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May 11, 2015

Picco wins at Italian 1/8th On-road Nationals Rd1

Alberto Picco has concluded his weekend in the best possible way by dominating the 60 minute long final and taking the win at the opening round of the Italian 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals in Bologna. Starting from pole position, he immediately opened a gap on Pirani, who suffered a front quick release failure some three minutes into the race, allowing reigning European Champion Dario Balestri to bump into 2nd position. Behind him, Collari moved his way up through the field after rolling his car in the first lap. 14 minutes into the race the 9-time World Champion manages to get past the Capricorn of Dario, only to be forced to retirement after a couple laps due to a pulley coming off on his car.

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May 9, 2015

Alberto Picco TQs at Italian Nitro On-road Nationals

Alberto Picco TQs at the Italian Nitro On-road Nationals

During this weekend’s opening round of the Italian Nitro On-road Nationals Alberto Picco again presented himself in exceptional by taking the overall TQ following his overall 4th place at the ENS season opener held at the same track. Killing the competition taking the TQ honours in the first three rounds, he used the final qualifier to break in a new conrod in his engine. Behind him Dario Balestri suffered a clutch problem in Q1 and got a penalty for missing his marshalling, but managed to get a good Q3 and Q4 to place himself 3rd overall. Engine problems affected Lamberto Collari’s race, with the 9-time World Champion driving safe in Q3 and Q4 to ensure himself a good starting spot in the semifinal and eventually a chance to compete in the Superpole. Andrea Pirani completed the qualifying in 2nd position after snatching the TQ from Balestri in Q4, with the ENS podium finisher being very competitive in the 10 minutes long qualifiers.

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May 8, 2015

Cutini & Castro win at South American Offroad Champs

The Speed Paradise track in Argentina played host for the 2015 South American Off-road Championships. The event attracted drivers from many different countries including US boy Kris Moore of Mugen USA. The TQ honours in the Nitro Buggy class went to Agustin Cutini while in the Truggy class the TQ was set by Adrian Castro. In the Buggy final Agustin Cutini (Mugen) was able to conserve his qualifying performance to come out successful in front of Sebastian Recio (Mugen) and Adrian Castro (Mugen) while in the Truggy class Adrian Castro (Mugen) grabbed the title. Agustin Cutini (Mugen) came in 2nd, Marco Amaral (TLR) rounded out the podium.

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May 7, 2015

Mikael Fransson wins at Swedish Cup Rd1

The first round of the Swedish On-road Cup was hosted by the Wäxjö MS club. In the 1/8th Nitro class it was Serpent’s Mikael Fransson who came out successful in the 45 minute final after also taking the TQ position. Marcus Lindner (Shepherd) came in 2nd, four laps down on Mikael while Lars Haugen (Mugen) finished another six laps down in 3rd.

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May 7, 2015

Cassar & Agius win at Maltese Off-road Nationals Rd4

Round 4 of the Maltese 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truggy National Championship was held at the MMORRC track in hot ambient temperatures and on a partly dusty track. The fight for the win in the F1 class was on between 2014 champion Kyle Spiteri and Dillon Cassar. Kyle took the TQ but finished 2nd in a main that had Dillon walking away with the win. Chris Zahra came in 3rd in the F1 class final.

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May 7, 2015

Jakub Franek wins at Polish IC track season opener

The first round of the Polish Nitro On-road season was held at the Nowy Sacz track. Unfortunately the qualification was highly affected by rain and in the 1/10th class it was Przemyslaw Wicher who made the best out of the conditions by taking the TQ from Alexander Ockajak and Grzegorz Nożka. Elsewhere in the 1/8th class the TQ was taken by Marcin Marczyk in front of Janusz Marek and Tomas Hrkel.

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May 6, 2015

Nicholas Lee renews with Matrix

Matrix have announced the re-signing of 24-years old Singaporean Nicholas Lee for the 2015 season. Qualifying on the 3 spot at the IFMAR Worlds in Bangkok the 1/10th scale specialist plans to do as much races as he can for Matrix and both he and his tyre sponsor are looking forward to another successful season.

Source: Matrix [matrix-tyres.com]

May 5, 2015

Joshuah James wins at Mr B. Day Race

The Mr B. Day season opener race was held at Barnstomers RC in Chester, NY last weekend. In the Electric Truggy class Joshuah James TQ’d both rounds of qualifying to start first on the grid for the A-main. He led the final from wire to wire taking the win and setting the fastest lap of the race. Bob Mazz came in 2nd while Robert Berenzy rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the Nitro Buggy class Stephen Plackis ended the 30 minute main in front of runner-up Jerome Treignier and Joshuah James who completed the podium in 3rd.

Thanks to Archie James for the report.