario came out successful one lap ahead of Alessio and Giuseppe. Alessandro Balboni and David Loppini rounded out the top 5 result.

View the 200mm class podium here

September 14, 2015

Robert Pietsch wins German 1/8th Nitro On-road Nats

The German 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals were held at the MCC Türkheim track over the weekend in the two categories of class 1 and class 2. In the faster class 1, Mugen’s Robert Pietsch came out successful to add another national title to his belt. ARC’s Lars Hoppe ended the main final on the runner-up spot while Shepherd’s own Patrick Schäfer rounded out the podium in third.

Image: Lars Hoppe

September 11, 2015

Jörn Neumann returns to Power Save Racing

Power Save Racing from Germany have announced the signing of Serpent’s Jörn Neumann to their team. Jörn was supported by P-S-R in the earlier stages of his career and he now returned to the company to run their line of accessories such as air filters, ball bearings and Revolution fluids in his 1/8th and 1/10th rides.

Source: P-S-R [power-save-racing.de]