The fourth round of the French 200mm National Championship was hosted by the A2tech club this past weekend. Xray’s Leo Arnold was in control of things all day as he took the pole position for the final, the win and also the overall championship title with one round to spare. Shepherd’s Basile Concialdi came in 2nd, some three laps down as Michael Derderian (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]
Coming from Helix Designs and made for their HD anti-tuck system and Perfect Edge tyre gluer are two new screw packs. The Ultra Light screw pack for the body anti-tuck system includes six premium-grade 7075 alloy screws that weigh in just under a gram for all six. The black colour screws will keeping the weight and centre of gravity down for improved performance. Also new and coming for the Perfect Edge tyre gluer are 5-piece sets of 7075 alloy screws that come in pink, red, orange, gold or blue colour to give the tyre glueing tool an individual touch.
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The second round of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in Blackpool this past weekend. After an intense qualifying with and with Graham Alsop, Neil Cragg, Elliott Boots and Lee Martin all scoring round TQs it was HB Racing’s Graham Alsop with the overall TQ after TQing Q1 and Q5. After the semifinals however it was Kyosho’s Elliott Boots with the pole position for the A-main as Team Associated’s Neil Cragg and Infinity’s Lee Martin lined up in 2nd and 3rd from Graham Alsop 4th. At the end of the 45-minute A-main it was again Elliott on the top spot from Neil Cragg 2nd, a lap behind as Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore rounded out the top 3 another lap down. Graham Alsop ended the day on the 4 spot in front of Lewis Jones 5th.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
The first round of the Finnish 1/10th Buggy Championship was held in the sunny city of Vaasa, Finland. The Vaasa track is famous for hosting the IFMAR 2011 Worlds and the track was in perfect condition and with the weather being nice it was a perfect weekend of RC racing. The race standard in the Finnish Championship is very high with some of the fastest drivers of Europe attending. In the 2WD class which was run on Saturday, Joona Haatanen, Joel Valander, Karri Salmela and Mikko Luopajärvi all showed incredible speed and the competition was tough. Joona managed to combine his pace with amazing consistency and had a perfect qualifying taking the TQ in all of the four rounds. Behind Joona, Joel started from the 2nd spot, Karri from the 3rd and Mikko from P4.
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Arrowmax have a new addition to their range of black-golden tools available in the form of a Centax clutch spring adjustment tool. It allows to easily attach and detach the clutch spring preload collar and it also comes in handy when adjusting the bite point of the clutch. The new tool sports the company’s signature honeycomb design with black-golden anodising finishing.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.om]
Simon Kurzbuch is the Top Qualifier at the second round of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series in Germany. The reigning champion secured his 10th ENS career TQ when he topped the fourth & final qualifier at Minidrom Ettlingen and will start tomorrow’s race in front of Round 1 victor Dario Balestri. With Balestri taking the opening qualifier yesterday in the fastest time and despite Kurzbuch taking Q2 & 3 it all came down to the final encounter between the pair. While Toni Gruber would take up the early pace in Q4, a mistake from Balestri would allow Kurzbuch to go full attack for the TQ which he duly snatched it from Gruber on the final lap. For Gruber, P2 in the final qualifier means the WRC Racing driver will start the 45-minute Main from 3rd on the grid ahead of Robert Pietsch. Pietsch had an altercation with Jeffery Rietveld as they both went to start their runs resulting Pietsch running off the track. While Rietveld would run 4th for a time he would also fail to finish the qualifier but still the Serpent driver completes the top half of the grid behind the Infinity of Carmine Riola.
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Having claimed his first ENS career win at the season opener in his native country of the Netherlands, Jilles Groskamp has backed it by claiming his first ever overall TQ at the second round of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series in Germany. Topping seeding yesterday, the 2015 Champion would secure his first ever pole position start with a second TQ run in the fourth & final round of qualifying. Denying Serpent’s Dominic Greiner in Q4, the Infinity driver will line up in front of the Serpent driver with Xray’s Alessio Mazzeo completing the Top 3. Going into the final qualifier in contention for his second consecutive overall TQ, unfortunately for Mazzeo he didn’t make the start after suffering an engine failure in warm-up. Behind the Top 3 former Ettlingen winners Teemu Leino, winner in 2016, and last year’s winner Eric Dankel will line-up 4th and 5th respectively ahead of Shepherd’s Thilo Tödtmann.
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Alessio Mazzeo has become the third different driver to post a TQ run in as many rounds of qualifying the Infinity Euro Nitro Series Round 2 in Germany. With Dominic Greiner taking Q1, Jilles Groskamp Q2, it was the turn of Mazzeo in the penultimate qualifier to go top of the very closely matched field with the Top 4 covered by just half a second. With a flame out delaying Groskamp in the pitlane before the start causing him to arrive at the loop with the time already running, Mazzeo would top the times from Greiner and a much improved Teemu Leino who had Erik Dankel just 0.034 behind him. The result means it is all to play for in the final qualifier with Greiner, currently with the fastest TQ time, Mazzeo and Groskamp all tied on points.
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