Last weekend’s Korean Sweep Challenge saw new Serpent Korea recruit, Wonseok Jang walking away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. In a field of 120 drivers Wonseok Jang took the TQ after the qualifiers and he went on to win the A-main from Kyosho’s Dani Choi while Bumkyu Kim (Tekno) rounded out the top 3 result.
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The fourth round of the RC Cannibals Renti championship was held at the Athen-based RC Cannibals Renti track. Nikos Vasiliades would take the day’s win from Tamouratzis in second and Korinis, who rounded out the top 3 result.
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The third round of the Czech Open series was held on the tight and bumpy track in Mlada Boleslav. Xray’s Kaja Novotny would TQ round one and two of the qualifiers to grab the overall TQ and after some tough semi finals, with the track becoming more and more bumpy, Kaja would also put his car on the 1 spot for the main final. Right from the start of the A-main Kaja, on a different tyre choice than in the qualifiers and semi, was able to gap the field but problems during the second and third fuel stop made things interesting again. With a last lap pass though Kaja was able to grab the win from Serpent’s Jiri Mara in second and Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) in third. Elsewhere in the Junior class standings Frantisek Kalenda (Xray) would come out successful thanks to making the A-main.
Round three of the British 200mm Nationals was held at the fast Halifax track. The weather was very good with temperatures around 25 Degrees Celsius and Saturday’s practice saw Joe Kerry setting the pace getting down to 16.0 laptimes, with his best only 0.06 from the lap record. Alex Thurston was second quickest around 0.4 seconds back, just ahead of Matthew Cook who was third fastest. Overnight rain washed away some of the grip so it took a little while to build it up again on Sunday. By the end of qualifying it was Kerry who took the TQ with a time of 19/311.78.
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The second round of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Mulhouse track. The demanding track with high tyre wear made things interesting and to top it off did rain make for another factor during the Elite class qualifying that was ultimately won by Adrien Bertin in front of Antoine Gaschet, Thomas Eytard and Anthony Abisset, while Arnaud Mathieu rounded out the top 5 after the qualifiers.
The third round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit National series took place this past weekend at the small, tight and technical track of Adur. Close to the limit for how small of a track a modern 1/8 scale car can race around, this track provides a unique challenge with heavy braking zones, tight hairpins, and a short straight to keep the drivers on their toes. Saturday was dry, warm and perfect conditions for racing, Andy Hastings, Neal King and Tim Wood were setting the pace during practice on Saturday. Sunday morning was a touch colder, but stayed dry through the day. After four rounds of qualifying Mark Green came out fastest on top of Andrew Hastings and Neal King.
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The Noeux les Mines in France track played host to the 2016 TLR Cup over the weekend. The event attracted a good amount of national drivers and also guest from abroad such as TLR’s Ryan Maifield and Dakotah Phend to battle against Europe’s fastest TLR drivers. In the premier Nitro Buggy class Ryan Maifield would grab the TQ from Renaud Savoya while Marco Baruffolo rounded out the top 3. In the Nitro Truggy category Jerome Sartel came out fastest after the qualifiers from Matt Lewis and Vincent Berthelot while in 1/8th E-Buggy Dakotah Phend took the TQ honours from Jean-Pierrick Sartel and Ryan Maifield.
The RC Redovan track in Alicante in the south-east of Spain played host to the EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championship warm-up race this past weekend. As annual the warm-up attracted both the hosting country’s fastest drivers as well as a good amount of guests to get some laps under their belts in preparation for the main event later in the year. HB’s David Ronnefalk would take the overall TQ after the four qualifying rounds from Kyosho’s Elliott Boots while the Mugen duo of Oscar Baldo and Joan Carlos Canas rounded out the top 4. In the semifinals disaster stoke for Elliott who suffered mechanical issues while leading his semi, denying him a place in the main final. David Ronnefalk though would cement his dominant performance by taking the pole position for the main from Oscar Baldo and Robert Batlle (Mugen). The 45 minute main final then again had David coming out fastest, some 25 seconds in front of Oscar Baldo while Robert brought home the final podium spot, one lap short of Oscar.
