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August 6, 2014

Ronnefalk top seed for qualifying at Euros

Reigning 1:8 Offroad European Champion David Ronnefalk got his title defence off to the perfect start as he topped today’s second timed practice in style to become top seed for qualifying which gets underway tomorrow at the German event. The Kyosho driver was a full 6-seconds faster than the pace set by Mugen’s Robert Batlle in the day’s opening practice with Xray’s Renaud Savoya closest to the Swede the second time round 4.848 seconds adrift. Savoya’s run sees him end the seeding 3rd behind Batlle. Despite having missed yesterday’s four rounds of practice Team Durango’s Joern Neumann would put in an impressive second run to post the 3rd quickest time for the round to claim 5th in the seeding.

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August 6, 2014

Mack & Kremer win in Wiesbaden

Last weekend the final round of the Central German Championship took place at the WMC Wiesbaden track. In the Expert class it was a close fight for the TQ between the Shepherd drivers Oliver Mack, and Freddy Südhoff at his second outing with the Velox V8. After 4 rounds it was Oliver Mack who was on top of the time sheets with less than a second in front of Freddy Südhoff.

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August 6, 2014

Batlle tops first seeding practice

Robert Batlle set the pace in the opening round of seeding practice at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Germany, the Mugen driver fastest over 5-minutes from the Kyosho of defending Champion David Ronnefalk. Winning his second European title the last time the championships visited the Sand am Main track, the Spaniard would outpace his Swedish rival by 2.644 seconds with Team Xray’s Martin Bayer completing the Top 3 a further 1.704 off.

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August 6, 2014

Mibosport Summer On-Road Cup 2014 – Report

The final race of the Mibosport Summer On-Road Cup 2014 took place at the permanent on-road track in Blansko with over 40 drivers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland in attendance. The TQ holder in the Touring Car Modified class was open till the very last qualifying session. After three sessions, David Nemcek held the prestigious TQ spot as his main rival, Radek Flek had very bad luck due to technical problems followed by a mistake of a marshal, who put another car right into Radek’s racing line, which cost him a broken suspension and a retirement from the qualifying round. Despite all those problems, Radek did not give up and he grabbed the TQ in the last qualifying session with the fastest time of 24 laps in 5:02.438.

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August 6, 2014

Official IIC touring car spec tire announced

The International Indoor Championships announce that the official spec tire for the 10th Anniversary of the IIC will be the Gravity RC Type C. The tire comes pre-mounted on the marked Gravity RC rim, made from a blend of plastic and polycarbonate, and known to be durable and true. The part number for the tires are GRC130 G-Spec Type C and they are available from your local hobby shop or directly from the Gravity RC website.

August 5, 2014

Rain affects Day 1 final practice at 1:8 Euros

After a damp start to Day 1 of the 34th running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships, the inclement weather would affect the days final round of practice arriving just as some of the title favourites took to the track for last and extended practice round at the German event. With Darren Bloomfield having just posted the fastest time for the 9-minute run in Group 8 of 15, as group 9 headed by defending champion David Ronnefalk took to the track the rain which had been dodged all day arrived leaving the Kyosho driver to pull up after just one full lap. With the track wet no one from Group 10, which included Mugen team-mates Robert Batlle and Lee Martin, would take to the track. Also setting the fastest lap of the round albeit 2/10ths slower than his fastest lap of P3, the closest on pace to Bloomfield’s Agama was Xray’s Martin Bayer who was only 13/1000ths off.

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August 5, 2014

Thomas Musso wins Belgian 1/8th BL nats Rd4

The 4th round of the Belgian 1/8th brushless buggy nationals was held in Enghien during the Week-end Du Modelisme show. The race was run on a purpose-built grass track and the changeable weather conditions made tyre choice critical. Some guest drivers such as Frenchman Thomas Musso (HongNor) or Belgian 1/10th champion Nicolas Risser (Team C) joined the race and after the qualifying it was Thomas Musso who made a perfect sweep for TQ by winning all 3 qualifying rounds. French ace Sebastian Wartelle (Kyosho) took the runner-up spot after the qualifiers. In the final Thomas again excelled and three wins got him the overall victory from Nicolas Risser and Sebastian Wartelle who suffered from bad tyre choices in the finals.

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August 5, 2014

Honigl goes fastest in Germany

Hupo Honigl topped the third round of practice at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Germany to set a new fastest time over 5-minutes at the Sand am Main track. The Team C driver was just shy of completing a 10-lap run with a very similarly paced Yannic Aigoin posting the second fastest time with his prototype Team Associated buggy. In terms of outright pace former Champion Darren Bloomfield set a new fastest lap taking his Bullitt powered Agama around the track in a time of 28.365 seconds.

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