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July 9, 2015

Hungarian RC Offroad Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Hungarian RC Offroad Series was held at the WMW Team track in Fehring, Austria, host of several European Championships. Although being a national championship the ROS makes guest appearances in surrounding countries with the three national races being backed by the Austrian round in Fehring and a Slovakian round in Kvetoslavov. The ROS is run in a total of seven classes including Pro and Stock Nitro Buggy, Electric Buggy, Electric Truck and two Short Course categories. Overall more than 50 drivers made the trip to Fehring with Xray’s Martin Wollanka leading the proceedings in the Pro Nitro Buggy class. Albert Neuwirth (Mugen) came in 2nd while Cseko Gergely (TLR) rounded out the top 3 result.

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July 9, 2015

Asian On Road Championship Rd2 – Report

Round number 2 of the Asian On Road Championship is in the books with the event being held at Hobby Habit in Adelaide, Australia. Hobby Habit has a wonderful facility that is not just a track but a whole complex. Housing a huge hobby shop carrying all aspects of hobby related products as well as 4 race tracks, 5 slot car tracks, birthday area as well as a kitchen. Drivers from all over Australia joined as well as top touring professionals Ronald Volker from Yokomo and Alexander Hagberg from Xray. The official days of the AOC are normally 3 days, Friday thru Sunday, but with the attendance of Alexander and Ronald, many racers came on Thursday to get some extra practice and get assistance from these two top Pros.

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July 9, 2015

Thomas Musso wins French eBuggy Nationals Rd3

The 3rd round of the French 1/8th Brushless Buggy Nationals was held at the LMA Club track in Beuvry Forest. Thomas Musso (Radiosistemi) grabbed the TQ after the qualifiers and he also dominated the finals to take the win ahead of the TLR duo of Jerome Sartel and Jean Pierrick Sartel.

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July 8, 2015

Baldo fastest, Batlle top seed

Bryan Baldo has ended Day 2 of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Sacile, Italy, as the fastest driver around the Ongaroring but it is fellow countryman & Mugen team-mate Robert Batlle who is the top seed as the event moves into qualifying tomorrow. Baldo put in an impressive 3-consecutive-laps in the second of the day’s two timed practice rounds with a time of 1:53.059, bettering Batlle’s TP1 topping time by over a second. Behind Baldo, Italian Alex Zanchettin posted the second fastest time of day practice with a 1:53.507 in TP2. However using EFRA’s tie-break, points awarded each round, the TLR driver is ranked 4th behind Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton. An improved TP2 would see defending champion David Ronnefalk post the 6th fastest time which was good enough to seed the HB/HPI Racing driver 10th.

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July 8, 2015

Batlle quickest in first timed practice

As proceedings at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships got official it was Robert Batlle who would set the pace in first timed practice in Italy. The Mugen driver topped the first of the two rounds that will be used to seed the heats for qualifying, with a three consecutive lap time of 1:54.128. Behind the 2011 Champion it was newly crowned European B Champion Riccardo Berton who was second fastest with a time of 1:55.068 with 3-time champion Renaud Savoya third quickest. For defending champion David Ronnefalk, who set the fastest lap time in free practice yesterday, it was not a good first round as he failed to get in three clean laps and was classified 62nd.

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July 8, 2015

Schumacher BTCC Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Schumacher BTCC Touring Car series took place at the midlands based club Stafford. The Stafford club is one of the oldest in the country and pulled out all the stops to make the BTCC family of racers as welcome as possible. With some mixed weather about on the Sunday it would make for an interesting days racing with both dry cars and wet cars in use during the day. All the UK’s top modified drivers were out in force getting some valuable knowledge for the BRCA national next weekend. Olly Jefferies took TQ in the Modified class but was pushed hard by Elliott Harper. The final was run in wet conditions and the crowd were treated to an epic battle between Olly and local hot shot Zak Smith. Olly managed to hang on by just 2 tenths of a second ahead of Zack with Elliott third.

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July 8, 2015

Ronald Völker wins at Yokomo Fun Race

The Yokomo Fun Race, organized by Andrea Efficace, was held last weekend in Florence, Italy. The event attracted about 60 drivers with multiple champions and some of the top Italian drivers in attendance to make for an interesting event. Ronald Völker (Yokomo) was the man to beat in the qualifiers and the finals and he came out successful in front of Xray’s Nicola Marrone while Alessandro Ciaccheri (Yokomo) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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July 7, 2015

Ronnefalk tops opening day at Euros

David Ronnefalk has opened his title defence in the best possible way as he topped the times on the very hot & humid opening day of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Sacile, Italy. Chasing a third consecutive European title, the 2015 HB/HPI Racing signing recorded a fastest lap time of 38.138 around the Ongaroring track in the days fourth and final round of practice. A day that saw the track improve over the day but still a bit off the traction levels experienced at the Warm-up Race back in May, it was 2012 World Champion Robert Batlle who would end up second fastest just 0.021 slower. Behind them Italian National Champion Alex Zanchettin would complete the Top 3 just ahead of the last European Champion before Ronnefalk Darren Bloomfield. With most drivers using Day 1 of the 35th running of the championships to bed themselves in and wait for the track to come in, Warm-up Race winner Elliott Boots would post the seventh fastest time sandwiched between former champions Yannick Aigoin and Renaud Savoya.

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