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July 17, 2015

Pietsch leads the way in Ettlingen

Robert Pietsch appears to be the man to beat at Round 3 of the Euro Nitro Series, setting the pace in the first timed practice at Ettlingen. The Mugen driver was 2/10th faster than new Shepherd signing Rick Vrielijnck who in turn was 2/10ths faster than Alberto Picco, the top three all using Picco engines. Almost matching Picco’s pace fellow Italian Dario Balestri was fourth fastest ahead of championship returnee Oliver Mack. For defending champion Simon Kurzbuch his run was hampered by the loss of a front shock spring retainer and he would post the 21st fastest time.

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July 17, 2015

Wischnewski tops first timed practice at ENS

Dirk Wischnewski has topped the first timed practice at Round 3 of the Euro Nitro Series in Germany. Mastering the Minidrom Ettlingen’s ‘strange’ track conditions the best, the Shepherd driver set the fastest 3-laps ahead of the HB of Round 2 winner Teemu Leino. Top Qualifier in Austria, Serpent’s Dominc Greiner completed the Top 3 ahead of Capricorn team-mates Thilo Tödtmann and Eric Dankel. Joint championship leaders Bruno Coelho and Jilles Groskamp would post only the 9th and 14th fastest times respectively.

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July 17, 2015

Jürgen Horn wins at Austrian On-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the pretty tricky TSA Krieglach track. In the Touring Car Stock class Xray driver Jürgen Horn came out successful from team mate Jan Popic. Thomas Rosegger (VBC) rounded out the top 3 result.

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July 16, 2015

Xray X-Race Italy – Report

Xray X-Race Italy - Report

The Xray X-Race Italy was held last weekend in Bientina in several electric on-road classes. Good weather and a friendly yet competitive atmosphere and the attendance of some of the fastest Italian driver with guests from abroad made for a nice weekend of racing. In the Touring Car Modified class Portuguese frontrunner Bruno Coelho took the win from Xray’s own Martin Hudy. Alessio Mancini came in 3rd while Alessio Menicucci and Jan Ratheisky rounded out the top 5 result.

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July 16, 2015

Record 160+ Entries for German ENS

Ettlingen

The Euro Nitro Series travels to Ettlingen in Germany this weekend (17-19 July) with Round 3 of the onroad nitro championship attracting an impressive 160 plus entries. The first time the ENS has visited the recently resurfaced track, it is Round 2 first time winners Simon Kurzbuch and Teemu Leino who head the high quality field. With no one yet marking their dominance on the second season of the high profile championship the opening rounds producing different Top Qualifiers and winners in both 1:8 and 1:10, this weekend is set to be no different as drivers and teams aim for the top step of the podium on Sunday evening.

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July 15, 2015

Abrahamek takes 200mm class at Laszlo Memory race

The Laszlo Memory race was recently held in Austria with drivers from Slivakia, Hungary, Slovenia and Austria in attendance. In the 200mm class Michal Abrahamek took the TQ after the qualifiers and he then went on to win a super close A-main thanks to a good race strategy. Gergely Csekö came in 2nd while Gergö Lehner rounded out the top 3 result.

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July 15, 2015

Georgiadis wins at GTS Rd5

The fifth round of Greek Touring Series was held at the FRT race track with a good number of entries. Different from other rounds of the GTS this race was held under 17.5T Blinky rules inspired by the Xray Challenge held at the Hudy Arena. The qualifying was very close and after three rounds Georgiadis (Xray) put his car on the 1 spot follow by fellow Xray racer Zogogiannis and Katsikis (HB) in 3rd place. The finals then were again a very close affair with all drivers being in the same lap and at the end Georgiadis was able to keep the momentum to take the overall win from Zogogiannis and Papachristos (Xray).

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July 15, 2015

Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship Rd3 - Report

Round three of the Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship was held at the track of the Model Racing Genk club. During the last heat of the opening qualifier rain started to fall and due to the declaration as a wet race many drivers were forced to run also the second and third round in order to qualify for the finals. In the main final of the Top class it was Gunther Van Staey (Serpent) who was able to pull away right from the start of the race, setting some very fast laps and showing again his good form this year. Gunther was able to dominate the race and he finished 1 lap in front of reigning EC 40+ champion Frank Baggen (ARC) who is currently in a strong position for the title of the Dutch National Champion. Frank was followed by ARC team mate Ad Vissenberg, who confirmed his good result of the Groningen round and who now bumped up to second place in the overall ranking. In the second category of the weekend, the Nomac Cup class, it was local veteran racer Ad Moelands who took the win in the partly wet final. He was followed by Addie Van de Ven and Stephan van Rooijen in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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