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June 3, 2014

Nejc Mihelic wins at Serpent Challenge Slovenia

The Serpent Challenge Slovenia was held last weekend in Tolmin, Slovenia in dry weather conditions although the weather forecast predicted rain interruptions. The race was held in 1/10th electric, 1/10th touring, 1/8th track, 1/8th, GT/Rally and 1/5th scale classes with a factory driver supported workshop on Saturday while Serpent designer Michael Salven was present for additional support. In the premier class of 1/8th on-road Jernej Vuga tookthe TQ in front of Nejc Mihelic and Michael Salven. Salven then took a time-out before the start allowing Mihelic and Vuga to run off. Vuga was able to hold a lead of a few seconds in front of Mihelic, but Mihelic managed to slowly catch on him. After 20 minutes Vuga ran into engines problems allowing Mihelic to take control of the race and to take the win in front of Salven and Vuga, who completed the podium.

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June 3, 2014

Edu Escandon wins Spanish 200mm nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm National Championships was held in Gijon in the North of Spain. Defending champion Edu Escandon took TQ honours, setting a new track record and being the only driver able to manage 16 seconds laps. Nacho Lopez was 2nd after the qualifiers and with Juan Hidalgo in 3rd and Sergi Franch in 4th.

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June 3, 2014

Salvadori doubles at Brazilian nitro on-road nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the Brazilian nitro on-road nationals was held at the Ajarc track last weekend, run in four different classes of 1/8th, 1/10th Open, 1/10th Touring/Sportsman and 1/10th Masters/35+. In the 1/8th class final, the strongest winning contender, Flavio Elias broke his car after start crash. Cesar Salvadori’s car was hit in the same incident and he ran with a damaged tire the whole race but this did not kept the KM driver from leading only until he crashed with a back marker, resulting in a damage to a steering block on his car. This cost Cesar the 1st place but with 2 minutes to go leader Eduardo Dulac suffered a battery failure on his Shepherd so Salvadori was able to take the lead again to cruise to victory.

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June 2, 2014

Rombouts wins at Dutch 1/10 IC on-road nats Rd3

Under perfect weather conditions the 3rd round of the Dutch 1/10 IC on-road nationals was held at the RACO track in Utrecht in the centre of the Netherlands. The track was constructed in the early 1980’s out of a line flying circle and therefore the main straight is in fact a shallow bend to the left. As the majority of corners is also going left this requires a special car setup in order to get an even tyre wear during the finals. As the track also features a tight infield hairpin to the right, which is hard on brakes, this tricky track requires driving skills as well as set up skills to be successful.

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June 2, 2014

Darren Bloomfield wins UK Truggy nationals Rd3

Round 3 of the 2014 BRCA Truggy series was held at the Wakefield track in the North of England. After taking a convincing TQ with his Bullitt-powered Agama A8T, Darren Bloomfield would go on to dominate the main final to take his second victory in the series, with team mate Jon Hazlewood taking victory at round 2. The E-buggy class would see an exciting duel between Darren Bloomfield and Elliott Boots for the TQ spot, with Elliott just edging it despite Darren having the fastest individual time en route to a round TQ. The main final would see a great drive from Tony Truman who had had a terrible qualifying leaving him having to come through the B final. Tony drove his way through the pack to take an excellent 2nd overall behind Elliott. Darren had an issue that sidelined him at around half distance. Callum Niblett completed the podium with a fine 3rd place as he continues his recent upturn in form.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

June 2, 2014

Ty Tessmann wins Invitational class at The Dual

Last weekend’s The Dual race was a 2-day Reedy Race style format that saw racing action at two different tracks with combined points from 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes. Day 1 was run at Pro-Line’s test track while for day 2 racers travelled to Thunder Alley Raceway. Some big names of the industry attended the Invitational class including Ty Tessman, Jared Tebo, Cody King, Ryan Cavalieri, and Ryan Maifield just to name a few. Day 1 had Ty Tessmann sweeping the overall standings by scoring two round wins and a second place in the Buggy class. Carson Wernimont also took two rounds but only 4th place in race 3 having him sit in 2nd place. Jared Tebo completed the Buggy top 3 tie on points with Kyosho team mate Cody King.

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June 2, 2014

Shinnosuke Yokoyama takes Japanese 1/8th nationals

The Japanese 1/8th on-road national championship was run at the Hokusei Circuit in the Mie prefecture, central Japan. A total of 52 drivers attended including three guest drivers from Thailand. Despite being located near a mountain area the weather was good all weekend allowing for 6 dry qualifying rounds to be run. Reigning world champion, Tadahiko Sahashi (Serpent) took TQ with young Shinnosuke Yokoyama (Mugen) taking 2nd. Defending champion, Takaaki Shimo put his Mugen in 3rd after qualifying.

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June 2, 2014

David Ronnefalk wins at Kyosho International Meeting

The Polisportiva di Campogalliano club in Italy hosted this year’s Kyosho International Meeting that saw the attendance of Kyosho’s Yuichi Kanai, Fabrizio Teghesi or David Ronnefalk. In the F1 Expert class it was David Ronnefalk who took the win in the 45 minute final one lap ahead of Fabrizio Teghesi in 2nd and Marco Natale, who finished another lap down in 3rd. Federico Ruggeri and Yuichi Kanai completed the top 5 result in 4th and 5th respectively.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]