The 2014 Novarossi Nitro Challenge took place at MRRC Raceway in New York this past weekend. Saturday kicked off with four rounds of qualifying with qual points were used to set the starting grid for the 30 minute truck final and the 45 minute buggy final. Adam Drake was on fire during qualifying and took the TQ honors in truck and buggy by setting the fastest time in 3 out of the 4 rounds.
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The 2nd round of the Australian Proline Challenge was held in Canberra ACT, Australia over the weekend. The ACT track is always challenging but rewarding at the same time. At the end of the Nitro Buggy final Ari Bakla (Xray/FX) came out successful in front of Ben Sterling (Kyosho/Alpha) and Dragan Bjelic (Xray/FX).
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The 4th round of the Malaysian national league was held at the 3 Stone Park Track in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with 74 racers from Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Indonesia in attendance. The main final saw Jason Nugroho (Xray) running into trouble early as he fall back to the 10th spot due to flipping his car in the opening stages of the hour long final, but he was able to gain the lead some 15 minutes into the race following a series of very fast laps. Jason then tried to hold his position and after 60 minutes he was able to cross the finish line in first place, followed by runner-up Daniel Law (TLR) and 3rd placed Ben Panic (Kyosho).
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Last week’s EFRA 40+ Nitro On-Road European Championships in the Netherlands not only saw the running of the 1/10th 200mm class but also 1/8th scale racing. At the end of the 45 minute final the top 3 drivers were all in the same lap, making for a very close finish. In the first part of the final it looked like Jack Ermen would have the chance to grab the win but a broken rear belt ended his title ambitions. His issues made way for Frank Baggen and Remy Hasler with Frank keeping it together to wrap up the European Championship title despite being attacked hard by Hasler. At the end Baggen finished some 5 seconds in front of Arie Manten with Remy Hasler coming in 3rd only 1 second down on Manten.
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The 2014 40+ Nitro On-Road European Championships were held last week at the M.A.C. de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, NL. Most of the qualification heats were run in dry conditions, with Traugott Schär taking the TQ honours in the 200mm class after six rounds. The semi finals on Saturday then became a wet affair which led to several of the top drivers failing to bump up into the main final. Thankfully after the lunch break the track dried up so the final would be run in dry conditions. Taking the lead after a few minutes, Frank Andersen held on to the lead crossing the finish line in first place after 45 minutes with a comfortable 3 lap margin on Bernd Hasselbring. Martin Schöffel completed the all-Xray podium.
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With the forecast for round 6 of the 1/8th Championship looking like rain, the entries for this meeting were provisionally low but as normal most people waited until the last minute to book in so come race day 37 drivers where booked in. Saturday as normal for the section was free practice. Early on, the track was busy but as the day wore on the track became silent which seemed very strange, this could of been due to the pending forecast, drivers lapping at speed were Andy North, Tim Wood, Neil King, Andy Hastings, John Carr and later on Danny Bancroft, these drivers seemed to be mostly testing engines and setups.
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This past weekend saw round two of the Mugen Seiki Grand Prix series held at Heritage R/C Park. It was a pretty laid back weekend with a total of 60 entries. Both classes, buggy and truggy, saw Mugen racer Drew Moller take the TQ spot. In Buggy Drew had a good early battle with fellow Mugen racer Carson Wernimont but after some motor issues for Carson he was able to edge his team mate out for the win. In the Truggy Main it was an easy victory for Moller, after getting the holeshot he never looked back.
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The 2014 EFRA European Championships for 1/10 200mm took place earlier this week in Valencia, Spain. Qualifying saw former European Champion and Mugen onroad designer Robert Pietsch take the top spot ahead of the Serpent duo of Dominik Greiner and reigning Champion Alessio Mazzeo, with Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch completing the top 4. In the first semi final it was HB start Teemu Leino fresh from his final at the 1/8th offroad Euros who took the win, and would start the 45 minute main final from pole position thanks to his fastest time, ahead of Alexander Thilo and Simon Kurzbuch in a race that saw Dominik Greiner failing to finish and ending up 10th. In the second semi final Robert Pietsch would take a close fought win ahead of Swiss 1/8th specialist Simon Kurzbuch in 2nd with reigning Champion Mazzeo making it through in 3rd. This semi-final would see big names Groskamp, Balestri and Dankel all fail to finish to 20 minute race.
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