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July 11, 2017

Jörn Neumann and Serpent part ways

Multi-time European and German national Champion Jörn Neumann has announced his departure from chassis sponsors Serpent. The somewhat unusual mid-season split leaves questions about the future of Jörn and his mentor and mechanic Gerd Strenge as the two usually swap teams together. While it is yet unclear what’s next on the agenda for Jörn he has the following to say:

Today I need to announce that my relationship with Serpent has come to an end. We achieved great success together, with taking the European Championship title in 4WD last year as the highlight. I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone at Serpent and 2-Speed for the support they gave me during that time. At this point in my life things have recently changed. Let’s see how the future will be for me beside and on the racing track.

July 11, 2017

Adam Drake wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd4

Round four of the 2017 JBRL Nitro Series was held at Revelation Raceway. The temperatures reached a scorching 40 degrees Celsius but the turnout was still around 150 entries for the multiple classes. Mugen’s Adam Drake was the top qualifier in Nitro Buggy, Nitro truck, and Electric 1/8th buggy and he also lead both nitro finals from tone to tone and took the victory in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck by more than a lap. In Nitro Buggy HB Racing’s Cody King finished 2nd and Kyosho’s Anthony Westergaard came in 3rd.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]

July 10, 2017

David Ronnefalk takes four national titles in eight days

Sweden’s David Ronnefalk seems to be on a mission these days after wrapping up four national titles within eight days. After scoring wins at the 1/8th Nitro Off-road and 1/8th Electric Nationals, the record national champion also came out on top at last weekend’s 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals, bringing home the win in the 2WD class on Saturday and the 4WD class on Sunday, making it a total of four titles within the last eight days and setting his national title count to 15 overall. Alexander Landen in 2nd and Elias Johansson in 3rd would round out Saturday’s 2WD podium while on Sunday Elias would hold the upper hand over Alexander to take the runner-up spot as Alexander completed the podium.

Image: David Ronnefalk

July 10, 2017

Hofer & Schmid win at Swiss EP Off-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the Swiss Electric Off-road Nationals was hosted by the EFAC Hohenems club in changing weather conditions this past weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Patrick Hofer who grabbed the TQ tie on points with Nico Schmid while Adrian Müller obtained the 3 spot after the qualifiers. In the 4WD category it was again Patrick who came out on top of Nico while Michel Buschor would line up in 3rd after the qualifiers. In the 4WD finals, pole position holder Patrick suffered a DNF in A1 but he stroke back in the following two finals to leave Nico behind in 2nd place overall as Michel Buschor rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the 2WD category Nico would hold the upper hand over Patrick who would come out fastest in A1 but with wins in A2 and A3 Nico secured himself the day’s win from Patrick Hofer 2nd and Martin Weidmann 3rd.

Image: Patrick Hofer

July 10, 2017

Neil Cragg takes BRCA 2WD Buggy title

Round four of the BRCA 1/10th Off-road National Championship was held at Boughton Raceway this past weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class, run on Saturday, Team Associated’s Neil Cragg would dominate the qualifying by TQing three of the four rounds, with Yokomo’s Lee Martin also taking a round TQ to line up in 2nd. In the triple A-mains Neil again was the man to beat and with three wins he came out victorious and by doing so he would also take the overall title, his 21st national championship in total. Lee Martin had to settle for 2nd at round 4 with Schumacher’s Tom Yardy rounding out the podium. Sunday’s 4WD class also saw Neil on top of the proceedings and with a win from Lee Martin and Tom Yardy he is now in a good position to fight for the 4WD title at the remaining rounds of the championship.

Image: Neil Cragg

July 10, 2017

Micha Midmaier crowned 1/8th Buggy B Euro Champ

Under slightly darker skies than seen for the rest of the weekend, winners of the two semi finals, Micha Widmaier and Thomas Musso led the field away from their respective P1 and P2 grid slots, with the battle for the European B Championship win around the very bumpy ABC Réding circuit quickly distilling into a battle between these two. Musso took an early lead and quickly established a four second gap, but as the leaders started encountering traffic Widmaier was able to reduce the gap and appeared to have the faster car.

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July 9, 2017

EFRA 1/8th Nitro Off-road B Euros – Qualifying report

Heat was the order of the day for the 1/8th Rallycross B Euros held at ABC Reding in eastern France. Temperatures reached 32 degrees Celsius as the action hotted up out on the circuit. Seeding practice on Friday had seen the drivers sorted by their fastest three consecutive laps, with Micha Widmaier taking the spoils and getting the number 1 on his car in the top heat. Into qualifying proper and Vincent Meertens took the round from Thomas Musso and Leonardo Valente, this being notable as Meertens set his time from heat 11 and Musso from heat 10.

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July 5, 2017

Daniel Kobbevik successful at Norwegian Buggy Nats

The third round of the Norwegian National 1/8th Nitro Buggy series was hosted by the KodalRC Club in hot weather conditions, making for a hard and dusty track. A total of 49 drivers signed in and in combination with a pretty easy track layout this would make for some close racing. During practice young Daniel Kobbevik (Xray) showed a great speed, setting the pace with the fastest run but as there was no reseeding, Daniel had some tough time in qualifying group six.

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