The Swiss Chiasso club recently held a club race and in the Touring Modified class it was Philipp Uber with the win. Local hero Antonino Mangiaracina seemed a bit quicker in the finals, however Philipp would take profit of a DNF and new tyres, meaning he would be able to secure the win as Markus Streuli rounded out the podium result in 3rd.
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The second round of the Italian Large Scale On-road Championship was held in Gubbio last weekend. Alessio Mazzeo would bring home the win in the 30-minutes Expert Touring A-main from Edoardo Repetti in 2nd and Nicola Marrone 3rd. Andrea Catalani and Ambrogio would round out the top 5 result.
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Last weekend saw the running of the 2018 Serpent Cup at Sydney’s John Grant International Raceway in Moorebank, NSW, Australia. With big numbers in each of the classes, the racing was hotly contested and humid conditions over three days hosted by the New South Wales Radio Controlled Car Racing Club. Mugen Seiki factory driver Jeff Hamon, competing in 1/8th scale, 200mm Touring and EP Modified over the weekend was the early pace setter in Nitro Tourer taking the TQ ahead of some very fast local drivers. George Karozis displayed a great turn of pace and consistency in qualifying, only to be out qualified at the final attempt by Serpent driver David Chen and the Xray driver Andrew Bardetta in the last round of qualifying on Sunday morning, while Tim Moylan, Ricky Kradolfer and youngster Braydon Stanley (all Mugen) rounded out the top 7 direct spots to the A-main final.
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The 2018 edition of the Psycho Nitro Blast was held last weekend with the event now being in its 10th year. One of the most monumental events of the season, that mixes the lines of spectacle and competition, it is never an easy race. The organisers always create one of the most unique track layouts that provides a special experience for all that attend. The track is huge and feature-rich and filled with the signature wood jumps that create consistent jump faces and unimaginable flow. The massive straightaway requires monster horsepower and the large venue requires accuracy and technical precision. Combine with the near 24-hour racing format from Thursday on, the PNB is not just a race, but an RC experience unlike any other.
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The popular Nitro-West-Masters nitro on-road racing series is celebrating its tenth anniversary season this year. It all started in 2009 with the first race held at the Dueren track near Aachen. This forthcoming weekend the 2018 season will be launched with round one of six in Bad Breisig, located between Bonn and Koblenz at the river Rhine. Beside Dueren and Oberhausen, Bad Breisig has been part of the race calendar since the initial season 2009.
The first round of the Czech Open Series took place this past Saturday at the Kolin club in 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. Through the whole day it was a fight between Jirka Mara and Max Gotzl for the nitro win. Jirka tested some setups in qualifying and because of that, he ended on P3 behind Jiri Benes and Max. In the semi-final run Jirka secured the 1st place on the grid for the main final. There he showed amazing performance and won the final one lap lead in front of Max.
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The Pro-Line Raceway of Banning, California played host to the SoCal Nitro Shootout that attracted a total of 189 entires for the three-day race. The track had a sand section and an option lane with a metal jump on the inside or go to the outside without a jump. Practice was Friday and the track was really new. This made all the cars loose until later in the day. The more cars that ran on the track the better the grip was getting. Saturday saw three ten minute heads up races and the time was what really counted because at the end race control would add all three of the timed runs to put drivers into a main. There were also ping pong balls in a bucket that had numbers on it. Before every qualifying race drivers would pick a ball and that is were they would start. If a driver picked the number 1 ball he would start first on the track but go up to the driver stand last, or if a driver had the last number he would start last and go up on the driver stand first. Ultimately it was Colin Herzig with the overall TQ in Pro Buggy as Cj Jelin TQ’s Open Truck and Open E-Buggy.
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The recent Hobbywing Korea Cup was held at GRC Raceway just outside of Seoul, Korea with the event attracting both local racers and guests from abroad. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Infinity’s Naoto Matsukura with the win from Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee and Xray’s Dominic Quek, who had to settle for 3rd overall, having the speed for a better finish but overtaking was a hard task on this track.
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