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August 5, 2014

Thomas Musso wins Belgian 1/8th BL nats Rd4

The 4th round of the Belgian 1/8th brushless buggy nationals was held in Enghien during the Week-end Du Modelisme show. The race was run on a purpose-built grass track and the changeable weather conditions made tyre choice critical. Some guest drivers such as Frenchman Thomas Musso (HongNor) or Belgian 1/10th champion Nicolas Risser (Team C) joined the race and after the qualifying it was Thomas Musso who made a perfect sweep for TQ by winning all 3 qualifying rounds. French ace Sebastian Wartelle (Kyosho) took the runner-up spot after the qualifiers. In the final Thomas again excelled and three wins got him the overall victory from Nicolas Risser and Sebastian Wartelle who suffered from bad tyre choices in the finals.

Thanks to Jean-Michel for sending the report.

August 5, 2014

Claus Ryeskov wins at Danish nitro on-road nats Rd4

This past weekend the 4th round of the Danish nitro on-road nationals was held in Odense with Summer-like temperatures but with the weather forecast promising rain on Sunday. In qualifying Martin Lissau was flying and he ultimately took the TQ spot from Rasmus B. Nielsen and Martin N.O. Hansen. On Sunday, just one hour before the main final would be started, a massive thunderstorm came down but this did not kept the drivers from running. The main saw a nice battle between a hard charging Peter Sörensen (Xray) and Claus Ryeskov (Xray), who tried to take it easy. At the end Claus’ strategy paid off as he won the final in front of Peter who went off the track after trying to pull some faster laps. Rasmus B. Nielsen (Shepherd) and Tom Limkilde (Xray) completed the top 4 result.

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August 5, 2014

Hartmut Rose wins Central German championship title

Xray’s Hartmut Rose has taken this year’s Central German 200mm nitro on-road championship title, as part of the qualification for the German nationals. By winning four out of the six rounds Hartmut has also taken his 4th title in a row. Xray teammate David Ranft came in 3rd place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 5, 2014

Thurston & Beal win at Cotswold

Last weekend round 5 of the 1/10th British National championships was held at the Cotswold racetrack. Practice on Saturday was stopped three times for heavy rain but come Sunday morning the weather was much better. After 5 rounds of qualifying Joe Kerry took TQ for Touring Car and Glyn Beal for GT. The Touring Cars final was then won by Alex Thurston with Joe Kerry 2nd and John Zotel taking 3rd place. The GT final went to Glyn Beal with Peter Hellawell 2nd and Adam Crosland in 3rd place. The next round will be on 30th and 31st August at the very fast Halifax track.

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August 5, 2014

Adam Drake doubles at CNM Summer Series Rd3

Round 3 of the CNM Summer Series was held at Revelation Raceway in Montclair, CA. this past weekend. Adam Drake took the victory in Expert Buggy and Expert Truck. In the Buggy class Shaun Kirkman finished 2nd and Mike Acero finished 3rd making it a clean sweep of the podium for TLR, Novarossi, and Pro-Line. In Truck Mike Acero (TLR/Novarossi) finished 2nd and Shane Flores (Agama/Novarossi) came in 3rd.

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August 5, 2014

Carter & Cousins win at HNMC Summer Series Rd5

Round 5 of the HNMC Summer Series run at Herts Nitro Model Club saw Josh Adams taking the win in the Nitro Buggy class while Steve Carter came out successful in the Nitro Truggy class. Colin Drummond and Phil Saggers completed the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In 1/8th E-Buggy Richard Cousins took the win from Nigel Morris and Ian Fuller.

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August 4, 2014

Ciccarello sweeps 5th Annual Diabetes Charity race

The 5th Annual Diabetes Charity race was held at Medina RC Raceway this past Saturday. Run on a new layout the race was also a bit rain affected and at the end Paul Ciccarello who TQ’d and won the E-Buggy, E-Truggy and Nitro Buggy classes while his Serpent team mate Bill Shaybonez was also able to TQ and win 2WD Buggy.

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August 4, 2014

East German regionals Rd5 – Report

The 5th round of the East German regionals was held at the AMC Muehlau track in 1/8th Expert and Hobby classes. In the Expert class final the race was very close until 5 minutes from the end when Daniel Sieber (Shepherd) flamed out and Torsten Müller (Xray) lost a front wheel. This made way for Michael Kammer (Shepherd) who then cruised to the win in front of Daniel and Torsten.

Source: Xray [team-xray.com]