July 31, 2013
The second half of the Nitro-West-Masters 2013 will start with round four held at the Velp track in the Netherlands this coming weekend. Located close to the German boarder the Velp track is of a challenging layout and 260 metres long. It is the fifth year of this popular championship mainly run in Western Germany and it is only the second time this nitro series is going abroad of Germany. With no official licence being needed the Nitro-West-Masters is a class for everybody and the tyres are open with additives strictly forbidden. The racing format is the same as in…
May 8, 2013
The 2013 season of the Nitro-West-Masters will kick-off at Oberhausen at the upcoming weekend (11/12 May). It is the fifth season of this nitro on-road series in Western Germany, which has become more popular year by year since it was launched in 2009. Last year a total of 106 racers have collected championship points. For the first time there will be six race meetings in 2013, one per month from May to October. The 2013 calendar of the Nitro-West-Masters (NWM): 1. 11/12 May – Oberhausen 2. 15/16 June – Dueren 3. 13/14 July – Bad Breisig 4. 03/04 August –…
April 12, 2013
…will enter the season with the prestigious starting number 1, with the starting number remaining permanent for all racers and races in Western Germany including the Nitro-West-Masters. No doubt, Bernd Rausch, who changed from Kyosho to KM last autumn, is the driver to beat in a strong line-up of the 200mm category with a total of 30 entries. He will face strenuous opposition in the from a motivated Serpent squad with vice champion Benny Lehmann, René Puepke, Michael Salven, Arndt Bernhardt and nitro rookie Marc Fischer, Serpent´s spearhead in electric touring car racing. Among the favourites are also Andy Weyhoven…
September 21, 2012
Toni Gruber is the 2012 German 1/8th nitro on-road champion. In the 45 minutes finale on the demanding Dormagen track Shepherd driver Daniel Sieber and Serpent fellow Merlin Depta completed the podium of the top level class 1. In class 2 it was Torsten Mueller who brought his Shepherd home on a title-winning first spot with Martin Baumann (Serpent) and Michael Kammer (Capricorn) in second and third place. For the second time in a row the one-event German Nationals were held in Western Germany. But different to Bad Breisig with a total of 88 competitors in 2011 only 67 participants…
July 12, 2012
Mugen racer Daniel Toennessen was walking on water on his way to winning round three of the Western German Championship in the 1/10 scale nitro on-road class at Velp. Toennessen became the third winner in the third race with René Puepke winning round one at Dormagen and Michael Salven winning at Dueren. Bernd Rausch has been the main challenger at every race but is still waiting for his first victory. Nevertheless, the Kyosho hotshot is leading the championship ranking. It was the first time since 2005 that the nitro racers from Western Germany had to cross the border for a…
May 21, 2012
…was held in 2009, round three will take place at Dormagen (in the north of Cologne, 11/12 August) and include the warm-up for the 1/8 scale German Nationals. End of Septembre (29/30) the championship will make its first appearance outside Germany at Velp in The Netherlands (near Arnheim) before it comes to a great show-down at Oberhausen (13/14 October) which is not only the finale of the 2012 Nitro-West-Masters but most likely the last race at this famous track, before the announced close-down of the heart of rc-racing in Western Germany. The 2012 schedule of the Nitro-West-Masters: #1 – 25/27…
April 27, 2012
…Scheidweiler (Serpent/Xceed) – 35 3. Thomas Reiche (Serpent/Orcan) – 28 4. Thomas Kroeger (Mugen/Novarossi) – 23 5. Martin Figge (Xray/Orcan) – 17 6. Matthias Guenther (Mugen/Novarossi) – 8 7. Tim Vogels (Mugen/Orcan) – 3 8. Christian Roenicke (Mugen/Novarossi) – dns 9. Michael Woeste (Xray/Orcan) – dns 10.Joachim Kuehn (Motonica/Picco) – dns For round 2 the 1/8 hot shots will return to the mecca of rc racing in Western Germany at Oberhausen on 5/6 May. One week later round two of the 1/10 scale campaign including KWC and HC10 will be held at Dueren on 12/13 of May. Source: nitro-west.de [nitro-west.de]…
April 18, 2012
René Puepke has taken victory at round one of the Western German Championship in the 1/10 scale on-road nitro class which was held at Dormagen in the north of Cologne. Following a one-year-break Mugen racer Sebastian Buerge came on second at his comeback just in front of last year´s runner-up Andy Weyhoven with his Xray. A total of 43 competitors, 33 in 1/10 and ten in the KWC class (Kyosho World Cup) made it a promising start into the season. For comparison: One year ago only 26 drivers competed in 1/10 scale at Dormagen. Following the successful Nitro-West-Warmup one week…
