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June 13, 2014

Greiner tops first timed practice at ENS

Having secured his first Euro Nitro Series win in wet conditions at Round 2 in Austria last month, Serpent’s Dominic Greiner has picked up where he left off by topping the first controlled practice for Round 3 at a very hot & dry Hockenheimring in Germany. Over three consecutive laps, the German, who jointly leads the standings, was the only driver to run a 59-second time with series debutant Ronald Volker and his prototype Mugen the closest challenger almost 3/10th adrift. Capricorn’s Eric Dankel, winner of the season opener, completed the Top 3 followed by HB’s Teemu Leino.

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June 13, 2014

Agustin Cutini wins Argentinian 1/8th off-road champs

The 2nd round of the Argentinian 1/8th off-road championships took place at the city of Cordoba. The TQ in the Pro Nitro Buggy class went to Agustin Cutini who was able to converse his performance in the final, allowing him to take the win in front of Nicolas Bregante and Lucas Pons in 3rd place respectively. By winning the first two rounds Agustin also took the 2014 championship early.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

June 12, 2014

Raiola & Campourcy win at Trophee Novarossi

The first Novarossi Trophy of the year took place at the Roubie Race Track in Monaco. Especially the 1/8th on-road class was not short of famous European drivers such as reigning Italian champion, Carmine Raiola, reigning Swiss champion, Simon Kurzbuch, Francesco Tironi or Toni Gruber to name just a view. The race format saw 4 qualifying heats and two 20 minutes finals of which the best result counted towards the overall result. At the end it was Carmine Raiola (Xray/Novarossi) who took the overall win with the only 84 laps run while Simon Kurzbuch (Shepherd/Novarossi) had to settle for second despite winning the 2nd A-main but as he was 2 laps short on Carmine’s run in leg 1 he had to settle for the runner-up spot. The podium was completed by Simon’s fellow countryman Silvio Hächler (KM/Novarossi). Francesco Tironi (Shepherd/Novarossi) came in 4th while Toni Gruber (Serpent/Novarossi) completed the top 5 result. In the 1/10th 200mm class it was Stephane Campourcy (Xray/RB) who took the win from Eric Gnemis (Kyosho/O.S.) and Daniel Grosso.

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June 12, 2014

ENS heads to home of German Grand Prix

This weekend (13-15 June) the Euro Nitro Series will take competitors to the home of the German Formula One Grand Prix with Round 3 of the all new onroad nitro championship taking place at the famous Hockenheimring. The only temporary track on the inaugural four race calendar, the venue has played a key role in the creation of the ENS which so far this season has produced 4 different Top Qualifiers and four different race winners. Offering up its annual ‘European Nitro Challenge’ event to be part of the ‘Pilot Series’ run by the ENS organisers last year, it was the success of this that lead to the creation of a full championship for 2014.

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June 11, 2014

Hannes Käufler wins at Baden-Württemberg Cup Rd2

The 2nd round of the popular Baden-Württemberg Cup took place near Stuttgart in Leinfelden-Echterdingen. Hannes Käufler was able to win the nitro buggy class, while his Reds teammate Ralf Dennenmoser finished 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

June 11, 2014

Swedish nitro on-road nationals Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Swedish nitro on-road nationals was held on the track in Trollhättan near the former and now closed SAAB car factory. Friday afternoon practice was cancelled due to a lot of rain and the track was still wet on Saturday morning which led to no practice being held on the track before the race that saw a total of 5 qualifiers with the best 3 to count, followed by 20 minute semifinals and 45 minute mains. At the end of the 1/8th class final Marcus Lindner took the win from Magnus Bengtsson and Lars Haugen. Christoph Hedlund and Markus Hellquist completed the top 5 result.

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June 11, 2014

Bornhorst & Viesins take wins at AMS 5.0

During last weekend’s Alabama Manufacturers Shootout 5.0 in Cullman, Alabama, TLR’s Adam Drake took the TQ in the highly contested 1/8th E-Buggy class. On the start of A1 Drake fall back early on but Serpent driver Joe Bornhorst inherited the lead and tried to put some space between him and the pack. Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz slowly chipped away on his lead though and the two took it down to the last corner, with Bornhorst taking the win. A2 had TQ Adam Drake out in front with Bornhost and Lutz in tow for the first few laps. Drake bobbled, giving Bornhorst the lead with the two would later have coming together on the straight allowing Lutz to capitalize and to take the lead. Lutz then ran out front trying to get some distance on the field. Bornhorst chipped away on his lead and took the lead with about 2 minutes to go after Lutz tapped a pipe. Bornhorst fend off a late charge from Drake taking A2 and the overall win while Ryan Lutz came in 2nd overall. JQ completed the podium in 3rd.

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June 11, 2014

Kurt van Vlemen wins at Dutch Truggy Cup Rd3

The 3rd round of the Dutch Truggy Cup was held at the astro turf track in Appingedam in the Netherlands. Kurt van Vlemen took the TQ honours and raced to the victory in the 30 minute final. Nathan Lejuez finished 2nd, only 4 seconds down on Kurt, while Bjorn Nagels completed the podium in 3rd place.

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