The opening round of the Czech Nitro On-road Championship was held in Brno in very hot weather conditions. Michal Abrahamek (Xray/O.S.) would take the pole position in the growing 1/8th class. For the 45 minute main final Michal opted to go for softer tyres and 4:30 minute fuel stints and at the end his efforts paid out as he won the main some 3 laps ahead of Jirka Vysin (Xray/O.S.) and Martej Benda (Xray/O.S.).
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Round 3 of the Western German Nitro On-road Championships were recently held at the fast Hamm track with a total of 53 drivers in attendance. John Ermen captured his second win in 1/8th Nitro On-road class 1 while his ARC team mate and fellow countryman Benny Ciere celebrated his first victory in 1/8th class 2. In 1/10th scale it was guest driver Dirk Wischnewski (Shepherd) who took the victory from 2nd placed Marc Fischer (Serpent). In 1/8th scale class 1 John Ermen already took his third pole position of his 2015 campaign with his Reds-powered ARC. Only Ermen, Tobias Hepp (Mugen) and Michael Salven (Serpent) were able to complete 20 laps with a superb six seconds advantage for Ermen. But the Dutch racer was lucky to escape some technical troubles during his semifinal to finish third behind Salven and Christian Wurst (Capricorn). The second semifinal went to Hepp followed by Karl-Heinz Meister (Serpent) and Frank Schewiola (Capricorn).
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This past weekend the Miniautodromo Internazionale Mario Rosati in Gubbio, Italy hosted the Hot Race Nitro Cup. Run in the three classes of 1/8th on-road, 1/10th National with free tyres and additive as well as 1/10th World with spec tyres the race attracted a good amount of drivers. The TQ in the 1/8th class went to Jonathan Marchetti (Mugen/Reds) in front of Nicola Marrone (Xray/Max) and Domenico Calce (Serpent/Max). The main final then saw Marchetti carrying on to dominate while Marrone and Calce were forced to retire. This allowed Sandro Sammarini (Serpent/OS) and Enrico Gallorini (Serpent/Max) to grab podium spots in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
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Round 3 of the Portuguese Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the São João da Madeira track in Oporto in the north of the country. The track was recently revived after not being in use for some ten years and due to the surface being pretty green tyre wear would be an issue for both the 1/8th and 1/10th classes. Bruno Coelho was the man to beat in both categories and so he would take the TQ after the qualifiers with a margin of a lap to the 2nd place drivers. In the 1/8th final Bruno’s biggest competitor for the win scored a DNF due to an engine failure only ten laps into the race. From that moment on Coelho was able to cruise to the win with his Xray prototype and despite a total of three tyre changes Bruno won the race some 7 laps in front of 2nd placed Hugo Exposto (Mugen).
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After 8 rounds of the 2014/15 Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series CRC-sponsored Korgae Scales, on this picture at home celebrating his son’s first birthday, took the 2014/15 WGT Championship. Fellow CRC team mate Wayne Mah from Alberta grabbed the runner-up spot and WCICS President Josh Carter from Alberta brought home the 3rd place overall. The series will celebrate its 25th Anniversary this year with the 2015/16 season kicking off September 25th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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The 2015 AARCMCC Victorian State titles were held last weekend at the Mildura offroad track, 6 hours north of Melbourne, Australia. Just under 150 drivers from around the country made the trek to the red clay track, which started off wet following a rain dump Thursday night but grooved up beautifully through the weekend with perfect weather. The format was Friday practice, Saturday 2WD and Sunday 4WD and Truck classes with Pro-Line Holeshots were chosen as the control tyres for all classes. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Ray Munday (Team Associated) defended his title with the TQ from local hero Mark Rogers (Team Associated) and young gun Cameron Zammit (Team Associated). After winning all four qualifiers, Munday was pushed hard in A1 by Zammit with Rogers taking A2 to set up an A3 showdown that was ultimately won by Munday sealed the title with a 6 seconds win in the deciding A-main.
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The first Ielasi Tuned Trophy was held at the Pista Leno in Italy this past weekend as Italian frontrunner Daniele Ielasi invited the fastest drivers in Italy to compete in the two classes of 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road. In the 1/8th class it was Mirko Salemi who grabbed the TQ and ultimately the winning honours. Francesco Tironi came in 2nd, Walter Salemi rounded out the top 3 result. In the 200mm Touring class TQ Luca Redaelli came out successful from Manuel Strano in 2nd and Mattia Lorenzetti in 3rd.
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Round 4 of the Austrian 1/10th scale Electric Off-road nationals was held this past weekend at the MAC Traiskirchen track in the south of Vienna. The track, home of two European Championships, held some difficulties for the racers but the hard-packed and sugared surface made for equal conditions for everyone. A total of 72 racers signed in for the 2WD and 4WD classes and in the 2WD class it was former European Champion Hupo Hönigl who set the pace and who came out on top after the four qualifying rounds in front of Team C driver Martin Kreil and new Schumacher signing Peter Pinisch.
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