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October 22, 2014

Lutz doubles at Byron Fuels Heartlands Challenge

Ryan Lutz has concluded the 2014 Byron Fuels Heartlands Challenge by taking the first place overall finish in both Nitro Buggy and Truggy. The Hobbytown Hobbyplex facility presented the field with an awesome track surface, guaranteeing some exciting action and it was Ryan who took an early TQ run in the first round of qualifying in both classes. With the competition battling for supremacy, Ryan stayed cool under pressure from Cody King to push to a double win.

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October 22, 2014

ROAR announce first 2015 calendar dates & tracks

ROAR have announced first dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2015. Horsham RC will play host for the Carpet On-Road Nationals from the 26th to the 29th of March. The 1/8th Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 18th to the 21st of June by A-Main Hobbies, while the 1/8th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be run at LCRC from July 9th through to the 12th. Last but not least the 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be held at SRS Speedway from August 6th to 9th. Still open are the dates and tracks for events such as the Paved Electric or Fuel On-Road Nationals.

October 21, 2014

Kim Kiheung wins at 1/10 GP Touring Korea Cup

The South Korean 1/10 GP Touring Cup was held in the city of Milyang with Serpent driver Choi Naksung taking the TQ after the qualifiers. A crash in the main final denied him the win and made way for Kim Kiheung (Serpent) who came out successful in front of Hong Kiyoung (Mugen) and Kim Wonkyung (Xray).

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 21, 2014

Adam Drake wins Expert Buggy at Fall Classic

The Fall Classic was recently held at Revelation Raceway and it was TLR’s Adam Drake who TQ’d and won the 1/8th Expert Nitro Buggy class. One lap behind Shaun Kirkman ended the race in 2nd position while Cody Smith rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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October 20, 2014

Collari wins as Kurzbuch crowned ENS Champion

Lamberto Collari made it two wins from two appearances in this season’s Euro Nitro Series but it is Simon Kurzbuch & Team Shepherd who are the inaugural 1:8 Champions. Starting the fourth & final round from the TQ position, Collari took a commanding victory with the 9-time World Champion running the 45-minute final relatively unchallenged. Starting 3rd behind his only title rival Robert Pietsch, whose quest to become the ENS’s first champion ended after contact with Andrea Pirani, Kurzbuch would finish the race second with an impressive drive by last chance qualifier Robin D’hondt seeing the Belgian complete the podium.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete coverage here.

October 20, 2014

Dominant Balestri wins ENS Finale

Dario Balestri completed the perfect weekend at the Euro Nitro Series season finale in Fiorano, Italy, with a dominant victory. Starting from pole position the Capricorn driver headed an Italian 1-2 in the race finishing almost 2-laps clear of Team Shepherd’s Francesco Tironi. Starting from 11th on the grid having bumped up from the B-Final, Serpent’s Mark Green completed the podium at the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter track. The third win for Capricorn in the inaugural four round championship, for Balestri team-mate and newly crowned champion Eric Dankel it was a disappointing finish to an otherwise successful campaign as the German suffered gearbox issues and ended the 45-minute encounter 10th.

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October 20, 2014

Takaaki Shimo takes Open class at JMRCA 200mm nats

This year’s JMRCA 1/10th GP Touring Car nationals were held this past weekend. In the Open class Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo took the TQ from reigning 1/8th On-road World Champion Tadahiko Sahashi (Serpent). In the final Takaaki made maximum use of the qualifying result by taking the win from Mugen team mate Keisuke Fukuda. Tadahiko ran into engine trouble which denied him a podium finish while Shoki Takahata (KM) rounded out the podium in 3rd place.

Image: RCnet Automodelismo [rcnetautomodelismo.blogspot.com]

October 20, 2014

Jason Nugroho wins at Malaysia National League Rd5

The 5th round of the Malaysia National League was held at 3 Stone Park track in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with a total of 72 racers from Malaysia, Singapore, Hongkong, Switzerland and Indonesia in attendance. The race saw the running of a Pro, Semi Pro and Amateur class and the race format was five rounds of 10 minutes qualifying with the three best rounds to count and Christmas tree finals. In the Pro class it was Jason Nugroho who took the win in the final after having a clean start and taking the lead some 10 minutes into the main. Wenyi came in 2nd while Adrian Wicaksono completed the top 3. With the win at round 5 Jason was also handed the trophy for coming in 1st in the Pro class oversea drivers ranking.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]