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May 7, 2018

Berkan Kilic wins at North German regionals Rd2

The Braunschweig track near Hanover played host to the second round of the North German 1/8th Off-road regionals this past weekend. The track was pretty challenging with its natural clay surface and a lot of small holes and most of the drivers already showed up on Saturday to make maximum use of the practice time. After the 20-minute semi finals on Sunday it was Berkan Kilic (Agama) with the TQ from Burak Kilic (Agama) on the 2 spot and Phillip Guschel (Xray) starting from P3. In the opening stages of the 40-minute A-main final Burak was able to get past Berkan and he even slightly separated from the field until he ran into mechanical issues that promoted Berkan into the lead again that he would hold onto until the checkered flag. Marcel Paul (Kyosho) would obtain the 2nd spot from Phillip Guschl 3rd. However as the latter was only a guest starter it was Ilias Reise (Agama) who would round out the podium result.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

May 7, 2018

Ongaro & Hara win at 2018 Philippine Masters

The 2018 Philippine Masters was held at the Circulo Verde Race Track in Quezon City, Philippines over the weekend, attracting many World-class 1/8th off-road drivers from all over the planet. The nitro 1/8-scale event contests only buggies and truggies – no Sportsman, or other classes. In the one-hour Buggy final, it was Mugen Seiki’s Robert Batlle who put up a fierce early battle with Ronnefalk who was battling for the lead from his P3 position. The two drove clean and changed places often, but Batlle didn’t seem to have the same speed that carried him to TQ. Whether it was engine power, tire choice or other variable, Batlle just couldn’t hold his earlier lines and mistakes started to plague him sending him down the list of drivers.

Continue reading the report here

May 7, 2018

Power HD sign Thilo Tödtmann

Power HD have announced the signing of German nitro front runner Thilo Tödtmann to their factory team. Specialised in nitro racing, Thilo is a multiple European Championship finalist as well as multi-time US Nitro World Cup winner, ENS podium finisher and reigning international 1/10th Nitro FEMCA Champion. Thilo will be using Power HD’s Storm-7 servos in his rides and he has the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank everyone at Power HD to let me join their factory Team for the 2018 season and beyond. After my first test this decision was very easy to make as their products perform awesome. I am looking forward to a great collaborate and i am sure together we can achieve great results.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

May 5, 2018

Mazzeo claims first TQ at Dutch ENS

Alessio Mazzeo has claimed his first ever TQ start of the ENS. The Xray driver secured pole position for tomorrow’s season opener by taking two of the four rounds of qualifying in the Netherlands today. He will start ahead of the day’s other two TQ runners, Jilles Groskamp and Teemu Leino. With Mazzeo backing up his ‘rocket round’ Q1 TQ with another fastest time in Q3, it was then only Groskamp who could challenge him for the top spot in the final qualifier. A slower track however prevented this and while Groskamp would finish ahead of Mazzeo it was Leino who would register the TQ time, albeit it the slowest of the day. This would secure Leino third on the grid ahead of Shepherd’s Eduardo Escandon. For title favourite Dominic Greiner, an unlucky day will see him line up 5th but given how closely matched everyone is, the Serpent driver knows it is still all to play for for the win.