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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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]
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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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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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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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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For the second year in a row the Maugrafix’s Italian Job Outdoor race was held at the D&R track in Asti. The race had a strong attendance with World Champion Robert Batlle, European Champion David Ronnefalk, French Champion Jerome Aigoin and many other top drivers. After the four rounds of qualifying it was Novarossi team driver Robert Batlle who took the top qualifier position, followed by Berton and Ronnefalk. The 60 minute F1 final was dominated by RobertBatlle and his Mugen. He started from P1 on the grid and never looked back taking the win one lap ahead of Alex Zanchettin (TLR) and Kyosho’s Christoffer Svensson.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
The second annual Wicked Weekend took place in Gainesville, Georgia at the Chicopee Agriculture Center. The very nice venue is starting to draw all of the regional talent to the guaranteed no rain out race. A total of 387 entries made their way to central Georgia for a weekend of racing. The format for the event was Friday practice, Saturday Qualifiers, and the Mains on Sunday. After a long day of Qualifying was over, the mains began on Sunday morning. Triple A mains were run in the E-Buggy class. TQ went to JConcepts Driver Barry Pettit with his new Mugen MBX-7 who went on to win in front of Max Fluer and John Michael McGinty. The Nitro Truggy A Main had Barry Pettit in the P1 on the grid. At the tone Pettit hooked up and ran at the front of the field for the first 10 minutes. As fuel stops played out, Barry continued to lead the field all of the way to the finish and wrap up his second class victory of the weekend.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
