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April 18, 2017

2017 International Dutch F1 Masters – Report

The 2017 edition of the International Dutch F1 Masters was held at the Dutch MACH Heemstede club over the weekend. Erik Sigterman had claimed the overnight TQ after the four qualifying rounds on Saturday and he would also take the overall TQ as the fifth and final qualifier on Sunday morning had to be cancelled due to rain and hail. Infinity’s Jitse Miedema would put his car on the 2 spot on the grid while Sidney Blokker (Yokomo) came in third.

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April 18, 2017

Adam Drake TQs & wins at Spring Challenge

Revelation Raceway of Ontario, California played host to the Spring Challenge and it was Adam Drake who took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class. Adam would also lead the way in the 30-minute A-main, ultimately bringing home the win some by two laps.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

April 17, 2017

John Ermen wins at Belgium IC Track Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the Belgium Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the MAC De Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, The Netherlands. In the 1/8th class it was John Ermen who took the TQ after the qualifiers with Gunter van Staey and Robin D’hondt coming in second and third. For the 30-minute main final John Ermen (ARC) was able to conserve his qualifying performance, taking a dominant win some three laps in front of Capricorn driver Robin D’hondt while Augustin Mejor (Serpent) completed the top 3 result another two laps down.

Image: John Ermen

April 13, 2017

Adrien Bertin wins French 1/8th On-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the French 1/8th On-road Nationals was held at the Vichi track in central France. Romain Picard would take the TQ on the very technical track in front of Anthony Abisset and Benjamin Brasset. In the opening stages of the 45-minute final Adrien Bertin took over the lead with Romain Picard in second but the latter was later forced into a DNF later due to mishap at the end of the straight. Meanwhile Leo Arnold was able to take the 3rd place at the 20 minute mark but a mistake just before the tyres pit stop cost him some seconds and two positions. In the final 15 minutes, Leo pushed really hard, closing the gap to the 2nd and 3rd place drivers. During the final fuel stop Leo made up some valuable time, allowing him to eventually finishing in 2nd place on the finish line.

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April 13, 2017

Alex Thurston wins BRCA 1/10th Touring Nats Rd1

The opening round of the British 1/10th Nitro Touring Championship was held at the Cotswolds circuit. In the main final and after a bit of an action packed start everyone broke off into their own groups. Alex Thurston was in a comfortable 3rd place until the leader, who was Mark Green at the time, had a crash which cost him some time and put him behind Alex. That was where the two’s race battle started, both were fighting for a long time back and forth making overtakes sometimes three or four times per lap. Meanwhile, while the two were battling for 2nd place, the race leader had an incident which put Alex and Mark fighting for the lead. After the last pit stop Mark came out behind Alex. Green went inside, outside, hard into the corner, slow into the corner but Thurston had him covered off. With just a few minutes remaining Mark tried to overtake but hit a kerb and went off track with left Alex an easy coast to the end of the race where he would take the win some 8 to 9 seconds up the road from Mark. Fellow Serpent driver John Zottl completed a Serpent podium lockout.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 13, 2017

Tasos Paparegas wins at Hobbytech Cup Rd1

The Greek Hobbytech Cup recently kicked off at the Serres track in the North of the country. Xray’s Tasos Paparegas took an easy TQ and win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy main final from his brother John on the runner-up spot. Mugen driver Zois would complete the top 3 podium result.

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April 13, 2017

2nd Annual Panik Grand Prix – Announcement

The Panik Team Troisdorf has announced the 2nd Annual Panik Grand Prix for the weekend of the 4th of June. The race will be held at the club’s recently refurbished astroturf track in the three classes of 2WD Modified Buggy, 4WD Modified Buggy as well as Stadium Truck – all three run according to current national DMC rules. More information about the race can be found on the club’s social media site here.

April 12, 2017

Texas Electric On-Road Series Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Texas Electric On-Road Series was held at NControl RC Raceway, site of the upcoming 2017 ROAR Electric On-Road Paved Nationals in Dale, Texas. The permanent track features smooth asphalt and wide flowing lanes that made for close racing across all 6 classes. The event produced record breaking turnouts, which made making a spot on the podium all the more challenging and rewarding. In the star-studded Modified Touring class, Chris Tosolini and Ralph Burch would trade TQ position back and forth over the opening three qualifying rounds, with Tosolini eventually securing TQ honors. In the A-main, Tosolini would lead wire-to-wire followed by Burch in second. The real battle took place between 5th place qualifier Cristian Tabush and 3rd place qualifier Chris Adams. Within the first few laps of the main, Tabush was able to jump from 5th to 3rd, where he would battle with Adams for the rest of the race swapping positions. In the end, Tabush would claim the final podium position.

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