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July 9, 2018

Bartek Kramza doubles at Schumacher Dart Cup Rd3

Round 3 of the Schumacher Dart Cup was held this past weekend at the RC Track, about 50km from Warsaw. For the third round the double jumps had been changed, creating a very difficult section. The first day of the competition was sunny and hot with the weather allowing to make maximum use the high grip of the astroturf surface. In the evening a lot of rain fell, so on the second day, racers with dirt racing experience had an advantage due to the grip being a lot lower. It was a great pleasure to watch the 4WD vehicles powerslide through the morning practice, however the track dried up completely until the finals. Bartek Kramza TQ’ed and won both the 2WD and 4WD classes with Iwo Czarnecki coming in 2nd in 2WD and David Krizak rounded out the top 3.

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July 9, 2018

McBride & Stringer win at Queensland State Champs

The 2018 AARCMCC 1/8 OFF-ROAD Queensland State Titles were held this past weekend at Pine Hills Dirt Racing attracting 87 entries. In the premier Nitro Buggy class it was Kyle McBride with the TQ while in E-Buggy it was Mitch Steer with the pole position for the main finals. In the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main it was Kyle McBride who was able to conserve his qualifying performance to take the win a narrow 4.4 seconds in front of Aaron Stringer who was close to winning the main but an unfortunate hook up with a marshalled car took him out of contention. In 3rd Mitch Steer completed the podium results.

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July 9, 2018

Akio Sobue inks deal with ORCA

ORCA have announced the signing of Japanese frontrunner, Akio Sobue to their factory team. The former long-time LRP driver is understood to use ORCA’s full line of motors, speed controllers, batteries and chargers during his upcoming campaign.

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

July 9, 2018

Jessica Palsson crowned Swedish E-Buggy Champ

The Swedish 1/8th E-Buggy Championship was held on a purpose-built track in Helsingborg this past weekend. Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson was in control of things, bringing home the championship title in front of Serpent’s Micke Svensson. Marten Kjellgren would round out the top 3 podium result.

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July 9, 2018

Kurzbuch takes first win of season at ENS Aigen

Simon Kurzbuch has taken his first win of the 2018 Infinity Euro Nitro Series in Austria. Coming into the weekend with three consecutive ENS wins at the Aigen track, the Shepherd driver continued to add to that tally adding his 10th ENS career win. Capping off the perfect win having TQ’d all four rounds of qualifying, today’s result means the title goes down to the final round in Fiorano in September. In contrast to the reigning champions successful weekend, for his main title rival & points leader coming into the event it was a 10th place DNF for Dario Balestri. Starting 3rd, the Infinity driver suffered an early flame out but on his recovery drive he would later clash with Silvio Hachler with his car suffering damage that would end his race. Pushing Kurzbuch in the first half of the race, Toni Gruber would finish 2nd with Merlin Depta taking advantage of others issue to secure the final podium placing ahead of Lars Hoppe.

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July 9, 2018

Groskamp leads Infinity 1-2 at ENS Aigen

Jilles Groskamp lead home an Infinity 1-2 at the third round of the Euro Nitro Series in Austria today. Starting from 4th on the grid, the Dutch driver would win the 45-minute encounter from team-mate Francesco Tironi, benefiting from engine troubles that would strike both Top Qualifier Dominic Greiner and Eric Dankel. Taking early control of the race, Greiner looked destined for his second win of the season with his team executing a perfect tyre stop but as the Serpent driver rejoined the track his engine cut in the sweeper. Brought back to the pit lane, it fired up immediately, but again in the sweeper it stopped but again it was fired up without hesitation and third time lucky it kept going for the remainder of the race but it cost the dominant German any chance of the win. The only driver to really take the fight to Greiner today, Dankel’s race started to come undone when he made contact with Alessio Mazzeo who was exiting the pits but in the end the Mugen driver’s frustration would only get worse with a flame out, contact with a backmarker and finally a broken engine. All the while Groskamp was having a steady race even overcoming a slow tyre stop to take his 2nd ENS career win ahead of Tironi with Mazzeo hanging on to complete the podium ahead of Greiner.

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July 9, 2018

Mike Bellotti wins at Saturday Money Race

The Mills Pond RC Speedway Saturday Money Race was held this past weekend and after two quick qualifiers it was Mike Bellotti II in the TQ spot in Pro E-Buggy. The start of the main went very well for the pole sitter with Mike getting out to a slight lead at the start. Bellotti made a small bottle at one point and that allowed young Alex Mac to get in the mix. He stayed out front of Mike for a good while, the whole time Bellotti remained pretty close until unfortunately Alex had some bad luck in the mechanical department, causing him to finish the race a little early. At this point Mike Bellotti could basically turn the cruise control on and coast his way to the win. Jesus Diaz came in 2nd in Pro E-Buggy as Rob Romano rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

July 9, 2018

HB Racing RGT8-E 1/8th electric GT – Coming soon

Coming this Fall is HB Racing’s new RGT8-E electric GT kit of which the brand has released first images of. The vehicle builds on the EFRA European Championship winning RGT8 nitro kit and it already has proven its performance by taking the 2018 EFRA GTE European title in the hands of double champion, Rosario Giaimo. The kit features the proven RGT8 front and rear gearbox and suspension parts combined with an adjustable battery compartment and a double clamping design motor mount. Full information will become available in time for the release that is scheduled for October.

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