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May 15, 2014

Van Iperen & Arents win at wet Dutch nationals Rd2

Last weekend the Dutch 1/8th on-road nationals had their 2nd round run at the REAL80 track in Groningen. Despite the wet weather all weekend 39 drivers attended. After 3 rain soaked qualification rounds it was John Lenaers and John Ermen who took the pole of the NK class semi finals. After the semi finals there was an interesting drivers list for the main final, as both John’s were not able to reach the final. The main itself then did look more like a battlefield. Heavy showers made for huge puddles on the track which were almost impossible to drive through but the battle for the podium went on despite many stalling engines. Finally it was Jeroen van Iperen who took the win followed by Tjibbe Keller and Ad Vissenberg.

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May 14, 2014

Kiss-Orban wins at Hungarian nitro on-road nats Rd1

The Hungarian nitro on-road national series kicked off last weekend at the Hungaroring. The weather was a little bit tricky and the qualification heats where run under rainy condition, but fortunately the 30 minute final would be run under dry conditions. The TQ went to Zsolt Bajusz (Capricorn/Max), but he soon lost the first place due to a small mistake. This allowed Laszlo Kiss-Orban (Capricorn/Reds) to pass Zsolt and from that moment on he never looked back to take the win from Zsolt Bajusz and Matyas Mohl (Serpent/Picco).

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 14, 2014

Euro Contest 2014 – Announcement

Euro Contest 2014 - Announcement

The 2014 Euro Contest will take place on the weekend of the 29th of June at the Barco-Off track in Barco, Italy. The race sees an 1/8th Buggy Pro F1, Open F2 and 1/8th E-Buggy class with the 3-day event starting on Friday the 27th with free practice. More information about the event can be found on the organiser’s website, where you can also sign-in for the race, by clicking here.

May 14, 2014

Drake doubles at JBRL Nitro Series Rd2

This past weekend was the second round of the 2014 JBRL Nitro Series at Palm Desert Raceway. The event had 180 entries including Adam Drake, Cody King, Drew Moller, Cody Smith and Jeremy Kortz. At the start of the Buggy final Drake, Moller, and King pulled away from the rest of the field. Moller then ran out of fuel trying to do minute pit stops which gave Drake a comfortable 7-8 second lead over Cody King. In the closing laps of the race King ran out of fuel giving Drake almost a full lap lead over Cody Smith. Drake went on to take the victory followed by Cody Smith in second and Cody King in third.

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May 13, 2014

Simos Tikkis wins in Limassol

Last weekend the AG Metal track in Limassol, Cyprus hosted an 1/8th off-road race. Simos Tikkis came out successful while Sotiris Taifas finished the race in 2nd place. Stelios Thrasyvoulou completed the podium in 3rd. position.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 13, 2014

Malaysia 1/8th off-road nationals Rd3 – Report

The 3rd round of the Malaysian 1/8th off-road nationals was held at the 3stonepark track, host of the upcoming FEMCA championships. The Pro class final saw Didier Perrin taking the win after Boy Chan, who lead the race, made a mistake in the closing minutes of the final, allowing Didier to overtake him. Boy tried everything he could to catch up again but the time ran out and he finished only 2 seconds down on Didier. Ben Panic came in 3rd to complete the podium.

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May 13, 2014

Fabio Barbosa wins at Spanish RcWorld Cup

The RcWorld Cup 2014 was run at the Almussafes track attracting some of the best Spanish drivers. The TQ went to Fabio Barbosa who secured the position only 0.2 seconds in front of the second placed Nacho Lopez. In the final, Fabio took off with no problem and never looked back taking an undefeated win. Behind him, Victor Pelaez, Inaki Pahissa, Nacho Lopez, Juan Hidalgo and Joaquin Signes battled for the remaining podium spots with the better end for Juan Hidalgo and Joaquin Signes who came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Jorge Revert and Oscar Romero completed the top 5.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 12, 2014

Thilo Alexander Toedtmann claims Euro-B title

The 1/10 200mm EFRA European B Championship was held in the last week at the ARCA RC Track in Alcobendas near Madrid. The race showed some strong competition with practice started on Monday running on controlled tires and the race officially kicked off on Thursday with controlled practice rounds. Right from the start Xray’s Thilo Alexander Toedtmann showed a strong pace that he was able to conserve for the timed practice and also the qualifying rounds handing him the provisional TQ on Friday with two rounds to go on Saturday. Cooler temperatures on the weekend meant Thilo’s TQ would be in danger and a mistake in the final lap of the final qualifying round let the German drop to 3rd place overall.

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