April 4, 2016

Hagberg & Honigl retain European 1/12th titles

Hagberg & Honigl retain European 1/12th titles

The 2016 European Championships in the classic 1/12 pan car class was held at the Hudy Arena, in Trencin, Slovakia last weekend and Alexander Hagberg gave the following report. ‘The race saw a good field of drivers in both modified and stock 13.5T blinky categories, with drivers from 16 different countries in attendance. In the modified class, I managed to set the pace throughout practice, as well as winning 4 out of 6 qualifiers, it meant that I would start first on the grid come Sunday. I was closely followed at times by my team mate Olly Jefferies from the UK, who put his X12 car 2nd on the grid with 1 TQ run and a solid performance throughout qualifying. The young and talented Dionys Stadler, also put in a great TQ run in Q4, and would eventually qualify 4th overall. This meant that the X12 car would TQ every single round of qualifying in modified, with three different drivers fighting for the TQ.

Continue reading Alex’s report here

April 4, 2016

Collari defeats Romagnoli, Redaelli dominates 1/10th

Collari defeats Romagnoli, Redaelli dominates 200mm

It has been an outstanding final day at the 2016 Picco Onroad European Challenge, with the 1/8th A-Main being the perfect icing on the cake for the event. With the TQ Robert Pietsch suffering an issue with a piston pin clip that came out from its groove and forced him out of the fight for the win, it was Lamberto Collari to pick up the lead. The 9-time World Champion Infinity driver took control of the race and mastered his strategy although a late charge from  Michele Romagnoli put a decent amount of pressure on him, the WRC driver deciding to go all-in not coming in for the last splash&go but eventually running out of fuel in the last lap but still finishing second ahead of Carmine Raiola, who rounded up the podium.

Continue reading the report here

April 3, 2016

Kobbevik double at Norwegian Indoor Challenge

Kobbevik double at Norwegian Indoor Offroad Challenge

The 2016 Norwegian Indoor Offroad Challenge was hosted by RCOne Raceway in Moss, Norway, and as it was also open to everybody there were also some Swedish drivers present at the race. The track is 40 minutes out off Oslo, and very nice facility, carpet, tight and smooth layout. So everybody was very exited upfront on who is going to take the titles. Saturday started off with 2wd buggy and 2wd Stadium Truck. Team Yokomo driver Daniel Kobbevik took a solid TQ in 2wd buggy, and Calle Svensson from Sweden took TQ in 2wd Truck with his AE T5M.

Continue reading the report here

April 3, 2016

Pietsch & Redaelli TQ at Picco Challenge

Pietsch & Redaelli TQ at Picco Challenge

At the end of the four rounds of qualifiers the overall TQ honours went to Mugen’s designer and factory driver Robert Pietsch, who ended up on a tie with Lamberto Collari but managed to snatch the first spot on the grid from the 9-time World Champion thanks to his Q3 time, two seconds faster than Collari’s Q4 TQ. Looking pleased with his newborn MRX-6 and his Picco engine, Robert was of course happy to be able to start out in front for the A-Main.

Continue reading the report here

April 2, 2016

Collari overnight TQ at 2016 Picco Challenge

Collari overnight TQ at 2016 Picco Challenge

Finding himself tied at the top of the standing with Alberto Picco after two of the four rounds of qualifying, Lamberto Collari is overnight Top Qualifier at the 2016 Onroad Europe Picco Challenge thanks to a better best time over his arch rival. Only gaining a fifth time in the first round due to his engine being too lean, the Infinity driver then managed to sort things out and TQ’d round 2 edging Shepherd’s Christian Cavicchioli by half a second. Despite feeling a slight understeer in the second half of the round, Lamberto looked pleased with how his package performed and is of course looking forward for the continuation of the race.

Continue reading the qualifying report here

March 31, 2016

Hot Race Tyres selected for Gubbio 200mm Worlds

Hot Race Tyres selected for Gubbio 200mm Worlds

IFMAR have announced that Hot Race Tyres have been chosen as the official handout tire for the 2016 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Worlds in Gubbio, Italy. The Italian company will supply tires for each racer at 9 Euros a set with 11 sets required for the event with details of the shore and diameters to be released in due course. IFMAR also announced that Maxima, MLC and Runner Time will be supplying the handout fuel for the event.

Source: IFMAR [ifmar.org]

March 31, 2016

Drake wins at Pro-Line Series Rd3

Drake wins at Pro-Line Series Rd3

This past weekend Dialed In Raceway hosted the third round of the Pro-Line Series with the event attracting nearly 100 entries.  The atmosphere of the event was very laid back and the Dialed In staff even treated all the racers to lunch. Adam Drake was the top qualifier in nitro buggy and won the final followed by Jeremy Kortz and Shawn Kirkman. Mugen also took the victories in 40+ nitro buggy and Intermediate nitro buggy with Robert Wickman taking the victory in 40+ but the race of the day was between Jason Snyder and Lerone Hearn in Intermediate nitro buggy. Jason Snyder took the win by a narrow margin over Lerone Hearn.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

March 31, 2016

Le Mans Meeting Hudy Arena – Announcement

Le Mans Meeting Hudy Arena - Announcement

Hudy Arena have announced the first inaugural “Le Mans Meeting Hudy Arena” which will take place on April 30th 2016 at the Hudy Arena’s outdoor track in Trencin, Slovakia. Open to old school 1/8th gas cars from the eighties, there are also support races for the Pro 10 based 1/10 Le Mans Series and 1/10 Formula 1 classes. Full information and rules can be found here while the entry is now open here.

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