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May 20, 2019

Joey Sorber wins at Dutch IC Track Nats Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Dutch IC Track Nationals took place at the Raco2000 track in Utrecht. Perfect weather conditions made for nice days of racing and in premier 1/8th NK class it was Joey Sorber with the overall TQ and a new 12.887s track record from Arie Manten and Michael Salven. The lineup for the final gave hope for some exciting racing action with Joey Sorber starting from pole, Salven in 2nd place and local hero Arie Manten in 3rd. From the start Joey was able to pull away slowly racing a flawless final with no big problems. In the end Joey (Shepherd) took the win with a three lap margin to 2nd placed Arie Manten (Infinity) with Serpent’s Michael Salven taking the final podium spot.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 20, 2019

Sergio Priolo wins at Trofeo Grand Prix

The Trofeo Grand Prix was held at the Italian Palermo RC Club this past weekend. Sergio Priolo (Shepherd), Mirko Cacicia (Shepherd) and Amorello Francesco battled for the overall TQ in the 200mm nitro touring class. In the 20-minute A-main final it was Sergio who would hold the upper hand, taking the win three laps ahead of his teammate Mirko. Capricorn’s Salvo Cinturino, who started from 4th on the grid, took the final podium spot another lap down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 20, 2019

Jared Tebo sweeps 2019 Lonestar Challenge

The 2019 Lonestar Challenge was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas this past weekend. The event was organised by The Dirt Racing’s Joey Christensen and attracted most of the country’s 1/8th off-road stars with Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo making the double in the Pro Nitro Buggy and Pro Nitro Truggy classes. It was Agama’s Ryan Lutz who would take the TQ in the Pro Nitro Buggy class from Xray’s Ty Tessmann, however after the 45-minute main final it was Jared Tebo who would walk away with the silverware from HB Racing’s Cole Ogden on the runner-up spot. Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhost would come in 3rd while TQ Ryan Lutz had to settle for 8th overall. Over in the Pro Nitro Truggy class TQ holder Ryan Lutz had to settle for 2nd overall, a lap behind the eventual winner, Jared Tebo. Joe Bornhorst, 2nd after the qualifiers, came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Image: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

May 20, 2019

Elliott Boots wins BRCA 1/8th Buggy opener

The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th Rallycross Nationals was held at the Herz Nitro Model Club this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots, Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy and Xray’s Callum Niblett battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Elliott who scored three round wins while Jamie and Callum shared a round TQ each. In the 45-minute A-main final it then was Elliott who would hold the upper hand, taking the win a lap in front of Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore as Infinity’s Lee Martin took the final podium spot some nine seconds behind Joni. Team Associated’s Michael Lewis and SWorkz’s Kevin Brundsen would round out the overall top 5.

Image: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

May 16, 2019

Reunion Island Championship Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2019 Reunion Island Championship was held last Sunday at the Champ Fleury RC Track in Saint Denis de La Reunion. The event was organised by the Reunion CMDR and Mauritius RLMC clubs and held in 1/8th, 1/10th and 1/5th scale classes. The 1/8th Open class saw Stephane Cheung Kin walking away with the day’s win from Pascal Mamode in 2nd and Jerome Souba in 3rd.

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May 16, 2019

Vasilis Lykaris wins Greek 200mm Nats Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Greek 1/10th Nitro Championship was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens, Greece. After the qualification Vasilis Lykaris managed to take the pole position and he would also lead the 30-minute A-main final from tone to tone, taking the win with a 2-laps margin. Tsiklitiras Lampros came in 2nd from 3rd placed Spyros Sotiropoulos.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 15, 2019

Nitro West Masters Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Nitro West Masters series was held at the demanding Genk track in Belgium, attracting nearly 70 drivers. The Genk track was a first for the championship and thankfully the rain stayed away all weekend, making for good racing conditions for the drivers. In the premier 1/8th IC Track class it was 1/10th scale specialist, Thilo Tödtmann with the TQ and win at one of his rare excursions in the swift 1/8th class. Yves Zoma came in 2nd in the half-hour long final from John Lenaers in 3rd.

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May 15, 2019

Max Götzl sweeps Czech Open Rd3

The third round of 2019 Czech Open series took a place last weekend at the Horni Jeleni track. With rain on Friday morning the track grooved in nicely for the afternoon practice and was in a nice shape for the race on Saturday. Local hero, Max Götzl would take the double TQ in both Nitro and Electric Buggy with Tomas Kapicka taking 2nd in Nitro while Martin Vins rounded out the top 3. In E-Buggy it was Jiri Benes in 2nd and Michal Binder in 3rd.

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