The California Summer Classic was held at Channel Islands Raceway this past weekend and in the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was veteran racer and former IFMAR World Champion, Greg Degani (JQRacing) with the win in the 30-minute A-main. Cole Jenson (HB Racing) came in 2nd, some four seconds down as TQ holder Don Vinkemulder (TLR) rounded out the top 3 another 14 seconds down.
Source: Top Notch Series [topnotchseries.com]
This year it was Sandefjord RC Club, that was going to host the Norwegian National 1/8th Off-road Championship for 2018. The event saw the running of the nitro and electric class at the same weekend and the race was very well organised with the good and warm weather further adding to the whole fun. Xray’s Daniel Kobbevik was one of the pre-event favourites as he had a clear winning streak going into the event. However he would only arrive late on Friday evening for a short shakedown of the cars and his strategy was to use the qualifiers to learn the layout and find the right setup and speed. The strategy worked out perfect, and already in first qualifier round Daniel was the only one to score a 10-laps run. The only other driver with a 10-laps run in qualification was Xray driver Lars Erik Mo. Daniel carried on in tremendous speed and would ultimately win all rounds both in 1/8 electric and nitro, all 10lap runs, so already on Saturday he was top qualifier in both categories.
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Round 4 of this year’s Greek 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Nationals was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. After four rounds of qualifying Bill Likaris managed took the overall TQ while scoring the fastest lap of the day in the process. In the A-main Bill then took over the lead, never looked back and though he did an extra pit stop he finished 1st with a 16-seconds gap on 2nd placed Xray driver Sotiropoulos. Nikos Karabelas had an amazing beginning in the final, holding 3rd place, and looking forward to overtake 2nd place John Sotiropoulos until Nikos made a mistake, missed the timing loop and lost a lap which dropped him in the last position. Lampros Tsiklitiras held the 4th position and after the mistake of Nikos he took over the 3rd place, doing his best to manage the podium but a flame-out cost him one minute, promoting Capricorn’s Dimitris Papadopoulos into 3rd. Not having enough time to overtake him Lampros finish 4th in the A-main, gaining important points for the the championship.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com] | Image: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 4 of this year’s Dutch IC Track Nationals was held at the newly resurfaced Raco 2000 track in Utrecht. The race was held in beautiful summer weather and in the premier 1/8th NK class it was Robbin Hertong with the win in the 30-minute A-main some two laps in front of Jeffrey Rietveld in 2nd. Arie Manten would complete the top 3 another two laps down.
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The MSC Kirchhain club played host to a round of the German IC Track regionals, qualifying races for the German Nationals. In the 1/8th Nitro class 1 category Oliver Mack was able to secure the TQ from where he led the 30-minute final from start to finish. Despite being unable to attend Saturday due to work, and so missing practice and Q1, over his three qualifying runs Dennis Weihert was able to take 3rd on the grid. Winner of round 1 of the Regionals, in the final Dennis was able to come in 2nd, some four laps down as Olaf Engelmann completed the top 3 results.
Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]
The third round of the BRCA eBuggy and Nitro Truck National Championship was held at JC Raceway this past weekend. In the eBuggy class and after a TQ in qualifying, Jonathan Skidmore took home top step of the podium. Darren Bloomfield took second after a really nice race with his team mate leaving competition for championship tight between them, with two rounds left, as Mitchell Booth completed the top 3.
The opening round of the Italian AMSCI 1/8th On-road National Championship was held this past weekend at the iconic Fiorano track and in 1/8th Nitro Expert it was Infinity’s Carmine Raiola with the win in the 45-minute main final. Carmine brought home the win some two seconds in front of Infinity’s Lamberto Collari as WRC’s Mirko Salemi rounded out the top 3 results.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
The third round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place last weekend in Dolni Bukovsko. The race kicked off on Friday with the usual free practice, but the track was still wet after rain the night before and only a few drivers decided to put their cars on the track, but then had tons of work to get them ready for the race. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw Max Götzl taking the overall TQ with wins in Q2 and Q3 as Kaja Novotny came out fastest in the opening qualifier and he would also take the pole position for the main final after the semis.
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