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January 11, 2016

Neumann remains unbeaten DHI Cup master

Having looked at best like a podium finish would be an achievement, Joern Neumann pulled off a surprise result to retain his unbeaten reign as the only 4WD Buggy winner at the Danish event. There was no one more surprised by the result than Neumann himself, the win marking his first international race win with Team Serpent. With World Champion Coelho winning A1 and staying out of trouble giving Neumann the A2 win, it was all to play for with three drivers in contention for the win, Martin Bayer the third of them. In the end however it was 2WD victor Michal Orlowski who would win A3 ahead of Neumann with Bayer third. The result would secure Orlowski second overall while Top Qualifier Coelho finished his DHI Cup debut on the final step of the podium.

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January 11, 2016

Volker claims seventh DHI Cup win

Ronald Volker has taken his tally of wins at the famous DHI Cup to seven. The 16th running of the Danish event, Volker secured what would be his third consecutive win by taking the opening two A-Mains in Odense. Top Qualifier for the race, which marks the first international touring car race of the season, the German took A1 with ease but in A2 Awesomatix driver Viljami Kutvonen. After the strong start however Kutvonen faded a little leaving Volker celebrating the start of the 2016 season with overall victory. In A3 Kutvonen would enjoy a straight forward win over Alexander Hagberg and former winner Adrian Berntsen to secure second overall. Finishing on the same points as his team-mate Bruno Coelho, the tie breaker would leave Hagberg to complete the podium.

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January 11, 2016

2016 Rebels Race – Report

The Czech Rebels Race was held last weekend in Prague in a large sports hall laid out with the famous ETS carpet. The organisers received a total of 84 entries for the seven classes and in Touring Car Open it was Vita Hola who the qualifiers with three round TQs. In the finals there was some close racing between the TQ holder and formed winner of the series, Michal Blahovsky, who was challenging Vita, but Hola would hold the upper hand to take the overall win from Michal. Behind the two, Karel Dolezal would round out the top 3 result.

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January 11, 2016

Valtier & Crolla win at French CML Masters

The French CML Masters was held this past weekend near Paris. In the 2WD class Ludovic Valtier would come out successful from Lorenzo Crolla in second and Stephane Deroch in third. In the 4WD class Lorenzo Crolla grabbed the TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers and he would be able to conserve his qualifying performance in the finals to take the overall win from Jean-Pierrick Sartel and Stephane Deroch in second and third respectively.

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January 11, 2016

Bowie Ginting dominates East Touring Series Rd1

The opening round of the East Touring Series was held at the technical, high-grip East RC Speedway in Indonesia. Qualifying took place in hot and sunny conditions and in the 13.5T non-boost class Bowie Ginting scored a pretty easy TQ from Serpent teammate who put his car on the 2 spot for the finals, a lap behind. Arya Seta in third would round out an all-Serpent top 3. In the triple A-mains Bowie grabbed the overall victory with two leg wins and the fastest lap of the day while both Christian and Arya retained their qualifying positions to complete the podium in second and third respectively.

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January 11, 2016

Philipp Walleser wins at Longwy Winter Series Rd3

Round three of the MRC Longwy Winter Series was held in Longwy in the North of France. The 10.5T Stock category was the most popular class of the weekend and it saw round two winner Philipp Walleser taking the day’s win from the pole position. Jan Bickendorf grabbed the runner-up spot from Jeremy Deladondre in third.

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January 11, 2016

Max Mächler wins at Tonisport MCSS Open

The Tonisport MCSS Open was hosted this past weekend by the MCSS Althengstett club in Germany. Held in several on-road classes including Touring Modified, Touring Sport and Sportscar there was also a Stock Masters class held in a Reedy Race format with some of Germany’s fastest Stock racers in attendance. The format was ten rounds of which the best eight counted towards the overall result. Max Mächler would be the driver to beat as he scored four wins, two second places finishes and a fifth place to grab the overall win from Daniel Wohlgemuth who scored two wins, two second places and two third place finishes. Tobias Vogel would round out the top 3 with four runner-up spots and three third place finishes.

Image: Max Mächler

January 11, 2016

Elliott Boots shines in Italy

The annual Italian Job Race was held at the IBR Padova indoor facility in Italy over the weekend. As usual the race attracted Europe’s best 1/8th off-road drivers to compete in the premier Nitro Buggy and the supporting 1/8th E-buggy classes. The Pro Nitro class qualifying was a tight affair between Marco Baruffolo (TLR/Picco), Elliott Boots (Kyosho/Reds Racing), Alex Zenchettin (TLR/Reds Racing) and Darren Bloomfield (Agama/Bullitt). In the end Marco would make a clean sweep though with three round TQs to secure the overall TQ from Elliott, Alex and Darren. The E-Buggy class had Agama’s Darren Bloomfield taking the TQ from fellow countryman Elliott Boots (Kyosho) with both ending tie on points. Marco Baruffolo (TLR) rounded out the top 3 result after the qualifiers.

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