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October 2, 2021

2022 Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

Joey Christensen has been in touch to let us know about the 2022 DNC which will be held the Southern California Fairgrounds in Perris, California at the New The Dirt at Perris track from the 23rd to 27th of February. There will be a warm up race in early January as well (dates are coming) and they are currently offering an early DNC entry discount for a limited number of entries while they last. It is already looking like this year’s DNC will be the biggest one yet with many of the European drivers to be in attendance which will make it that much more exciting. ‘We are pumped to have a permanent home for the DNC and have been working hard to make sure that the Biggest off road R/C race in the world is the best one yet!’

Source: The Dirt [thedirt.us]

September 21, 2021

Coelho victorious at ETS Rd3 in the Netherlands

The third round of ETS Season #14 2021/22 took place on the ground of the AMCA Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. With 200 entries in the six ETS racing classes, the event started with a free practice day on Thursday and a good weather forecast for the whole weekend. As always at the ETS, the race included 4 rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains for everybody. Everything was prepared in a perfect way by the AMCA Apeldoorn and the amazing racetrack was awaiting all drivers. In the Matrix Modified class it was Xray’s Bruno Coelho who was able to win three rounds of qualifying with his teammate Alexander Hagberg taking the other round. With Coelho being on pole, Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Völker scored three second places which let him start second on the grid in front of Yokomo`s Yannic Prümper (3), Xray`s Alexander Hagberg (4) and Awesomatix driver Marc Rheinard (5). The field of modified drivers was on a super high level once again and the fight for the A-Main spots was as close as possible in between some hundreds of a second.

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September 13, 2021

Kurzbuch & Loppini win 2021 Trofeo Construttori

Last weekend the prestigious Trofeo Construttori was held at the famous Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter Fiorano track with some of the world’s best drivers in attendance. Team Shepherd took the victory and the constructors title in both major classes making it a perfect weekend for the German manufacturer. Simon Kurzbuch RC had some difficulties in qualifying and lined up 5th in the grid of the final. But in the main his performance was on point and during the race he climbed up the ranking step by step until he was in first position. After 30min of high class racing Simon took the victory in front of Lamberto Collari and Mirko Salemi in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 1/10th class Shepherd factory driver David Loppini was able to win 3 out of 4 qualifiers and claimed the pole-position for the main final. Starting from the front David was able to pull away immediately and after 30min he crossed the finishing line in first position in front of Alessandro Balboni in 2nd and Valerio Righi in 3rd position.

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September 6, 2021

BRCA 1/8 Circuit Halifax Rd5 – Report

The British weather played a big part in the latest round of the 1/8 Circuit series hosted at the newly resurfaced Halifax circuit in the north of the UK recently. A bumper entry was in for the weekend’s racing with both nitro and electric classes competing. The electric class gaining popularity again with many newcomers and returning drivers attracted to the class. Saturday saw heavy rain with most drivers not going onto the track for timed practice. Sunday started similarly with rain fall and standing water on the track, it was to be a day of tricky conditions and a mostly damp track which never really fully dried. Qualifying was to come down to one round where conditions were somewhat better so pressure was on drivers to ensure they got a respectable time in.

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August 18, 2021

Venue & date change for GTS Race #2

The organisers of the GTS series have announced a venue and date change for their 2nd race of 2021. Originally set to take place in Leno in September, the venue has been changed to the World famous Gubbio track in central Italy from the 2nd to 3rd of October. Following a successful first event at the Autodromo di Vallelunga in June in which Bruno Coelho took the double for Xray, the 2nd and final race of the year is expected to draw an even bigger entry as travel restrictions continue to be lifted.

Source: GTS [gts.events]

August 16, 2021

Völker wins again at ETS Rd2

ETS Rd2 took place at Arena33 in Andernach, Germany last weekend, only four weeks after RD1 at the same venue. With 173 entries in the six ETS classes the event started with a free practice day on Thursday and a great weather forecast for the whole weekend. As always at the ETS, the race included 4 rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains for everybody. In the Matrix Modified class, a dominant Ronald Völker took three out of four rounds (with one DNF) of qualifying with his LRP powered Mugen Seiki car ahead of his strongest rival Marc Rheinard who qualified second on the grid with his Awesomatix. Yokomo`s Christopher Krapp took third on the grid followed by Oliver Havranek (Xray) and Yannic Prümper (Yokomo). Völker never looked back after the start of the first and second A-Main and won both heats without any mistakes in front of Rheinard. With Völker sitting out A3, Marc Rheinard took the win in the last modified final ahead of Yannic Prümper who finished second to secure third overall on the podium. For Ronald Völker it was the fourth consecutive ETS race win and his second in a row with his new Mugen Seiki team.

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July 27, 2021

2021 XRS Italy onroad – Report

The 2021 edition of the XRS Italy on-road event was held at the beautiful facilities of Club Automodellistico 5 Colli in Gubbio, Italy. Some 110 entries in 5 different classes competed over the course of the weekend of 24-25th of July 2021. Perfect weather conditions, and a great atmosphere was present all throughout the event. The modified TC class was won by the world champion Bruno Coelho, followed by Alexander Hagberg, and Xray team manager and designer Martin Hudy in 3rd. Bad luck struck the 3rd qualifier, Alessio Menicucci, who dropped down the order in the finals.

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July 20, 2021

Völker wins big as ETS heads into season #14

The ETS started into season 14 last weekend at Arena33 in Andernach, Germany where last season ended in September 2020. With 200 entries it was a great turnout for the ETS as there are still some countries with very strict Covid-19 restrictions limiting people traveling to races. The free practice day (Thursday) started with a wet track at Arena33 but after the asphalt dried out, the weather stayed in good conditions during the whole weekend. The Matrix Modified class saw a dominant Ronald Völker winning all four rounds of qualifying ahead of Antoine Brunet who had a flawless weekend showing excellent driving and pace. Behind them, Lucas Urbain and Marc Rheinard lined up third and fourth with Christopher Krapp also in the mix starting from the fifth position.

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