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April 6, 2014

Steve Soon seals 2014 WCICS TC Modified title

Round 8 of the non-profit Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held in the Rodeo capital of Canada, Calgary, Alberta; hosting just under 200 entries from across Western Canada. This was the final round of the series, bringing the total WCICS entries to just under 1500. The Calgary Area RC Auto Racers, CarCar, hosted a great event, and as the last round of the season the championships were all decided in all 7 classes. In the Awesomatix sponsored TC Modified class, the top 4 drivers qualified within a few seconds of each other. But at the checkered flag it was Calgary’s Serpent sponsored Steve Soon who stood on the top spot of the 2014 Season Championship podium, Edmonton’s ORCA sponsored Wayne Mah drove his Xray to second overall, and in a close battle that came down to the final event, British Columbia’s Awesomatix sponsored Blake Bell took the 3rd spot away from WCICS President, privateer Josh Carter, who had come into the weekend sitting in 2nd overall. Full results and podium pics can be found on the series’ official website.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

April 5, 2014

Pietsch claims 1:8 pole in Melzo

Despite the best efforts of 9-time World Champion Lamberto Collari, driving a privately entered Mugen, factory Mugen driver & designer Robert Pietsch will start the opening round of the Euro Nitro Series in Melzo, Italy from pole position. Having set the fastest 4-minute qualifier in the third of the four qualifiers having also TQ’d Q2, this was enough to give the 2011 World Champion the overall TQ honours on tie break over Collari who backed up his morning’s Q1 topping run with another TQ round in the concluding round of qualifying at the Mini Racing Ayrton Senna track.

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April 5, 2014

Leino ‘Top Qualifier’ at ENS season opener

Teemu Leino continued his impressive return to 1:10 onroad nitro racing, the factory HB driver securing the overall TQ honours this evening at the opening round of the all new Euro Nitro Series in Melzo, Italy. Having topped practice and the opening round of qualifying yesterday, the Finn was not to have it all his own way as Capricorn’s Dario Balestri took Q2 & 3 setting the stage for a head to head in the fourth & final round of qualifying. However when it counted most the World Championship Top Qualifier delivered an all important TQ run in Q4, his Q1 fastest time giving him the tie break over Balestri to secure the R10′s second international race pole position.

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April 5, 2014

Pietsch & Balestri take Q2 in Melzo

Mugen’s Robert Pietsch and Capricorn’s Dario Balestri TQ the second round of qualifying at the Euro Nitro Series season opener, Pietsch topping the 1:8 times from Alberto Picco by just .007 of a second while Balestri was the only driver who could manage 13-laps in 1:10 taking the qualifier over Francesco Tironi and Q1 pace setter Teemu Leino.

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April 5, 2014

Collari opens ENS 1:8 qualifying with TQ run

After some rain delays, 1:8 qualifying at the opening round of the new Euro Nitro Series saw Lamberto Collari top the first of the four qualifiers in Melzo, Italy. Driving a privately entered Mugen/OS combination the 9-time World Champion topped the round from the BMT of Daniele Ielasi with Mugen’s Robert Pietsch completing the Top 3 of what was an extremely competitive affair with the first 8 drivers covered by just 1.8 seconds.

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April 5, 2014

Exclusive – Xray RX8 preview

Following the first two parts of our exclusive Xray RX8 presentation in the form of an in-depth interview with Martin Hudy and hot on the heels of our article about the making of the RX8 we now bring you the third part of the RX8 story – an exclusive preview with first images as well as more details on the car’s features and specifications.

See the exclusive preview here

April 5, 2014

Pro-Line LoneStar Challenge – Announcement

The 2014 Pro-Line LoneStar Challenge will take place from the 15th to 18th of May at the Thornhill Racing Circuit. The race doubles as the warm-up for this year’s ROAR Gas Nationals and is also the third stop of the 2014 USPro Cup tour and already attracted all of the industry’s big names. The event will see Pro, Open and Sportsman classes for Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy as well as 40+ Nitro Buggy, Truggy and E-Buggy and also Pro and Sport Pro4 SC classes. Full details on the event are available here and registration for the race can be made using PayPal (thedirtracing@aol.com – include your entry info in the “Note” field).

April 5, 2014

MRRC Raceway season opener – Announcement

MRRC Raceway, a new club in Long Island, NY, will hold their season opener this weekend. The race will see 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truggy as well as E-Buggy and E-Truggy classes along 4WD Pro4 SC, run on a new track built by The Dirt’s Joey Christensen. More information can be found here.