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September 20, 2018

ENS Champions to be crowned in Fiorano

The Infinity Euro Nitro Series concludes this weekend (21-23 September) and while the new for 2018 1:8 40+ class champion is already confirmed, the overall 1:10 and 1:8 titles are still to be decided. One of the world’s most popular tracks among drivers both for its layout, facilities and unique atmosphere, Fiorano is once again the venue for the season finale, the race marking the 20th ENS Championship race and the conclusion of Season #5. With the 1:10 World Championships in the US just one month away the fourth stop on the ENS calendar carries even greater significance this year as it is the last major international race before the Worlds and an opportunity for teams and drivers to gauge form for next month. Given the year that is in it, 1:10 has been ultra competitive this season and former champion Jilles Groskamp comes into the weekend leading the points with reigning World Champion Dominic Greiner set to challenge him for the title. In 1:8, the title fight is between three drivers with Simon Kurzbuch also facing competition from the reigning World Champion in the form of Dario Balestri and Toni Gruber.

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September 19, 2018

Sobue & Ratheisky win at AOC Rd4

The fourth round of the AOC series was held at the South Korean GRC track recently. Changing track conditions made things tricky for the drivers and in the premier Touring Modified class it was Akio Sobue with the win from Alexander Hagberg in 2nd as E.C. Kim rounded out the overall top 3 result.

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September 18, 2018

2018 5th Scale World Challenge – Report

This past weekend Steel City Speedway hosted its first 5th Scale World Challenge. Steel City is located at the world famous California Speedway home of Nascar and Indy Car events. Located on the main road in its right at the gateway to the Infield, GoCart Track and Drag Strip bringing the sights and sound of racing to this incredible facility. The track itself is 250×125 and up to 16ft wide lanes making it the perfect size to stretch out the power of the 5th scale cars. Many drivers flew in from all over the world representing the Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, and the United States. Attendance was low from the US as other 5th scale events conflicted but many still traveled from Northern California and Texas.

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September 17, 2018

Prumper wins European Reedy Race at Nurburgring

One of RC racing’s most legendary races took place at one of the world’s most legendary real race tracks, the Nurburgring, and it was Reedy Race debutant Yannic Prumper who came out top of the 12 rounds of heads up racing. With the International Reedy Race of Champions bidding farewell to one of RC’s most iconic tracks this year, Tamiya Raceway in California, the European Edition of the Touring Car Reedy Race came about as part of the Euro Offroad Series opening round which ran as part of the Blancpain GT Series weekend that was running on the Nurburgring’s Grand Prix track. With 18 invited drivers in Modified, the entry was headed by 7-times Reedy Race Champion Marc Rheinard and another of the race’s multiple champions Ronald Volker.

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September 17, 2018

Orlowski ‘makes up for 2WD’ with 4WD victory at Nurburgring

Reigning double Euro Offroad Series Champion Michal Orlowski has won 4WD at the season opener at the Nurburgring in Germany, the Schumacher driver saying ‘this makes up for 2WD’ in which he finished 3rd yesterday. Orlowski secured his 5th EOS career win of 4WD when he again managed to stay ahead of second place qualifier Bruno Coelho, the Xray driver only coming into contention in the final round of qualifying. Top Qualifier, after taking 3 of the four rounds of qualifying, Orlowski again came under pressure from Coelho in A2 but got a break when his rival got caught up on the wall. Handing the Pole a comfortable lead, two laps later he would have his own mistake allowing Schumacher team-mate Joern Neumann to close right in for a challenge on the lead but the tight track would catch the German out allowing the recovering Coelho back into 2nd. From there he was closing down the leader but another error gave enough breathing space for Orlowski to take the final by more than a second & a half, his first 4WD victory from the TQ starting position. Winning A3, new rules for Season #8 prevented Orlowski from racing the third A-Main, Coelho would finish 2nd with Daniel Kobbevik, 2nd in A3, rewarded for a great performance with the final step on the podium.

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September 17, 2018

Jean-Pierrick Sartel sweeps E-Buggy Euros

The 2018 EFRA 1/8th E-Buggy European Championships were held at the CARCA track in Noeux-les-Mines, France this past weekend. Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel was in control of things all the time as he took the overall TQ and he also went on to win A1 and A2 for the overall title from Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro 2nd and HB Racing’s Thomas Musso 3rd. HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk and Mugen’s Juan Carlos Canas would complete the top 5 result.

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September 16, 2018

Orlowski holds off Coelho to win A1

Michal Orlowski has won the first A-Main of 4WD at the EOS opening round at the Nurburgring. The Schumacher driver came under intense pressure from Xray’s Bruno Coelho, who momentarily took the lead at the end of the straight before coming off worst when the two buggies touched. Giving Orlowski a huge break, the reigning champion would make a mistake half way through the race, which now 2nd placed Joern Neumann emulated, allowing Coelho a second go at his rival. Having just put in the fastest lap of the race, 3/10ths better than that of Orlowski, he would make a mistake at the centre table, allowing Top Qualifier Orlowski to take the win. Behind, Daniel Kobbevik completed the Top 3 just ahead of the recovering Neumann.

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September 16, 2018

Orlowski Top Qualifier at the Nurburgring

Michal Orlowski is the 4WD Top Qualifier for the opening round of the Euro Offroad Series at the Nurburgring. The Schumacher driver claimed only his second ever 4WD TQ when he topped qualifying for the third time in Germany this morning despite it been a rough 5-minutes by the Pole. With a fastest lap that was 3/10th faster than his closest rival, the reigning champion lost 6-seconds with two significant errors but still had enough in hand to top the times from fellow teenagers Daniel Kobbevik and Joona Haatanen. Behind them Martin Bayer would enjoy his best run so far collecting a P4 for his efforts but for team-mate Bruno Coelho the promising P2 he produced in Q2 last night came to little as he retired after losing a wheel, the same issue hampering him also in Q1. Running in the second fastest heat Kája Novotný posted the fifth fastest time with the Sworkz of Micha Widmaier completing the Top 6 ahead of Lee Martin.

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