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July 11, 2017

Adam Drake wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd4

Round four of the 2017 JBRL Nitro Series was held at Revelation Raceway. The temperatures reached a scorching 40 degrees Celsius but the turnout was still around 150 entries for the multiple classes. Mugen’s Adam Drake was the top qualifier in Nitro Buggy, Nitro truck, and Electric 1/8th buggy and he also lead both nitro finals from tone to tone and took the victory in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck by more than a lap. In Nitro Buggy HB Racing’s Cody King finished 2nd and Kyosho’s Anthony Westergaard came in 3rd.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]

July 10, 2017

Romagnoli & Di Prisco win at Italian IC Track Nats Rd2

Round two of the Italian 1/8th IC Track Nationals was hosted by the RME Cassino this past weekend. In the Expert category main final Michele Romagnoli would hold the upper hand over Marco Vanni on the runner-up spot. Simone Peretti would round out the podium in 3rd. Elsewhere in the F1 class Antonio Di Prisco brought home the win.

View the F1 class podium here

July 10, 2017

RDRP Ultra Gripper R2 shock shaft pliers

Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced their revised Ultra Gripper shock shaft pliers. The R2 version is designed to hold 3.0mm, 3.5mm and 4.0mm shock shafts to make shock building easy and convenient. The tool allows to securely hold the shafts without damaging the surface or even the whole shaft as it can occur when using standard pliers. Like the other Ultra series tools the Ultra Gripper is precision CNC-machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and features a high-quality anodising that improves the surface of the notches for a more secure grip. The grip notches for the shock shafts sport laser-engraved size markings and the tool is usable for most 1/10th and 1/8th scale vehicles. The R2 variant sports an updated design that makes applying pressure even easier, ensuring less stress on the mechanic’s skin while also being available in range of colours including black, orange, red, blue and light blue.

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July 10, 2017

Kurzbuch claims ENS win despite ‘far from perfect’ final

Simon Kurzbuch has claimed the first win of his Euro Nitro Series title defence with victory at Round 2 of the championship in Germany. Running out of fuel at the season opener in France and finishing seventh, the Shepherd driver would register his 7th ENS career win with victory ahead of Round 1 winner Bruno Coelho with former champion Dario Balestri completing the podium. While Kurzbuch would lead the majority of the 45-minute final, it was another rough race for the World Champion with a not so perfect tyre stop and contact with a backmarker leaving him with a damaged exhaust that left him down on power. Coelho looked like he might once again beat the Swiss driver but bad communications between the Xray driver and his pit crew cost him the win as he ran out of fuel. There was also drama for Balestri as he made a late fuel stop but hit another car in pitlane resulting in him losing steering, the Infinity driver somehow limping the car to the finish line with a lot of trips onto the grass.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

July 10, 2017

Dankel ends victory drought with ENS Germany win

Eric Dankel has finally ended a three year Euro Nitro Series victory drought by taking the win in an incident filled Round 2 in Germany. Having qualified second behind Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho, the ENS’ inaugural champion would take his third career win ahead of first time podium finishers Eduardo Escandon and Marco Kaufmann. Originally the results of the race would show reigning champion Teemu Leino as having claimed third but he had benefited from his car crossing the loop as it was returned to the pits after suffering a flame out. Losing the lap, the Infinity driver would end up fourth. For ENS France winner Coelho the race would ultimately end with a broken belt but while leading at the 10-minute mark he would have an off that would damage his rear wing with the repairs together with a tyre change costing him 4-laps.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

July 10, 2017

KO Grand Prix & Schumacher BTCC Rd4 – Report

The annual KO Grand Prix was combined with round 4 of the Schumacher BTCC series at the iconic West London racing centre. There was some exciting racing in hot sunshine, and the Modifed Touring category was won by the Andy Murray, with fast juniors Louis Parker and Adam Southgate taking 2nd and 3rd. Paul Pinkney moved from his normal Modified class to 13.5 Open, and took the win in front of James Hart and Marcus Askell. Billy Fletcher won 13.5 Blinky with Ashley Wiffen 2nd and Dani Young 3rd. Soteris Liasi won 17.5 Blinky, ahead of Malc Hall and Chris Condon. The next round of the series takes us to Halifax on 30th July.

View the other podiums here

July 10, 2017

David Ronnefalk takes four national titles in eight days

Sweden’s David Ronnefalk seems to be on a mission these days after wrapping up four national titles within eight days. After scoring wins at the 1/8th Nitro Off-road and 1/8th Electric Nationals, the record national champion also came out on top at last weekend’s 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals, bringing home the win in the 2WD class on Saturday and the 4WD class on Sunday, making it a total of four titles within the last eight days and setting his national title count to 15 overall. Alexander Landen in 2nd and Elias Johansson in 3rd would round out Saturday’s 2WD podium while on Sunday Elias would hold the upper hand over Alexander to take the runner-up spot as Alexander completed the podium.

Image: David Ronnefalk

July 10, 2017

Hofer & Schmid win at Swiss EP Off-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the Swiss Electric Off-road Nationals was hosted by the EFAC Hohenems club in changing weather conditions this past weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Patrick Hofer who grabbed the TQ tie on points with Nico Schmid while Adrian Müller obtained the 3 spot after the qualifiers. In the 4WD category it was again Patrick who came out on top of Nico while Michel Buschor would line up in 3rd after the qualifiers. In the 4WD finals, pole position holder Patrick suffered a DNF in A1 but he stroke back in the following two finals to leave Nico behind in 2nd place overall as Michel Buschor rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the 2WD category Nico would hold the upper hand over Patrick who would come out fastest in A1 but with wins in A2 and A3 Nico secured himself the day’s win from Patrick Hofer 2nd and Martin Weidmann 3rd.

Image: Patrick Hofer