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May 15, 2013

Alberto Garcia wins Rd2 of Spanish 1/8th EP Nats

The second round of the Spanish 1/8th EP off-road nationals took place this past weekend at the Pical track in Valladolid. After qualifying, Serpent drivers Alberto Garcia got TQ setting the fastest time in the last three qualifying rounds followed by 2nd placed team mate Sergio Martinez in 2nd with Roberto Garcia 3rd. The finals were really exciting. Garcia dominated the two first finals, getting the victory. For the last final, without winner Garcia, Sergio Martinez put in a great performance to win the final, getting the second place overall in front of former European champion Daniel Vega.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 15, 2013

Julius Kolff wins Rd2 of Dutch 1/10th Nationals

Round 2 of the Dutch 1/10th 200mm National Championship took place this past weekend at the RACO2000 track in Utrecht. Rain was to make Saturday an all but complete washout so drivers went into race day with little or no practice. Sunday was to begin wet with qualifying round 3 being the best time to set a fast time as the track conditions improved. In the NK class former European Champion Julius Kolff took a clear TQ spot ahead of Sander Borghoff and Ruud Schuitmaker. Defending champion Pedro Rombouts was unable to attend this round. In the 30 minute main final Kolff would dominate the race to win by more than 3 laps ahead of Borghoff in 2nd, with Rik Meijeren taking the final podium spot. Schuitmaker would gamble on the rain returning during the final but it never materialized and he would end the race 9th. In the Kyosho sport class it was a clear win for Hans Westerveld, beating pole man Mathieu van der Hoeven by over 5 laps with Jogn Weytboer taking 3rd.

View the Kyosho Sport podium here

May 14, 2013

Mark Lim dominates NOOB Singapore Rd3

Mark Lim double at NOOB Singapore Rd3

Round 3 of the NOOB Singapore Open Buggy Series took place last weekend at the RaceWorks Arena. Racers gathered to do battle with their 2WD and 4WD buggies under the blistering hot sun. In the 4WD class, it was a battle between series leaders Tein, Mark “BC” Lim and Joakim. As the qualifiers concluded, Tein drew first blood by taking the Top Qualifier spot with BC in close second and Joakim third on the grid. The 3 racers hogged all top 3 spots in the first and second leg of the finals with BC taking the win in Leg 1 and Tein in Leg 2, which meant that the final leg would determine the overall result. As the much anticipated Leg 3 kicked off, Tein popped a turnbuckle early on in the first lap effectively ending his race chances, BC capitalized on the opportunity and led the race from start to finish to take Leg 3 and emerge the overall champion with Tein in second position and Joakim finishing strong in third.

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May 14, 2013

Martin Bayer wins Czech Championship Rd1

Last weekend saw the first round of the Czech 1/8th offroad Nationals in Horní Jelení. Forecast for the weekend was to be really bad, with rain all weekend long. Saturday saw the track being flooded for nitro practice as well as the full electric program. On Sunday the weather got better, only cloudy and little bit of sunshine at the end of the day. Qualification saw Martin Bayer take 3 wins out of 4 runs. A muddy track was making cleaning the cars before each run take a lot of time. Xray ace Bayer would win his semi to take the pole position for the main. He would be unchallenged in the main and took the win in front of Lukáš Zeman and Jiří Mára.

View the final results here

May 14, 2013

Vrielijnck makes it 2 from 2 in Dutch 1/8th Nationals

Last weekend the 1/8 onroad Dutch nationals were held on the very bumpy track of Groningen in the far north of Holland. The weather forecast predicted lots of rain for the whole weekend but turned out to be just some showers during the training days and a full dry and sunny race day, with just a drying track at the start of the first qualification session. At the end of NK qualification it was RickV making the fastest time taking the pole for the A semi final folowed by Robin d’Hondt who had the pole for the B semi final. Further on in the qualification ranking they were folowed by Steven Cuypers, John Ermen, Gunther v. Steay and Danny Leewis. After 2 very fast and thrilling semi finals the main final had RickV on pole. At the start of the main final RickV had a good start and was pulling away followed by John Ermen, Gunther v. Steay and Robin d’Hondt. Gunther had to retire after 20 minutes of the 30 minutes final promoting Robin to 3rd.

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May 14, 2013

KM Racing joins Euro Nitro Series

KM Racing joins Euro Nitro SeriesKMLogo

With final preparations well underway for the first race of the Euro Nitro Series, the organisers of the exciting new championship for onroad nitro racers today announced that reigning 1:10 200mm World Champion manufacturer KM Racing will join the series coming on board as a Primary sponsor of the two race ‘Pilot Series’. Set to release its first 1:8 Onroad contender, the K8, which is currently under going final development testing, KM Racing join Xray, Shepherd Micro Racing and Novarossi as the key sponsors of the inaugural season of the ENS.

View the complete announcement here

May 14, 2013

Cabezas takes victory in Rd2 of Spanish Nationals

The second round of the Spanish 1/8th onroad Nationals was held in Madrid under sunny conditions and good temperatures. Qualifying saw Oscar Cabezas get the pole-position, being the only driver to make 14 laps on the way to a new track record, while in second position was Carlos Peracho. In the final Cabezas led the entire race and won by more than a lap advantage over Nacho Lopez in 2nd and three laps over Carlos Peracho in 3rd. Oscar leads the National standings with two wins from two races ahead of the third and final race on the 14th of July in Vigo, next to the beach.

View the final standings here

May 13, 2013

Double win for King at JBRL Rd2

Paul King reports from last weekend’s JBRL Nitro round 2 held at Palm Desert RC Raceway. ‘It was a hot hard fought win in the Buggy class, and a little easier cruise in the Truggy class for Cody. These were good wins for Cody as he maintains the points lead in both classes and retains the #1 number plates. Temps exceeding 100f made the effort just a little more difficult unless you pitted in a motor home with AC. Lots of water and wet towels were the order of the day.

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