The third round of the Dutch Touring Car Nationals was held at the technical Lelystad track in hot weather conditions. Rob Janssen was the man to beat as he made a clean sweep by winning all qualifiers to take the overall TQ and he also went on to win the triple A-mains to take the day’s win from Ronald Arts in 2nd and Mitchell v. Es in 3rd place.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
Round four of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals was held last weekend at the Marmagne track in the centre of the country in challenging weather conditions with high temperatures and some showers during qualifying. The track offered a pretty low grip level that only bettered during the finals and a technical layout made car setup critical. In the Elite class, Anthony Abisset (Serpent/Picco) took the pole position after the second round of qualifying, 1.6 seconds ahead of Stephane Bouche (Mugen/Max Power) and 3rd placed Adrien Bertin (HB/Team Orion). Those three were the only drivers able to make 17 lap runs during the five minute qualifiers. Unfortunately due to rain the third and fourth round had to be called off.
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Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri has swept the Nitro Pro Classes at the 2015 Quebec Classic held at Circuit RC Charlevoix, in Quebec, Canada last weekend. Ryan was able to secure the overall TQ’s in both the 1/8th Pro Nitro Buggy and 1/8th Pro Nitro Truggy classes after all 4 rounds of qualifying were complete. Cavalieri then went onto dominate both 45-minute A-main events in style to add two more wins to his already impressive year.
Source: Maxima Fuel [maxima-fuel.com]
T-Works have spring steel spool cups for a range of 1/10th touring cars available. They are made from the same hardened steel material as their tool tips and the parts are available for the Xray T2, T3 and T4 line, the CSO One, Spec-R R1 and S1 as well as the Team C TC10 and the VBC D06 and D07 cars.
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Ilias Arkoudaris has announced that as of July 6th he is no longer involved in JQRacing. Responsible for posting newsletters, press releases and race reports Ilias was part of JQRacing for many years and he has the following to say:
As of Monday July 6th I am no longer employed or affiliated in any way with JQRacing. After an 8 year old journey with the brand the time for a new adventure has come for me. Nothing is set in stone yet but there will be some good news soon! I can’t thank enough all customers and team drivers for their support and I wish them and JQRacing all the best for the future. In case any of the existing customers wish to contact me please use personal email account (iliasarkoudaris@gmail.com) or through my personal Facebook account.
New from UFRA are larger diameter pre-glued wheels for 1/8th on-road cars. Offering more rubber compared to standard pre-mounts the front 34 shore wheels sport a 72mm diameter while the rear 36 shore tyres are 80mm in diameter. Both come on lightweight white-colour rims.
Source: UFRA [ufra-tyres.ch]
The Novarossi Trophy was held in Guassago, Italy over the weekend with the event attracting some of the fastest Italian drivers to race against guests from abroad, such as Adam and Ronda Drake. In the F1 Nitro Buggy class newly crowned European Champion B Riccardo Berton (Kyosho) brought home the win from Kyosho teammate Marco Natale with TLR driver Walter Floris coming in 3rd.
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Last weekend the German Nitro Truggy Nationals would take place in the South of Germany at the challenging track of the MCC Laupheim club. Qualifying saw a dominating performance for Hannes Käufler who TQ’d all five rounds to take the overall TQ in front of Alexander Schmitt, Maximilian Cordts and Andreas Ruepp. The “Senior” final Saturday night was an exciting affair with Guido Erler taking the 40+ national title in front of Andreas Ruepp. Sunday was equally hot both on an off the track. Hannes Käufler and Alexander Schmitt battled for the title with Hannes Käufler eventually taking the 2015 Truggy Championship from Alexander Schmitt and Fabian Hinderer.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
