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August 3, 2015

JJ Wang wins Worlds Warm-up race in Americana City

The GP Brazil, the warm-up race for this year’s IFMAR 1/8th Nitro On-road World Championship, was held in Americana City this past weekend. The turnout was pretty low in the 1/8th class as many drivers feared security and immigration issues but according to JJ Wang’s father Rick everything went very smooth, with no issues and no security concerns at all. As for the racing, JJ dominated both the qualifiers and the final by taking the TQ some two laps ahead of Cesar Salvadori and Kazuo Ohara. In the 45-minute main final JJ took the win from Cesar who ended the race some three laps down. Eduardo Geraldelli came in 3rd another five laps down on Cesar to round out the podium.

Image: Adriano Berton Shots

August 1, 2015

Dutch 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

Round four of the Dutch 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the lovely and recently resurfaced Apeldoorn track with 20 drivers in attendance. Saturday was pretty much washed away and this, in combination with a quickly improving track, meant the fastest qualifying times would be counted in the third qualifier and at the end it was Daan Jacobs (Serpent) who posted the only 20-lap run after being in a class of his own. Shepherd driver Roy Bakker recovered from a series of bad qualifyings by putting his car on the 2 spot in the 3rd qualifier, knocking out young Milan Holthuis. Ultimately John Bruis and Pedro Rombouts put their cars on 2nd and 3rd after the qualifiers. The main final then saw a very clever acting Daan who took the win without being really challenged. Behind him the battle for the remaining podium spots was on between Roy, Milan and Pedro. At first Roy dropped down the order only to recover later on but be then fall back again to make way for Milan who qualified through the semi final and was able to ultimately grab the runner-up spot. Pedro would round out the podium after a decent race.

Thanks to Ruben d’Arco for the report.

July 31, 2015

Ielasi & Shimasaki take Matrix International Race wins

After a long winning hiatus, Daniele Ielasi got back into the victory lane on international soil after taking the win over the Mugen duo of Robert Pietsch and JJ Wang at the recent 1st edition of the Matrix International Championship held at the Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong. Proving himself strong since the beginning of the race, not having to worry about fuel consumption as in qualifying, the WRC/Novarossi Ielasi Tuned driver was able to put pressure on the Top Qualifier of the race, Robert Pietsch and take advantage of a contact between the German and a backmarker, taking the lead and keeping his car ahead of the field to take a deserved win over Robert and a recovering JJ Wang. Bad luck for Shinya Shimasaki though, who would eventually save his day winning 1/10th scale.

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July 31, 2015

Chan takes 2014/15 WCICS Mini Championship

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS have announced that Ivan Chan grabbed the Tamiya Mini Championship this season. Mike San Antonio drove his mini to 2nd overall, and young up and coming racer Brandon Rogers took 3rd.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

July 31, 2015

Tyre Wars 2015 – Announcement

The Herts Nitro Model Club has announced the Tyre Wars 2015 race for the 29th to 31st of August. The event will see 1/8th nitro buggy, 1/8th E-buggy and 1/8th nitro truggy racing with the controlled practice being held on Saturday, qualifying on Sunday and finals on the bank holiday Monday. The buggy classes have to use either the AKA Impact, Beta Freeride or Pro-Line Blockade tyres while the truggy drivers can use any AKA, Beta or Pro-Line tyre of their choice. More information can be found on the club’s website here.

July 31, 2015

Alessandro Remia wins F1 class at Italian Nats Rd3

The third round of the Italian 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championships was held at the Fermo track. Following radio problems during the practice rounds Alessandro Remia took the TQ in the qualifiers while also scoring the fastest lap that was on par with the Expert class drivers. Sunday’s semifinals again had Alessandro coming out successful and he also went on to win the main race, leaving Andrea Pellegrino and Adriano Fabianelli in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 30, 2015

David Ronnefalk takes Swedish 1/8th National title

The Swedish 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals were recently held at the MK Eskil club in mixed weather conditions. The weekend started with free and controlled practice on Friday followed by five rounds of qualifying on Saturday. As rain was predicted for Saturday and Sunday every of the qualifiers would be a rocket round for the drivers and finally it was David Ronnefalk who would take the overall TQ by winning four rounds until rain started to fall which made him skip the fifth and final qualifier. In the semifinals David then came out fastest to start from pole position into the 45 minute main final. The start went pretty well for David and he was able to open a gap on his competitors and about 20 minutes into the race he had lapped everyone at least once. From there he was able to cruise to the win and although he made a mistake around the 30 minute mark he was able to take the win and with it the National Title some two laps in front of Andreas Edvinsson. Third placed Christoffer Svensson rounded out the podium some 9 seconds short on Andreas.

Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]

July 30, 2015

Xray Challenge Hungary – Announcement

The Xray Challenge Hungary will be held on the weekend of the 13th of September at the PECS track in several electric and nitro on-road classes including Modified, 13.5T Boosted and 17.5T Blinky. The nitro categories will see large scale and 1/8th racing as well as EFRA and Stock 200mm classes. More information and the registration can be found here.