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September 19, 2013

Andrea Pirani wins EFRA GP Bologna

The final 1/8 On-Road EFRA GP for this year was held at the Miniautodromo Ca’ de Mandorli near Bologna in Italy. In qualifying Andrea Pirani was able to take TQ in front of his Shepherd teammate Michele Romagnoli with only 0.018 sec separating the two Velox V8 Pro drivers. Starting from pole position into the semi-final A Pirani had no problems to take the win securing himself the pole for the 45 minute main final while in the semi-final B Romagnoli bumped up on third position after a small crash when lapping a slower car lining up 6th on the grid. In the first lap of the 45 minute encounter Pirani had a crash dropping him to 10th position while Romagnoli moved up to third position. In the following laps both drivers moved up step by step until Romagnoli was leading in front of Pirani. 10 minutes before the end Romagnoli had a technical problem handing over the lead to Pirani who crossed the finishing line two laps ahead of Mattia Rinaldi with Fabio Vecchiatti completing the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 18, 2013

DJ Apolaro wins Sedan at ROAR Onroad nationals

This past weekend the ROAR Fuel On-road Nationals were held in California at the Greater LA RC club track. The parking lot track was nicely prepared but proofed to be tough on the tyres making tyre strategy an important point for the finals. Many drivers tried to bring home two first good runs in order to try and test tyres for the finals during the other rounds. In the 1/10th 200mm sedan class it was Mike Swauger who took the TQ honours followed by Ralph Burch, DJ Apolaro and Paolo Morganti in fourth.

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September 18, 2013

Agustin Cutini TQ’s and wins Argentinian Truggy Nats

Agustin Cutini TQ's and wins Argentinian Truggy Nats

Last weekend the Argentinian Truggy National Championship took place at last year’s Buggy World Championship track near Buenos Aires. Mugen driver Agustin Cutini took TQ with his Novarossi-powered truck and also went on to win the final ahead of Sebastian Recio (Mugen/Novarossi) and Nicolas Bregante (Xray/Team Orion. Agama driver Lucas Cribari and Alvaro Colombo (TLR) completed the top 5.

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September 18, 2013

Victor Pelaez win Madrid Champs Rd4

The 4th round of the Madrid Champs took place in Asoger with the race was used by many as practice session for next week’s Spanish Nationals at the same track. At the end of the 30 minute final it was Serpent’s Victor Pelaez who took the win one lap ahead of team mate Juan Antonio Hidalgo with David Lopez Garcia completing the top 3.

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September 18, 2013

Peter Harder wins 40+ Nitro Buggy Euros

The 2013 40+ European Buggy Championship took place at the Bistensee track in the very North of Germany. Rune Karlsen (Kyosho/OS) from Norway took the overall TQ after qualifying but Peter Harder (Hot Bodies/OS) and Mats Angseryd (Xray/OS) also looked very fast on track. The weather proofed to be very unreliable with a mix of rain showers and sun and this made things interesting over the final day. In the 45 minute main Peter managed to build a gab on Rune and Mats quite quickly and also took benefit of his two followers battling it out for second place. At the end Peter brought home the win and the 2013 40+ title some 20 seconds in front of Rune with Mats completing the podium only one lap down.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 18, 2013

Tasos Paparegas wins Greek Buggy Champs

The last round of Greek 1/8th off-road championship took place at the Fanatix track in Athens, Greece. During qualification Papanikolaou proofed to be very fast on his home track so it was no wonder that he took TQ after four rounds of qualifying in front of T Paparegas and J Paparegas. In the 45 minute final Tasos Paparegas took the lead five minutes into the race and never looked back. Polesitter Papanikolaou had bad luck as an engine flame out letting him drop back to 8th but he soon recovered. Finally Tasos and his Xray XB9 won easily with a difference three laps ahead of Papanikolaou.

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September 17, 2013

Green & Beal win at BRCA 10th on-road nats Rd8

Green & Beal win BRCA 200m nats Rd8

Round 8 of the British 200mm nationals was held at the Snetterton circuit last weekend. The weather forecast did not look good for both Saturday and Sunday but surprisingly the field managed to get through the event with only a couple of short showers. Unfortunately the track rarely gets used throughout the year so it was very slippery when drivers arrived on Saturday morning. It was well into the afternoon before the grip came up and it was at this point where the lap times got quicker and quicker right up until the end of practice. Mark Green was setting the pace fresh from his podium finish at the European Championships by getting down to 12.4 laptimes. Serpent teammates Joe Kerry and Alex Thurston were also very quick only 0.1 seconds behind Mark. At the end Mark took the TQ just 1.5 seconds ahead of Joe, with Alex a further 2 seconds behind. These three drivers were the only ones able to make 24 laps.

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September 17, 2013

Truhe & McBride win at Pro-Line Thunder Down Under

The Pro-Line Thunder Down Under race was held at the Meakin Park Raceway last weekend. Organised by the father of Kyosho’s Kyle McBride plus some other locals the event was created to bring more international drivers to Australia to come and race and start getting RC more widely known in the region. This year the race attracted TLR/Pro-Line drivers Adam Drake and Mike Truhe who traveled from the US race with the locals. Friday started off with three rounds of qualifying and it was Kyle McBride who TQ’d the first two rounds in the nitro buggy and truggy classes. In the third round Kyle came 2nd to Adam Drake who like always was able to make 10 minutes on fuel. In the fourth round of qualifying Kyle was on top of the field in both classes again, handing him the overall TQ in buggy and truggy for this event.

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