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October 1, 2014

Nacho Lopez takes final round of Spanish 1/8th nats

The final round of the Spanish 1/8th nitro on-road nationals was held in Elche. Serpent’s Nacho Lopez, who had a difficult season so far, was able to secure his 5th consecutive TQ in the qualifiers making him a hot candidate for the win. In the semi final Nacho suffered a flame out at the start, a stop-and-go penalty for bad refuelling and excessive tyre wear made his car hard to drive in the closing stages so he could only secure the 4th spot on the starting grid for the main final.

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October 1, 2014

Nejc Mihelic wins Austrian 1/8th on-road nationals

Last weekend saw the final round of the Austria 1/8th scale nitro on-road championships run at the Mac Amstetten track. Motonica team driver Nejc Mihelic had a splendid weekend by taking the TQ for the 45 minute final which he then dominated till the end to take the win. With the victory at the final round he also took the overall Austrian national championship title.

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]

September 30, 2014

Maifield moves from Novarossi to Team Orion for 2015

Maifield switches from Novarossi to Team Orion for 2015

It turns out the rumours floating around the paddock in Sicily were true with new TLR signing Ryan Maifield making the switch from Novarossi to Team Orion’s nitro factory team. The US driver, who started from pole position and lead last Saturday’s main final until a steering servo took him out of contention, joined their electric section earlier this year and will now also be using all Team Orion CRF nitro products in his cars from January 1st 2015. CRF team manager Adrien Bertin commented on Ryan’s decision as follows: “Drivers of the caliber of Ryan Mayfield have their choice of engines to run. It is with great satisfaction that we welcome Ryan in our team and admire his decision to run with Team Orion CRF engines. It is another confirmation of our successful product and team strategy.”

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

September 30, 2014

Francisco Rinaldi wins Argentine 1:8 on-road champs

Francisco Rinaldi wins Argentine 1/8th on-road champs

Francisco Rinaldi has recently won at the Argentine 1/8th nitro on-road championships. He took the win with his Novarossi-powered Serpent ride in front of Agusto Quinteros (Serpent/Novarossi) and TQ Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi).

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

September 30, 2014

Loran Whiting wins at US Midwest Series

The last round of the US Midwest Series took place in Toledo, Ohio. Racing started on Saturday with open practice, followed by three rounds of qualifying. On Sunday, one additional round of qualifying was run, followed by 30 minute finals for each main. In 200mm Sedan A-main Loran Whiting was able to take a solid lead some laps into the race after qualifying 3rd. Towards the end of the race, Loran failed to hear her dad/pitman call her into the pits for a fuel stop and flamed out at the end of the sweeper. But with a 2 lap lead and following a quick restart Loran kept her leading position. At the end she was able to take the win even with her car running out of rubber in the closing stages.

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September 29, 2014

Tessmann gets his World title

Ty Tessmann is the new 1:8 Offroad World Champion. Having stamped his authority on the Sicilian event in early qualifying, the HB driver would take victory in the Main in rather convincing fashion. Starting from second on the grid the Canadian would take control of the race following problems for pole position starter Ryan Maifield to win by a comfortable margin of Team Associated’s Ryan Cavallieri and Mugen’s Carson Wernimont. Leading the race a steering servo failure would rob Maifield a true shot at obtaining the one title that has eluded the American offroad star. The only other driver to look like a potential treat to Tessmann, having denied the 21-year-old the win 2-years-ago in Argentina, outgoing champion Robert Batlle would also hit trouble when his Mugen ran out of fuel just metres before a scheduled pitstop.

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September 28, 2014

HNMC Summer Series final round – Report

Last weekend the HNMC Summer Series came to an end with 60 plus racers entered the final round. The Nitro Buggy TQ went to Kevin Brunsden who was pushed hard by Karl Jackson and Tommy Chung. In the popular E-Buggy class Nigel Morris grabbed the prestigious TQ while in Nitro Truggy Michael Shorey ended the qualifiers sitting on top of the timing sheets.

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September 27, 2014

Maifield on pole in Sicily

Ryan Maifield is on pole position for the 1-hour title deciding final of the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Sicily. Running in the second of the 30-min Semi Finals, the Team Losi Racing driver ran a faster race time by 11-seconds over that of Top Qualifier & Semi A winner Ty Tessmann to securing the top spot on the 12 car grid ahead of Tessmann and defending champion Robert Batlle. While Maifield took an easy win over Ryan Lutz and Jared Tebo it was the first Semi that provided all the drama with engine wows robbing both Lee Martin and David Ronnefalk the chance to compete in the showdown to become the 15th World Champion.

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