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May 25, 2019

Balestri remains on top in Rucphen

After topping practice, Dario Balestri opened up qualifying with the fastest time in Q1 and backed it up with a slightly faster time in Q2 to hold the lead here in the 1/8th scale class at Round 2 of the Euro Nitro Series. Two very close rounds of qualifying saw two seconds cover the top five in the first qualifier, and two seconds then covering the top eight in the second round. The top four positions were the same in both rounds, as Balestri headed Simon Kurzbuch, Carmine Raiola and Robert Pietsch after each four minute encounter.

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May 25, 2019

Leino leads early qualifying at ENS

With qualifying getting away over 4 hours later than planned, due to unexpected rain on Saturday morning, it was Teemu Leino who set the pace in the first round of qualifying for the 1/10th scale class, edging out team mate Jilles Groskamp by seven tenths of a second. Top seed from practice, Leo Arnold was matching pace with Groskamp for the majority of the four minute qualifier, until a mistake on the final lap saw him roll his Xray off the track. This allowed fellow Frenchman Quentin Leroux, running in the group before the top heat, to take third in the opening round.

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May 24, 2019

Kasekamp & Lainemae win at Estonian Off-road Nats Rd1

Round 1 of the Estonian Off-road Nationals was held at the Tartu RC track recently featuring all sorts of scales, ranging from 1/10th scale up to 1/5th Large Scale, making for ever changing conditions on the astroturf and red clay track. In qualifying it would be Hendrik Lainemae setting the pace in both E-Buggy and Nitro Buggy. The trend would continue in the finals. Nitro Buggy would see a lot of interesting situations for the top drivers. Hendrik would lead the field for the start of the 30-minute final but flamed out on the in-lap for the first round of pit-stops. Karl Kasekamp would take the lead, closely followed by Robin Ilus. Some 14 minutes into the race, Karl would pit after mishearing someone else being called in. Robin Ilus would suffer a flame-out and a shaky last pit stop for Hendrik would give Karl a safe gap to pit an extra time before the end. On the last laps Hendrik would pass Rainer Ressar, who had a mostly clean recovery drive after his 1st lap which dropped him to last, for 2nd position.

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May 24, 2019

Dario Balestri sets the pace in The Netherlands

Infinity’s Dario Balestri set the best three lap time in controlled practice for the 1/8th scale class at Round 2 of the Euro Nitro Series Championship in Rucphen, The Netherlands. It was very close, however, as less than one tenth of a second covered the top seven drivers over their three lap times. “The car was good, the engine was really good – it was just really difficult to find the right balance” was how the current ENS Champion described the practice sessions. He will try some more small changes tomorrow “until the car is easy to drive”, aiming to find more rear traction in his IF18.

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May 23, 2019

Bartosz Zalewski doubles at RCSP Cup Rd1

Round 1 of the Polish Puchar RC Sport Piaseczno RCSP Cup was held recently with Bartosz Zalewski sweeping the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. On Saturday the weather was on the rainy side, however this changed for Sunday when the sun came out, making for good racing conditions. Bartosz would be accompanied by Donat Bula and Marek Cisek on the Nitro podium while Lukasz Polak and Jan Zalewski rounded out the E-Buggy top 3.

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May 22, 2019

Paolo Morganti wins at Florida Nitro Series Rd6

The sixth and final round of the Florida Nitro Series was held at Homestead RC Raceway last weekend. In the 1/8th Open class Joaquin Desoto Jr. would take the TQ after the qualifiers, however in the 30-minute A-main it was Paolo Morganti who would excel, taking the win some five laps in front of Joaquin. 5th place qualifier, George Martinez came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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May 22, 2019

Alvaro Jara wins at Chilean On-road Nats

The CACH club hosted the Chilean On-road Nationals last weekend and in the 1/8th IC Track class it was Alvaro Jara with the TQ and win. Alvaro would take the TQ with 1-lap margin and he would sweep the 30-minute A-main event, taking the win six laps in front of Cristobal Ugarte while Joaquin Silva completed the top 3 another five laps down.

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May 22, 2019

Theobald & Endres win at Pro Stock Series

The Mac-Saar Niederwürzbach club in Germany held a round to the Pro Stock Series this past weekend. The weather was a bit on the changeable site, however the race would be held as planned with only some minor rain delays. In the IC Track class it was Oliver Theobald (Shepherd) with the win from David Kröger (Shepherd) and Matthias Günther (Shepherd). Over in the 1/8th Electric class it was Benny Endres with the win from Rene Franzl Simon and Frank Ramsperger.

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