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April 11, 2014

West German nitro onroad championship – Preview

Western German nitro on-road championship – Preview

The popular Western German Championship is turning into an international competition for the 2014 season with drivers from six nations are fielding the top-level class 1 in 1/8 scale nitro on-road. When the lights will turn green on Sunday at round one in Dormagen, two-time W.C. finalist and former German Champion Robin D’Hondt from Belgium is on top of the newcomers in the regional championship which comprises four rounds of qualifying for the single event German Nationals on the weekend of the 14th of September at the Munster track in the South of Hamburg. Motonica factory driver D’Hondt is facing a strong challenge from drivers like country-fellow Steven Cuypers (Mugen), John Ermen (Xray) from the Netherlands, Dirk Rischard (Serpent) from Luxembourg or top German drivers like Michael Salven (Serpent), Tobias Hepp (Xray) and Karl-Heinz Meister (Serpent). Others foreign drivers will include Alain Levy (Shepherd) from France and Emil Kostadinov (Mugen) from Bulgaria.

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April 11, 2014

Birinyi & Toth win RCProf Speedpassion Challenge

The 7th and final round of the Hungarian RCProf Speedpassion Challenge was held in Budapest. In the Touring Car Stock class the overall championship was already decided for Janos Birinyi who also took the TQ for the finals. The Xray driver then also went on to win the A-mains in a controlled manner, taking the 6th win this season. Tamas Pongho came in second while Mate Toth completed the podium of the 7th round. Behind Janos, Tamas Pongho and Peter Taal completed the 2013/14 series sitting in 2nd and 3rd place.

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April 10, 2014

Vintage Tour 1/8 on-road series – Announcement

Hudy Arena invites everyone to take part at the Vintage Tour 1/8 on-road series which starts at Hudy Arena on the 26th of April. The start of this series will be held at the same weekend when Czech National Championship 1/10 and 1/8 on-road will take place at Hudy Arena. The Vintage Tour is a fun race organised for everyone to give a tribute to the old-school days when drivers hand made their own cars. As such only hand-made cars are allowed at Tour, so grab one of yours vintage cars or one of your first father’s or grandfather’s vintage RC car and come to have fun to Hudy Arena. More information (in Czech language) can be found here.

April 10, 2014

Rombouts wins at Dutch nitro on-road season opener

Pedro Rombouts wins at Dutch nitro on-road season opener

The Dutch nitro on-road Nationals started last weekend traditionally at the Real80 Groningen track. In qualification Pedro Rombouts immediately showed a dominant pace with lap times three tens faster over the rest of the field. During the next two round the pace was even better, resulting in a TQ in 48,9 seconds over three conservative laps. Behind Pedro it were Julius Kolff, Milan Holthuis and Daan Stuiver all posting three laps just under 50 seconds.

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April 10, 2014

MRC Wiener Neustadt track opening – Announcement

The 1. MRC Wiener Neustadt announce their track opening race for the weekend of the 4th of May. Taking place on the renewed track some 50km away from the Vienna airport, the race will be run in a Touring Car Modified, Touring Car 17.5T and a Formula class. The entries for the event, that starts on Friday with a full day of practice, are limited to 120 drivers and you can find more information on the club’s website by clicking here.

April 10, 2014

Philippine Masters Race 2014 –Report

It was a hectic weekend of racing at the newly-designed Circulo Verde Racetrack in Metro Manila Philippines as the 2014 edition of the Philippine Masters got under way, with 2WD Electric Buggy, 2WD and 4WD Short Course, as well as 1/8 Electric Buggy added to the traditional Masters classes of Nitro Buggy and Truggy. Track held up throughout the day with a perfect weather conditions.

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April 9, 2014

Warm Up Woes?

Last weekend (OK, week!), the warm up race for the ISTC World Championships took place in Florida. A chance for some of the drivers who will be attending the main event later this year to visit the venue and begin their testing programme. Warm up events are always a controversial topic, so it only seems right for me to throw my thoughts into the mix. Typically, these events attract minimal coverage during the event because, let’s face it, it’s really just a glorified open practice day. Yet there still seemed to be plenty of ‘hype’ and interest about it – I was at another race in the UK that weekend, and lost count of how many times people asked me what news I’d heard from Florida!

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April 9, 2014

Florida Nitro Championship Rd8 – Report

The last race, round number 8, of the Florida Nitro Championship – FORGASS – was held in Arcadia, Florida at the Nuggets Raceway track. The racers had great weather all weekend with lots of sun. All the champions had been determined in Race 7 so this race gave everyone a chance to test, try to go fast and enjoy RC racing at it’s best. Greg Esser, owner of Nuggets, hosted a get together Saturday night at his house that featured Jim Rice’s famous BBQ ribs and a roaring bonfire.

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