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September 26, 2013

Collari & Costanzo win at Novarossi Trophy

The Novarossi Trophy was held at the famous Fiorano track with 94 drivers participating in the 1/8 and 1/10 class. In 1/8 the pole position went to Lamberto Collari (Capricorn/Novarossi) followed by Dario Balestri (Capricorn/Novarossi) and Andrea Lorenzi in third place. The 1/10 class pole position was captured by David Loppini (KM/Novarossi) who had Christian Costanzo (Capricorn/Novarossi) and Dario Basaglia (Capricorn/IDM) in tow.

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September 24, 2013

Stuiver wins at Dutch champs, Rombouts champion

The AMCA Apledoorn track saw the final round of the Dutch 1/10th nitro on-road championship. This time no Kyosho World Cup driver attended due to the KWC International Race but a couple of guests filled up the NK clas field nicely. Daan Stuiver finally got it together having a perfect weekend, just beating Pedro Rombouts to the pole in front of Julius Kolff. Sander Borghoff completed the top 4. In the final Daan took the gamble and selected a car that was good in the beginning of the race. Julius gambled as well but it did not work out for him. At the end Daan took the win one lap ahead of Pedro with Ruud Schuitemaker completing the podium. Milan Holthuis came in fourth, Julius Kolff completed the top 5. In the championship, it was between Roy Bakker and Pedro Rombouts. Pedro missed one race and had to end up in front of Roy Bakker while Roy had to finish five places in front of Pedro. Unfortunately Roy did not have the speed this weekend to challenge Pedro so the latter took the championship again.

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September 24, 2013

Gama & Coelho win at Portuguese TC champs Rd4

The 4th round of the Portuguese Electric Touring Car Championship took place at the Maiorca track, near Figueira da Foz. A total of 16 drivers attend the event, 9 in the 10.5T Stock class and 7 in Modified. In the Stock class, Ricardo Gama (Schumacher) took the TQ, winning 3 of the 4 rounds with Rui D’Almeida (TOP) and Pedro Canastra (Yokomo) in second and third respectively. The first Stock final saw a total domination by Gama, who had a flawless driving trough the 7 minutes final making his intentions clear to wrap up the championship by the end of the day.

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September 24, 2013

Risser & Konings win Belgian EP Buggy titles

The 7th and final round of the Belgian electric buggy championship took place at the Sprimont track, close to the famous Spa Francorchamps race track. The clay tray, that is considered to be one of the best in Belgium, is set to close soon so the meeting marked something like a farewell race. The weather was perfect for racing, light rain in the morning kept the dust away and in 2WD it was Nicolas Risser (Kyosho) who took the title in front of X Factory driver Bruno Heremans with John Debacquer taking third with his Yokomo. In 4WD Xray driver Jean-Yves Konings took home the title after having a battle with David Pauwels (Xray) and Martin Kampeneers (SWorkz).

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September 23, 2013

Antros Lemesianos wins Cyprian buggy champs Rd3

Last weekend the 3rd round of the Cyprian nitro buggy championship was held at the Navounita track in Pafos. Last year’s champion, Savvakis Milikouris (Xray) managed to take an easy TQ but in the final Milikouris made a mistake and his teammate Antros Lemesianos took the lead. With a perfect and error-free driving he managed to take the win in front of Sotiris Taifas (Xray) who took the second place in front of Savvakis Milikouris. The 2013 championship will be decided at the next and final round, at the moment both Savvakis Milikouris and Antros Lemesianos are leading the championship.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 23, 2013

Reno Savoya victorious at French buggy nats

The fifth and final round of the French nitro buggy nationals took place at the Chanu track in the north-western part of France. The track is often used by large scale buggies so it was difficult for the drivers to pull issue-free and consistent laps in the rough conditions. The final had Kyosho’s Jerome Aigoin and Xray’s Reno Savoya battling for the lead. Both drivers swapped positions several times until Reno was able to open a gab on Jerome about 15 minutes into the 45 minute final. In the second half of the main Reno’s buggy suffered a flame out so he lost the lead to Jerome but with five minutes to go the Xray driver was able to reduce the gab by 12 seconds. Then disaster stoke for Kyosho driver Aigoin as 3 minutes before the end Jerome had to retire handing Reno the win in front of Lorenzo Crolla and Jerome Aigion.

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September 23, 2013

Kerswell wins at Chesterfield Summer Shootout Rd4

This weekend saw the 4th and final round of the Chesterfield Summer Shootout Championship, probably the most competitive 12th scale summer championship in the UK with many of the top national drivers competing.
With the national championship starting next month almost all of the UK’s top drivers were in attendance to do some final pre-national testing. After 4 rounds of qualifying Chris Kerswell ended up in pole position, over a lap up on 2nd place, David Spashett. Moving into the final it was clear David would try to pass on the first few laps to try to prevent a gap appearing. As it unfolded he couldn’t get close enough to make a move and that allowed Chris to pull away and maintain a gap of approximately half a lap to second place. At the end Chris won the A main in front of Daniel Holmes and Mark Stiles. David Spashett came in fourth with Luke Burley completing the top 5.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 23, 2013

Mario Spiniello wins 1st Trophy Sempre al Max

The 1st Trophy Sempre al Max, in memory of Massimo Renzi, was held at the Cassino track. David Loppini took TQ with Mario Spiniello starting into the final from second position. The first minutes of the final had a great battle between Loppini, Spiniello and D’angelo but once Spiniello took the lead from Loppini he took off and never looked back. At the end he won the race in front of Giuseppe D’angelo and Generoso Mazza who grabbed the last remaining podium spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]