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September 15, 2015

HNS Austria Rd2 – Report

The second and final round of HNS Austria series was held at the MRC-Fruehwirth track in Sollenau, located 20 kilometres south of Vienna. The track layout chosen was the super fast 1980’s original with a long straight, big sweeper and long back straight with around five to seven seconds of full throttle. On this track, with an overall length of 345 metres, Christoph Pietsch set a new track record of 15.8 seconds, with an average speed of 78.6 km/h. The premier class of 1/8th Nitro saw an entertaining fight of Herfried Pucher (ARC/Picco) and Michael Klausner (Mugen/Picco) for the TQ with both winning two rounds each and the TQ being taken by Herfried as Michael made too many mistakes. In third Rene Pflanzl (ARC/Max) grabbed the 3 spot after the qualifiers.

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September 15, 2015

Jörn Neumann snatches another German Nats title

This year’s German 1/10th scale 4WD Electro Off-road Nationals were held at the iconic MAC Burgdorf track near Hanover. Saturday started off with good weather, three practice rounds and the first qualifiers and it was the triple of Björn Prümper, Jörn Neumann and Tom Maquel that battled for the TQ spot. Overnight rain made the astro turf track slippery and the drivers had to adjust their buggy’s setup for the remaining two qualifiers and the finals. At the end Björn took the pole position for the triple A-mains from Jörn who in turn made a clean sweep in the finals by winning A1 and A2 to take the overall title early. Tom Maquel came in second while Luca Rau rounded out the top 3 result in the 4WD Buggy class.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 15, 2015

Thurston & Beal win at BRCA 1/10th Nitro Nats Rd7

Round seven of the British 1/10th Nitro Championship was held at Mendip Raceway last weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm class Alex Thurston made a perfect qualifier to take the TQ and converting the pole in to a win in front of Joe Kerry and Mark Green. This result for Alex puts him in a very good position to take the 200mm UK title at the next round. In the 220 GT class Glyn Beal also converted his perfect driving and car prep to take a dominate TQ in qualifying. Glyn would then convert the pole position for the main into a convincing win in front of Richard Kozakiewicz and Franck Dambrine.

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September 15, 2015

South African Nitro On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The TRAP RC Racing Venue just North of Tshwane, Pretoria played host to the 4th round of the South African Gas On-road Nationals. The penultimate round of the 2015 National series attracted around 50 entries to race in the premier 1/8th scale, as well as the 200mm Nitro Touring, 235mm and a new 1/8 Scale GT entry level class. The event was greeted with great weather, which kept track conditions consistent and drivers were happy to report that grip remained predictable for the 3-day event.

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September 15, 2015

John Allas wins at Mauritius GP On-road Champs Rd4

The fourth round of the Mauritius GP On-road Championships was organised by the Mighty Model Club and held at the Winner’s Speedway track. In the 1/10th GP class, John Allas took the TQ from Giovanni Arekion and Olivier Lebon. The final then saw John taking the win while Giovanni and Olivier swapped places so Olivier would grab the runner-up spot from third placed Giovanni.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

September 15, 2015

Jason Nugroho wins at Bali Fun Race

The Bali Fun Race was held at the dusty and medium-grip Willson Track in Denpasar, Bali. After the triple qualifiers Jason Nugroho (Xray) took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he would start from the 1 spot into the main final. A bit of traffic let Jason fall back in the early stages of the A-main but he was able to get back into the lead around the 5 minute mark and he would be able to retain the top spot till the end to take the win in the 60-minute final from Dimas Soenarto (Kyosho) and track owner Willy Santana (Xray), who came from 9th on the grid.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 15, 2015

Jake Mayo doubles at JBRL Electric Series Rd7

Round 7 of this year’s JBRL Electric Series was held at Rainman’s Hobby & Raceway in Bakersfield, California. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Jake Mayo came out successful in front of runner-up Kevin Motter. Shawn Blackwell Sr. would round out the podium in third place.

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September 15, 2015

Nico Risser doubles at French National Cup

The French National Cup was held this past weekend at the very technical Gargenville track near Paris. The weather, with some heavy rain on Sunday, was not great at all but thanks to the tremendous work done by the club Sunday’s finals would go ahead despite a delay to dry and clean the track. In the finals of the 2WD Buggy class Nico Risser (Team C) took the win from Olivier de Montfumat (Schumacher) in second and Ludovic Valtier (Team Associated) in third. Nico then also swept the 4WD finals by coming out successful again from Olivier de Montfumat (Schumacher) in second. Julian Ferrandis (Xray) would round out the top 3 result.

View the 4WD podium here