July 8, 2019

Asian Onroad Championship Rd3 – Report

The Australia round of the 2019 Asian Onroad Championship was hosted by the South Eastern Radio Controlled Car Club in Melbourne this past weekend. The race attracted 250+ entries, the largest AOC event to date. The purpose-built track was laid out in a gym hall and classes offered at round 3 of the championship included the AOC’s usual mix of Modified and Stock 1/10th and 1/12th scale classes. In Modified Touring it was Alexander Hagberg and last year’s champion Jan Ratheisky who battled it out for the win. In the end it was Alex who would hold the upper hand thanks to getting through traffic better. Hagberg captured the overall win with Ratheisky 2nd and Dominic Quek rounding out the top 3.

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July 7, 2019

Michal Orlowski sweeps Kampenhout GP

The annual Kampenhout GP was held this weekend, attracting some of Europe’s fastest electric buggy drivers to compete on the iconic Belgian astro turf track. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, leaving behind Schumacher teammate, Jörn Neumann in 2nd and up and coming Marcus Kaerup (Team Associated) in 3rd.

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July 7, 2019

Dario Balestri takes EFRA 1/8th IC Track title

The 2019 EFRA 1/8th IC Track European Championships were held in Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, France this past weekend. In the EC-A category it was Infinity’s Dario Balestri with the overall TQ, after winning two of the five qualifying rounds from Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch, who also scored to round TQ as Carmine Raiola (Infinity) came in 3rd, winning a single qualifier. The Super Pole race then went in Simon’s favour who took the win to start from 2nd into the 45-minute A-main encounter with Simon being able to build up pressure on his rival Dario right from the start. The lead changed several times and the fair duel between the permanent rivals lasted until the very last lap. After 45 minutes Dario won by just a few car lengths in front of Simon making this European Championship final one of the most exciting ones. In 3rd it was Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp with the final podium spot, coming from 10th on the grid.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]


July 3, 2019

Boris Siladi wins at Swiss On-road Nationals Rd3

Round 3 of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MRCL Langenthal club. In the Touring Pro Stock class it was Awesomatix’s Boris Siladi with the overall TQ courtesy of two round wins from the Xray duo of Nuno Huber and Cham Dassanayake, the latter two scoring a round win each. The triple A-mains then saw a clean sweep of Boris who took wins in all A-mains for the overall from Cham in 2nd and Nuno in 3rd. Over in the Formula class it was Fabio Marzini with the day’s win from Giacomo Moretti in 2nd and Renato Marrocco in 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com] | Xray [teamxray.com]


July 3, 2019

Harder & Lamberts win at Danish Off-road Nationals Rd5

Round 5 of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Bjæverskov last weekend. The sunny and hot summer weather made for some great racing and after Sunday’s 1/8th Nitro Buggy qualifying it was Pelle Culmsee with the overall TQ from Daniel Bubel in 2nd and Peter Harder on the 3 spot. The 45-minute A-main final then saw Xray’s Peter Harder coming out on top with a 12-seconds margin on Serpent’s Nikolai Lamberts who had the pace to match Peter but suffered a couple of mistakes and an additional stop for fuel. In 3rd it was Xray’s Daniel Bubel who would round out the podium.

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July 3, 2019

Czech 1/10th EP Off-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The astro turf track of Velke Opatovice played host to round 3 of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals last weekend. Max Götzl would make a clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking the overall TQs in 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Stadium truck, the latter two pretty much unchallenged while the 2WD TQ was decided in the tie-breaker with Marek Schiller who had to settle for 2nd after the qualifiers. The opening A-main of 2WD then also went in Max’s favor as he will a flawless win from Ales Bidovsky in 2nd and Marek Schiller in 3rd. A2 however was a different affair as Max made some mistakes and he had to settle for 2nd behind Ales. A3 then saw Max fighting with Ales for most of the time, with a last-lap side-by-side tangle leaving Ales with the win from Max in 2nd, only a second behind. So Ales would take the overall from Max 2nd and Marek in 3rd.

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July 3, 2019

Lars Stub-Holm wins at Swedish Nitro On-road Cup Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the Swedish Nitro On-road Cup was held at the technical Staffanstorp Raceway track. The race attracted drivers from Sweden, Denmark and Norway and in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was clear right from the start that it would be a close affair up front with five drivers being on the same pace. Ultimately it was Rasmus Nielsen who set the pace in qualifying by claiming the TQ with a rocket drive in the last round of the qualifying. Lars Stub-Holm lined up in 2nd after being outpaced by three seconds over the 4-minutes round and Georg Ellingsen had to settle for the 3rd spot only six tenths behind Lars.

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