August 29, 2017
The MCC Rhein-Ahr club played host for the 2017 German 1/8th IC Track Championships this past weekend. 73 drivers signed in for the event which was a 20 percent increased compared to 2016, showing that nitro on-road racing is alive and kicking. The 4-day event was held in Bad Breisig, located between Bonn and Koblenz next to the river Rhine in Western Germany and the one-event championship was using Matrix-based Arrowmax tyres as hand-out wheels. Nice weather and temperatures around 25 degrees made for perfect conditions for the drivers had a total of twelve eight-minutes heats of free practice on…
July 18, 2017
…for Diekmann who celebrated his seventh win in seven races in Western Germany. Majuran Tharmalingam secured the 3rd position on the podium and left Serpent fellow Thiele on fourth. 1/10th scale Nitro Touring final results: 1. Melvin Diekmann – Shepherd – 109 laps 2. Bernd Rausch – Shepherd – 108 3. Majuran Tharmalingam – Serpent – 105 4. Faehd Labik – Shepherd – 104 5. Daniel Thiele – Serpent – 102 6. Georg Goehlich – KM – 95 With four wins in four races of the championship, Melvin Diekmann is the well-deserved Champion. With 363 points he left his four…
June 29, 2017
…– 119L 3. Uwe Baldes – Shepherd – 114L 4. Christoph Loose – Serpent – 108L 5. Ralf Vahrenkamp – Mugen – 88L 6. Daniel Toennessen – Mugen – 65L 7. Fedor Eskes – Motonica – 10L 8. Edwin Busschers – Xray – 4L After three of six rounds of the 2017 Nitro-West-Masters, Ralf Vahrenkamp is leading the ranking by 350 points in front of reigning champion Uwe Baldes (346) and Daniel Toennessen (345). Melvin Diekmann was able to continue his impressive series of victories in the 1/10th 200mm Open class. With six races in Western Germany and six wins…
June 13, 2017
…overall ranking Diekmann is leading with maximum points (363) ahead of Nenner (352), Lehmann (348), Roland Karduck (Capricorn/336) and Joerg Kleineberg (Mugen/335). Statistics: Mugen as the most leading chassis brand with a total of 18 cars followed by 15 Serpent, 13 Shepherd, 6 ARC and each one Xray, Capricorn and KM. Nitro racing in Western Germany will continue with round three of the Nitro-West-Masters (NWM) on 24/25 of June at Dueren near Aachen, on 15/16 of July the fourth and ultimate round of the Western German championship will take place at Velp near Arnheim in the Netherlands. Source: Nitro-West [nitro-west.de]…
June 7, 2017
The ADAC-Ring at Haltern in the north of the Ruhr region in Western Germany was the venue for round two of the Nitro-West-Masters (NWM) on the Pentecost weekend. 55 participants meant a new record entry since the comeback of this old outdoor circuit in 2012 which is located inside a driver safety training centre and well known for its unique atmosphere with tents in the non-covered paddock. The Nitro-West family enjoyed a great weekend as rain didn’t hit the track as forecasted, only a shower during practice on late Saturday afternoon and some drops during a sub-final. In the 1/8…
May 16, 2017
…Diekmann is leading with maximum points (242) ahead of Fleischer (234), Nenner (233), Lehmann (232) and Rausch (230). Mugen held the largest market share with 17 chassis among a total of 52 participants, followed by Serpent (12), Shepherd (11), ARC (8), Capricorn (2), KM (1) and Xray (1). Nitro racing in Western Germany will continue with round 2 of the Nitro-West-Masters on the 3rd and 4th of June in Haltern, just one week later in the 10th and 11th of June round 3 of the Western German Championship will be held at the fast AMC Hamm track. Source: Nitro-West [nitro-west.de]…
April 26, 2017
The opening round of the Nitro-West-Masters (NWM), a popular championship held in the western part of Germany, turned into a full-throttle party on the fast 310-meter Hamm track last weekend. With a total of 64 entries, practice on Saturday was intense and the event would start in full on Sunday morning with three heats of 7-minutes qualifying of which the three fastest laps would count. In the premier 1/8th Open class it was Tobias Hepp who snatched the pole position less than two hundredth of a second ahead of ARC teammate John Ermen. On the 3rd and 4th spot, Michael…
April 18, 2017
…(ARC) the #3. In 1/10 Open the #1 went to Marco Nenner (Shepherd), #2 to Melvin Diekmann (Shepherd) and #3 to Benjamin Lehmann (Shepherd). Champion of the 1/8 Hobby-Cup class became Ingo Braun (Serpent) who got number the #51 as well as Hans-Werner Dietz (Xray) for the 1/10 Hobby-Cup championship. Entries for all nitro races in Western Germany can be made at myrcm.nitro-west.de, where all the races can also be followed in a live stream. 2017 Nitro-West-Masters dates: 22/23 April – AMC Hamm 03/04 June – RC Haltern 24/25 June – RMC Dueren 05/06 August – MCC Rhein-Ahr, Bad Breisig…
