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September 16, 2015

Simon Nicholson wins at Newcastle Grand Prix

Simon Nicholson, Nathan Reese and Jeffrey Mackie lead a Yokomo 1-2-3 finish at this years Newcastle Grand Prix which attracted a healthy gathering for the relatively new club. The club certainly proved it has the facilities and members to put it on par as one of the best venues in Australia. The medium to high-grip surface played havoc with car setup, however this was overcome relatively quickly with both Simon Nicholson and Nathan Reese breaking track records early on. With the two sharing TQ honours it was Simon who would eventually walk away with the TQ and the first place trophy, with Nathan a close second and Jeffrey in third.

September 16, 2015

Roberto Catanzani wins at Italian GT champs Rd3

The third and final round of the Italian 1/8th GT national championship was held at the Cantalice track with more than 50 drivers attending in the three categories of Expert, F1 and F2. In the Expert class Roberto Catanzani took the TQ and win from Fabio Boero in second and Adriano Tarragoni in third place.

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September 16, 2015

Drake & Kelly win at Bring the Heat race

The Bring the Heat race was held in Flowood, MS over the weekend. In the Pro Truck class Mugen’s Adam Drake would take the win in the main final from from Ryan Lutz (Tekno) and Cole Ogden (TLR) while in the Open Buggy class Kale Kelly came out successful.

View the Open Buggy podium here

September 15, 2015

HNS Austria Rd2 – Report

The second and final round of HNS Austria series was held at the MRC-Fruehwirth track in Sollenau, located 20 kilometres south of Vienna. The track layout chosen was the super fast 1980’s original with a long straight, big sweeper and long back straight with around five to seven seconds of full throttle. On this track, with an overall length of 345 metres, Christoph Pietsch set a new track record of 15.8 seconds, with an average speed of 78.6 km/h. The premier class of 1/8th Nitro saw an entertaining fight of Herfried Pucher (ARC/Picco) and Michael Klausner (Mugen/Picco) for the TQ with both winning two rounds each and the TQ being taken by Herfried as Michael made too many mistakes. In third Rene Pflanzl (ARC/Max) grabbed the 3 spot after the qualifiers.

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September 15, 2015

Jörn Neumann snatches another German Nats title

This year’s German 1/10th scale 4WD Electro Off-road Nationals were held at the iconic MAC Burgdorf track near Hanover. Saturday started off with good weather, three practice rounds and the first qualifiers and it was the triple of Björn Prümper, Jörn Neumann and Tom Maquel that battled for the TQ spot. Overnight rain made the astro turf track slippery and the drivers had to adjust their buggy’s setup for the remaining two qualifiers and the finals. At the end Björn took the pole position for the triple A-mains from Jörn who in turn made a clean sweep in the finals by winning A1 and A2 to take the overall title early. Tom Maquel came in second while Luca Rau rounded out the top 3 result in the 4WD Buggy class.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 15, 2015

Thurston & Beal win at BRCA 1/10th Nitro Nats Rd7

Round seven of the British 1/10th Nitro Championship was held at Mendip Raceway last weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm class Alex Thurston made a perfect qualifier to take the TQ and converting the pole in to a win in front of Joe Kerry and Mark Green. This result for Alex puts him in a very good position to take the 200mm UK title at the next round. In the 220 GT class Glyn Beal also converted his perfect driving and car prep to take a dominate TQ in qualifying. Glyn would then convert the pole position for the main into a convincing win in front of Richard Kozakiewicz and Franck Dambrine.

View the 220mm podium here

September 15, 2015

South African Nitro On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The TRAP RC Racing Venue just North of Tshwane, Pretoria played host to the 4th round of the South African Gas On-road Nationals. The penultimate round of the 2015 National series attracted around 50 entries to race in the premier 1/8th scale, as well as the 200mm Nitro Touring, 235mm and a new 1/8 Scale GT entry level class. The event was greeted with great weather, which kept track conditions consistent and drivers were happy to report that grip remained predictable for the 3-day event.

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September 15, 2015

John Allas wins at Mauritius GP On-road Champs Rd4

The fourth round of the Mauritius GP On-road Championships was organised by the Mighty Model Club and held at the Winner’s Speedway track. In the 1/10th GP class, John Allas took the TQ from Giovanni Arekion and Olivier Lebon. The final then saw John taking the win while Giovanni and Olivier swapped places so Olivier would grab the runner-up spot from third placed Giovanni.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]