The second round of the Argentinian 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held at the Colonia Caroya track in Cordoba in several 1/8th nitro buggy and truggy categories. In the 45-minute main final of the Buggy Pro class Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi) came out successful from Sebastian Recia (Mugen/Novarossi) in second and Federico Davico (TLR/Reds Racing) in third place.
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Round three of the Czech 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held at the RC Club Radotin track in Prague. In the Nitro Buggy class Jiri Mara (Serpent) took the win from Karel Novotny (Team Durango) and Max Götzek (Xray), who made a last lap move to secure himself the final podium spot. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class Karel Novotny (Team Durango) grabbed the win from Ales Bidovsky (TLR) while Max Götzel scored his second third place finish of the day to round out the podium.
The 4th round of the Danish Nitro On-road Nationals was held in Naestved, Zealand, around 100 kilometres from Copenhagen. During Saturday’s qualifying local hero Martin NO. Hansen was flying round his home track and Ramus B. Nielsen did the best he could to follow but he made some mistakes and went off of the track. Another fast guy, Claus Ryeskov, stayed concentrated and was able to grab the 2 spot after qualifying while Rasmus made it to third in the 1/10th 200mm class.
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The UK’s North West saw a nitro off-road race near Blackpool held recently with the part grass, part dirt track being very bumpy and challenging. Ashlee Owen (Xray) took the TQ despite being seeded in a lower heat with traffic issues. On the start of the main Ashlee made one minor mistake on the first lap through the rhythm section but he quickly made a move on lap 2 to regain the first spot, holding a sizeable lead until the end. Team mate Richard Greenough (Xray) came in second, Lewis Rushton (Agama) rounded out the podium in third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Horizon Hobby have announced Karl Jackson as the new UK TLR 1/8 rallycross team manager. Karl’s new role makes him responsible for the TLR UK 1/8th team and in his new role, he will manage team communications, technical issues and team development. With over 20 years racing experience and a long relationship with TLR, Karl has been an important ambassador for Team Losi Racing within the R/C racing community. Karl will be instrumental in driving a new push to revitalise the 1/8th rallycross team within the UK, including actively pursuing new team drivers.
Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.co.uk]
The 2015 Norwegian 1/8th Offroad Championship was hosted by the OMBK club in Oslo. 40 of Norway’s fastest drivers showed up to fight for the title and after the 45 minutes long final on a challenging track it was Lars Erik Mo who secured his second national title in front of TQ holder Björn Ivar Haug in second and Rune Karlsen in third.
Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]
Last weekend’s Great Lakes Challenge saw Capricorn’s DJ Apolaro (Capricorn/Novarossi) walking away with the win in the 1/10th 200mm Sedan class. Already very consistent in qualifying DJ was able to pretty much control the main final thanks to a good pit strategy, swift refuelling and a tyre-saving drive to take the win in front of Paolo Morganti (Serpent/Picco) and Ralph Burch (Xray/Max Power).
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
The Miniautodromo Jody Scheckter in Fiorano, Italy played host for the 2015 Novarossi Onroad Trophy. The event attracted most of the fast Italian nitro on-road drivers and in the 1/8th class it was Dario Balestri who came out successful from Andrea Pirani and Mattia Collaveo in second and third respectively. In the 1/10th 200mm class Luca Redaelli brought home the win from Alessandro Balboni and Manuel Strano.
