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July 31, 2015

Ielasi & Shimasaki take Matrix International Race wins

After a long winning hiatus, Daniele Ielasi got back into the victory lane on international soil after taking the win over the Mugen duo of Robert Pietsch and JJ Wang at the recent 1st edition of the Matrix International Championship held at the Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong. Proving himself strong since the beginning of the race, not having to worry about fuel consumption as in qualifying, the WRC/Novarossi Ielasi Tuned driver was able to put pressure on the Top Qualifier of the race, Robert Pietsch and take advantage of a contact between the German and a backmarker, taking the lead and keeping his car ahead of the field to take a deserved win over Robert and a recovering JJ Wang. Bad luck for Shinya Shimasaki though, who would eventually save his day winning 1/10th scale.

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July 31, 2015

Tyre Wars 2015 – Announcement

The Herts Nitro Model Club has announced the Tyre Wars 2015 race for the 29th to 31st of August. The event will see 1/8th nitro buggy, 1/8th E-buggy and 1/8th nitro truggy racing with the controlled practice being held on Saturday, qualifying on Sunday and finals on the bank holiday Monday. The buggy classes have to use either the AKA Impact, Beta Freeride or Pro-Line Blockade tyres while the truggy drivers can use any AKA, Beta or Pro-Line tyre of their choice. More information can be found on the club’s website here.

July 31, 2015

Alessandro Remia wins F1 class at Italian Nats Rd3

The third round of the Italian 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championships was held at the Fermo track. Following radio problems during the practice rounds Alessandro Remia took the TQ in the qualifiers while also scoring the fastest lap that was on par with the Expert class drivers. Sunday’s semifinals again had Alessandro coming out successful and he also went on to win the main race, leaving Andrea Pellegrino and Adriano Fabianelli in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 30, 2015

David Ronnefalk takes Swedish 1/8th National title

The Swedish 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals were recently held at the MK Eskil club in mixed weather conditions. The weekend started with free and controlled practice on Friday followed by five rounds of qualifying on Saturday. As rain was predicted for Saturday and Sunday every of the qualifiers would be a rocket round for the drivers and finally it was David Ronnefalk who would take the overall TQ by winning four rounds until rain started to fall which made him skip the fifth and final qualifier. In the semifinals David then came out fastest to start from pole position into the 45 minute main final. The start went pretty well for David and he was able to open a gap on his competitors and about 20 minutes into the race he had lapped everyone at least once. From there he was able to cruise to the win and although he made a mistake around the 30 minute mark he was able to take the win and with it the National Title some two laps in front of Andreas Edvinsson. Third placed Christoffer Svensson rounded out the podium some 9 seconds short on Andreas.

Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]

July 30, 2015

Xray Challenge Hungary – Announcement

The Xray Challenge Hungary will be held on the weekend of the 13th of September at the PECS track in several electric and nitro on-road classes including Modified, 13.5T Boosted and 17.5T Blinky. The nitro categories will see large scale and 1/8th racing as well as EFRA and Stock 200mm classes. More information and the registration can be found here.

July 30, 2015

Thomas, Long & Cerrato win at Desoto Grand Prix

The recent 2015 Desoto Grand Prix for Nitro On-road cars saw Brian Thomas taking the win in the 1/8th Open class while Tim Long came out successful in the 1/8th Masters category. In 1/8th GT it was Robbie Cerrato who took the winning honours.

Source: Flash Point [flashpointrc.com]

July 29, 2015

Swiss 1/8th Off-road Championship Rd4 – Report

Round four of the Swiss 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the multi-surface track of the Valceresio Racing Team in Viggiu. The track offers at least four different surfaces including different grades of astro turf as well as challenging elevation changes and jumps which makes setup crucial. Around 100 drivers signed in for the Expert and Amateur classes. The 45-minute main final of the Expert class saw some very intense racing in the opening minutes when the top positions got mixed up. Jeremy Pittet lost some places and valuable time but got back into the lead later although he had to pit more often than second placed Robin Frischkopf who had to defend his position against Patrick Hofer and Joachim Kallen. At the end Jeremy brought home the win in front of Robin who was 12 seconds clear of Patrick in 3rd place.

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July 29, 2015

Ari Heinonen wins at Finland Nationals Championships

Ari Heinonen continued his recent great form by taking the TQ and victory in the latest round of the National Championships in his native Finland. Ari was on top of his game again and was able to place his buggy at the top of the pile.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]