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October 22, 2016

Leino takes final qualifier to start 2nd behind Greiner

Teemu Leino has TQ’d the final round of qualifying at the concluding round of the Euro Nitro Series in Italy and will start the title deciding 45-minute A-Main in Fiorano from second on the grid behind Top Qualifier Dominic Greiner. The Team Infinity driver topped Q3 by 6/10ths from Q1 & 2 pace setter Greiner, with new team-mate Marc Rheinard a further 7/10ths off completing the Top 3. For Leino’s main title rivals the round would net a P6 for championship points leader Dirk Wischnewski while Erik Dankel would go out with conrod failure while setting the TQ pace. The result means Wischnewski starts 5th while 2014 Champion Dankel will line up 9th.

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October 22, 2016

Greiner secures TQ at ENS Finale

Dominic Greiner has secured the overall TQ at the season finale of the Euro Nitro Series again taking the second round of qualifying in Fiorano. The Serpent driver became the fourth different Top Qualifier of the season after topping the Q2 times ahead of Top Qualifiers of the last two races Erik Dankel and Teemu Leino. Top Qualifier of the event last year but lasting just 3-minutes in the final before suffering a conrod failure, today’s TQ marks Greiner’s first of the season with the World Champion determined to convert it into his first win of the season this time round. Unfortunately for this season’s other Top Qualifier, Round 1 pole sitter Bruno Coelho was to again suffer engine wows and failed to start the qualifier and with 2 out 3 heats to count it means the Portuguese driver is going to need a good run of bump ups if he is to stand a chance of making tomorrow’s A-Main.

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October 21, 2016

Balestri is Top Qualifier for ENS Finale

Dario Balestri is Top Qualifier for the Euro Nitro Series season finale. The Capricorn driver booked pole position for the Round 4 A-Main after he backed up his opening qualifying run with another TQ run in the second of the three scheduled qualifiers. Again racing under flood lights as they did for Q1, the 2015 ENS Champion would go 1.5-seconds faster this time, topping the times from practice top seed Andrea Pirani after Toni Gruber threw away another P2 run with a mistake on his final lap. Dropping the ARC driver to P6 for the round, it was Lamberto Collari who would again complete the Top 3 ahead of Simon Kurzbuch, the 2016 champion struggling with a bent chassis.

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October 21, 2016

Mazzeo tops practice in Fiorano

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Alessio Mazzeo has set the pace at the end of a reduced practice at the Euro Nitro Series in Fiorano. The Serpent driver went quickest in the final practice ahead of earlier pace setter Erik Dankel as the traction came up at the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter track after a wet start to the season finale. The only driver to run 3-consecutive laps in 49-seconds, the Italian would end up little over 1/10th of a second faster than Dankel with Bruno Coelho completing the Top 3. After struggling in his first practice, CP2 the first dry run, leading title contender Teemu Leino would manage the fourth fastest time in the 3rd & final practice albeit 7/10ths off Mazzeo’s pace.

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October 21, 2016

Dankel sets early pace at ENS finale

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Mugen’s Erik Dankel set the early pace in a shortened practice ahead of the title deciding season finale of the Euro Nitro Series in Fiorano, Italy. The former Champion, who is one of the key contenders for the 1:10 title, was fastest over 3-consecutive laps of the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter track from World Champion Dominic Greiner with reigning ENS Champion Jilles Groskamp completing the Top 3. With the first round of practice being sat out by most of the top drivers due to rain yesterday & overnight rain meaning drivers arrived to a wet track, title favourite Teemu Leino’s single practice would see the Team Infinity driver go only 7th fastest on the mainly dry track.

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October 7, 2016

IFMAR introduce controlled tyre and SPEC class for 1/12 Worlds

Alongside the running of the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Las Vegas this week, the World governing body IFMAR has been holding its AGM. Along with confirming what has been widely known for some time that Perth, Australia, will be the venue for the next 1:8 Offroad Worlds in 2-years time, more interesting developments from the meeting relate to the next Electric Onroad Worlds and the 1:12th scale class. With the recent running of electric’s longest running class attracting another small entry as it did 2-years earlier in the United States, IFMAR are hoping to make the event more viable by introducing a number of changes including controlled tyres, a blinky mode 13.5 Spec Class as well as a Formula class, although the latter is stated as being ‘under investigation’ and subject to a ‘POSTAL Vote’.

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September 18, 2016

Martin secures Nurburgring TQ

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Lee Martin is the 4WD Top Qualifier for the opening round of the Euro Offroad Series at the Nurburgring. The Yokomo driver, who took the TQ and win at the same event last season, secured pole position for the final when he took a very close fourth qualifier ahead of reigning champion Bruno Coelho. After a poor start to his preferred class, Coelho was to turn things around in the second half of qualifying topping Q3 ahead of Marc Rheinard and backing that up with P2 in the final encounter to secure second on the grid. Having opened the final day of the German event with a TQ run in Q2, Michal Orlwoski would end out qualifying with a P3 which is where he will start what many predict is going to a hectic trio of finals.

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September 18, 2016

Orlowski takes Q2 ahead of Rheinard

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Michal Orlowski has taken the second round of qualifying at the Euro Offroad Series this morning at the Nurburgring. The Schumacher driver was fastest from last night’s 2WD race winner Marc Rheinard with Hupo Honigl completing the Top 3. For reigning champion Bruno Coelho it was not the morning the practice top seed was hoping. The fastest car on the track, he would make ‘too many mistakes’ leaving him with a P9 for the round. It would also be a tough round for last night’s Q1 pace setter Lee Martin as he struggled to set the 11th fastest time.

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