Pepe Group have announced the signing of IFMAR World Champion, Dominic Greiner to their factory team. Dominic will be using Energy Fuel for the remainder of his campaign, starting at this week’s EFRA 1/8th IC Track European Championships in Cassino, Italy.
Source: Pepe Group [pepegroup.net]
Ielasi Tuned have announced the signing of Italian front runner, Andrea Pirani. Andrea will start using his new power plants at this week’s EFRA 1/8th Euros in Cassino, Italy with his weapon of choice being the newly introduced Raptor.21 engine. This is what Andrea has to say about the deal:
I want to thank Daniele Ielasi for this opportunity, I’m really excited to run Ielasi Tuned Engines for the upcoming European Championship and next few years. I’m sure we can make good result together.
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
The third round of the Slovakian 1/10th scale electric off-road nationals took place last weekend in Kosice. The technical track with a long straight offers a combination of different surfaces and the TQ in 4WD went to Lacko Toth while in 2WD it was local driver Adam Urban with the pole position for the finals. As the sunny day went on, the track dried out and all the finals were run on a dusty surface and in very low traction conditions. The winners were already decided in both classes after A1 and A2, but the remaining podium spots were still up for grabs and it was Adam Urban who took the runner-up spot in 4WD from Roman Pavlus 3rd as Lacko Toth brought home the overall.
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After winning the recent 4th round of the German BAWÜ Cup, SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier was crowned the overall champion with two rounds to spare. Micha came out successful at round 4, taking both the Nitro Buggy and E-Truggy wins with Aleander Obermeier (Mugen) and Lukas Schulling (Mugen) coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Buggy class. In E-Truggy Micha was accompanied on the podium by Andreas Rüpp and Patrick Grübel (both SWorkz) while the E-Bugyg class was won by Kyosho pilot, Victor Gabriel. The SWorkz duo of Morris Voldenauer and Luis Schmid rounded out the top 3 results.
The Jonny RC Modellismo and Agrimodel Pista Off-Road Pinerolo track in Pinerolo, Italy hosted the Sport Cup Race this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton with the win from Agama driver, Giovanni Camamo in 2nd. Radiosistemi pilot Diego Fuser would round out the top 3 podium result.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
John’s Mobile R/C Raceway held its 8th Annual Charity Race this past weekend. The event attracted 94 entries and in the end it was Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs who won in both the Touring Modified and 13.5T Spec classes. Sam would win 13.5 from TQ and Modified from 2nd on the grid. Xray’s Robbie Dodge TQ’ed Mod but would come in 2nd in both categories and Awesomatix’s Mike Gee would complete both the TC Mod and 13.5T Spec podiums.
Image: Robbie Dodge
The Caribbean On-road Nationals were held at the Barceloneta Speedway in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico last weekend. In the 45-minute 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan A-main it was TQ holder Diatta Collymore with the win, a narrow three seconds in front of Andy Baez with the decision only going down in the final lap. Felix Ortiz ended the main on the 3 spot, some six laps down, as Reymon Melendez and Norberto Rodriguez rounded out the top 5 results.
Image: Diatta Collymore
Round 4 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California last weekend. Veteran racer, Adam Drake (Mugen) was in control of things all day as he took the overall TQs in Expert Buggy and Open Truggy and he would also sweep the A-main encounters. In Expert Buggy Drake would take the win with a lap margin on HB Racing’s Colin Herzig in 2nd as TLR’s Dylan Nelson rounded out the top 3. In Open Truggy it was again Adam on top with Tekno’s Carlos Arredondo and A.J. Schumacher (Team Associated) coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Finally in Open E-Buggy it was again Adam Drake with the win, coming from P3 on the grid, as Anthony Westergaard (HB Racing) and Dean Rock (Tekno) completed the top 3 results.
