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July 30, 2015

David Ronnefalk takes Swedish 1/8th National title

The Swedish 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals were recently held at the MK Eskil club in mixed weather conditions. The weekend started with free and controlled practice on Friday followed by five rounds of qualifying on Saturday. As rain was predicted for Saturday and Sunday every of the qualifiers would be a rocket round for the drivers and finally it was David Ronnefalk who would take the overall TQ by winning four rounds until rain started to fall which made him skip the fifth and final qualifier. In the semifinals David then came out fastest to start from pole position into the 45 minute main final. The start went pretty well for David and he was able to open a gap on his competitors and about 20 minutes into the race he had lapped everyone at least once. From there he was able to cruise to the win and although he made a mistake around the 30 minute mark he was able to take the win and with it the National Title some two laps in front of Andreas Edvinsson. Third placed Christoffer Svensson rounded out the podium some 9 seconds short on Andreas.

Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]

July 30, 2015

Xray Challenge Hungary – Announcement

The Xray Challenge Hungary will be held on the weekend of the 13th of September at the PECS track in several electric and nitro on-road classes including Modified, 13.5T Boosted and 17.5T Blinky. The nitro categories will see large scale and 1/8th racing as well as EFRA and Stock 200mm classes. More information and the registration can be found here.

July 30, 2015

Thomas, Long & Cerrato win at Desoto Grand Prix

The recent 2015 Desoto Grand Prix for Nitro On-road cars saw Brian Thomas taking the win in the 1/8th Open class while Tim Long came out successful in the 1/8th Masters category. In 1/8th GT it was Robbie Cerrato who took the winning honours.

Source: Flash Point [flashpointrc.com]

July 29, 2015

Swiss 1/8th Off-road Championship Rd4 – Report

Round four of the Swiss 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the multi-surface track of the Valceresio Racing Team in Viggiu. The track offers at least four different surfaces including different grades of astro turf as well as challenging elevation changes and jumps which makes setup crucial. Around 100 drivers signed in for the Expert and Amateur classes. The 45-minute main final of the Expert class saw some very intense racing in the opening minutes when the top positions got mixed up. Jeremy Pittet lost some places and valuable time but got back into the lead later although he had to pit more often than second placed Robin Frischkopf who had to defend his position against Patrick Hofer and Joachim Kallen. At the end Jeremy brought home the win in front of Robin who was 12 seconds clear of Patrick in 3rd place.

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July 29, 2015

Ari Heinonen wins at Finland Nationals Championships

Ari Heinonen continued his recent great form by taking the TQ and victory in the latest round of the National Championships in his native Finland. Ari was on top of his game again and was able to place his buggy at the top of the pile.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

July 29, 2015

Milan Mudra wins Czech IC Buggy Championship Rd2

The second round of the Czech Nitro Buggy Championship was held on the astro turf track in Opatovice. Young Milan Mudra took the win in the Junior category and also the overall victory, leaving Petr Katovsky and Kaja Novotny behind in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]

July 28, 2015

Kyle McBride takes Queensland State Championships

Last weekend Pine Hills Dirt Racing held the 2015 Queensland State Championships on a large and extremely high speed, and when dried out, very high grip track. The event started off with two rounds of practice and two rounds of qualifying on Friday. The weather wasn’t kind to the drivers on the first day and they ended up with a few rain showers, which dropped the grip on the track and made it quite slimy. Kyle McBride TQ’d both of the qualifiers for that day and he would went on to take the overall TQ following four more qualifiers on Sunday. The top 10 qualifiers went straight into the A-final, and following one 10-minute practice they went straight into the 45-minute final. Kyle started off the main with a clean start and went on to have a smooth race with no mistakes over the 45 minutes and he took the championship by over two laps of the entire field.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

July 28, 2015

Vasiliadis wins at Greek Xray Off-road Challenge Rd2

The second round of the Greek Xray Off-road Challenge was again held at the Fanatix Racing Track with a good number of entries and in very hot weather conditions. Nikos Vasiliadis took the pole position for the main final that as a pretty easy affair for the Xray driver due to an unlucky start of Vagelis Ntelbe (Xray) who made mistakes in the opening laps. These allowed Nikos to built a good lead on Panis Dokos (Xray) and George Vasiliadis (Xray) and to ultimately take the win of the second round.

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