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September 6, 2017

Hansen crowned Danish 1/8th On-road Champion

Last weekend the third and final round of the Danish Nitro On-road Championship was held at the high speed track of the Næstved Model Racing Club. In the 1/8th class it was again Martin N.O Hansen who set the pace, claiming the TQ position by winning three of the four qualifying rounds. Martin Dyrlund lined up in 2nd and Rasmus B. Nielsen had to settle for the 3rd spot after the qualifiers. Going into the 30-minute final Martin N.O looked unbeatable, but Martin Dyrlund, Rasmus and Søren had set a high pace and were on same lap as Martin N.O until the last minutes of the final, when Rasmus ran out of tyres and Martin Dyrlund’s high pace was at the cost of high fuel consumption. This allowed Martin N.O Hansen (ARC/Novarossi/Contact) to take the win one lap in front of Søren Jørgensen (ARC/Novarossi/Contact) in 2nd and Martin Dyrlund (ARC/Boss/Contact) 3rd. With the TQ and win, Martin also secured a perfect season with TQs and wins at all races to take the overall title.

View the top 3 championship results here

September 6, 2017

Mike Gosvig wins at Danish EP On-road Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was recently held in Tølløse near Copenhagen. Even without preparation the track offered good grip and the mostly sunny weather made for great racing conditions on Saturday. Unfortunately it was raining on Sunday morning and the weather would constantly change between dry and wet periods. The organisers decided to postpone the start by an hour and jump directly into qualifying. Ultimately it was Mike Gosvig with the TQ in the Superstock class from Frederik Broløs in 2nd. The opening A-main then went to Mike from Frederik and Patrick Danielsen and also the second A-main was won by Mike while Kevin Nielsen made a late move on Frederik to secure a 2nd place. In A3 it was again Mike with the win from from Kevin 2nd as Soren Boy Holst secured 3rd in the leg. Ultimately it was Mike Gosvig with the win from Kevin on the runner-up spot while Frederik had to settle for 3rd overall.

View the final results here

September 5, 2017

Jason Frank wins at Southside RC August club race

Southside RC in Lake City, Florida recently held their August club race and in the Open Nitro Buggy class it was Jason Frank (Xray) with the overall TQ courtesy of winning Q1 and Q2 in pretty slick conditions. Jason would start from P1 into the 15 minute A-main and after a few laps the 2nd placed driver made a mistake which gave Jason some breathing room that he would manage to come home with the win. Mike Montgomery (Xray) would come in 2nd from James Coker (Tekno) in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 5, 2017

Mibosport Cup Winter Series – Announcement

The 2017/18 season of the popular Mibosport Cup Winter Series will kick off on the weekend of the 14th of October in Hrotovice. Attracting almost 400 drivers in total including the likes of Ronald Völker, Lee Martin, Viljami Kutvonen, Alexander Hagberg, Viktor Wilck, Hupo Hönigl, Martin Hudy and Martin Bayer, last year’s series was again a great success. This year the series is run in the eight classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock LRP, Formula, 1/12th scale as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy. New categories are 2WD Stock 17.5T and 4WD Stock 13.5T Buggy. The Touring Modified and Formula classes will roll on Volante tyres, the Stock class utilises Sweep rubber while the off-road categories will run the brand new Schumacher Cactus tyres. As usual the on-road races will be run on the proven black ETS carpet while the off-road track is laid out with the same carpet as used at the EOS. More information about the series can be found here.

September 5, 2017

2017 Vintage Off Road Elektro Meeting – Announcement

The AMC Langenfeld club in Germany will play host to the 2017 Vintage Off Road Elektro Meeting from the 30th of September to the 1st of October. The VOREM2017 will be held in a range of different classes including 1980’s 2WD and 4WD Buggies, 1990’s 2WD and 4WD Buggies, Youngtimer Buggy, Monster Truck, Wheelie Fun and Fighter Buggy. The club’s grippy astro turf track allows to use a wide range of tyres and more information including rules, sign-up and more can be found on the official event website here (in German language).

September 5, 2017

Frederic Santos takes back-to-back Portuguese TC title

The final round of the Portuguese 1/10th Touring National Championship was held at the fast Pista Das Travessas track in Sao Joao Da Maderia. The race was held in a single Stock 10.5T Blinky class and it was the title decider between Helder Silva, Jorge Simoes and Frederic Santos. Frederic would start from pole into the finals and he also won the opening A-main while Helder and Jorge fought for 2nd and 3rd. A2 was won by Jorge as Frederic wasn’t able to hold his position and things even got worse in the final main when Frederic had to retire with a broken car on lap 1 as Helder took the win. Overall Jorge Simoes would take the day’s win from Helder Silva and Frederic Santos, whose 3rd place was enough to take his second national title in a row.

View the final results here

September 5, 2017

David Ehrbar wins European F1 Masters

The popular Lostallo track in Switzerland played host to the European F1 Masters this past weekend with drivers from Germany, The Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland in attendance. David Ehrbar would take three round TQs to line up in 1st on the grid while Julian Borowski, with two round TQs, came in 2nd from Sidney Blokker 3rd. In the triple A-mains David made maximum use of his starting position and he would take wins in all three mains to snatch the title from 2nd placed Julian Borowski and 3rd placed Sidney Blokker.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 5, 2017

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals – Report

The fourth round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Skripov recently. The track was nicely prepared and watering meant the traction, that was low at the beginning, would come up soon. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Ales Bidovsky dominated Q1, while Jiri Mara took a super close TQ in Q2. The third round was won by Kaja Novotny by just few tenths in front of Ales Bidovsky and this meant the overall TQ went to Ales from Kaja and Jiri. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy Kaja Novotny was on fire, TQing all three rounds meant a clean sweep for the TQ while also setting a new track record. Behind him Max Gotzl and Ales Bidovsky would round out the top 3 for now.

Continue reading the report here