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June 11, 2015

Euro Nitro Series heads to Austria

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After a hugely successful season opener in Bologna, Italy, back in April, Round 2 of the Euro Nitro Series takes some of the world’s best drivers to Aigen, Austria, this weekend (June 12-14). The second year the track has played host to the ENS, this being a 1:8 World Championship year it is RC racing’s formula 1 category that has attracted the larger entry. Not to be out done however the battle for 1:10 Touring car honours looks set to be just as fiercely contested as like 1:8 it has attracted a world class entry including the reigning World Champion Alexander Hagberg.

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June 10, 2015

Flavio Elias doubles at South America Championships

The recent South America championships saw Flavio Elias coming out successful in the 1/8th Nitro On-road and 1/8th Nitro GT classes. Sebastian Recio came in 2nd in the 1/8th category while Kazuo Ohara rounded out the podium in 3rd. The GT class podium was completed by Rfaz RC in 2nd and Patricio Concha in 3rd. In the 1/10th 200mm class Rafael Viveiros brought home the win from Joan runner-up Pablo Golobic and 3rd placed Thiago Bezerra.

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June 10, 2015

Silvio Hachler joins ARC

ARC have announced the signing of Silvio Hachler to their nitro on-road team. The veteran Mugen driver will campaign ARC’s R8.0 1/8th car with his first race to use his new ride being the upcoming ENS event in Aigen, Austria. Silvo has the following to say about the deal:

First of all I want to thank ARC and Asia Racing Team for this great opportunity to drive ARC R8.0. After a very long time driving a Mugen car, it is time for a change. I was already very impressed during building but even more after tests on different tracks. The R8.0 is very fast and easy to drive. Now I’m looking forward to the first race which will be the ENS in Aigen. After that I will attend in many races around the world included coming 2015 IFMAR World Championship in Brazil. See you all soon!

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

June 9, 2015

Michal Abrahamek wins at Czech IC Track Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Czech Nitro On-road Championship was held in Brno in very hot weather conditions. Michal Abrahamek (Xray/O.S.) would take the pole position in the growing 1/8th class. For the 45 minute main final Michal opted to go for softer tyres and 4:30 minute fuel stints and at the end his efforts paid out as he won the main some 3 laps ahead of Jirka Vysin (Xray/O.S.) and Martej Benda (Xray/O.S.).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 9, 2015

Western German Nitro On-road champs Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Western German Nitro On-road Championships were recently held at the fast Hamm track with a total of 53 drivers in attendance. John Ermen captured his second win in 1/8th Nitro On-road class 1 while his ARC team mate and fellow countryman Benny Ciere celebrated his first victory in 1/8th class 2. In 1/10th scale it was guest driver Dirk Wischnewski (Shepherd) who took the victory from 2nd placed Marc Fischer (Serpent). In 1/8th scale class 1 John Ermen already took his third pole position of his 2015 campaign with his Reds-powered ARC. Only Ermen, Tobias Hepp (Mugen) and Michael Salven (Serpent) were able to complete 20 laps with a superb six seconds advantage for Ermen. But the Dutch racer was lucky to escape some technical troubles during his semifinal to finish third behind Salven and Christian Wurst (Capricorn). The second semifinal went to Hepp followed by Karl-Heinz Meister (Serpent) and Frank Schewiola (Capricorn).

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June 9, 2015

Hot Race Nitro Cup – Report

This past weekend the Miniautodromo Internazionale Mario Rosati in Gubbio, Italy hosted the Hot Race Nitro Cup. Run in the three classes of 1/8th on-road, 1/10th National with free tyres and additive as well as 1/10th World with spec tyres the race attracted a good amount of drivers. The TQ in the 1/8th class went to Jonathan Marchetti (Mugen/Reds) in front of Nicola Marrone (Xray/Max) and Domenico Calce (Serpent/Max). The main final then saw Marchetti carrying on to dominate while Marrone and Calce were forced to retire. This allowed Sandro Sammarini (Serpent/OS) and Enrico Gallorini (Serpent/Max) to grab podium spots in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

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June 9, 2015

Bruno Coelho doubles at Portuguese Nationals Rd3

Round 3 of the Portuguese Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the São João da Madeira track in Oporto in the north of the country. The track was recently revived after not being in use for some ten years and due to the surface being pretty green tyre wear would be an issue for both the 1/8th and 1/10th classes. Bruno Coelho was the man to beat in both categories and so he would take the TQ after the qualifiers with a margin of a lap to the 2nd place drivers. In the 1/8th final Bruno’s biggest competitor for the win scored a DNF due to an engine failure only ten laps into the race. From that moment on Coelho was able to cruise to the win with his Xray prototype and despite a total of three tyre changes Bruno won the race some 7 laps in front of 2nd placed Hugo Exposto (Mugen).

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June 9, 2015

IFMAR add Open GT World Cup to Large Scale Worlds

Due to the so far disappointing number of entries for this year’s IFMAR Large Scale World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, IFMAR have announced the addition of a second class, 1/8th Nitro GT. Held as an open event the “World Cup GT 1/8th” will be run under ROAR and EFRA rules to make for more racing action during the event that will take place from the 4th to 12th of September. With 1/8th GT being an up and coming class in all four blocks the international governing body will review the possible need for a World Championship as it will take a look into the schedule of the large scale class in order to make adjustments to the international schedule as well. The IFMAR announcement can be found after the break and also here (PDF file) where you can also have a look at the technical rules for the 1/8th class event.

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