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May 17, 2017

Jesse Davis lands factory O.S. Engines deal

Top Australian International on-road racer Jesse Davis has landed a factory deal with O.S. Engines for 2017. The Infinity team driver, who has chosen to run the Japanese engine brand in his 1/8 and 1/10 exploits for the past number of seasons, joins team-mate Teemu Leino as one of O.S. Engines’ new signings in this 1/8 On-road World Championship year. A multiple Australian National Champion, Davis will make his first official appearance as a factory supported driver this weekend at the Euro Nitro Series season opener in France. Commenting on the deal, the 26-year-old said:

Having already used O.S. engines for the last two seasons with some good results I’m happy to have the opportunity to join the factory team. I will be attending all major events this year including ENS and the World championship in France and would like to thank the O.S. team for this opportunity.

May 16, 2017

Andy Moore wins 2017 Singapore Open

The long standing Singapore Open was held at the super fast Marine Paradise track recently with the 2-day event once again attracting a number of international entries. Among the visitors was Jessie Davis, the Australian going on to secure the overall TQ ahead of former winner Nelson Lee. With Davis directly qualifying for the 45-minute Main, the rest of the grid would be decided in the 20-minute semi finals with the first win going to Singapore driver Alvin Ng. In the second encounter, Lee would take a narrow victory over Andy Moore. Carrying his qualifying form into the final, Davis looked to have victory sown up but in the 44th minute, while holding a 1-lap lead over Infinity team-mate Moore, he would make a slight mistake entering the pitlane. The contact would result in a damaged servo horn allowing Moore to slip through to take the win on the final lap. Moore’s first win with Infinity, Davis would finish 2nd despite his altercation while Thailand’s Chavit Sirigupta would make it an all Infinity podium.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

May 15, 2017

Volker & Harper complete podium in Riccione

Ronald Volker has kept the championship race for this year’s ETS title going by winning the third A-Main in Italy to finish 2nd overall. With reigning champion Bruno Coelho wrapping up his third win of the season in A2, the Portuguese driver was a more than usual interested spectator of A3 as the failure of Volker to finish second overall would mean he would be crowned Champion for a second year. Leading away the field Volker will get the result he needs with pursuer Elliott Harper not able to get by the Yokomo driver. Harper would in fact come under attack from Marc Rheinard until the Infinity driver ran onto the grass. An important result for Volker, if not the one he came to Riccione seeking, it was probably Harper however who was the happiest driver on the podium, his first podium finish in 6-years marking the first for Schumacher in the premiere Modified class.

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May 15, 2017

Coelho moves closer to retaining title with ETS Italy win

Bruno Coelho has put one hand on retaining his Euro Touring Series title as he notched up his third ETS win of the season today in Riccione, Italy. The Xray driver repeated his 2016 win at the Marco Simoncelli RC Circuit with another win in A2, although Ronald Volker made the Top Qualifier work harder for the win second time round before a mistake ended the challenge. Allowing Elliott Harper into second, the Schumacher driver would finish 1.2-seconds back from Coelho with Volker a similar distance back in 3rd.

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May 15, 2017

Elliott Boots wins 2017 Nordic Contest

The 2017 Nordic Contest was held in Eskilstuna, Sweden over the weekend. The event was also the warm-up race for the EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championships later this year and so it attracted most of Europe’s top racers to battle for the winning honours in the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. In the Nitro category it was Kyosho’s Elliott Boots who walked away with the silverware after the 45-minute main final, leaving the pole position holder, Sweden’s David Ronnefalk (HB Racing) behind by one lap while Mugen’s Robert Batlle completed the top 3 result another lap down in 3rd. Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo came in 4th, a lap in front of overall top qualifier Davide Ongaro (Team Associated). Oscar Baldo (TLR), Joseph Quagraine (JQRacing), Darren Bloomfield (Agama), Infinity’s Lee Martin, running a HB Racing car, and Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin rounded out the top 10 result that saw eight different brands competing in the main final.

Image: Robert Batlle

May 15, 2017

Christopher Krapp joins Yokomo factory off-road team

Following the signing of German frontrunner Christopher Krapp to their electric on-road factory team some time ago, Yokomo have now announced the addition of Christopher to their factory off-road team. Having run Schumacher off-road kits in the past time, Christopher will now help promote Yokomo kits in his world wide campaign while also assisting with development work. Christopher says:

After already using the Yokomo Touring cars there was no better choice for me to also use their Off-road racing cars from now on. I am looking forward to represent the YZ-2 and YZ-4 platform in the best way I can nationally and internationally. See you trackside!

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

May 14, 2017

Easy Sunday morning drive for Coelho in A1

It was an easy Sunday morning drive for Bruno Coelho in A1 as the Xray driver took a dominant A1 win at ETS Italy. Top Qualifier at the Riccione track, the reigning champion would immediately break away from the pack to win ahead of Ronald Volker and Elliott Harper, the Top 3 remaining the same from start to finish. Behind, 4th place starter Marc Rheinard would fall back after an altercation with the track’s infamous bump, snatching back 5th at the line from Serpent’s Viktor Wilck to finish behind his Infinity team-mate Jilles Groskamp.

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May 13, 2017

Coelho Top Qualifier at ETS Italy

Bruno Coelho will make his third pole position start of the season at ETS Italy tomorrow, the Xray driver officially able to celebrate being the Top Qualifier at Round 4 after Ronald Volker topped the final round of qualifying. With the reigning ETS Champion taking a critical TQ run in last night’s opening ‘rocket round’ qualifier and backing it up another in Q2, a TQ run from Elliott Harper in the penultimate round meant there was a theoretical chance the British driver could deny last year’s winner from again starting the Riccione race on pole although beating the Q1 time was always going to be a mammoth challenge. With both Coelho and Harper out of new tyres, it was Volker who had saved his second set of tyres who would take the fourth & final qualifier ahead of Michal Orlowski, the EOS Champion also having the advantage of fresh rubber. With this a crucial weekend for Coelho’s main title rivals, the TQ run will see Volker start from P3 on the grid while Marc Rheinard will try to keep his championship hopes alive from fourth behind Harper.

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