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May 30, 2016

Carsten Keller wins at West German regionals Rd2

Round two of the German West division Nitro Off-road regionals was held in Kürten over the weekend. Different from other parts of the country the weather stayed dry, meaning good and high grip racing conditions. In the qualifiers the race for the TQ position was on between Carsten Keller (SWorkz) and Jörn Neumann (Serpent). At the end Carsten would be able to grab a very narrow TQ and the fight between the two would continue in the main final when both swapped the lead several times in the opening stages. About 10 minutes in to the main Carsten was able to open a gap that he would be able to extend to over a lap at the end of the 30-minute final. Jörn Neumann had to settle for second while Daniel Reckward (Serpent) completed the top 3 result another lap down.

Source: Spielzeugautorennfahrer [spielzeugautorennfahrer.de]

May 30, 2016

Paolo Morganti TQs & wins at 39th annual Texas Biggie

Last weekend’s Texas Biggie race saw Paolo Morganti taking the TQ in the GT8 class. In the 25-minute main final Paolo would continue to dominate by bringing home the win some two laps in front of Tony Luna with young Marcus Cole rounding out the podium another four laps down.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 30, 2016

Milan Holthuis takes Dutch 200mm Nats Rd2 win

Genk in Belgium played host to the second round of the Dutch Nitro On-road Nationals. The weekend started off dry on Saturday and even the two opening qualifiers on Sunday would be held on a dry track but for round three the rain came. Daan Jacobs (Serpent) took the TQ from Capricorn driver Milan Holthuis while Roy Bakker (Shepherd) completed the top 3 result. Just in time for the main finals the rain poured down even more, making for tricky conditions in the double 20 minute finals. The opening leg then was won by Daan but as usual rain mixes things up quite heavily and so the second and decisive leg was a pretty entertaining affair. Milan would run into engine problems after it refused to run on water instead of fuel but when servo issues hindered Daan, Milan was able to grab the win meaning both would end tie on points. The tie-breaker then handed Milan a narrow win as he scored the faster run. Daan had to settle for second while newcomer Mark Been completed the top 3 result.

Thanks to Mark Holthuis for the report.

May 30, 2016

Alexandre Laurent wins at French EP On-road Nats Rd3

The third round of the French Electric On-road National Championship was held at the fast and flowing Ampuis track. In the Touring Modified class Thomas Vigneron dominated the free and controlled practice sessions on Friday and Saturday. But come the qualifiers the Team Magic driver ran into trouble with problems such as badly glued pre-mounted tyres and later a wrong tyre strategy, starting on old tyres while others used a fresh set. On Sunday though he was able to score two TQ runs in wet conditions to grab the pole position for the A-mains. For the finals the conditions got worse and the TQ holder ran into trouble with wrong setup decisions, allowing Alexandre Laurent (Xray) to take the win from runner-up, Thomas. Maxime Favrelle (Xray) would round out the podium in third.

View the final results here

May 30, 2016

Tosolini & Whiting win at 39th Texas Biggie race

The 39th annual Texas Biggie race was held this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest nitro on-road drivers in attendance. WRC’s Chris Tosolini would sweep the 1/8th Open class with his Ielasi Tuned GTX, taking the TQ and win while Loran Whiting (Capricorn/Ielasi Tuned) came out successful in the 1/10th 200mm Sedan class. Finally Jeff Whiting (Capricorn/Ielasi Tuned) would add another win for the Whiting family by coming out fastest in the 1/8th Masters class.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

May 30, 2016

Santana brothers sweep Spanish 1/8th GT champs Rd1

The opening round of the Spanish GT Championship was held at the Santa Oliva track this past weekend. Toni and Dioni Santana would sweep the GT and Super GT classes with respective TQs and wins to round out a perfect race weekend.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

May 29, 2016

Reno Savoya wins rain-affected French Buggy Nats Rd3

The third round of the French 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Longvic next to France’s mustard capital of Dijon. Sunday started out nice and sunny but after the semifinals heavy rain started to fall, leaving the organisers no choice but to cancel the A-main. This left Reno Savoya (TLR) with the win from Xray’s Yannick Aigoin with a lucky Jean-Pierric Sartel rounding out the podium. Reno now already scored two wins in the national championship this year while another frontrunner, Jerome Aigoin flamed out two times in his semi, meaning no top 12 finish at round three for the Kyosho driver.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

May 28, 2016

Carlos Guerra doubles at Bolivian Off-road Nats Rd2

The recent second round of the Bolivian Off-road Nationals saw Xray driver Carlos Guerra walking away with the win in both the Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. Alejandro Alvarez (Tekno) came in second in both categories while Fabian Egüez (Mugen) in Nitro and Edwin Mendoza (Mugen) in E-Buggy rounded out the respective podiums.

View the E-Buggy podium here