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October 23, 2015

Collari tops controlled practice at Italian ENS

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Making his ENS debut with new 1:8 entrant Infinity, Lamberto Collari topped controlled practice at the concluding round of the Euro Nitro Series in Italy. Winner of the Fiorano event last year, then driving a Mugen, the 9-time World Champion set the fastest three laps ahead of fellow Italians Andrea Lorenzi and Mattia Collavo. Best of the visitors would be ARC’s Silvio Hächler, the Swiss driver posting the fourth fastest time around the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter track. Of the title contenders it was defending champion Simon Kurzbuch who would prove fastest with 5th, almost 3/10th off Collari. Having set the pace in practice, points leader Dario Balestri would be sixth ahead of Andrea Pirani, while Robert Pietsch would manage only 12th meaning the Mugen driver will run in the second fastest heat for qualifying.

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October 23, 2015

Greiner top seed for qualifying at ENS Finale

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Dominic Greiner is the top seed for qualifying at the Euro Nitro Series in Fiorano, the title challenger heading a Serpent 1-2 in controlled practice. Despite having suffered radio problems in the first and fastest of his two runs Greiner would end up over 4/10ths faster than team-mate Alessio Mazzeo. Spanish driver Eduardo Escandón would complete the Top 3 ahead of World Champion Alexander Hagberg, with Dirk Wischnewski and Bruno Coelho completing the Top 6, all drivers setting the best times in CP1. The highest placed driver to record his time in CP2 would be Shepherd’s Patrick Nähr who was seventh fastest. For championship leader Jilles Groskamp his struggles continued as he ended up only 18th fastest with a time set in the slower track conditions of CP2.

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October 23, 2015

Championship leader Balestri sets early Fiorano pace

Euro Nitro Series championship leader Dario Balestri set the pace in free practice at the season finale in Fiorano, Italy. The Capricorn driver set the pace ahead of Shepherd’s Francesco Tironi with title rival Robert Pietsch making a promising start to proceedings on the debut of Mugen’s new MRX-6 with the third fastest time. Defending champion Simon Kurzbuch, who sits just 2-points off Balestri, would post the 4th fastest 3-consecutive laps with his Shepherd. Behind Kurzbuch, the fourth title contender, albeit with a very slim chance, WRC’s Andrea Pirani would set the 5th fastest time.

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October 23, 2015

Greiner sets pace as title rivals struggle

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Dominic Greiner has ended free practice at the season finale of the Euro Nitro Series at the top of the time sheets while is rivals were less confident about their early form in Italy. With four drivers coming into the fourth round of the ENS in contention for the title, it is fourth placed Greiner who set the pace from Round 3 winner Dirk Wischnewski. Of the other title protagonists Bruno Coelho was the closest to Greiner ending the 8 rounds of free practice 5th fastest, 7/10ths off. Current standings leader Jilles Groskamp finds himself a second of the pace in 12th fastest while HB team-mate Teemu Leino, second in the standings, faired only marginally better ending up 8th as drivers now move into two rounds of timed practice that will determine the heat seeding for qualifying.

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October 22, 2015

Awesomatix A800 belt-driven touring car kit

Following a first teaser Awesomatix have released more information and images of their forthcoming A800 electric touring car kit. Looking at the renderings the new car sports several proven Awesomatix design features such as sheet material lower A-arms, rotary dampers and dual link-type upper arms but the A800 will utilise a belt drivetrain over the previous shaft drive design. The car is based on a newly design chassis with symmetrical cutouts and recessed areas for optimised flex characteristics while the centralised position of the belts greatly reduces the chance of the chassis to become tweaked under load. Additionally both the motor and battery sit nearly 4mm closer to the centre line compared to other cars on the market to allow for a very centralised weight distribution.

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October 22, 2015

ENS Season finale to decide 2015 Champions

Both of this year’s Euro Nitro Series Champions will be decided this weekend (23-25 October) at the world famous Minicar Fiorano circuit in Italy with four drivers in contention for each of the titles. The fourth & final round of the high profile nitro onroad championship, the conclusion to Season #2 has attracted a record entry of 170 drivers but the focus is on who will lay claim to the prestigious titles come Sunday evening. A season that has seen three different winners from the opening three rounds it is very much all to play for among the title protagonists.

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October 22, 2015

Mibosport tire knife tool

Mibosport have introduced their tire knife tool for rubber on-road tyres. The razor-sharp fork helps to remove the performance-hampering moulding flash on touring car and formula rubber tires, thus doing away with the need to pre-scrub the tire before use in most cases. The knife is made from high-quality stainless steel and it comes etched with the Mibosport logo.

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October 22, 2015

HPI Pro5 4 degree soft C-hub set

New from HPI Racing and made for the HB Pro5 touring car is a soft C-hub set. Coming as pairs and including kingpin bushings the steering knuckle carriers with four degree built-in castor are made from a softer composite material and they are designed to fine-tune the handling of the car in various track conditions.

Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]