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May 8, 2012

Dominic Bauer wins Austrian season opener

Last weekend saw the first of 3 legs that makes up the 2012 Austrian nationals for 1:8 Offroad and it was held at the A-Team Graz race track attracting 110 entries. Mugen/Novarossi driver Dominic Bauer was the man of the weekend, winning all practice heats, 3 of 4 qualifier, the Semi final and most importantly the final. For second place there was a very close fight between Hupo Honigl, Martin Wollanka and Thomas Mayr which was finally decided by the better fuel mileage of Hupo in front of Martin and Thomas.

Source: Hoeco [hoeco.at]

May 8, 2012

Franco Machado wins Puerto Rican NOS Rd5

During the past weekend the fifth round of the Puerto Rico Nitro On Road Series (NOS) was run at the Barceloneta RC Track. Andy Báez took TQ with 19 laps in 7:08.333 but the sedan main was to be full of drama. Andy took the lead from the start of the race followed closely by José Martínez, but a mistake in the pits saw Baez fall to four position. During that time Juan Rodríguez took the lead but a flame out took him to fourth. Baez was able to recover even with just one gear to the first spot, but lost both gears in his MTX5, taking out of the race and giving young Capricorn driver Franco Machado the win.

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May 8, 2012

Manuel Tordi wins Italian AMSCI Classic title

The Road Race track in Riccione last weekend hosted the Italian AMSCI Championship for Classic 1/8th scale category. After a nice sunny Saturday of free practice, the 4 qualification heats of 7 minutes on Sunday morning begin under a cloudy sky but still run under dry weather conditions. At the end of the morning the pole position was taken by Muccini for the under 16 category, by Betankova for the over 40 category and for the 1/8 classic the 4 direct finalist were Giordano Simone (25 laps 7.08.312) followed by Gaggiola Paolo (25 laps 7.08.605) Burato Enrico (25 laps 7.12.486) and Ometto Nicola (25 laps 7.13.032).

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May 8, 2012

Regaldo & Apolaro win 2012 Forgass series

The Sour Grapes Race took place last weekend in Fort Myers, Florida. This race is a tradition for the end of the Forgass season each year. On Saturday night there was a dinner to award winners on each class. This year’s Florida State Champions were Capricorn drivers Roniel Regaldo in 1/8 scale and DJ Apolaro in sedan. The Sour Grapes race saw Paolo Morganti as the top qualifier in sedan with the new Serpent 747 and George Martinez in 1/8 scale. In the sedan race Rino Lino took the win, Steve Mc Nichols 2nd and Joaquin Desoto 3rd. In 1/8 Scale Chuck Moon was 1st, Tony Rice 2nd and George Martinez 3rd.

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May 8, 2012

Simon Kurzbuch wins Rd2 in Switzerland

Last weekend saw the Lostallo track host the 2nd Round of the Swiss Championships and Mattia Pesenti sent us this report. The weather forecast wasn’t good but on Friday we could practice on dry conditions and the car was very good and easy to drive with good grip. Also the other Xray drivers were very fast and happy with the new car. Unfortunately on Saturday the rain came and we had to choose if use the ‘rain car’ or the ‘dry car’. We chose the ‘rain car’ and so we had to use it for the whole day.

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May 8, 2012

Rick V takes Rd2 in Dutch Nationals

The 2nd round of the Dutch Nationals was held on Belgian soil at the beautiful track of Model Racing Genk. This is the first time ever that the Dutch competition is running on this track just over the border. Because this track is also the homebase of some Belgium drivers they would have an advantage. On the Friday many people took the chance to run their first laps on this low grip track with only a very small gripline. The Saturday was wet and cold, and only at the end of the day it became dry and some laps were driven. The Sunday started dry but just before the start of the 1st heat it started to rain and did not stop until the main finals.

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May 7, 2012

Riccardo Perin wins Italian season opener

The opening round of the Italian offroad season took place last weekend in Sacile. Qualifying saw Davide Tortorici, driving a Bliss powered Mugen, take the top spot ahead of Kyosho pairing Davide Ongaro and Fabrizio Teghesi with Carlo Jacopini and Riccardo Perin completing the top 5. In the final it was Agama driver Perin who came through to win the 45 minute encounter just less than a lap ahead of Teghesi in 2nd with reigning Champion Riccardo Rabitti, driving a prototype Crono, completing the podium. Pole man Tortorici hit problems in the final breaking his car on pit exit and ended the race in 6th.

Source: Just Buggy [justbuggy.net]

May 5, 2012

Wayne Joelson wins Rd2 in South Africa

Round 2 of the South African On Road Gas Championships were held last weekend at the coastal city of East London. Rain on Thursday practice reduced setup time to just one day, and with high traction and fast sweepers fuel consumption and setup was critical. Reigning 1/8th scale SA champion Wayne Joelson, driving a Novarossi powered Mugen MRX5 took the top qualifying position with a 26 lapper in 5m12 for Sundays final, setting a new lap record of 11.1 seconds along the way. In the reduced 30 minute final Wayne ran 141 laps, to finish 11 laps ahead of 2nd position. The next round will be held in Durban on the 30th of June.

Source: PTA [pt-a.co.za]