April 18, 2015

Coelho opens Day 2 of ENS with TQ run

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Team Xray’s Bruno Coelho got Day 2 of the Euro Nitro Series season opener in Bologna, Italy, underway with a TQ run. The third round of qualifying at the L.Collari RC Raceway, the Portuguese driver set a new fastest time as he outpaced Team Shepherd’s Dirk Wischnewski by 1.6-seconds with Serpent’s Dominic Greiner a further 3/10ths off in third. For yesterday’s pace setters the morning run would see Teemu Leino, who took Q2, post the 5th fastest time with Q1 top qualifier Alessio Mazzeo completing the Top 6.

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April 18, 2015

Balestri again in Q2

Balestri again in Q2

Dario Balestri made it two from two on the opening day of the Euro Nitro Series in Bologna when the Capricorn driver overcame difficult conditions to top a late run Q2 from WRC’s Andrea Pirani and the Shepherd of defending champion Simon Kurzbuch.   With rain effecting what was orginally planned to be a day of practice and with more rain forecast for tomorrow, championship organisers were forced to run two qualifiers at the L.Collari RC Raceway but with light fading fast the top heat of 1:8 drivers found themselves running in the dark with only the front side of the track having lighting.  Such was the low light that although 3rd fastest in the top group Francesco Tironi would end up only 8th fastest overall while Robert Pietsch and Lamberto Collari found themselves outside the Top 10 as they struggled with visibility.

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April 17, 2015

Leino takes Q2 in Bologna

Leino takes Q2 in Bologna

Having lost out on a TQ run after he was blocked by a backmarker on the final lap of the opening qualifier, Teemu Leino was able to run a clean Q2 at the Euro Nitro Series in Bologna to top the times from Bruno Coelho.  Finishing 1.2-seconds clear of the Xray driver, the result sees the HB driver end Day 1 of the season opener as the provisional overnight Top Qualifier as rain again looks set to affect proceedings tomorrow.  With the second qualifier resulting in a DNF for reigning champion Eric Dankel, it was British driver Joe Kerry who completed the Top 3 ahead of Q1 pace setter Alessio Mazzeo.

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April 17, 2015

Balestri TQs first 1:8 qualifier at ENS

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Making the switch to 1:8 for this season’s Euro Nitro Series, a number of key drivers changing over as it is a 1:8 World Championship year, Dario Balestri has topped the opening round of qualifying at L.Collari RC Raceway. Racing at the home track of Lamberto Collari, the 2014 ENS 200mm race winner TQ’d the first qualifier of a rain affected day by 0.360 of a second from the 9-time World Champion with WRC’s Andrea Pirani completing the Top 3.  For last year’s title protagonists Simon Kurzbuch and Robert Pietsch the round would see them both have engine issues.  For Pietsch a flame out on his out lap cost the Mugen driver a run while Kurzbuch’s engine would run out of fuel on the last lap however such was the champions pace he managed to get the 6th fastest time.

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April 17, 2015

Mazzeo takes opening ENS qualifier

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2013 European Champion Alessio Mazzeo has TQ’d the opening round of 200mm qualifying at the Euro Nitro Series season opener in Bologna, Italy.  With rain affecting the schedule for the first official day of the event, when qualifying did get underway on a dry track it was the championship debutant who put his Serpent at the top of the times.  Just 0.185 behind, last year’s Round 1 Top Qualifier Teemu Leino would post the second fastest time with the Top 3 being completed by Mazzeo’s Serpent team-mate Dominic Greiner.  It was a poor start to qualifying for reigning Champion Eric Dankel and World Champion Alexander Hagberg as they managed only the 9th and 19th fastest times respectively.

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April 16, 2015

New season of ENS fires up in Italy

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This weekend (17-19 April) a new season of the Euro Nitro Series fires into action at the home of one of the sport’s all time legends Lamberto Collari as the 9-time World Champion owned L.Collari RC Raceway plays host to Round 1 of what is expected to be a fiercely contested second year of the championship. Again starting in Italy, the success of the maiden ENS season can be gauged by the entry for the first of the championships four rounds with the number of drivers up 25% on last year. With this a 1:8 World Championship year, the class widely recognised as the F1 category of rc racing, the opening race has attracted a world class entry with Europe’s best drivers being joined by racers from Japan, the United States and Taiwan.

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April 16, 2015

Jerome Sartel TOP-powered in 2015

Jerome Sartel TOP-powered in 2015

CML Distribution, CML France and Novarossi have announced that former French Champion and European Finalist Jerome Sartel has chosen to use TOP Elite engines as his power for the 2015 1/8th nitro off-road season. Being free to select any engine for his TLR 8ight chassis, Jerome was in an enviable position to test and research a number of motors before committing to a final manufacturer. After extensive testing Jerome felt that TOP Elite engines were the perfect partner, and the ideal power package to allow him get the best performance from his 8ight buggy and truggy platforms.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

April 16, 2015

Mcginty & Flurer win at 2015 Spring Sting

Mcginty & Flurer win at 2015 Spring Sting

The Badlands in Myrtle Beach, SC was the site of the 2015 Spring Sting with the annual race playing host to over 130 entries this year. In the Pro Buggy class John Michael Mcginty, coming from 2nd on the grid, would take the win in the 30 minute final despite being held up by traffic earlier in the race.

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