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January 29, 2016

Norwegian Winter Series Rd3 – Report

Round three of the Norwegian Winter Series was held in the east of Norway, in the city of Honefoss. The organisers laid out a huge 680 square metre track using the famous ETS carpet and the race schedule saw three rounds of qualifying followed by triple A-mains. Classes run were Touring Modified and 1/12th scale for the nationals plus the two supporting classes of Touring Stock 13.5T and M-Chassis. In the Touring Modified class the race for the TQ was on between Nikolai Håheim (VBC) and Helge Johannessen (ARC). Nikolai made a clean sweep in all three qualifiers to claim the top qualifier spot. Helge would line up in second for the finals. Behind the two the fight for the 3 spot would be between Rune Svestøl (Xray), Andreas Daving (Schumacher) and Even Enerstvedt (VBC). After the qualifying was over they were all tie on points, but Rune had the fastest run to count, handing him the 3 spot on the grid ahead of Andreas in 4th and Even in 5th.

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January 28, 2016

Picco Onroad Challenge Europe – Announcement

Picco have announced that their annual Onroad Challenge Europe will be held on the weekend of the 3rd of April at the famous Fiorano track. The event will be held in 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes and the race format sees bump-up A, B, C, … finals. The best placed non-pro driver will win a Picco sponsorship for 2016 and the event will also see an engine raffle for the drivers of each 1/8th and 1/10th class final. More information can be found here.

January 27, 2016

Tasos Batas wins at RC Ring Snow Race

The RC Ring Snow Race was held at the RC Ring indoor race track. Local driver Tasos Batas (Xray) took the TQ after the qualifiers from Mitropoulos (Yokomo) and Sikianakis (TOP). In the finals Tasos made a clean sweep by winning all three A-mains with Mitropoulos and Georgiadis (Xray) fighting for the second spot. At the end Mitropoulos would come out successful as he grabbed the runner-up spot from Georgiadis with all drivers finishing within a second in all three finals.

View the final result here

January 27, 2016

Balestri & Berselli win at WRC Contest

The 2016 WRC Contest was held at the RC-Landia track in Scandiano, Italy with some of the fastest Italian racers in attendance. Classes run included Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, Formula 21.5T, Pan Car and 1/12th Modified. In the Touring Modified class Dario Balestri (Capricorn) was the man to beat as he won two of the three qualifiers and all three A-main legs. At a distance Alessio Menicucci (Xray) ended the race on the runner-up spot while Fabrizio Manicardi (Xray) completed the top 3 result. In the Touring Stock class Gabriele Berselli (Yokomo) took the winning honours after coming out successful in the first and third A-main. Davide Bertuzzi (Xray) snatched the win in the second A-main and with it the overall second place from Capricorn pilot Federico Barbieri who rounded out the podium with a fine third place despite missing the free practice runs on Saturday.

View the Touring Stock podium here

January 26, 2016

Hupo Hönigl trifecta at Slovakia Cup Rd4

The Hudy Racing Arena played host to round four of the Slovakia Cup over the weekend. The event attracted a record breaking 140 entries including some international guests. The 1/10th Buggy classes saw newly signed Xray driver Hupo Hönigl coming out fastest in 2WD while Martin Bayer was the man to beat in the 4WD qualifiers. Hupo would continue to dominate in the 2WD mains as he won all three legs to take the overall win from Martin Bayer (Xray) and Juraj Hudy (Xray).

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January 26, 2016

Kim Sungmin TQs & wins at Sweep Challenge

The Korean Sweep Challenge was held at the Busan World indoor circuit and the event saw Kim Sungmin taking the TQ in the the Touring Stock category. In the finals Kim would again excel by taking a dominant win over second placed Kim Boram and third placed Mun Taesung.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 26, 2016

Kevin Zwahlen wins at SITCC Series Rd4

The fourth round of the popular SITCC Series was held in Geneva, Switzerland. Kevin Zwahlen (HB) brought home the day’s win from Jean-Marc Betticher (HB) in second while Arthur Brule (Team Magic) completed the top 3 result. Walter Pollet-Villard and Raffaele Tolotta rounded out the top 5.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

January 25, 2016

Ali Kaya joins Serpent Turkey

Serpent have announced the addition of Ali Kaya to their growing 1/10th GP on-road racing team. Ali will be racing at all major national 1/10th events held at the well-known Izmir and Bursa circuits and he will also join several practice days at the Serpent Turkey home circuit in Maltepe, Istanbul along with selected track days being held at the EFMOD circuit Izmir.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]