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June 11, 2018

Kim Elfström wins at Finnish IC Track Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Finnish IC Track National Championship was hosted by Hyvinkään urheiluautoilijat the past weekend under sunny conditions. In the 1/10th class, Panu Vehviläinen took the TQ honours but in the final Kim Elfström showed the better pace on the bigger and harder tyres and on the quite bumpy track. Taking over the lead, Kim was able to hold it to the end with Panu suffering technical difficulties later, just securing 2nd place in front of Sami Munck following 1.5 seconds behind.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 11, 2018

Ongaro & Scaramozzino win Bittydesign Eurocontest

The 2018 Bittydesign Eurocontest was held at the Barcoff in Italy over the weekend. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers and in the Nitro Pro class it was Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) who was able to take the win with an incredible two laps ahead of second placed driver Robert Batlle (Mugen) while Mugen’s Marco Ravaglia came in 3rd. Davide was also able to take the win in the Electric Brushless class, winning the first and second A-main while in the strong Open class with 108 entries, it was young Italian driver Alessandro Scaramozzino who was able to take the win with an impressive drive ,showing once again his talent.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

June 11, 2018

North German 1/8th Off-road regionals Rd4

Round 4 of the North German 1/8th Off-road regional championship was held in Hamburg over the weekend. Despite a different forecast the weather held up fine on Sunday, however the tough and challenging track made it difficult for all pilots. In the premier Nitro Buggy class it was all about Burak and Berkan Kilic again. The two brothers battled it out for the win in the 40-minute A-main final until Berkan had smaller issues during pitting that kept him from fighting for the top spot. In the end it was Burak (Agama) with the win from Marcel (Kyosho) in 2nd and Berkan (Agama) who fought with Marcel for the 2nd spot, however he had to settle for 3rd in the end.

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June 11, 2018

Bruno Coelho scores at Portuguese IC Track Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Portuguese IC Track National Championship was hosted by the Radiomodelismo De Benfica club this past weekend. The 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class attracted a total of 28 drivers and it was Xray’s Bruno Coelho who would lead the way by taking the TQ, pole position for the final and also the A-main win some six laps in front of Mugen’s Nuno Duraes. Shepherd’s Fabio Torres Ramos came in 3rd to round out the podium as Joao Malveiro and Pedro Silva completed the top 5 results.

Image: Bruno Coelho

June 11, 2018

Leo Arnold takes early French 200mm title

The fourth round of the French 200mm National Championship was hosted by the A2tech club this past weekend. Xray’s Leo Arnold was in control of things all day as he took the pole position for the final, the win and also the overall championship title with one round to spare. Shepherd’s Basile Concialdi came in 2nd, some three laps down as Michael Derderian (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]

June 11, 2018

Elliott Boots wins BRCA 1/8th Buggy Rd2

The second round of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in Blackpool this past weekend. After an intense qualifying with and with Graham Alsop, Neil Cragg, Elliott Boots and Lee Martin all scoring round TQs it was HB Racing’s Graham Alsop with the overall TQ after TQing Q1 and Q5. After the semifinals however it was Kyosho’s Elliott Boots with the pole position for the A-main as Team Associated’s Neil Cragg and Infinity’s Lee Martin lined up in 2nd and 3rd from Graham Alsop 4th. At the end of the 45-minute A-main it was again Elliott on the top spot from Neil Cragg 2nd, a lap behind as Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore rounded out the top 3 another lap down. Graham Alsop ended the day on the 4 spot in front of Lewis Jones 5th.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

June 9, 2018

Kurzbuch Top Qualifier at ENS Germany

Simon Kurzbuch is the Top Qualifier at the second round of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series in Germany. The reigning champion secured his 10th ENS career TQ when he topped the fourth & final qualifier at Minidrom Ettlingen and will start tomorrow’s race in front of Round 1 victor Dario Balestri. With Balestri taking the opening qualifier yesterday in the fastest time and despite Kurzbuch taking Q2 & 3 it all came down to the final encounter between the pair. While Toni Gruber would take up the early pace in Q4, a mistake from Balestri would allow Kurzbuch to go full attack for the TQ which he duly snatched it from Gruber on the final lap. For Gruber, P2 in the final qualifier means the WRC Racing driver will start the 45-minute Main from 3rd on the grid ahead of Robert Pietsch. Pietsch had an altercation with Jeffery Rietveld as they both went to start their runs resulting Pietsch running off the track. While Rietveld would run 4th for a time he would also fail to finish the qualifier but still the Serpent driver completes the top half of the grid behind the Infinity of Carmine Riola.

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June 9, 2018

Groskamp secures first ENS TQ in Germany

Having claimed his first ENS career win at the season opener in his native country of the Netherlands, Jilles Groskamp has backed it by claiming his first ever overall TQ at the second round of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series in Germany. Topping seeding yesterday, the 2015 Champion would secure his first ever pole position start with a second TQ run in the fourth & final round of qualifying. Denying Serpent’s Dominic Greiner in Q4, the Infinity driver will line up in front of the Serpent driver with Xray’s Alessio Mazzeo completing the Top 3. Going into the final qualifier in contention for his second consecutive overall TQ, unfortunately for Mazzeo he didn’t make the start after suffering an engine failure in warm-up. Behind the Top 3 former Ettlingen winners Teemu Leino, winner in 2016, and last year’s winner Eric Dankel will line-up 4th and 5th respectively ahead of Shepherd’s Thilo Tödtmann.

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