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July 7, 2015

Ronnefalk tops opening day at Euros

David Ronnefalk has opened his title defence in the best possible way as he topped the times on the very hot & humid opening day of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Sacile, Italy. Chasing a third consecutive European title, the 2015 HB/HPI Racing signing recorded a fastest lap time of 38.138 around the Ongaroring track in the days fourth and final round of practice. A day that saw the track improve over the day but still a bit off the traction levels experienced at the Warm-up Race back in May, it was 2012 World Champion Robert Batlle who would end up second fastest just 0.021 slower. Behind them Italian National Champion Alex Zanchettin would complete the Top 3 just ahead of the last European Champion before Ronnefalk Darren Bloomfield. With most drivers using Day 1 of the 35th running of the championships to bed themselves in and wait for the track to come in, Warm-up Race winner Elliott Boots would post the seventh fastest time sandwiched between former champions Yannick Aigoin and Renaud Savoya.

Continue reading this report here or view our full event coverage here.

July 7, 2015

Didier Perrin brings home Nitro Burn win

The Nitro Burn Race was hosted by the Lap Paradise track in Johor Bahru, Malaysia with the race attracting a total of 45 drivers from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Switzerland and Italy. The TQ after the three 10 minute qualifying rounds went to Jason Nugroho (Xray) but at the end of the 60-minute main Didier Perrin (Mugen) came out successful. Jason finished in 2nd, the podium was completed by Kyosho’s Ben Panic.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

July 7, 2015

Alexander Hagberg takes Euros warm-up win

The warm-up race for the 2015 EFRA 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road European Championships was held at the EFMOD track in Izmir, Turkey at an impressive facility with a brand new track. The track is very long, with a laptime of around 25 second and it features quite unforgiving curbs but the asphalt is perfectly flat and provided very good grip with the traction levels coming up pretty high as the track was sugared during practice on Friday, and traction rolling became an issue for many competitors. Due to the EFRA points system Alexander Hagberg (Xray), who posted the fastest run, only qualified in 2nd and thus he had to go through the super pole race for the 2nd to 5th fastest qualifiers with the fastest granted another direct qualifying spot without the need to go through the semifinals. At the end Alex managed to post the fastest lap, narrowly in front of Mustafa Alp, who showed great pace throughout the entire race. In the main final Alexander ran a trouble free race to secure the win in front of Shepherd racer Dirk Wichnewski by about half a lap. Mustafa Alp (Xray) came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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July 7, 2015

Cockerill & Rasmussen win at Belgian GP

The legendary Belgian GP at the MBV Kampenhout was held this past weekend. In the 2WD class Tom Cockerill brought home the win, beating all the youngsters who made it into the A-final. Nico Risser managed to take 2nd place in front of Jesper Rasmussen in 3rd. Jesper then went on to the 4WD class win after some great qualifying and truly epic wins in A final 1 and 2. Nico Risser showed great patience and took the runner-up spot that won’t be quickly forgotten while Danish talent Frederik Hovgaard completed the podium in 3rd.

Source: MBV Kampenhout | Image: Rene Hovgaard

July 7, 2015

Martin Wollanka teams up with LRP

LRP have announced the signing of 2014 Vice European Champion Martin Wollanka to their electric off-road team. The Austrian frontrunner will use LRP motors, controllers and batteries in his 1/8th and 1/10th scale buggies from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

Right from the first test I was impressed by the feeling and power. There was really no other option. To make sure I can gain my future goals I need the power of the LRP components.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

July 6, 2015

Ilias Arkoudaris leaves JQRacing

Ilias Arkoudaris has announced that as of July 6th he is no longer involved in JQRacing. Responsible for posting newsletters, press releases and race reports Ilias was part of JQRacing for many years and he has the following to say:

As of Monday July 6th I am no longer employed or affiliated in any way with JQRacing. After an 8 year old journey with the brand the time for a new adventure has come for me. Nothing is set in stone yet but there will be some good news soon! I can’t thank enough all customers and team drivers for their support and I wish them and JQRacing all the best for the future. In case any of the existing customers wish to contact me please use personal email account (iliasarkoudaris@gmail.com) or through my personal Facebook account.

July 6, 2015

Riccardo Berton scores at Novarossi Trophy

The Novarossi Trophy was held in Guassago, Italy over the weekend with the event attracting some of the fastest Italian drivers to race against guests from abroad, such as Adam and Ronda Drake. In the F1 Nitro Buggy class newly crowned European Champion B Riccardo Berton (Kyosho) brought home the win from Kyosho teammate Marco Natale with TLR driver Walter Floris coming in 3rd.

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July 2, 2015

Rick Vrielijnck teams up with Shepherd

Shepherd have announced the signing of Dutch front runner Rick Vrielijnck for the remainder of the 2015 season. The 9-times Dutch national champion and multiple EC-A, World Championship and ENS finalist plans to race all remaining major 1/8th on-road events, such as the ENS and Euros in Ettlingen, the ENS final in Fiorano and the Worlds in Brazil. Rick had the following to say about the deal:

I’m very excited to join Team Shepherd and I’m very thankfull for this opportunity. As I was looking for a car that suits my driving style better and a team that is always working hard to support their drivers Shepherd has been the right choice and I’m glad that they were also excited to work with me. I’d like to thank Mugen for their support in the past year.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]