The second round of the Turkey On-road Championship was recently held in the classes of 1/10th Nitro On-road, Electric Touring Car Modified and Stock. With Turkey holding the EFRA 1/10th 200mm European Championships the interest in this class was pretty high with a total of 18 racers signing in, including two guests from Greece. The race was won by Nikos Karabelas in front of Mustafa Alp and Spiros Piknis.
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Revolution Design Racing Products have announced the signing of young and talented Michal Orlowski to their team. Michal, fresh off his 2WD class win at last weekend’s final round of the Euro Offroad Series, will use the full line of RDRP tools and accessories to build, maintain and tune his Schumacher rides in the 2015 season.
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The Jamrock Radio Control Car Club will host the Caribbean Invitational on-road race on the weekend of the 16th of August on the beautiful island of Jamaica. The three-day race will feature open practice on Friday, three rounds of qualifying on Saturday, and a final round before main events on Sunday. Four classes will be offered including 1/8th scale Open, Nitro GT, 1/10th scale sedan and electric touring car. More information can be found on the club’s website by clicking here.
The opening round of the Benelux Nitro Challenge was held at the iconic track of the AMCA Apeldoorn. In the 1/8th on-road class Seven Cuypers (Mugen/Picco) took the TQ after the qualifiers in front of ARC/Red’s John Ermen. The 45 minute final then saw John taking the win from Steven while Tobias Hepp (Mugen/RB) rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
Schelle Racing Innovations introduce the Black Diamond bearing oil that is ideal for high-RPM applications as it reduces drag and will not break down at high temperatures. In addition, the oil contains additives to prevent sludge and corrosion for longer life. The lubricant is ideal to maintain existing bearings in cars and motors or as a replacement for the factory oil of pre-lubed bearings to achieve maximum performance. The military grade, pure synthetic oil comes in a 10cc oval bottle with fine needle tip and secure cap.
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The second round of the Indonesian National Championship was held at the Red Carpet Marina in Semarang in the classes of Touring Car Open Brushless, FWD and Mini. In the Open Brushless category Bowie Ginting took the TQ honours after the qualifiers in front of Muhammad Izzah and Ronny Suwarto. The opening A-main had Bowie taking the win 2 seconds clear of Muhammad in 2nd place and Bowie would also come out successful in the second leg when his last set of fresh tyres allowed him to come in 1st some 10 seconds in front of Suwadi Suliandy. After taking the day’s win early Bowie tried some different settings for the third and final A-main which allowed him to not only set a new lap record but also to take the win a lap ahead of Ronny Suwarto. Behind winner Bowie Ginting, Ronny Suwarto and Suwardi Suliandy rounded out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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During last weekend’s North German Nitro On-road Regionals in Hildesheim not only the 1/10th 200mm category was run but also the premier class of 1/8th on-road. After a rainy practice on Saturday the weather forecast for Sunday guaranteed a dry finals day. Starting from the 2 spot on the grid behind international ace Lars Hoppe (ARC/Reds/Shepherd), Merlin Depta (Serpent/Xceed/Xceed) was able to keep up the pace with Lars. With Andreas Giesa (Shepherd/Picco/Shepherd) in 3rd position Lars and Merlin started to lap the field within the first two pit stops. With a small gap of about only 2 seconds between Lars and Merlin, Hoppe made a mistake and he had to went through the grass, allowing Depta to take advantage of the situation. Further down the field Serpent’s Lennart Skornia (Serpent/Orcan/Shepherd) was able to overtake 3rd placed Giesa with only a couple of minutes to go. At the end Merlin was able to take the win from Lars with a 1-lap margin and in the progress Merlin also set a new official track record of 13,011 seconds at the AMC Hildesheim track.
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Last weekend the opening round of the HNS was held at the AMC Tirol track in the three on-road classes of 1/8th Nitro, 1/8th Electric and 1/10th 200mm. Nice weather, good food and a relaxed atmosphere made for a fun weekend and in the 1/8th nitro class it was Michael Klausner (Serpent/Picco) who came out successful in front of Gerhard Kapferer (Mugen/OS) and Rene Doktor (Capricorn/Reds).
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