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May 29, 2019

V.d. Akker & Janssen win at Dutch Nationals Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MRC Genk track. For most drivers it was the maiden race at this track as the nationals never visited the track before. Round 3 saw the running of the Touring Modified, Touring Stock and the growing FWD class and in Modified it was the expected battle between the current number 1 and 2, Sidney Blokker and Rick v.d. Akker. As the grip conditions were constantly changing it became very difficult to drive constant lap times. With two of the three rounds to count it came down to the third round of qualifying as both Sidney and Rick had a 1st and 2nd place after twi rounds. The TQ position ultimately went to Sidney with a 1-second margin in the last round.

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May 29, 2019

BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship Rd3 & Rd4 – Report

Over the bank holiday weekend the Cotswold club at Cotswold Airport near Cirencester, in Gloucestershire hosted a double header round for the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Championship for both Nitro and Electric cars. The championship’s round 3 was held on Sunday and in the Nitro class Tim Wood was back in dominant form with his Shepherd taking the win from Serpent’s Alex Thurston while Capricorn’s Neal King took 3rd two laps behind. Some wet weather in qualifying mixed up the grid somewhat with some big names not making the A-final.

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May 29, 2019

Alvaro Jara wins Chilean IC Track Nats Rd5

The recent fifth round of the Chilean National IC Track Championship saw Shepherd’s Alvaro Jara walking away with the win in the 30-minute 1/8th scale A-main event. Cristobal Ugarte (Serpent) came in 2nd, six laps down while Joaquin Silva completed the top 3 result, another five laps down. With the win Alvaro keeps his championship hopes alive, fighting with Francisco Lara for the overall title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 28, 2019

French Electric On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

The Besancon track in the eastern part of France hosted round 3 of the French Electric On-road Championship last weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Hugo Ragaut with the overall TQ from Remi Callens and Loic Jasmin in 2nd and 3rd respectively. After the triple A-mains it was still Hugo with the number 1 spot, thanks to winning A1 and A3, while Loic moved up a spot to finish on the runner-up spot. 5th place qualifier, Alexandre Duchet would obtain the 3rd and final podium spot.

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May 28, 2019

Martinelli & Fankhauser win at Swiss IC Track Rd2

The second round of the Swiss IC Track Championship was held at the iconic Lostallo track this past weekend. Saturday’s qualification was held in mixed weather conditions with the day starting off dry but becoming a wet affair during the lunch break. In the 1/8th class it was Luca Martinelli with the TQ from Mattia Pesenti, Ales Haydekr and Jürg Nydegger. The final then saw Mattia Pesenti leading the field in the opening stages, however a crash with another driver at the 12-minute mark disturbed his race as he had to change tyres. A few minutes later Mattia was already chasing Luca Martinelli for the lead but a longer than expected tyre change 18 minutes to the end was another set back for Pesenti. Mattia then tried his best to close in on the leader again but he would run out of tyres and had to settle for 2nd overall behind Luca Martinelli. Rudi Scherrer came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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May 27, 2019

Swiss Electric On-road Championship Rd2 – Report

The second round of this year’s Swiss Electric On-road Championship was held at the HSH race track in Dintikon, Central Switzerland. More than 50 drivers competed in five category with the race seeing mixed weather on Saturday and sun on Sunday. In Touring Modified it was local hero Michele Manzo who won a very hard but fair fight for the victory against Carl Friedrich Groessel. Michele had dominated the qualifiers but in the finals it was a very tight race. On third it was Boris Siladi showing a good performance driving both the Touring ProStock and Modified classes.

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May 27, 2019

Kurzbuch wins “Really Tough” Rucphen battle

Simon Kurzbuch has taken the win at Round 2 of the 2019 Infinity Euro Nitro Series, but it was anything but easy as the three time ENS Champion seemed unlikely to even make the podium in the first half of the race. Qualifying fourth on the grid after admitting that he had struggled on Saturday, Kurzbuch initially circulated in fourth place, fighting with Dominic Greiner, who had bumped up from the B Final, as the race out front initially seemed to be a fight between the top three qualifiers of Dario Balestri, Robert Pietsch and Carmine Raiola. Deciding only to make one four tyre change at the half way point, as the other top runners chose two full changes, the Swiss driver confirmed that he knew he “couldn’t go at the pace of Balestri and Raiola, so we decided to make one less fuel stop [by running longer between stops] and making only one tyre change”.

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May 27, 2019

Wilck becomes only the 4th multiple Reedy Race Champion

Viktor Wilck is the 2019 Reedy Race Champion, the Infinity driver becoming only the 4th multiple winning of the legendary race on this its 22nd running. Having conceded defeat to overnight points leader Ronald Volker as the final day’s action was widely expected to be rained out, a dry but cold & windy morning presented the 2012 champion with an opportunity to resume battle with Volker. With 2019 a new chapter in the history of the race following the demise of the famous Tamiya Track, conditions at new Steel City RC Speedway for the final two rounds of heads up racing were less than ideal with traction at a premium. It was a dramatic start to the morning as going head to head from the front row Wilck and Volker made contact in the penultimate round resulting in both cars breaking. One race to go and 1-point separated the pair. As the grid were published for the showdown, they would race in the same heat but the grid was somewhat controversial as Wilck was on pole and Volker lined up 11th. Up front Wilck, who was fastest throughout the event, pulled clear for an easy win while Volker worked his way through to second. This left them tied on points with the same number of wins, 2nd and 3rd places so it came down to the total time of their best three results which thanks to the only 21-lap run of the event in Round 10 gave Wilck his second Reedy Race of Champions title. Having come into the weekend chasing title No.8, Marc Rheinard would complete the podium in Fontana well clear of team-mate Akio Sobue in fourth.

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