September 17, 2013

Cerny & Nemcek win Czech touring car nationals

Last weekend the Czech Championship was held in Slavkov u Brna on a very fast high grip track. Saturday saw five qualifiers with the first heat of the Modified class being TQ’d by David Nemcek followed by a clean sweep of Marek Cerny who took the remaining four qualifying rounds. The young man was able to conserve his performance for the finals where he went on to win the first two legs in order to secure the 2013 title early with one A main to go. The second place and vice championship went to David Nemcek with Jaroslv Kopecky taking the last remaining podium spot. Elsewhere in the Stock class David Nemcek took the win and 2013 title after a hard fight with Pavel Martinec.

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September 17, 2013

AE Cup Offroad Championship Indonesia Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of the AE Cup EP 1/10 Offroad Championship was held in Jatibening-Jakarta, Indonesia. The race attracted a total of 33 driver who battled in the buggy and short course classes. The event saw triple five minute qualification rounds and triple seven minute A mains. In the 2WD class Wuzi Sevta took the win from Kris Heriyana and Rizky while Rama Tribudiman TQ’d and won the 4WD buggy class leaving Dimaz Arianto and Reza Sumendap behind. In 2WD short course Wuzi Sevta took the TQ and win from Rama Tribudiman and Dimaz Arianto. The 4WD short course class saw Jiriel K taking the TQ and win leaving Rizky and Haviedz in second and third position respectively.

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September 17, 2013

Green & Beal win at BRCA 10th on-road nats Rd8

Round 8 of the British 200mm nationals was held at the Snetterton circuit last weekend. The weather forecast did not look good for both Saturday and Sunday but surprisingly the field managed to get through the event with only a couple of short showers. Unfortunately the track rarely gets used throughout the year so it was very slippery when drivers arrived on Saturday morning. It was well into the afternoon before the grip came up and it was at this point where the lap times got quicker and quicker right up until the end of practice. Mark Green was setting the pace fresh from his podium finish at the European Championships by getting down to 12.4 laptimes. Serpent teammates Joe Kerry and Alex Thurston were also very quick only 0.1 seconds behind Mark. At the end Mark took the TQ just 1.5 seconds ahead of Joe, with Alex a further 2 seconds behind. These three drivers were the only ones able to make 24 laps.

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September 17, 2013

Kevin Pignotti wins Modified at Italian nationals

The Italian electric on-road nationals was held at the Gubbio track last weekend. This year the championship would be decided in a single event with about 100 participants. The race started with practice sessions on Friday followed by two timed practice sessions and three of five qualifiers on Saturday with the remaining qualifying heats and finals on Sunday. In qualifying Francesco Martini (Xray) took the overall TQ followed by Alessandro Brunelli (Serpent), Kevin Pignotti (Associated) and Diego Macchioni (Xray). A main number 1 had Alessandro Brunelli taking the win in front of top qualifier Francesco Martini while disaster struck for both drivers in leg number two when they had a coming together resulting in 7th and 8th place finishes gifting Diego Macchioni the win from Kevin Pignotti. In the last A main both Francesco and Alessandro again had average runs meaning they would not be able to fight for the title. Kevin Pignotti took the win from Alessandro and Diego handing Kevin the overall win and the 2013 Modified class title. Alessandro was able to take the runner-up spot with Diego Macchioni ending up in third place overall.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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September 17, 2013

Rene Fischer wins RC LeMans Series Rd6

The 6th round of the RC LeMans Series took place at the MCC Rhein Ahr track in Bad Breisig, Germany. Saturday’s practice session was pretty much washed away by the weather but come Sunday the clouds and rain made way for good weather. After the qualifying heats Tim Altmann took TQ in front of Marcel Ellissen and Tobias Weist who completed the top 3. In the finals Rene Fischer, coming from fourth on the grid, shifted to overdrive taking leg 1 and 2 to take the day’s win early. The final leg went to Tobias Weist who secured the runner-up spot. Frank Büsener completed the podium. Peter Plümacher and Jochen Essl took the B-final and C-final win respectively, the fastest youngster was Phillip Paul in 12th position.

Thanks to Frank Büsener for sending the report.

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September 17, 2013

Laurent Libar wins Luxembourg 1/8 on-road nats Rd5

Round 5 of the Luxembourg 1/8th nitro on-road nationals took place at the LMCC track in Luxembourg. Mixed weather conditions made things interesting and it was Jacques Libar who took the pole position in front of Alexey Yaramishyan and Laurent Libar. The 30-minute main final saw the Xray driver Laurent Libar cross the finishing line in first position, followed by his brother Jacques Libar with Xray in 2nd and Patrick Beltrallo with Motonica in 3rd. With this result, Jacques Libar also took the Luxembourg 1/8th nitro on-road national title for 2013.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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September 16, 2013

Pietsch & Gassauer win at 1/8th on-road nationals

The 2013 German 1/8th nitro on-road nationals took place this past weekend at the MSC Kirchhain track. Mixed weather conditions tortured the drivers who competed in the faster class 1 and the more hobby oriented class 2. In class 1 Mugen’s Robert Pietsch took home the winning honours in front of Shepherd driver Oliver Mack and Shepherd team mate Maximilan Vogl who grabbed the 2013 Youth title. Michael Salven (Serpent) came in fourth securing him the “Old Dude” title with Philip Sting (Serpent) completing the top 5.

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September 16, 2013

Ben Sterling wins 2WD Modified at Wodonga Cup 2013

The 2013 Wodonga Cup took place in Wodonga, Victoria and it was Kyosho’s Ben Sterling who TQ’d two out of three qualifiers to take overall TQ for the finals. After scoring a win in the first final and having a nightmare run in leg number two Ben had to win in the decisive final in order to take the overall win for the day. On the tone Ben started off well but coming a little sideways and onto the grass later on allowed Glen to take the lead that only last for a couple of laps until he came wide onto the main straight allowing Ben to take the lead again. He then held Glen off again for 3 laps until Ben made a mistake after the triple and Glen made a move up in the inside. With 2 laps to go Glen got crossed up coming off the back sweeper and Ben made the move. The last lap Glen pressured Ben hard, at this point the Kyosho driver was just driving really defensively. Glen tried to make a move on the inside of Ben off the little double in the middle of the track but hit the curb and flipped. This gave Ben some breathing room and he just finished off the lap conservatively to take the overall win.

Source: Ben Serling [bensterlingrc.com]

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