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September 5, 2013

Lamberto Collari withdraws from IFMAR Worlds

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9-time IFMAR World Champion Lamberto Collari has issued a statement that due to the recently reported levels of radiation from the Fukushima plant in Japan that he will not attend next month’s 1/8th World Championships at Kei-Tune Raceway. The Italian, who was aiming for his 10th title in the class, is one of a number of drivers from Italy that we have heard are now not going to the event due this concern.

Read Lamberto Collari’s statement here (in English & Italian)

September 5, 2013

RickV wins NK class at Dutch on-road championships

Last weekend saw the 6th and final round of the Dutch 1/8th on-road nationals run at the Raco 2000 track. With Robin d’Hondt, RickV and John Ermen heading the ranking the race would also decide the 2013 championship in the NK class. John just needed a top 4 finish to make the championship while RickV would need to win in order to grab the title. In the first qualifying round John showed to be the fastest but RickV, Gunther v. Staey and Robin d’Hondt all were just 1.5 seconds behind him. Finally RickV did set the fastest time with John Ermen 0.4 sec behind him. John, Robin and RickV later made it through the semi finals with John starting from pole in the main final. Directly after the start Robin d’Hondt lost a C-clip on his gearbox and had to retire. In the 7th minute of the 30 minute final John faced some radio problems and fixing took his team three valuable minutes so RickV could cruise to the win. 7 laps down Frank Baggen and Danny Leewis crossed the finish line second and third respectively. John only came in 6th which handed RickV the 2013 Dutch national championship title. John Ermen finished second overall with completing the season in third position.

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September 4, 2013

Dirk Wischnewski wins German 200mm nationals

This year’s German 1/10th nitro 200mm nationals took place at the famous Ettlingen track. In the main final Xray’s Dirk Wischnewski claimed the win some 2.9 seconds in front of pole sitter Erik Dankel (Capricorn). Thilo Tödtmann (Xray) who had Patrick Nähr (Shepherd) in tow finished two laps down and secured himself the remaining podium spot.

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September 4, 2013

Juan Pablo Golobic wins Argentine 200mm champs

The second round of the Argentine 1/10th 200mm championship took place at the Hernán Matticolli track, home of next year’s World Championships. The TQ went to Juan Pablo Golobic with the fastest time ever set on the track. In the final Capricorn/Novarossi driver Juan Pablo again excelled as he took the win in front of Agustín Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi) and third placed Sebastián Recio (Capricorn/Novarossi). The win of the second round also crowned Juan Pablo Golobic the 2013 Argentine champion.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

September 4, 2013

Silvio Hächler wins 2013 Swiss Championship

The 5th round of the 2013 Swiss Championship was held at the Langenthal track with 70 drivers in attendance. On Friday most of the drivers arrived for practice and it was Silvio Hächler who was able to smash the track record, which later on was broken again by Simon to a 12.115. This time Simon started in two classes, 1/10 and 1/8 expert. Without any problem he took the TQ in 1/10 but in 1/8 he suffered from a broken engine during the first qualifier but in his second run, he was able to take TQ in the 1/8 class also. In 1/8 Amateur it was the Capricorn driver Christian Seiler who took the best starting position for the semi-final.

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September 4, 2013

2013 Sidewinder Nitro Explosion – Report

Chula Vista Raceway was the scene for the 2013 Sidewinder Nitro Explosion with 170 entries and several pros in attendance. In the Truggy class it was Drew Moller who set the TQ starting first on the grid with Pro-Line team mate Adam Drake starting second. Drake would make an early race pass on Drew and lead the field around for the remainder of the 45 minute final. In the end Drake would take the win with Moller in second and Sean Gaffney in third.

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September 3, 2013

Derderian & Turco win at French 200mm nationals Rd5

The fifth and final round of the French 1/10 200m championship took place at the short and technical track in Montluçon. In the Elite class Michael Derderian won the 45 minute final and this year’s national title some 7 second in front of Basile Concialdi (Capricorn). Quentin Leroux rounded out the podium with another Capricorn car. In the 30 minute National class final Brice Turco (Xray) crossed the finish line 5 seconds in front of Benjamin Berchoux. Stéphane Campourcy (Xray) completed the podium. The win also handed Brice this year’s National class title.

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September 2, 2013

Martin Bayer wins 2013 German Nitro Buggy nats

The second and final round of the German 1/8th Nitro Buggy national championship was held in Bischofsheim near Frankfurt this past weekend. The track will be the host of next year’s European Championship A so the race not only was important for the national championship but also used as preparation for the 2014 Euro. After the rain affected qualifiers Xray’s Martin Bayer took the overall TQ for Sunday’s finals. From the tone Martin was fighting for the lead with Jörn Neumann, Carsten Keller and Daniel Reckward and around the 15 minute mark he was able to build a gap on the field that Martin was able to hold until the finish line. By winning the second and final round the Xray driver also took the overall win. The podium of the Bischofsheim round was completed by Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann and Carsten Keller (Kyosho). The runner-up spot also secured Jörn the second place overall with TLR’s Marcel Guske rounding out the 2013 Top 3.

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