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June 25, 2015

David Crompton sweeps Pendle Summer Series Rd5

Round five of the Pendle Summer Series saw David Crompton (Radiosistemi/Reds Racing) making a clean sweep by winning all five qualifying rounds and also the 30 minute main final. One lap down Gavin Uttley (Radiosistemi/Werks) came in 2nd while Alan Ward (Radiosistemi/Reds Racing) rounded out the podium another two laps down. With the fifth win in a row David leads the points standing from Gavin Uttley while Chris Horrocks (Xray/RB) sits in 3rd place with five races to go.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

June 24, 2015

Nitro Series Espanolas Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Nitro Series Espanilas, a new championship based on the Euro Nitro Series format, was held at the VillaReal track, home of the 2008 European Touring Car Championships. The event, that was run in a single 200mm class, saw some novelties for a Spanish race such as a control tyre, made by Matrix, and a qualifying points system among other news; such as a car chase challenge called Desafio. The race attracted a good amount of drivers including local talent and internationally experienced drivers such as 2014 200mm Spanish Champion and Euros runner-up Edu Escandon, former Champion Jonhy Pastor and former Spanish Touring Car Champ Juan Hidalgo. The TQ honours were taken by Edu who also set the fastest lap and new track record with his Novarossi-powered KM car, followed by Jonhy Pastor (Mugen/Novarossi), Juan Hidalgo (Mugen/Novarossi) and David Cuesta (Mugen/Novarossi). Following the qualifying the “Desafio Challenge” was held and it was Ruben Marco (Shepherd/Picco) who came in 1st after a faultless drive.

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June 24, 2015

Toni Gruber doubles at East German IC Track regionals

Toni Gruber doubles at East German Nitro On-road regionals

Round 3 of the East German division Nitro On-road regionals was held in Plauen with a pretty low turnout of drivers. In 1/8th On-road class 1 Toni Gruber took the win from Michael Kammer, coming from the 2 spot on the grid while in the 1/10th 200mm Touring category Toni took the TQ and also the win in the 30 minute final from Knud Ecke in 2nd and Franz Stark in 3rd.

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June 24, 2015

Elias takes South American Nitro On-road Champs

Brazilian frontrunner Flavio Elias has taken the 2015 South American 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship title in Americana. Already in practise he showed a good performance and clocked fast lap times but in the first two of the five qualifying rounds Flavio had to retire early but with the fastest times in the remaining three rounds he secured himself the pole position and direct qualifying spot for the 45 minute main final. In the early stages of the final Flavio had some difficult laps and he dropped back to 8th position but once he found his groove he was able to climb up the order step by step. In Lap 63 Flavio took over the lead from Sebastian Recio and increased the gap constantly. After 45 minutes he crossed the finishing line in 1st place, some 3 laps in front of Sebastian Recio in 2nd place. The podium was completed by Kazuo Ohara in 3rd position.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 24, 2015

Elliott Boots TQs and wins at Kyosho Masters

Last weekend saw the running of the 17th edition of the Kyosho Masters in France. UK’s Elliott Boots would take the TQ and win in front of newly crowned European Champion B, Riccardo Berton and Frenchman Jerome Aigoin.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

June 23, 2015

Schäfer & Thalheimer win at Central German Champs

Round 3 of the Central German Nitro On-road Championships took place in Kirchhain with a total of 44 drivers in attendance despite the weather forecast being not very good. Luckily the main finals could be raced under dry conditions but the race time was shortened to 20 minutes as more rain was predicted. At the start of the 1/8th scale class 1 finale the track was still wet at some places so everybody was driving carefully. Patrick Schäfer had to start from 6th position as he had a technical problem in the single dry qualifier. Lap by lap he moved up the order and after the first round of pit stops he took over the lead from Peter Poldvere. Without looking back he controlled the race from the front crossing the finishing line 2 laps in front of Peter with Alex Schmitt completing the podium another lap down.

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June 23, 2015

Lars Hoppe wins at German Nitro On-road regionals

Last weekend saw the running of the 3rd round of the North German Nitro On-road regionals at the famous Munster track. After changing weather conditions on Saturday the race day would dry, making for good weather conditions. In the 1/8th class Lars Hoppe (ARC/Reds) would take the TQ, win and fastest lap to round out a perfect weekend. Starting from pole position, Lars set the pace in the final and he was followed by Lennart Skornia (Serpent/Orcan), Merlin Depta (Serpent/Picco), Andreas Giesa (Shepherd/Picco) and Timo Schröder (Shepherd/XRD). The spectators witnessed some very exciting 30 minutes with a fierce final lap battle between Marco Kruse (Mugen/RB) and Timo Schröder for the runner-up spot. At the end Marco was able to come in 2nd in front of Timo while Lars ended the final some six laps in front of the two.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

June 22, 2015

Kristof Sielaff wins at North German regionals Rd3

Kristof Sielaf wins at North German regionals Rd3

The third round of the North German Nitro On-road Regionals was held at the Hollmoorring track of the MC Munster. In the 1/10th 200mm class Kristoph Sielaff would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he also the fastest lap of the weekend in 15.9s which is only two tenth slower than the current track record set in 2012 by Eric Dankel. The main final would see Kristof falling back to 3rd early in the race but he was able to get back into the lead, until around halfway in to the final he ran into engine troubles. With some careful driving and despite having two flameouts during pitstops Kristof was able to take the win in front of Frank Falkenberg in 2nd and Lars Hoppe in 3rd place.

Thanks to Kristof Sielaff for the report.