September 13, 2011
Steven Cuypers is the new German Champion 1/8 scale nitro. The Belgian took the title with a blistering performance during qualifying on Saturday when he caught pole position. But the German Nationals, held at the Motodrom Rhein-Ahr 25 kilometres south of former capital Bonn, was aborted on Sunday afternoon because of heavy thunderstorms in this area. Neither the semi finals nor the final were raced in class 1 which left the competition with an unusual result. Obviously 1/8 racing in Germany seems to be star-crossed because although the German Nationals 2009 in Hildesheim and 2010 in Roetz were affected by…
June 14, 2011
Rene Puepke in 1/10 scale and Frank Schewiola in 1/8 scale are leading the rankings after two rounds of the Nitro West Masters, a series of five race weekends held in Western Germany. Both Serpent racers were able to win at the season opener at Oberhausen as well at round two held at Dueren. Also in the newly launched 1/8 Hobby Cup class with unified engines from Novarossi both races saw the same winner with Mugen driver Thilo-Alexander Toedtmann. In 1/10 scale Rene Puepke and Benjamin Lehmann are going hand-in-hand fighting for pole positions and victories. At Oberhausen Lehmann, who…
May 17, 2011
Second race, second win: Belgian Steven Cuypers has dominated round two of the Western German Championship 1/8 nitro on-road at Oberhausen like he did three weeks ago at the season opener at Dormagen. Again the Mugen team driver achieved pole position, fastest lap and victory. Second spot on the podium went to Tobias Hepp (Xray) ahead of René Puepke (Serpent). 40 entries were registered for this race weekend at the mecca of rc racing in Western Germany. Finally 16 racers competed in class 1 and 22 in class 2. Practice day was interrupted at lunch time by a rain shower…
April 29, 2011
…and cars turned to be covered by yellow farina. But finally grip increased and all racers got lots of practice over the day on the 273 meter long track which is known as “RC Monaco of Germany” because of its concrete walls and guard rails. It was Belgian Steven Cuypers who left his mark in class 1 from his very first lap on the challenging circuit. With his Picco-powered Mugen MRX5 he achieved pole position among the twelve class 1 entries with 45,647 seconds for his three best consecutive laps – the new qualifying format in Western Germany. Second was…
March 5, 2011
The Nitro-West-Masters, a soaring series of nitro on-road races in Western Germany, will continue in 2011 for its third year. Five races, a new class and a new procedure as well as the Nitro-West-Warmup are the main novelties for the upcoming season. Following three rounds in 2009 and four in 2010 the championship will extend to five races on five different tracks. Beside the regular categories 1/8 scale (VG8) and 1/10 scale 200mm (VG10), the so called HC8 is announced for the Nitro-West-Masters for the first time. Key point of the HC8 is the mandatory use of a unified engine,…
November 15, 2010
The 3-hour race held at Oberhausen in Western Germany saw a superior victory of the Dream-Team. When the 1/8 scale long-distance race was drawn to a close, the Serpent trio with Tobias Hepp, Frank Schewiola and Alain Levy had covered a distance of 454 laps – which is equivalent to 106 kilometer – to capture victory as one year ago. Team Odenthal Racing Parts S966 with Carsten Pruessmann, Ingo Odenthal and Ralf Vahrenkamp finished second but were already 52 laps down. With 360 laps third place went to 2-speed Racing Team with Sebastian Scheidweiler, Jean-Pierre Roenicke and Joerg Waeldle ….
November 11, 2010
Tobias Hepp in the 1/8 nitro class and Sebastian Buerge in the 1/10 scale nitro class have captured the titles in the Nitro West Masters, a series of four races held in Western Germany. At the fourth and final round at Dormagen in the North of Cologne Serpent driver Hepp won the race and left no doubt in winning the 1/8 championship also. In 1/10 it was Mugen racer Benny Lehmann winning the race but third place was enough for Buerge to catch the Masters crown. 70 entries were registered for this late race in three classes, the two regular…
July 13, 2010
…Holger Wittek (682) took the crown only three points ahead of Robert Emmerich (679) who had only a one point advantage over Michael Stein (678). A total of 39 KWC enthusiasts entered the four rounds of the KWC West which was run together with the Western German Championship 1/10 for the very first time. Both parties have grown to a real rc family with a fair and friendly co-operation – a really positive effort. Racing in Western Germany continues at the upcoming weekend with round three of the Western German Championship 1/8 at Dormagen near Cologne. Source: Nitro West [nitro-west.de]…
