April 15, 2014
The first round of the Alpe Adria Cup took place last weekend at the Stöhr-Ring in Graz, Austria. The race saw the attendance of drivers from Slovenia, Hungary, Italy and Austria and was run in 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In the 1/8th class Jernej Vuga (Xray/Reds) took TQ but he was not able to conserve his performance in the final and finished in 8th position. Up front the race was on between Nejc Mihelic (Motonica/Picco) and Manuel Gremlica (KM/Woldt) and at the end it was Nejc who finished the race some two laps in front of Manuel after…
April 11, 2014
The popular Western German Championship is turning into an international competition for the 2014 season with drivers from six nations are fielding the top-level class 1 in 1/8 scale nitro on-road. When the lights will turn green on Sunday at round one in Dormagen, two-time W.C. finalist and former German Champion Robin D’Hondt from Belgium is on top of the newcomers in the regional championship which comprises four rounds of qualifying for the single event German Nationals on the weekend of the 14th of September at the Munster track in the South of Hamburg. Motonica factory driver D’Hondt is facing…
October 1, 2013
…issues and Njec had a coming together with another driver resulting in an additional pit stop. At the end, Herfried won the race almost four laps ahead of Njec and Höller Helmut. The win also secured him the national title in front of Manuel Gremlica and Nejc Mihelic. Top 3 result 1. Herfried Pucher – Motonica/Picco/Byron – 175L 44:46.977 2. Nejc Mihelic – Motonica/Picco/Byron – 171L 44:53.414 3- Helmut Holler – Motonica/Picco/Byron – 167L 44:54.907 Overall ranking 1. Herfried Pucher – Motonica/Picco – 1225 points 2. Manuel Gremlica – Serpent/Novarossi – 1156 points 3. Nejc Mihelic – Motonica/Picco – 1120…
September 17, 2013
Round 5 of the Luxembourg 1/8th nitro on-road nationals took place at the LMCC track in Luxembourg. Mixed weather conditions made things interesting and it was Jacques Libar who took the pole position in front of Alexey Yaramishyan and Laurent Libar. The 30-minute main final saw the Xray driver Laurent Libar cross the finishing line in first position, followed by his brother Jacques Libar with Xray in 2nd and Patrick Beltrallo with Motonica in 3rd. With this result, Jacques Libar also took the Luxembourg 1/8th nitro on-road national title for 2013. Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
July 31, 2013
…of the Nitro-West-Masters for the third years now. This basic class goes from strength to strength and is already the class with the highest number of entries at certain events. While Sebastian Scheidweiler (Shepherd) managed to win at Oberhausen followed by Motonica racer Martin Figge and Udo Tappertzhofen (Kyosho), it was Ruediger Hepp, father of Tobias Hepp, who pushed his Xray to victory at his comeback on his home playground at Dueren with Matthias Guenther (Mugen) and Reinhard Zick in second and third. At Bad Breisig Ruediger Hepp jumped onto the podium again but this time it was reigning champion…
July 28, 2013
…on 78 laps in 1208.48 seconds with Ielasi on 77 laps in 1205.55 seconds with Kurzbuch just .91 seconds behind. Adrian Bertin took the final definite place with the new KM prototype car but Patrick Schafer would have to wait and see if he had made the final. The second semi final proved to be a much closer affair with Mark Green taking the win just .32 seconds ahead of the Shepherd of Groskamp. 3rd and 4th in the Semi A, to definitely book their place in the final, were Motonica’s Robin D’Hondt and Mugen’s Kyle Branson. A noticeable person…
July 26, 2013
…set for something special to come. Dario Balestri would lead for the majority of the heat only for Mark Green to close him down and take the round on the last lap to the joy of the crowd. The stage is set for an exciting set of finals tomorrow. Top 14 After Qualifying 1. Mark Green – 21/ 309.78 – Serpent Novarossi 2. Dario Balestri – 21/ 309.92 – Capricorn/Novarossi 3. Jilles Groskamp – 21/ 310.99 – Shepherd/Maxima 4. Daniele Ielasi – 21/ 311.44 – Capricorn/IDM 5. Robin D’Hondt – 21/ 311.63 – Motonica/Vox 6. Simon Kurzbuch – 21/ 311.89…
July 24, 2013
The third round of the Belgian nitro on-road nationals took place at the fast track of the Racing Club Roeselare under excellent weather conditions and with a good amount of racers attending. In the 1/8th class that attracted 21 drivers Yves Zoma (Mugen) was the fastest closely followed by Daan Haling (Motonica), Arie Manten (Xray) and Frank Baggen (Serpent). All four pulled 28 laps in qualifying making for some close racing in the finals. Arie Manten, qualifying third was unlucky in his semi as he did not proceed into the final due to a spur gear problem. Yves Zoma started…
