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August 7, 2014

Pro-Line Outdoor Challenge – Announcement

Pro-Line announce the 8th running of their European Pro-Line Challenge, this time hosted by the Mini Car Club St. Quentin. Only a short distance from Calais and the boarder of Belgium, St. Quentin is a favourite track with UK and mainland EU racers. The race will see 1/8th nitro and electric buggy classes with the event starting on Friday, 10th of October. Run on Pro-Line Bow Tie 2.0 control tyres each class entered includes one full set of X3 compound tyres. More information and sign-up can be found here.

August 7, 2014

Commanding performance sees Ronnefalk take Q2

David Ronnefalk put in a commanding performance in the second round of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Germany to top the times by an impressive 3-seconds over arch rival Robert Batlle. Having been hampered by a damp track for his opening qualifier, ending up 3rd fastest, the defending champion send a clear message of his intentions here at Sand am Main as he posted the first and only 27 second lap of the track. Behind the two champions an impressive drive by JQ boss Joseph Quagraine gave him third for the round, the Finn just pipping fellow countryman & Q1 Top Qualifier Teemu Leino by 87/1000th.

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August 7, 2014

Leino TQs opening qualifier in Sand

Teemu Leino took a surprise TQ in the opening round of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championship in Germany this morning, the factory HB driver setting the pace in the first of the five 5-minute qualifiers ahead of the championship’s last three champions Robert Batlle, David Ronnefalk and Darren Bloomfield. Overnight rain made for a slightly damp Sand am Main track as qualifying got underway with the conditions leaving those in the first two heats, among them Top Seed Ronnefalk and Battle, at a disadvantage. Running in Group 5 and with a more grooved up track Leino was able to go to the top of the timesheets .236 up on Batlle’s Mugen.

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August 6, 2014

Ronnefalk top seed for qualifying at Euros

Reigning 1:8 Offroad European Champion David Ronnefalk got his title defence off to the perfect start as he topped today’s second timed practice in style to become top seed for qualifying which gets underway tomorrow at the German event. The Kyosho driver was a full 6-seconds faster than the pace set by Mugen’s Robert Batlle in the day’s opening practice with Xray’s Renaud Savoya closest to the Swede the second time round 4.848 seconds adrift. Savoya’s run sees him end the seeding 3rd behind Batlle. Despite having missed yesterday’s four rounds of practice Team Durango’s Joern Neumann would put in an impressive second run to post the 3rd quickest time for the round to claim 5th in the seeding.

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August 6, 2014

Mack & Kremer win in Wiesbaden

Last weekend the final round of the Central German Championship took place at the WMC Wiesbaden track. In the Expert class it was a close fight for the TQ between the Shepherd drivers Oliver Mack, and Freddy Südhoff at his second outing with the Velox V8. After 4 rounds it was Oliver Mack who was on top of the time sheets with less than a second in front of Freddy Südhoff.

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August 6, 2014

Batlle tops first seeding practice

Robert Batlle set the pace in the opening round of seeding practice at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Germany, the Mugen driver fastest over 5-minutes from the Kyosho of defending Champion David Ronnefalk. Winning his second European title the last time the championships visited the Sand am Main track, the Spaniard would outpace his Swedish rival by 2.644 seconds with Team Xray’s Martin Bayer completing the Top 3 a further 1.704 off.

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August 5, 2014

Rain affects Day 1 final practice at 1:8 Euros

After a damp start to Day 1 of the 34th running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships, the inclement weather would affect the days final round of practice arriving just as some of the title favourites took to the track for last and extended practice round at the German event. With Darren Bloomfield having just posted the fastest time for the 9-minute run in Group 8 of 15, as group 9 headed by defending champion David Ronnefalk took to the track the rain which had been dodged all day arrived leaving the Kyosho driver to pull up after just one full lap. With the track wet no one from Group 10, which included Mugen team-mates Robert Batlle and Lee Martin, would take to the track. Also setting the fastest lap of the round albeit 2/10ths slower than his fastest lap of P3, the closest on pace to Bloomfield’s Agama was Xray’s Martin Bayer who was only 13/1000ths off.

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August 5, 2014

Honigl goes fastest in Germany

Hupo Honigl topped the third round of practice at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Germany to set a new fastest time over 5-minutes at the Sand am Main track. The Team C driver was just shy of completing a 10-lap run with a very similarly paced Yannic Aigoin posting the second fastest time with his prototype Team Associated buggy. In terms of outright pace former Champion Darren Bloomfield set a new fastest lap taking his Bullitt powered Agama around the track in a time of 28.365 seconds.

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