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October 15, 2014

US invasion for ENS Finale

This weekend (17-19 October) the Euro Nitro Series travels to the world famous Fiorano track in Italy for the finale of the inaugural championship with an invasion of American drivers making up the 160 strong entry. Attracting 7 US drivers, Round 4 is a truly international event for the European based 1:10 & 1:8 Onroad Championship with 18 countries represented on the entry list including Thailand and Singapore. Joining ENS regular Loran Whiting, America’s top female racer having contested the full championship, will be factory Serpent driver Paolo Morganti who is no stranger to Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter having been a regular competitor at the annual Novarossi Trophy race held there.

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October 15, 2014

Martin Bayers doubles at Czech 1/8th buggy champs

The 4th and final round of the Czech 1/8th off-road national championships was held last weekend at the RC Club Radotin track in Prague. Considered to be the country’s best off-road track the club did an amazing job preparing the track and the surrounding facilities. Martin Bayer took the TQ in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy class and he went on to win both categories and also the national titles despite missing one round due to the German nationals.

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October 14, 2014

Mike Gosvig wins Danish 1/8th off-road nats Rd7

The 7th and final round of the Danish 1/8th off-road nationals was held in Bramming. The purpose-built track was located within a large indoor riding arena and offered quite a low grip and one or the other tricky jump. Following Saturday’s 1/8th E-buggy race the nitro buggies would race on Sunday. The opening qualifier saw Magnus Frandsen taking the round TQ from Mike Gosvig and Henning Warner. In the second round Mike stroke back on new tyres, securing himself the TQ some 2 seconds in front of Magnus Frandsen and Pelle Culmsee. For the third round Mike changed his tactics and tried to get the maximum out of his buggy which at the end paid out as the TQ’d the round some 11 seconds from Jan D. Hansen in 2nd spot.

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October 14, 2014

Adam Drake triples at JBRL Nitro Series Rd6

Round 6 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA. Once again the series attracted a good amount of local talent and internationally experienced factory drivers. The event saw TLR’s Adam Drake walking away with the win in the 1/8th Expert Buggy class while Cody King (Kyosho) and Cody Smith (TLR) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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October 14, 2014

Lazzerini & Bucci win Italian 1/8th GT champs

The 3rd round of the Italian 1/8th GT championship was held at the RME Cassino track this past weekend. In the F1 class Federico Lazzerini took the win with Salvatore Battista and Gaetano Moschini rounding out the podium. The victory also handed Lazzerini the overall championship title. In the F2 category Stefano Bucci came out successful to take the win and the 2014 championship honours. Simone Giordani came in 2nd, Simone Roberto competed the podium in 3rd.

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October 14, 2014

BRCA 1/10th IC series Rd7 – Report

The final round of the BRCA 1/10th IC series was held at the Mendip circuit in Weston-Super-Mare. A total of 36 drivers took part in the meeting with 21 drivers in the 200mm class and 15 in the Sports GT class. On Sunday the first couple of qualifiers were damp, meaning that the FTD runs would be posted later on. In Round 1, Alex Thurston and Andrew Hastings topped the 200mm and Sports GT classes respectively by making the most of the drying track. The pair again topped Round 2 with their Serpent/OS and Shepherd/Sonic machines. 2014 champions Mark Green and Glyn Beal went quickest in Round 3 with their Novarossi and OS powered Serpents. In the final round Joe Kerry and Andrew Hastings completed the fastest runs of qualifying to TQ the meeting. Alex Thurston and Mark Green qualified 2nd and 3rd overall in the 200mm class with the Top 3 separated by just 1.5 seconds. Glyn Beal and Jason Thompson put there Serpents in 2nd and 3rd for the Sports GT A Final.

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October 13, 2014

Hazlewood & Reeves win at HNMC Winter Series Rd1

Round 1 of the HNMC kicked off this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class Elliott Boots took the TQ but the 20 minute final had Jon Hazlewood (Agama) taking the win from Jack Embling (Mugen) who was able to held off Elliott Boots (Kyosho) for the runner-up spot. In 1/8th E-Buggy Simon Reeves came out successful in front of Mugen team mates Richard Cousins and Ian Barnard while Philip Michael took the win in the dying Truggy class. The next round of the series will be held on October 26th.

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October 13, 2014

Jason Nugroho wins Jakarta Buggy Championship Rd4

The 4th round of the Jakarta Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya Track in Serpong, West Java. The race format would be 3 rounds of 10 minutes qualifying with the two best rounds to count followed by the finals with 5 drivers bumping up to the next main. The 45 minute main final then got tough and challenging for many drivers as the dusty track caused a lot of flame-outs and it was Jason Nugroho, coming from 5th position on the grid, who made the best out of the conditions by getting in front around the 30 minute mark and never looking back. The Xray driver was able to retain the lead to take the win in front of Adrian Wicaksono (Kyosho) and Chopin Yusuf (HongNor).

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