September 17, 2013

Boots & Sartel win at Noeux Les Mines GP

Boots & Sartel win at Noeux Les Mines GP

The Noeux Les Mines GP took place in France last weekend and it was Jerome Sartel who took the TQ honours in the 1/8th E-buggy class with Elliott Boots and Arthur Airaud in second and third respectively. In the finals Elliott made a clean sweep by winning the first and second leg handing him the class win early with one heat to go. The second place went to Jerome Sartel with Emeric Pierre completing the electric buggy podium. In the nitro buggy class Elliott Boots took the TQ honours from Jon Hazlewood and Ben Williams but come the 45 minute final Elliott suffered a flame out costing him many positions. In the end it was Jerome Sartel who took the win with Elliott fighting back to second position. Jean-Patrick Sartel finished third to complete the podium.

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September 17, 2013

Laurent Libar wins Luxembourg 1/8 on-road nats Rd5

Laurent Libar wins Luxembourg 1/8 on-road nationals Rd5

Round 5 of the Luxembourg 1/8th nitro on-road nationals took place at the LMCC track in Luxembourg. Mixed weather conditions made things interesting and it was Jacques Libar who took the pole position in front of Alexey Yaramishyan and Laurent Libar. The 30-minute main final saw the Xray driver Laurent Libar cross the finishing line in first position, followed by his brother Jacques Libar with Xray in 2nd and Patrick Beltrallo with Motonica in 3rd. With this result, Jacques Libar also took the Luxembourg 1/8th nitro on-road national title for 2013.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


September 16, 2013

Pietsch & Gassauer win at 1/8th on-road nationals

Pietsch & Gassauer win at 1/8th on-road nationals

The 2013 German 1/8th nitro on-road nationals took place this past weekend at the MSC Kirchhain track. Mixed weather conditions tortured the drivers who competed in the faster class 1 and the more hobby oriented class 2. In class 1 Mugen’s Robert Pietsch took home the winning honours in front of Shepherd driver Oliver Mack and Shepherd team mate Maximilan Vogl who grabbed the 2013 Youth title. Michael Salven (Serpent) came in fourth securing him the “Old Dude” title with Philip Sting (Serpent) completing the top 5.

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September 13, 2013

Bruno Coelho takes Portuguese nitro on-road titles

Bruno Coelho takes Portuguese nitro on-road titles

The final round of the 2013 Portuguese nitro on-road nationals took place at the Maiorca track in the North shore of Portugal. The weekend started with a slow low-traction track but as practice went on the grip slowly came up. Overall the attendance was lower than in the previous rounds as the championship was almost decided. In Sunday’s qualifiers Xray’s Bruno Coelho, who had the best chances to win the 2013 titles, took TQ in both the 1/8th and 1/10th class and later he went on to easily win the 1/10th class some five laps in front of his team mate Rogerio Araujo. This handed Bruno the 2013 national championship title. The final of the 1/8th class was a different story though. Bruno led the race until the moment when a track marshal wanted to get another car back on track and didn’t see his RX8 coming right at him. In the accident the marshal got injured and Bruno’s car suffered damaged so he fall back to 8th place. After a short pit stop to get the damage fixed he went back to the track and ended the race in second positions with only 3 shocks on his car. The runner-up spot was enough to secure him the 1/8th championship after taking the 200mm class title the same day.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


September 11, 2013

Ricardo Nogueira wins at Portuguese nats Rd6

Ricardo Nogueira wins at Portuguese nats Rd6

The sixth round of the Portuguese nitro on-road nationals tool place at the tight and slippery track of Figueira da Foz. Serpent’s Ricardo Nogueira took the win with a 1-stop tyre strategy in front of Bruno Coelho (Xray) and José Félix (Serpent) who encountered engine problems during the final but earned a lucky third place in the end. Fernando Dantas (Serpent), who had to skip Saturday’s practice, came in fourth running only one set of tyres. Jorge Azinheira (Serpent) was hampered by clutch problems so he had to start from the back of the field but a good race pace earned him the fifth place in the final.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


September 11, 2013

Mizan wins Kuala Lumpur Merdeka Cup

Mizan wins Kuala Lumpur Merdeka Cup

Last weekend the Kuala Lumpur Merdeka Cup took place at the excellent facility in the capital city of Malaysia. With 70 drivers in attendance it was one of the biggest GP races in the region. As the weather forecast was not very promising the duration of the 1/10th 200mm final was shortened to 30 minutes. Shepherd driver Neil piloted his Velox V10 Pro to the third place less then 2 seconds behind Anthony Wee with Kimie crossing the finishing line in first position. In the 1/8th scale class it was Shepherd’s Mizan who took the pole position and the overall victory. Unfortunately heavy rain hit the track right before the start of the 1/8 final and the organisers decided to use the qualifying result to declare the winner. The podium was completed by Kimie and Ah Tan.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]


September 11, 2013

Cody King doubles at 2013 Byron Heartland Challenge

Cody King doubles at 2013 Byron Heartland Challenge

The 2013 Byron Heartland Challenge took place at the Hobbytown Hobbyplex raceway in Omaha, Nebraska. In the Nitro Buggy class Kyosho’s Cody King took TQ and he had to battle hard with Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz for the win. Struggling with engine setup a flame out of Ryan gave Cody room to breathe and the needed time to correct the carburettor setting and to take the win. With Ryan in second the Buggy podium was completed by Chad Parks (Team Associated). In the Nitro Truggy class it was again Cody who took the TQ and winning honours. Ryan Lutz (Team Durango) came in second and Zach Phillips (Kyosho) rounded out the podium.

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September 11, 2013

Magnus Björndal wins Swedish North Cup

Magnus Björndal wins Swedish North Cup

The final round of the Swedish North Cup took place this past weekend in Robertsfors. 39 racers attended at last year’s Swedish Championship track and it soon became apparent that many drivers could fight for the top position. At the end Magnus Björndal was able to take the winning honours one lap ahead of Richard Malmlöf and Richard Bagger who was another lap down. The overall title went to Magnus in front of Björn Engman and Richard Bagger. The best junior, Viktor Westerlund came in 8th in the last round securing him a top 10 finish overall.

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