The Miniautodromo Jody Scheckter in Fiorano, Italy played host for the 2015 Novarossi Onroad Trophy. The event attracted most of the fast Italian nitro on-road drivers and in the 1/8th class it was Dario Balestri who came out successful from Andrea Pirani and Mattia Collaveo in second and third respectively. In the 1/10th 200mm class Luca Redaelli brought home the win from Alessandro Balboni and Manuel Strano.
The Spanish edition of the The Italian Job Race was held in La Nucia this past weekend. The event attracted both local talent and guests from abroad, such as Reno Savoya and Alex Zanchettin. In the Nitro A-main Spanish frontrunner Robert Batlle battled it out with Reno Savoya and Bryan Baldo with the better end for Robert who won the final in front of Reno and Bryan. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class it was again Robert who found himself on top of the game by taking the win in A1 and A2 to grab the second title of the weekend.
View the Nitro Buggy A-main result and E-Buggy podium here
Last weekend saw the ACT State Titles ran in Australia’s Capital territory. The track was technical and very high grip all weekend. In both the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes Craig Laughton took the win to round out a perfect weekend. The Sportsman division had young Riley Searl taking the win from Mason Cameron.
View the Sportsman podium here
The Xray Work.Shop Hong Kong will take place on the 25th of September at the Tom Racing Circuit in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. The workshop will focus on the Xray T4 touring car and it is run by newly crowned European Champion Alexander Hagberg who will give personal assistance and setup advise. Participation is for free and you can find more information here.
The annual 1/8th Off-road French Cup was held this past weekend with around 100 drivers in attendance. The 3-day meeting started on Friday but rain affected the practice sessions and even on Saturday morning the track wasn’t fully dry but equipped with super soft tyres the drivers would be able to tackle the qualifiers that saw Jerome Aigoin taking the TQ honours in every of the four rounds. In the final, Jerome took the lead and he was able to built a comfortable gap of up to 20 seconds on his brother Yannick and the Sartels. Jerome opted for a safe strategy with an extra pit stop and despite a last minute roll he was able to grab the day’s win from his brother Yannick.
Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com] | Image: Yannick Aigoin
Last weekend’s Great Lakes Challenge saw Hector Montaner walking away with the win in the 20-minute 1/8th GT class A-main. Only 0.9 seconds short on Hector David Larry grabbed the runner up spot while Mike Lyday rounded out the podium in third.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
2013 European B Champion Marco Baruffolo took the win at the second edition of the Arena Outdoor Race on the wonderful DirtRace RC track in Asti, Italy, at the end of a convincing 60 minutes long dominance. After winning his semifinal and setting the fastest lap during the Superpole which allowed him to start from the 1 spot on the grid, Marco led the race from tone to tone, only to be challenged in the first 7 minutes by Stocco, who was then forced in the pits due to transmission issues. Behind them the third position was being held by Ricky Berton, whose buggy suffered from the loss of a turnbuckle screw and Ricky had to stop some 24 minutes into the race replace it. The second position was inherited by Mugen’s Davide Tortorici, who after a long fight with Valente managed to put his Sirio powered MBX7R ahead of Leonardo’s JQ, who had to settle for the third spot on the podium.
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The third and final round of the Austrian 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held at the challenging MRC Jaidhof track. Dry and super hot weather conditions made for a rough and dusty track with the racing lines over the jumps changing constantly, making consistent lap times difficult to achieve. Hupo Hönigl was able to win A1 and A2 coming from the 3 spot on the grid to take the day’s win and with it the first ever Austrian 1/8th E-Buggy national title after winning the third meeting in a row.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
