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January 9, 2017

Kaja Novotny doubles at Lestr Cup Rd4

The fourth round of the Lestr Cup was held this past weekend in Prague, Czech Republic. In the 2WD qualifiers Xray’s Kaja Novotny took a clean TQ by coming out fastest in all qualifiers ahead of the Xray trio of Mudra, Miksovsky and Gotzl. Q1 of 4WD saw Kaja struggling in the high-bite conditions which gave Milan Mudra the round TQ, however swift runs in Q2 and Q3 meant the overall top qualifying position for Kaja while Mudra and Gotzl lined up in second and third.  The 2WD A-mains saw Kaja in dominant form again and he came out on top by winning all three mains in style. Milan Mudra would end the say on the 2 spot from Max Gotzl in third.

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January 9, 2017

Orlowski does double & ends Neumann DHI Cup reign

Michal Orlowski has pulled off the double at the DHI Cup presented by LRP. Having successfully defended his 2WD title earlier in the day, the Schumacher driver was also to bring an end to 5-time unbeaten Champion Joern Neumann’s reign by winning 4WD. Unlike his 2WD win which he took with ease, 4WD was to prove a much more exciting affair with David Ronnefalk ensuring it went to A3 when he forced an error from the Polish teenager in A2. With Orlowski starting from the TQ, Ronnefalk and himself again ran nose to tail, the pair’s pace almost identical. Again Ronnefalk would get the mistake he needed but as Orlowski fought back he managed to push the Swede into an error and once back in front he didn’t put a wheel wrong to become only the second DHI Cup Offroad double winner. With Ronnefalk getting second, the podium would be completed by Neumann, a podium finisher for a sixth year in a row, a result many drivers would be happy to emulate even if it marked the end of his impressive streak. Having made the podium in 2WD on his first DHI Cup Offroad outing, Marc Rheinard would miss out in 4WD, finishing up fourth.

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January 9, 2017

‘Iceman’ Kutvonen takes convincing DHI Cup win

Viljami ‘Iceman’ Kutvonen has won the prestigious season opening DHI Cup. Just scraping into the top heat for qualifying having only managed the 10th fastest time in seeding practice, the Awesomatix driver turned around what started off looking like a difficult weekend at Danish event to take a perfectly executed win. Only his second major international race win, his first being the 2014 LRP Masters, the Finn got things figured out when it was needed taking the final two qualifiers to secure the overall TQ ahead of 7-time reigning champion Ronald Volker. From pole, he would make light work of his rivals to win A1 with conviction over Volker. Needing to repeat that performance for the win at an event he has twice been runner-up, that is exactly what Kutvonen did to claim the top step on the podium. Behind the popular winner, having been denied a second run of 3-consecutive DHI Cup wins, Volker would finish second with Yokomo team-mate Naoki Akiyama, 6th last year on his first visit to Odense, getting his 2017 season of to a strong start by completing the podium.

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January 9, 2017

Ralph Burch returns to Serpent

Serpent have announced the signing of 2010 IFMAR 1/10th Nitro Touring World Champion, Ralph Burch to their team. The 32-times ROAR National Champion will return to Serpent as driver and also sales promoter, campaigning the manufacturers Project 4X touring car and later on also Serpent’s nitro on-road kits. Additionally Ralph will also be working for Serpent America/Desoto Racing as sales promoter and to support dealers and drivers with all Serpent-related matters.

I’m really excited to be returning to Serpent America. I look forward to working with the team and Serpent America dealers. Serpent has always had some of the best engineered cars in the industry, so I cant wait to get started. See you at the track soon.

Source: Serpent [teamserpent.com]

January 9, 2017

Boots & Ongaro get The Italian Job done

The 2017 edition of the annual The Italian Job Race was held at the IBR Padova track this past weekend. In the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was newly-signed Tekno driver, Alex Zanchettin who took the TQ from the TLR duo of Marco Baruffolo and Renaud Savoya. Elliott Boots and Riccardo Berton (both Kyosho) would complete the top five with Martin Wollanka (Xray), Robert Batlle (Mugen) and Lee Martin (Infinity) coming in sixth to eighth place. The 60 minute main final was then run without top qualifier Zanchettin who ran into issues before his semifinals and so the race for the win was on between Ongaro and Boots. Davide looked to hold the upper hand in the opening stages but fading shock absorbers would lead to several mistakes by Ongaro, allowing Boots to take the lead while Marco Baruffolo was able to take profit of Ongaro’s issues and so the TLR driver was able to take the second spot some 20 minutes from the end. Up front, Elliott Boots brought home the win with Marco Baruffolo in second and Davide Ongaro in third.

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January 9, 2017

Dakotah Phend sweeps CRCRC Winter Midwest Champs

The 30th annual CRCRC Winter Midwest Championships were held this past weekend at The Ohio R/C Factory with over 330 race entries for the usual mix of 1/10th electric Modified and Stock off-road classes. TLR’s Dakotah Phend would top seed in 2WD Mod Buggy while Kyosho’s Jared Tebo went quickest in 4WD Mod Buggy and Mod Truck as Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated) top seeded 2WD Mod SCT. After the qualifiers things looked a bit different up front as Dakotah had shifted into second gear to top qualify 2WD Mod Buggy, 4WD Mod Buggy and 2WD Mod SCT while Jared Tebo was quickest in Mod Truck. Elsewhere Aaron Korhmann TQ’d 4×4 Modified SCT.

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January 8, 2017

Orlowski holds off Ronnefalk to win first 4WD encounter

Fresh from wrapping up the 2WD win with ease at the DHI Cup, Michal Orlowski has won the first 4WD A-Main encounter but this time round the Schumacher driver had to work hard to stay out front. Having claimed the overall TQ yesterday, Orlowski came under intense pressure from the No.2 starting Ronnefalk in a battle that went on for the entire race. Keeping his calm however, he would manage to hold off fellow World Championship finalist Ronnefalk by 9/10ths of a second. Behind, Joern Neumann managed to see off the challenge of Marc Rheinard, the Serpent driver looking to lack the kind of performance he will need to retain a 6 consecutive DHI Cup title.

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January 8, 2017

Orlowski opens 2017 with flawless DHI Cup win

Michal Orlowski has kicked off his 2017 season with a flawless win in 2WD Buggy at the DHI Cup presented by LRP. Starting as Top Qualifier, the defending champion produced a repeat performance of his dominant opening A-Main performance in A2 to retain his title. In the battle for the best of the rest, which would be decided in A3, it was former back to back champion Joern Neumann who claimed second with the A3 win over Marc Rheinard, who completed the podium at the sixth running of offroad at the historic Danish event. Off the podium, Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen would be the top Scandinavian this year snatching fourth overall from former DHI Cup champion David Ronnefalk thanks to his third place finish in A3.

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