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March 10, 2016

Paolo Morganti wins 2016 Pacific Cup

The 2016 Pacific Cup was held this past weekend. The fast track offered high speed sweepers, a wide open chicane and a couple of hairpins, making it tricky to find the best setup in order to go fast but not destroy the tyres, specially in the GT class. The schedule was pretty straight forward with practice on Friday, qualifiers on Saturday and finals on Sunday. In the GT class the race was on between Fabrizio Martello and Paolo Morganti, the later having some setup issues during the qualifiers so Paolo had to go through the semifinal which gave him some extra time to work on the adjustments. Both ran 1-2 in the opening stages of the main final until Fabrizio ran into some problems. This gave Paolo the lead and the ability to focus on build an advantage and at the same time save as much tyre as possible. The strategy paid off and after a trouble free one hour final, Paolo was able to take the win from Fabrizio Martello in second and Rino Lino in third.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 9, 2016

Victor Pelaez successful at Spanish 200mm nationals

The opening round of the Spanish Nitro Touring Nationals was held at the Almussafes track this past weekend. The event was the first to be held under the new national rules including a Super Pole event and after the qualifiers Sergi Franch came out fastest from Jonhi Pastor and Nacho Lopez. Victor Pelaez would round out the top 4 with the latter three would run in the Super Pole format to evaluate the starting grid positions behind Sergi, with Victor coming out fastest from Nacho and Jonhi. The main final then saw Victor Pelaez taking the win in the 30 minute encounter following some struggling in the opening stages when the top 4 drivers were in tight battles for the positions. Behind Victor, Jonhi Pastor would grab the runner-up spot from David Belen. Jose Antonio Aldudo and Nacho Lopez rounded out the top 5.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 9, 2016

Cody King wins at Extreme RPM Series Rd1

The Extreme RPM Series kicked off at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California this past weekend and in the 1/8th Buggy Expert class Kyosho’s Cody King would make a clean sweep by TQing and later winning the race some three laps in front of Anthony Westergaard (Tekno). Shaun Kirkman (Tekno) ended the 35 minute A-main another lap down.

Image: Thunder Alley RC Raceway [facebook.com]

March 9, 2016

Adam Drake sweeps Tico-Tico GP

This past weekend the Punta Del Este race was held at Tico-Tico Raceway in Uruguay. The event played host to drivers from Uruguay, Argentina, as well as Adam Drake from the USA. The qualifying on Saturday consisted of three 12 minute rounds, using the best two out of three qualifiers. Adam Drake was the top qualifier in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck with the finals being on Sunday. The track crew did a great job to get the track in shape after a lot of rain on Saturday night and Sunday morning and Adam was able to conserve his qualifying performances to grab the win in both the 60 minute Nitro Buggy and 45 minute Nitro Truck final to become crowned the double Tico-Tico GP champion.

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March 8, 2016

Thilo Tödtmann wins Xray Nitro Challenge Greece

The same day as round four of the Greek Xray Winter Series the Fanatix Racing Track held the Xray Nitro Challenge Greece. Right from the start Xray driver Dimitriou made his intentions clear as he won all qualifiers to take a dominant overall TQ. Only German guest driver Thilo Tödtmann (Capricorn) was able to come close, allowing him to line up in second.

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March 8, 2016

Manuel Carlos wins at Portuguese on-road opener

The opening round of the 2016 Portuguese National On-road Championship was held at the Armaia track in windy and rainy conditions. In the 1/10th 200mm class the TQ went to Pedro Grandao but in the shortened 20 minute main final it was Manuel Carlos who came out successful despite a brake failure due to a linkage screw coming off. The podium result was completed by Tomás Andrade in third.

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March 8, 2016

Raffy Abello dominates Philippines season opener

With the start of the 2016 off-road season in the Philippines this recent February, drivers were eager to get some laps under their belts before the annual pre-summer track renovations. The season started with Raffy Abello mounting back-to-back wins, continuing a streak that started in 2015. Raffy dominated and finished a lap ahead of the competition in the first and second rounds.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

March 8, 2016

Kim Einert teams up with Hot Race Tyres

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Germany’s Kim Einert to their team. The young lady will use the company’s tyres in her upcoming campaign that will include attendances at the National Championships, the Euros in Spain as well as the NeoRace in the UK.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]