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June 9, 2015

Bruno Coelho doubles at Portuguese Nationals Rd3

Round 3 of the Portuguese Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the São João da Madeira track in Oporto in the north of the country. The track was recently revived after not being in use for some ten years and due to the surface being pretty green tyre wear would be an issue for both the 1/8th and 1/10th classes. Bruno Coelho was the man to beat in both categories and so he would take the TQ after the qualifiers with a margin of a lap to the 2nd place drivers. In the 1/8th final Bruno’s biggest competitor for the win scored a DNF due to an engine failure only ten laps into the race. From that moment on Coelho was able to cruise to the win with his Xray prototype and despite a total of three tyre changes Bruno won the race some 7 laps in front of 2nd placed Hugo Exposto (Mugen).

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June 9, 2015

IFMAR add Open GT World Cup to Large Scale Worlds

Due to the so far disappointing number of entries for this year’s IFMAR Large Scale World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, IFMAR have announced the addition of a second class, 1/8th Nitro GT. Held as an open event the “World Cup GT 1/8th” will be run under ROAR and EFRA rules to make for more racing action during the event that will take place from the 4th to 12th of September. With 1/8th GT being an up and coming class in all four blocks the international governing body will review the possible need for a World Championship as it will take a look into the schedule of the large scale class in order to make adjustments to the international schedule as well. The IFMAR announcement can be found after the break and also here (PDF file) where you can also have a look at the technical rules for the 1/8th class event.

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June 9, 2015

Adam Drake fuelled by Flash Point Racing Fuel

Flash Point Racing Fuel have announced the signing of Adam Drake. Adam has been testing and running Flash Point since February, but has now made it official that he will be running Flash Point Racing Fuel exclusively and will be helping with the development of the fuel and future products.

Source: Flash Point Racing Fuel [flashpointrc.com]

June 8, 2015

Salemi & Redaelli TQ & win at Ielasi Tuned Trophy

The first Ielasi Tuned Trophy was held at the Pista Leno in Italy this past weekend as Italian frontrunner Daniele Ielasi invited the fastest drivers in Italy to compete in the two classes of 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road. In the 1/8th class it was Mirko Salemi who grabbed the TQ and ultimately the winning honours. Francesco Tironi came in 2nd, Walter Salemi rounded out the top 3 result. In the 200mm Touring class TQ Luca Redaelli came out successful from Manuel Strano in 2nd and Mattia Lorenzetti in 3rd.

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June 8, 2015

Boots doubles at BRCA Truggy & E-Buggy National

This past weekend the BRCA Truggy and E-Buggy National was held at the new Wakefield track. The team had managed to turn at track from flat to a raceable venue in only 8 weeks with a tiny team of workers. With the track being very loose it was a different experience for the drivers and Elliott Boots was able to make the best of it by coming out fastest in the opening Truggy qualifier. The two other runs weren’t so great for Elliott, breaking the car in round 2 and being stuck in traffic in round 3 and this handed the Jack Embling the pole position for the finals which was further helped by some computer issues. At the start of the 30 minute Jack made a small error over the first jump section allowing Elliott to slip through. From that moment on the Boots controlled the remainder of the final and he was able to finish the main one lap ahead of the 2nd place driver.

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June 8, 2015

Belgian Nitro On-road Championship Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Belgian Nitro On-road Championship was held at the track of the Mac de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen this past weekend. The nice weather made for a great weekend of racing as did the team of the organising club who did a perfect job. In the 1/8th class it was Nico Vandewynckel (Serpent) who was able to take the win in the 30-minute final from top qualifier Gunther van Staey who was by far the fastest driver on the track but he ended a lap down in the final as he was not able to make up the time he lost during a pit stop for tyres. In 3rd place Jeroen Evers drove a very consistent race to take the final podium spot.

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June 5, 2015

Tessmann doubles at S-Workz Challenge

The recent S-Workz Challenge was held at the beautiful Silver Dollar Raceway in Chico, CA. Being one of the most amazing RC facilities in the world, A Main Hobbies and Kevin Jelich did an awesome job in preparing the facility and the track with the event attracting over 200 entries as it was also the ROAR Nationals Warm-Up race. The track surface itself was prepared in a way that gave the track its own unique personality, although the surface was very smooth it was very abrasive and traction varied from medium to high grip. Friday was open practice which allowed the drivers to getting dialed into the track and surface. Saturday was 3 rounds of qualifying and it was HB’s Ty Tessmann who took the TQ honors in both Pro Buggy and Pro Truck.

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June 4, 2015

Japanese 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals – Report

The Japanese 1/8th On-road National Championship was held last weekend at the Keitune Circuit, home of the 2013 World Championships. A total of 41 drivers attended including guest drivers from Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, and Thailand. Among them where 9-time World Champion Lamberto Collari as well as Worlds finalist Carmine Raiola. Heavy rain on Friday made for only limited track time and this especially hampered the foreign drivers. Thankfully the weather was good for the remainder of the weekend, allowing for six dry qualifying rounds to be run. Defending champion Shinnosuke Yokoyama (Mugen) took TQ with current FEMCA Champion Syoki Takahata (KM) taking 2nd, and Michihiro Takayasu (Hot Bodies) coming in 3rd.

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