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June 23, 2015

Schäfer & Thalheimer win at Central German Champs

Round 3 of the Central German Nitro On-road Championships took place in Kirchhain with a total of 44 drivers in attendance despite the weather forecast being not very good. Luckily the main finals could be raced under dry conditions but the race time was shortened to 20 minutes as more rain was predicted. At the start of the 1/8th scale class 1 finale the track was still wet at some places so everybody was driving carefully. Patrick Schäfer had to start from 6th position as he had a technical problem in the single dry qualifier. Lap by lap he moved up the order and after the first round of pit stops he took over the lead from Peter Poldvere. Without looking back he controlled the race from the front crossing the finishing line 2 laps in front of Peter with Alex Schmitt completing the podium another lap down.

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June 23, 2015

Yannic Prümper signs with Hitec

Hitec have announced the signing of German frontrunner Yannic Prümper to their team. Yannic, who won the Italian round of this year’s Euro Touring Series, will use the company’s Lynx 4S radio system from the upcoming ETS finale in Slovakia on. The Yokomo factory driver has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be part of the Hitec team and I cannot await my first race with the new radio system. The transmitter is very well balanced and perfectly fits my needs. I really look forward to use the Lynx 4S at the ETS finale in Trencin.

Source: Hitec [hitecrc.de]

June 23, 2015

Lars Hoppe wins at German Nitro On-road regionals

Last weekend saw the running of the 3rd round of the North German Nitro On-road regionals at the famous Munster track. After changing weather conditions on Saturday the race day would dry, making for good weather conditions. In the 1/8th class Lars Hoppe (ARC/Reds) would take the TQ, win and fastest lap to round out a perfect weekend. Starting from pole position, Lars set the pace in the final and he was followed by Lennart Skornia (Serpent/Orcan), Merlin Depta (Serpent/Picco), Andreas Giesa (Shepherd/Picco) and Timo Schröder (Shepherd/XRD). The spectators witnessed some very exciting 30 minutes with a fierce final lap battle between Marco Kruse (Mugen/RB) and Timo Schröder for the runner-up spot. At the end Marco was able to come in 2nd in front of Timo while Lars ended the final some six laps in front of the two.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

June 22, 2015

Asian On-Road Championships Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Asian On-Road Championships was held in Adelaide, Southern Australia over the weekend. The event saw some 100 entries split in the five different classes of 1/10 Touring Car Modified, 13.5 Stock, 21.5 Stock, Formula as well as 1/12th scale. The race was held at the permanent indoor asphalt track of Hobby Habit on a medium sized, very smooth and pretty high-bite track. In the Touring Car Modified class Yokomo’s Ronald Völker would take the TQ from Ryan Maker (VBC) who shot into the 2 spot by winning the final qualifier on new tyres as Ronald backed off. Alexander Hagberg put his Xray car on the 3 spot, saving tyres for the triple A-mains. Alex’ strategy would pay off as he came in 2nd in A1 and A3 to take the runner-up spot behind Ronald while Ryan fall back to 3rd place.

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June 22, 2015

Arnold, Soulignac & Cavard win at French TC Nats Rd4

The forth round of the French Electric Touring Car Nationals was held in Tours. In the Modified class Leo Arnold secured himself the pole position early by TQing the first two qualifying rounds. In the opening final Leo had a coming together with a competitor and he ended the leg early but wins in the second and third A-main got him the overall win in front of Alexandre Laurent and Thomas Vingeron in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The 10.5T Stock class had Arnaud Soulignac taking the winning honours from Pierre Delorme in 2nd while Jean Delorme would round out the podium in 3rd. Last but not least in the 13.5T Touring class Vincent Cavard came out successful from Christophe Pyszczek in 2nd and Rudy Amaral in 3rd.

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June 22, 2015

Kristof Sielaff wins at North German regionals Rd3

Kristof Sielaf wins at North German regionals Rd3

The third round of the North German Nitro On-road Regionals was held at the Hollmoorring track of the MC Munster. In the 1/10th 200mm class Kristoph Sielaff would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he also the fastest lap of the weekend in 15.9s which is only two tenth slower than the current track record set in 2012 by Eric Dankel. The main final would see Kristof falling back to 3rd early in the race but he was able to get back into the lead, until around halfway in to the final he ran into engine troubles. With some careful driving and despite having two flameouts during pitstops Kristof was able to take the win in front of Frank Falkenberg in 2nd and Lars Hoppe in 3rd place.

Thanks to Kristof Sielaff for the report.

June 22, 2015

Marco Vanni clinches a surprise win in Leno

Marco Vanni clinches a surprise win

Veteran racer Marco Vanni is living his second youth in this 2015 season, as he earned another great result in the second round of the 8th scale Italian Nationals held on the beautiful Miniautodromo di Leno after finishing second in the season opener in Bologna. An eventful race, the start of the final would see the TQ Tironi, Balestri and Picco form a train of three cars chasing each other for the first 15 minutes, until Balestri managed to get his Capricorn C802 in front of Francesco’s Velox and started stretching his lead. With all the leading drivers on the same strategy changing tires only once, a very fast pit-stop by Picco’s pit crew put round 1 winner in the lead, with Balestri right on his tail and Tironi a couple corners behind. At the 37 minutes mark the race would lose its first contender, when a broken gearbox stopped Balestri. Only two minutes after, an engine failure would force Picco into retirement, this putting Tironi back in the front with a comfortable 5 laps lead on Codazzi, Vanni and Salemi. Francesco started driving safe around the track to save tires, fuel and to stay away from trouble but this didn’t help, and with 7 minutes left in the race his engines quit at the end of the straight meaning retirement for him. The lead is inherited by Vanni, who is able to see off Codazzi’s final push to take a surprise win.

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June 21, 2015

Tironi TQs Italian Nats Round 2

Francesco Tironi secured the overall TQ at Round 2 of the Italian Nationals on the beautiful Leno track, locking himself the no.1 spot for the start in tomorrow’s final after TQing two of the four rounds and getting second in the remaining two. It was a perfect day for the Shepherd/XRD driver as he showed both pure speed and consistency throughout the whole day. Second overall was Mazzeo, the former 200mm European Champion debuting in the season with his 8th scale Gimar powered Serpent, while third was Top Qualifier and winner of Round 1 Alberto Picco, who managed to snatch a spot on the main grid winning the Superpole with a blistering fast lap ahead of Dario Balestri.

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