Round 2 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California last weekend. The Expert Nitro Buggy class was TQ’d by Mugen’s Adam Drake, however in the 20-minute A-main final it was 9th place qualifier, Xray’s Jake Mayo who would excel, taking the win some 12 seconds in front of Adam while Tekno’s Steve Harris completed the top 3 podium result, another 5.6 seconds down.
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Coming from WRC Racing and made for their F18 formula car is an independent rear wing mount set. The kit allows to install the rear wing on the main chassis and thus fully independent from the rear power pod, a design that helps to improve stability while increasing traction and making the car easier to drive. The mount is constructed from aluminium and carbon fibre, making for a low weight and easy assembly.
Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]
The second round of this year’s Swiss Electric On-road Championship was held at the HSH race track in Dintikon, Central Switzerland. More than 50 drivers competed in five category with the race seeing mixed weather on Saturday and sun on Sunday. In Touring Modified it was local hero Michele Manzo who won a very hard but fair fight for the victory against Carl Friedrich Groessel. Michele had dominated the qualifiers but in the finals it was a very tight race. On third it was Boris Siladi showing a good performance driving both the Touring ProStock and Modified classes.
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Rody Roem’s World Champion Products has introduced the new VSR04 3.5cc nitro on-road engine. The new and exclusive super long stroke .21 power plant is based on the popular O.S. Speed R2102 and features some additional “Rody” touches, such as the DLC-coated VS Bi-turbo crankshaft, the Euro Spec liner and piston and an O-ring protected combustion camber insert. The engine is designed for competition on-road racing and thus ideally suited for experienced users. The engine is available separately or including a VS2098/M2001 exhaust system.
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Simon Kurzbuch has taken the win at Round 2 of the 2019 Infinity Euro Nitro Series, but it was anything but easy as the three time ENS Champion seemed unlikely to even make the podium in the first half of the race. Qualifying fourth on the grid after admitting that he had struggled on Saturday, Kurzbuch initially circulated in fourth place, fighting with Dominic Greiner, who had bumped up from the B Final, as the race out front initially seemed to be a fight between the top three qualifiers of Dario Balestri, Robert Pietsch and Carmine Raiola. Deciding only to make one four tyre change at the half way point, as the other top runners chose two full changes, the Swiss driver confirmed that he knew he “couldn’t go at the pace of Balestri and Raiola, so we decided to make one less fuel stop [by running longer between stops] and making only one tyre change”.
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Viktor Wilck is the 2019 Reedy Race Champion, the Infinity driver becoming only the 4th multiple winning of the legendary race on this its 22nd running. Having conceded defeat to overnight points leader Ronald Volker as the final day’s action was widely expected to be rained out, a dry but cold & windy morning presented the 2012 champion with an opportunity to resume battle with Volker. With 2019 a new chapter in the history of the race following the demise of the famous Tamiya Track, conditions at new Steel City RC Speedway for the final two rounds of heads up racing were less than ideal with traction at a premium. It was a dramatic start to the morning as going head to head from the front row Wilck and Volker made contact in the penultimate round resulting in both cars breaking. One race to go and 1-point separated the pair. As the grid were published for the showdown, they would race in the same heat but the grid was somewhat controversial as Wilck was on pole and Volker lined up 11th. Up front Wilck, who was fastest throughout the event, pulled clear for an easy win while Volker worked his way through to second. This left them tied on points with the same number of wins, 2nd and 3rd places so it came down to the total time of their best three results which thanks to the only 21-lap run of the event in Round 10 gave Wilck his second Reedy Race of Champions title. Having come into the weekend chasing title No.8, Marc Rheinard would complete the podium in Fontana well clear of team-mate Akio Sobue in fourth.
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After taking the win at the season opening race in Bologna last month, Teemu Leino took a firm step towards the 2019 ENS 1/10th scale title by adding victory this weekend in Rucphen. The Finnish driver crossed the line first despite running a different tyre strategy to his rivals, benefiting from mistakes and issues for his main challengers. Making two tyre stops – the first to change just right side tyres after 9 minutes of the race and the second to change all four around two-thirds distance – he took the win over Leo Arnold and ENS returnee Patrick Nahr. The victory also ties Leino for the most wins in the ENS 1/10th scale class, him now sharing the honour with Dominic Greiner with 5 victories in the prestigious series.
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The opening round of the OÖ Cup was held in Lambrechten, Austria this past weekend in several 1/8th off-road classes. In the Nitro Buggy category it was Daniel Gumpoltsberger with the overall TQ, tie on points with Michael Langgruber. In the 30-minute main final however it was 7th place qualifier, Andreas Mayr (Kyosho) with the overall win, two laps in front of SWorkz driver, Michael Langgruber. HB Racing’s Daniel Gumpoltsberger came in 3rd, another lap down.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]
