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July 9, 2015

Manual Wagner wins at LRP-HPI-Challenge Rd19

Round 19 of the LRP-HPI-Challenge was held at the famous Andernach track in Germany with around 50 drivers in attendance. In the fastest class of 10.5T Stock Manuel Wagner took the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers. In the final Manuel had some close fights with Thorsten Zorn and in the opening A-main Manuel took profit of problems Thorsten ran into while in the second main it was Manuel who struggled a bit due to the hot weather conditions, but with some careful driving he was able to take the win and with it the overall victory. Come A3 and with some setup changes Manual Wagner again took the win to make a clean sweep. Behind him Thorsten Zorn finished in 2nd while Thomas Isbert rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 9, 2015

Hungarian RC Offroad Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Hungarian RC Offroad Series was held at the WMW Team track in Fehring, Austria, host of several European Championships. Although being a national championship the ROS makes guest appearances in surrounding countries with the three national races being backed by the Austrian round in Fehring and a Slovakian round in Kvetoslavov. The ROS is run in a total of seven classes including Pro and Stock Nitro Buggy, Electric Buggy, Electric Truck and two Short Course categories. Overall more than 50 drivers made the trip to Fehring with Xray’s Martin Wollanka leading the proceedings in the Pro Nitro Buggy class. Albert Neuwirth (Mugen) came in 2nd while Cseko Gergely (TLR) rounded out the top 3 result.

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July 9, 2015

Thomas Musso wins French eBuggy Nationals Rd3

The 3rd round of the French 1/8th Brushless Buggy Nationals was held at the LMA Club track in Beuvry Forest. Thomas Musso (Radiosistemi) grabbed the TQ after the qualifiers and he also dominated the finals to take the win ahead of the TLR duo of Jerome Sartel and Jean Pierrick Sartel.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

July 8, 2015

Schumacher BTCC Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Schumacher BTCC Touring Car series took place at the midlands based club Stafford. The Stafford club is one of the oldest in the country and pulled out all the stops to make the BTCC family of racers as welcome as possible. With some mixed weather about on the Sunday it would make for an interesting days racing with both dry cars and wet cars in use during the day. All the UK’s top modified drivers were out in force getting some valuable knowledge for the BRCA national next weekend. Olly Jefferies took TQ in the Modified class but was pushed hard by Elliott Harper. The final was run in wet conditions and the crowd were treated to an epic battle between Olly and local hot shot Zak Smith. Olly managed to hang on by just 2 tenths of a second ahead of Zack with Elliott third.

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July 8, 2015

Ronald Völker wins at Yokomo Fun Race

The Yokomo Fun Race, organized by Andrea Efficace, was held last weekend in Florence, Italy. The event attracted about 60 drivers with multiple champions and some of the top Italian drivers in attendance to make for an interesting event. Ronald Völker (Yokomo) was the man to beat in the qualifiers and the finals and he came out successful in front of Xray’s Nicola Marrone while Alessandro Ciaccheri (Yokomo) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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July 7, 2015

F1ItalianSeries GP17 & GP18 – Report

The F1ItalianSeries drivers met at the MiniAutodromo T5 for the final two GP of the 2014/15 season. The fight for the championship title was still on due to the double points rule at the final events and after two nice races with great sportsmanship Antonio Capuano, whose Mercedes caught fire in Q1, was very fast and he ultimately won both the GP 17 and 18 to snatch the overall title. Great performance also from the other competitors for the championship, Magnocavallo, Cardelli and Manciocchi. The team trophy was won by team RedBull of Cardelli and Cutugno. Davide Morgagni (Renault Ing) and Alessandro Bagagli (Mercedes) also showed great performance. The season finale was celebrated by a group dinner with a lottery and a body contest that was won by Roberto Sellani and his beautiful Toro Rosso.

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July 7, 2015

Thrasyvoulou wins at Start Nitro Buggy Champs Rd4

The fourth round of the Star 1:8 Nitro Buggy Championship was held at the AG Metal Off Road Track in Limassol, Cyprus. The weather was pretty hot with high humidity and that made many drivers staying away from the track in favour of a day at the beach. Nevertheless the race had a good amount of entries with some top drivers too. Andreas Thrasyvoulou took the TQ for the final that he went on to win in front of Simos Tikkis (Kyosho) and Marios Christodoulou (Kyosho).

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July 7, 2015

Silvio Hächler wins at Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals

Round four of the Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Langenthal track. In the 1/8th class Simon Kurzbuch (Shepherd) took the TQ after the qualifiers but in the final it was newly-signed ARC driver Silvio Hächler who came out fastest in front of Simon. Christophe Pethoud (ARC) completed the podium in 3rd. In the Championship Simon Kurzbuch has now a 4-points lead from Silvio Hächler in 2nd while Mattia Pesenti sits in 3rd.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]