The famous Circuito L.Collari track in Cassino played host to the Trofeo Safetycarmodel recently. In the Open 1/8 Nitro category it was Antonio Calce who took home the win in a very close battle with Domenico Calce, both were separated by only half a second after 30 minutes of racing. Behind the two Nicola Marone completed the top 3 podium result another lap down.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Round 1 of the Winter Series was held at UK’s Remote World Model Car Club this past weekend. Agama’s Darren Bloomfield was in control of things and in the 20-minute main final he took the win some twelve seconds in front of HB Racing’s Ollie Currie while SWorkz’s Jack Embling would round out the top 3 result one lap down. Darren Hayden-Ball (Team Associated) and Tommy Chung (TLR) completed the top 5 result.
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The Elda track played host to this year’s Spanish 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship finale this past weekend. The stage was set for a dramatic race as Mugen’s Robert Batlle and Juan Carlos Canas both had a shot at this year’s overall title and whoever would win would also take this year’s championship. Robert would soon cement his ambitions to snatch his 12th consecutive Nitro Buggy title while Juan Carlos had a bit of a standing start, only to fight back in the semis and to snatch the P2 spot on the main final grid. The 45-minute A-main then saw a tight battle between Battle and Canas until the very last lap when Juan Carlos tried to overtake Robert in an ambitious maneuver that send both on their roofs. A very wise marshal then but both back on the ground simultaneously to not interfere in the title fight and ultimately it was Robert who had the holeshot and took his 12th national Nitro Buggy title in a row by about a second in front of Juan Carlos.
Italian company BMT has introduced a hard suspension arm set for the 984 1/8th on-road car. Moulded from a harder compound the arms offer increased stiffness compared to the standard parts which results in improved handling and precision when running in high grip and/or high temperature conditions.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
Bruno Coelho has taken an easy win in the first A-Main of 4WD at the Euro Offroad Series in Poland. The Xray driver quickly pulled clear of the field from his TQ starting position to have an uneventful race. Behind the reigning champion however there was plenty of action with Daniel Kobbevik picking up the pieces after errors by his more senior rivals. David Ronnefalk would complete the Top 3, the 1:8 World Champion showing good pace against Ty Tessmann and Martin Bayer but coming together with the latter during the 5-minute encounter.
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Bruno Coelho is to start his 4WD title defence from pole with the Xray driving securing the overall 4WD TQ in Warsaw, Poland. The Portuguese driver went into the fourth & final qualifier with only team-mate Martin Bayer able to deny him from becoming Top Qualifier for a second time at the Euro Offroad Series season opener. Setting the TQ pace from team-mate Ty Tessmann he however suffered a CVD failure on his final lap allowing Tessmann post his first TQ run of his EOS debut weekend. Behind, David Ronnefalk would back up his P3 in Q3 with a second for the round. This result will see the HB Racing driver start as the best non Xray driver in 4th behind Bayer and youngster Daniel Kobbevik, Xray having a total of six cars in the A-Main.
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Mugen Seiki Europe have introduced their new MTC1 Multi Work Board. Based on 4TheTop’s GeometX board, the multi-functional board offers an embedded camber gauge and it is of a new honeycomb design for a low weight and high stability. It measures 430x290mm, it can be used as work and precision setup board and it comes with a MTC1 print, a rubber cover mat and a carrying bag. The bottom side, with machined pockets and measuring gauges, allows for a tidy workspace during building, setup and maintenance. The limited edition board is available now.
It the 3rd and final day of racing at EOS Poland and Bruno Coelho has kicked things off by posting his second 4WD TQ run. The Xray driver again had a distinct advantage topping the times by almost 4 and a half seconds from team-mate Ty Tessmann. With Xray having filling the Top 3 in yesterday’s first two rounds of qualifying, that domination was finally broken as HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk took the third quickest time. Having been part of the Xray Top 3s yesterday, taking the opening qualifier, Martin Bayer would have a messy run ending up P11. Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski not impressed with the Czech’s driving, the Pole classified 32nd for the round after being hit in the rear by Bayer during the qualifier.
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