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May 3, 2014

Branson wins BRCA 1/8th IC Nats Rd2

BRCA 1/8th IC national championship Rd2 – Report

With the new season well and truly under way with a dramatic wet race at Mendip, it was now onto round 2 at the Halifax circuit in Yorkshire, the host on the 2013 European Championships. With the welcome return of Green and Branson from ENS duty, this would be a weekend which would eventually set the marker for the rest of the season. Saturday was a preparation/practice day which was well supported but with the weather being wet at the start of the day, allowed all the drivers to carefully prepare and setup their cars for a dry track in the afternoon. The pace was being set by Branson and Green with Tim Wood and King close behind with their OS and XRD engines respectively. North was struggling with gear box setup and mid corner understeer but this was soon resolved but reverting to an old 2 speed mechanism and using harder rear springs.

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May 3, 2014

2014 Arena Outdoor – Announcement

2014 Arena Outdoor - Announcement

After a break of a few years the famous Italian Arena race is back, this time going back to its roots, moving back outdoors. From the 29th to the 31st of August Arena Outdoor will be run at one of the best outdoor buggy tracks in Italy, the DirtRaceRC track of Diego Fuser. The race will be open to Nitro buggy, Nitro truggy and Brushless buggy categories with all the info about the race format, timetable and categories to be posted online very soon. Despite moving from the unique “country style” venue, the organisers are sure you will be impressed by the new location because they have a lot of surprises to make you feel home at Arena 2014. For more information you can visit www.arenarace.it to keep up to date with the latest developments.

May 2, 2014

Maxi Vogl wins Rd1 in South Germany

Last weekend the first round of the South German Championship took place at the fast Bamberg track. Shepherd driver Maxi Vogl showed a great performance all weekend with his Velox V8 “EC” / Sonic X.21-FT combo. In qualifying he took the TQ 4,4 sec in front of Armin Baier followed by Oliver Lembeck another 0,7sec down. Due to bad weather the final was shortened to 20min. The crowd saw a clean start at the front of the grid and Maxi immediately pulled away taking control of the race. Lap by lap he increased the gap on the rest of the field and crossed the finishing line 2 laps in front of Oliver Lembeck with Armin Baier completing the podium another lap down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 2, 2014

1st Annual SWorkz Challenge – Announcement

1st Annual SWorkz Challenge - Announcement

A Main’s world-famous Silver Dollar R/C Raceway will host the 1st Annual SWorkz Challenge presented by Pro-Line, May 30 through June 1. Nitro and electric 1/8 racers won’t want to miss this event; there will be a sponsorship deal with SWorkz worth over $3,500 up for grabs for open class nitro racers, while expert class racers can take the opportunity to test their skills against SWorkz/A Main’s Atsushi Hara! It’s not often you can race alongside a two-time world champion. Combined with a best trick contest, TQ’s “$100 Dash For Cash” for all class TQs and Chico’s finest food trucks serving tasty grub, the SWorkz Challenge is sure to become a must-attend nitro event! Open class drivers also won’t have to worry about chasing the right tire, as Pro-Line’s versatile Blockade in X2 compound will be used as the spec tire. And, every open-class paid entry gets a full set of Pro-Line tires for free.

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April 30, 2014

Bruno Coelho wins at Portuguese nitro champs Rd2

The 2nd round of the Portuguese nitro on-road championship was run at the Funchal track in Madeira. The TQ in the 200mm class went to Xray’s Bruno Coelho who lead an armada of four Xray cars that made the top 4. For the final Bruno conserved his performance, winning the main one lap ahead of Nuni Andre. Luis Filipe and Alcino Camacho (all Xray) completed the top 4 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 29, 2014

Paparegas brothers take 1-2 at Greek off-road nats Rd1

The first round of the Greek 1/8th off-road nationals was held on the island of Crete. In qualifying Tasos Paparegas took TQ from Papanikolaou while Agrafiotis ended in 3rd position. In the final Tasos was able to pretty much cruise to the win with his brother John, coming from 5th on the grid, ending the race two laps down in 2nd position just 2 seconds in front of local hot shot Anapoliotakis.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 29, 2014

Jeff Hamon wins 1/8th scale at NSW State Titles

The recent New South Wales IC State Titles not only saw the running of an 1/8th GT support class but also 1/8th and 1/10th nitro racing. In 1/8th on-road Mugen racer Jeff Hamon took the win from Leigh Dytor and Michael Turner. The 1/10th class had Peter Jovanovic taking the win from Jeff Hamon and Aaron Lee.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

April 29, 2014

Chris Stanley wins GT class at NSW State titles

Moorebank Raceway hosted the 2014 New South Wales State IC Titles and for the first time ever 1/8 GT was offered as a demonstration class and is anticipated to be an approved class in the near future. The field comprised of a variety of brands which was dominated by Serpent Cobra GT drivers. Qualifying commenced on Friday with two qualifiers completed. Rick Seymosberger made an early statement in his Cobra GT which he improved upon during the second qualifier.

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