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May 4, 2018

Pedro Gomes doubles at Spring Masters

The Indoor Spring Masters were held at the Indoor RC Oeste in Portugal recently with the facility offering a new track layout for the event. In 4WD Buggy it was Xray’s Pedro Gomes who took the TQ by winning all four qualifiers and in the finals it was again Pedro who came out on top. The remaining podium positions were hard fought for until the end as the final A-main would determine the top 2 and top 3 spots. In the end it was André Guerreiro (Team Associated) with the overall runner-up spot from Diogo Filipe (Xray) 3rd.

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May 3, 2018

ENS Season #5 kicks off with first ever Dutch encounter

The fifth season of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series kicks off this weekend with the high profile Onroad Nitro championship travelling to the Netherlands for the first time in its 16 race history. Rucphen is the venue for the first of the four events over which the World’s best drivers will do battle to become the overall champion, with reigning champion Simon Kurzbuch going after a third 1:8 title in a row. In 1:10, a class that has crowned a new champion at the end of every ENS season, that pattern looks set to continue. Last year Bruno Coelho added the ENS title his ETS and EOS titles but, as one of the most versatile and therefore busiest drivers in the sport, his schedule prevents him from defending his title. The competition will still be fierce however, given it is a World Championship year for 1:10, and with the ENS a title that has eluded current World Champion Dominic Greiner he goes into Season #5 as the firm title favourite.

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May 3, 2018

Daniel Grobe wins at Thornhill Championship Series Rd4

Round 4 of the Thornhill Championship Series was held recently at the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas. After having some issues in round one and two of E-Truggy qualifying it was Daniel Grobe who got together a brilliant drive in Q3 to secure the overall TQ with the only 9-lap run of the class. For the double A-mains, Daniel would get a clean start in A1, but an early mistake dropped him to 2nd as in turn Jason Hill made a mistake and Daniel got by, where he would control the pace, not push the truck to much, and would take the win. In A2, Daniel got off to a clean start again with no mistakes and he didn’t want to throw away a win, or crash hard, as Jason again made a mistake and he would over drive to chase Daniel down. Up front Daniel took another win for the overall as Jason Hill came in 2nd and Isaac Price ended the day in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 3, 2018

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

The first round of Czech 1/8 Off-road Nationals was held at the popular Kolin track in perfect weather conditions. In the Nitro Buggy class the battle for the overall TQ was on between Martin Bayer and Jiri Mara. In the end Martin eventually took the overall TQ with Jiri in 2nd and Kaja Novotny in 3rd. After the semifinals it was still Martin on top with Kaja lining up 2nd and Max Gotzl taking 3rd. Right from the tone the top 4 quickly got away but split into two duos at about the 10-minute mark. Up front Martin and Kaja fought for the win while Max and Jiri battled it out for the final podium spot. Ultimately to was Martin with the win from Kaja 2nd and Jiri beat Max for 3rd.

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May 3, 2018

Kröger & Püpke take wins at West German regional

Round one of the West German IC Track regionals was held at the fast and demanding track of the AMC-Hamm e.V. club. In the 1/8 class 2 young David Kröger showed his whole talent and a mature drive as he is not only a fast driver, but also kept things in control when it was needed most. With his father Thomas Kröger as a pitman and mechanic David he drove an intelligent race, not risking too much and bringing home the win in front of Bert Poeser and Gunnar Blumedahl.

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May 3, 2018

Ivanov doubles at ARCMBG Steldi Air Champs Rd1

The opening round of the ARCMBG Steldi Air Off-road Championship was held last weekend. Teodor Ivanov came out on top in 1/8th E-Truggy in front of Stanimir Stanev in 2nd and Julian Tolev in 3rd and Teodor Ivanov would also take the win in 1/8th E-Buggy in front of Zdravko Yanakiev.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 2, 2018

Simon Kurzbuch wins at Swiss IC Track Nats Rd1

The opening round of this year’s Swiss Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the iconic Lostallo track recently. In the premier 1/8th on-road class it was IFMAR 1/8th World Champion, Simon Kurzbuch with the TQ and win from Silvio Hächler 2nd. Luca Martinelli in 3rd rounded out the podium result as Michael Henzi in 4th and Tobias Kerler in 5th completed the top 5.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

May 2, 2018

Marco Natale wins at Italian Off-road regionals

The first round of the Italian 1/8th Off-road regionals was at the Mariglianella track last weekend and it was Mugen’s Marco Natale who walked away with the win in the Nitro Buggy Expert category. Radiosistemi driver, Giuseppe Tescione came in 2nd as Raffaele Del Prete (Mugen) completed the top 3 podium result.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]