The 8th edition of the Psycho Nitro Blast was held this past weekend in Unadilla, Georgia with the usual turnout of local talent and internationally experienced Pro racers and in the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Jared Tebo who came out successful in the 45 minute A-main. Ryan Maifield (TLR) finished in 2nd, only 7 seconds short of Tebo, while Mugen’s Adam Drake completed the top 3 result.
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Round one of the Schumacher BTCC was held at the fast flowing Cotswold track. With a full entry of a 130 drivers the BTCC is the most popular series of the year and used by some as the pre-national warm-up as the series uses the same tracks usually two or three weeks before each national. In the Modified class Olly Jefferies took fastest time in all four of the qualifying rounds to line up on pole from Chris Grainger and Elliott Harper and in the final he took a lights to flag victory and was never challenged by the chasing pack.
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The second round of the French Electric Touring Car Championship was held in Evry near Paris. In the Modified class Leo Arnold took the win coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Loic Jasmin and TQ Lucas Urbain ended the race in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 10.5T Stock class Yoann Bukowski put his car on pole position but some incidents during the rainy finals let him drop to 4th place overall. Up front Arnaud Soulignac took the win from Pierre Delorme and Patrice Carpano.
Source: HRC [hrcdistribution.com]
The first round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals saw Dominic Vogl pretty much dominating the Touring Car Modified class and so he took the TQ and the pole position for the A-main in front of Patrick Gollner and Thomas Pumpler. The final result then again saw Dominic on top with Patrick and Thomas rounding out the top 3 result.
Image: Dominic Vogl
The second round of the French Nitro Off-road Championships was held in Pirerrefeu this past weekend. Yannick Aigoin, fresh from his move to Xray, took the win some two laps ahead of HB’s Renaud Savoya. TLR driver Jerome Sartel rounded out the podium of the 45 minute final another lap down. Julien Lattanzio came in 4th, Lorenzo Crolla completed the top 5 result.
Source: Yannick Aigoin
The 10th International Warmup Race was held at the ESV Bischofsheim track with around 180 drivers in attendance in the three classes of 1/8th Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy. The Nitro Buggy class had Jörn Neumann dominating the class with Marcel Guske and Carsten Keller coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the main final. The Truggy class again had Jörn Neumann coming out successful, this time in front of Alex Hardt and young Burak Kilic. Last but not least in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was again Jörn who came out successful for a clean sweep at the traditional off-road season opener. A hard chasing Joseph Quagraine finished on the runner-up spot while Carsten Keller rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Image: Jörn Neumann
This past Sunday the first round of the Belgian 1/8th and 1/10th Nitro On-road Championship was held at the track of Bierset. The qualifiers and finals were run in difficult track conditions due to rain in the morning and early afternoon. In the 1/8th class Robin D’Hondt took the pole with his new BMT. He confirmed his good performance in the dry final where he found himself in last position at first, following a crash in the first corner. With smooth but fast driving Robin moved his way up into the lead again before the first pit stop and he then maintained a high pace to take the win. Local young talent Augustin Mejor (Mugen), in his first year in the 1/8th class, demonstrated his skills and ended the main final in 2nd position. Hugues Yerna (Capricorn) completed the podium in 3rd.
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