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September 3, 2014

Swedish nitro on-road championships – Report

The annual Swedish nitro on-road championships took place at the Staffanstorp Raceway close to Malmö in the South of Sweden. Drivers came from all over Sweden and also some guest drivers from Denmark and Norway made the trip to compete with the best Swedish drivers. Saturday morning started with a dry track despite some rain on Friday evening, but during practice and in the first round of qualifying the rain came back. At the end only the final round of qualifiers would count as a dry round for all drivers.

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September 3, 2014

Rainer Ressar wins 1/8th class at Baltic Champs

This year’s Baltic Championships were held at the Peleka-Cuka track with some of the best racers from the Baltic states in attendance. The 1/8th nitro buggy final was highly affected by the weather conditions that changed massively throughout the whole weekend. In the beginning the race was lead by pole position holder Hendrik Lainemae followed by Taurius Sinkevicius. With the rain coming and going, Rainer Ressar, who fall back early in the race, made the best out of the difficult conditions as he climbed up the field to take the 2nd spot in the closing stages of the final despite a broken wheel due to contact with a concrete track marker. A few laps later 1st place driver Hendirk made an error causing a flameout, handing Rainer the lead. At the end he won the race a lap ahead of Taurius Sinkevicius and Martin Steins, who rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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September 3, 2014

Wenger, Calvo & Eschler win at MC-Best Cup

Round 9 and 10 of the Swiss MC-Best Cup were held last weekend. Round 9, taking place on Saturday in dry conditions, had Martin Wenger taking the win in the 1/10th 200mm nitro class ahead of Nuno Santos and Silvio Scheidegger. Round 10 on Saturday started dry but then strong rain came up. Marco Calvo made the best out of the conditions and he took the win in the 200mm class in front of Donato Larocca and Marco Schwab. In the 1/8th class Stephan Eschler came out successful in front of Andrej Bostjancic and Beat Heiniger.

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September 3, 2014

Jens Roland wins final round of Danish 1/8th nats

Capricorn driver Jens Ronald has won the final round of the Danish 1/8th on-road championships. Rainy conditions made things not easy for the pilots but Jens kept his cool and steered his Reds-powered C801 to the win that also secured him the 2nd place overall in the championship.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

September 2, 2014

Tyler Jones doubles at End of Summer Shootout

The End of Summer Shootout cash race hosted by I69 Raceway in Noblesville, IN was held this past Labor Day weekend. Even with the heavy threat of rain there was some tough competition on hand ready to race. Only a light shower hit during the event that the track soaked right up. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class TLR/JConcepts’ Tyler Jones would take the lead on the second lap and checked out for the win in the ten minute main. Next came the Nitro Pro Buggy main and Tyler’s TLR buggy would grab the lead on the first lap of the twenty minute main and would check out again for the win.

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September 2, 2014

Nicholas Zachariades wins 2nd Night Race

The 2nd Night Race took place at the AG Metal off-road track in Limassol, Cyprus. Nicholas Zachariades took the win on the bumpy high traction track for the second time in a row while Andreas Thrasyvoulou and Marios Christodoulou came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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September 2, 2014

Carlos Duraes wins in Portugal

Serpent driver Carlos Duraes took the win at a Portuguese regional race held last weekend at the Modelis track in Ortigosa. Carlos won the 35 minute final with his RB-powered ride one lap ahead of Ricardo Monteiro (TLR/RB), while Goncalo Melo (TLR/RB) completed the top 3 result another 3 laps down. Pedro Rodrigues and Miguel Matias ended the race in 4th and 5th position respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 2, 2014

Codazzi & Bassi win at AS Hobby Racing GP

The AS Hobby Racing Grand Prix took place in Brescia this past weekend. In the 1/8th Expert class it was Claudio Codazzi (Xray/Max Power) who scored not only the fastest lap times but he also won the race ahead of Massimo Fantini (Serpent/Max Power) and Davide Masari (Mugen/Reds). In the second 1/8th class Mattia Bassi (Serpent/Max Power Chef Engines) came out successful in front of Germano Menghini (Serpent/Reds) and Marco Bianchi (Mugen/Max Power Chief Engines).

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