Andy Báez wins Puerto Rico Rd8

The 8th round of the Puerto Rico Championship (ACRCPR) was held at the newly resealed Barceloneta track recently and it was Andy Báez who took the TQ spot and win. Andy holds the track record, established in round 7, and so was expected to be very quick at this race and he didn’t disappoint. The 45 minutes final saw a race long battle between Mugen racer Andy and Fernando Méndez driving a Xray NT1, with Andy holding on to the victory to win by over a lap from Méndez in 2nd, while Emilio García took 3rd with his Serpent 720.

Thanks to Zobeida Ocasio for the report

Stark & Giesa win German Regionals Rd3

The 3rd round of the northern German regionals for 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale gas was held last weekend at the Hamm track. Qualifying in 1/8th scale saw Jens Stark take the TQ spot from Lars Hoppe in 2nd, only 1 second behind, with Andreas Giesa and Jürgen Stark rounding out the top 4. In the 1/10th scale class it was Andreas Giesa that took the pole spot from Jens Stark in 2nd and Bernd Hasselbring and Jürgen Heenemuth in 3rd and 4th respectively. The 30 minute 1/8th scale final saw Jens Stark take a clear win by 2 laps from Giesa in 2nd and Jürgen Stark in 3rd, while in the 1/10th scale class Andreas Giesa won by 2 laps from Bernd Hasselbring in 2nd with Jens Stark taking 3rd.

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Robin D’hondt wins Belgian Nats Rd4

The 4th round of the Belgian National Championships took place last weekend at the Roeselare track under changeable weather conditions. Qualifying saw the first round take place in dry conditions while the following 2 were wet and damp, with the fourth and final round dry again, raining near the end of the final heat, and it was Gunther Van Staey that took the TQ ahead of Robin D’hondt. Just before the 1/8th scale final it rained again and this was enough to wet the track and had racers scrambling for tires. The main final saw Robin able to take the lead after 1 lap and could drive away from Van Staey, who lost time struggling on the wrong tires. In the closing stages of the race Robin ran out of tires and had to come in for tires in the last 2 minutes to change to dry tires, yet was still able to win by 4 laps from Marc Van Passel in 2nd and Nico Vandewynckel in 3rd.

Rick V wins Dutch 8th Nats Rd4

The 4th round of the Dutch 1/8th scale Nationals took place last weekend at the MACH track in Heemstede and with summer holidays in full swing there were only 44 drivers in attendance. Qualifying started dry but close to the end of the first round it started to rain and it wasn’t until the end of the last series that it had dried up again. Pole position in the NK class went to Mugen racer Rick V, while in the Nomac class it was Serpent racer Jordy Blok that took the top spot. Unfortunately just before the semi finals it started to rain again and this meant a lot of racers didn’t start, but regardless there was enough to fill both the main finals. In the NK class main final it was John Ermen that initially took the lead on a drying track but soon after his engine stalled and this allowed Rick to take over at the front where he stayed for the rest of the race, winning from Motonica racer Daniel van der Drift in 2nd and Mugen driver Michiel Renting 3rd. In the Nomac class, pole man Jordy took the lead but soon after it was birthday boy Roelof Tooms that passed him and he then managed to build up a 6 lap advantage which fell to 2 laps following some engine troubles near the end of the race. But Roelof held on to his lead and took the win from Jordy Blok in 2nd and Emiel Jansen 3rd.

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