…0.4 seconds with North in third ahead of Andy Hastings and Bancroft. The top ten: 1. Tim Wood – Serpent / OS / Elite Fuel / Savox – 19 Laps 304 secs 2. Kyle Branson – Capricorn / XRD / Runner Time / Contact – 19 Laps 304 secs 3. Andy North – Mugen / Sirio / Contact – 19 Laps 309 secs 4. Andrew Hastings – Shepherd / Sonic / Matrix / Meccamo – 19 laps 309 secs 5. Daniel Bancroft – Motonica / CBR / Meccamo – 18 Laps 301 secs 6. John Carr – Serpent / OS…
…the race it started to rain and Nacho came in for a tyre swap to damp tyres and while being the fastest driver in the wet he extended his lead but soon after the rain stopped and the track started to dry. Around the 35 minute mark the damp tyres on Nacho’s car were pretty much destroyed so he had to change tyres again. On now dry tyres the Serpent driver again was the fastest man on the track and he eventually took the win with his XRD-powered Serpent from Victor Gonzalez (Motonica/O.S.) and Vicente Eres (Shepherd/Picco). Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
Last weekend saw the final round of the Austria 1/8th scale nitro on-road championships run at the Mac Amstetten track. Motonica team driver Nejc Mihelic had a splendid weekend by taking the TQ for the 45 minute final which he then dominated till the end to take the win. With the victory at the final round he also took the overall Austrian national championship title. Source: Motonica [motonica.com]…
…after a 10 year break which would put him in a good position to bump up to the main final. Qualifying top10: 1. Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi– 20 laps 310.00 secs 2. Daniel Bancroft – Motonica/CBR – 19 Laps 301 secs 3. Andrew Hastings – Shepherd/Sonic – 19 laps 302 secs 4. Neil King – Capricorn/XRD – 19 Laps 304 secs 5. Ashley Gouveia – Shepherd/Sonic – 19 Laps 306 secs 6. Jason Frost – Serpent/Sirio – 19 Laps 306 secs 7. John Carr – Serpent/OS Speed – 19 Laps 309 secs 8. Richard Hicklin – Serpent/Sirio – 19 Laps…
…– 142 6. Reinhard Zick – Mugen/RB – 141 7. Heiko Kube – Mugen/RB – 140 8. Bert Posem – Mugen/Picco – 135 9. Philip Kremer – Shepherd/Sonic – 103 10.Thomas Strukletz – Motonica/Rex – 49 Tom Kraegefski, a regular 1/10 scale racer, became German Champion 1/8 class 2 while Vanderwynckel received the trophy as 40+ champion and Philipp Roemer as youth champion. For statistics, Xray was the leading chassis brand with four cars followed by three Mugen and one each Serpent, Shepherd and Motonica. Three Orcan engines made it into the finale as well as two each Picco and…
…/ Sonic – 14 Laps 310 secs 3. Chris Snell – Shepherd / Sonic – 13 Laps 306 secs 4. Daniel Bancroft – Motonica / CBR / Ulti – 13 Laps 310 secs 5. Marlon McKulsky – Capricorn – 13 Laps 314 secs 6. James Healey – Shepherd / RB – 13 Laps 318 secs 7. Ian Billett – Serpent / OS – 13 Laps 322 secs 8. Andrew Watson – Serpent / Mega – 12 Laps 300 secs 9. Rob Mckenna – Serpent – 12 laps 303 secs 10.Earl Mclean – Serpent / Novarossi – 12 Laps 304 secs…
…Carr – Serpent/OS – 20 Laps 304.55 secs 6. Neal King – Capricorn/XRD –20 Laps 304.57 secs 7. Andrew Hastings – Shepherd/Sonic – 20 Laps 304.84 secs 8. Daniel Bancroft – Motonica/CBR – 20 Laps 305.5 9. Jason Frost – Serpent/Sirio – 20 Laps 306.24 secs 10.Joaquin Desota – Serpent/Novarossi – 20 Laps 307.5 secs The main final blasted away in grid order with the first casualty yet again was North by probably being too slow to try and maintain track position which bent his exhaust stinger. After the opening laps it was Wood who was increasing his lead over…
…result more drivers than expected wanted to enter the two races. But race director Arno Puepke decided to refuse these drivers an entry and to allow only those to start who had confirmed their participation in the drivers meeting – a decision that needs to be clarified within the rule book for the future. In 1/8th class 1 Michael Salven pushed his Picco-powered Serpent 977 to TQ with 19 laps in 5.06,281 minutes. The 2nd spot was captured by Motonica factory driver Robin D’hondt from Belgium with 19 laps in 5.07,177 with last year’s winner John Ermen in 3rd (5.07,464)….
