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April 29, 2015

Guedes wins at Portuguese Nitro On-road Champs Rd1

António Guedes wins at Portuguese Nitro On-road Champs Rd1

The first round of the Portuguese National Nitro On-road Championship took place in Maia near Porto. In the 1/8th class António Guedes, coming from the 5 spot, moved into 3rd early in the race and he was able to up his game even more after a tyre change mid-race that gave him more confidence in the car. Lap by lap he closed the gap to the leader and after the final pitstop he managed to take over the lead and he kept it to the checkered flag.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 28, 2015

Western German Championship Rd2 – Report

Only two weeks after the season opener at Dormagen, round two of the Western German Nitro On-road Championships was held at the Rhein-Ahr-Motodrom in Bad Breisig, located between Bonn and Koblenz at the river Rhine. With rain announced for the weekend 52 entries were received with 50 drivers finally attending the race, but the weather turned to be much better than expected and finally allowed for an excellent race weekend. On Saturday the track was wet in the morning but at about lunch time an intense practice was on the way. On Sunday morning the track was nearly dry and only the first heat was affected just a little bit.

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April 28, 2015

Thurston & Beal win at British 1/10th Track Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the 1/10th Track British National Championships were held at the very fast Halifax track in Yorkshire with 40 drivers in attendance. Joe Kerry was fastest after Saturday’s practice with Alex Turston and John Zotll just behind him, while Glyn Beal was the fastest in the 220mm GT class. After an overnight frost the sun was shining on Sunday and the qualifying started 10 a.m. with Joe Kerry taking the pole position in the 200mm Touring class while Alex Thurston came in 2nd. In the 220mm GT class Glyn Beal grabbed the pole from Peter Hellawell. The Touring final was then won by Alex Thurston and his O.S.-powered Serpent while in the 220mm GT class Glyn Beal came out successful, also with an O.S.-powered Serpent car. After round 2 Alex is leading the 200mm TC championship, with Peter Hellawell leading the 220mm GT class. Young Mathieu Dambrine is now on top of the Junior Championship.

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April 28, 2015

Dutch Electric On-road Championship Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the first round of the Dutch Electric On-road Championship was hosted by the RC Hotwheels club in Deventer on a small and technical track made especially for electric cars. The weather forecast did not look very good for the weekend and on Saturday the track was wet the whole day but that did not stop some of the drivers to test different bits and pieces. In 2015 the championship sees the running of Touring Car Modified and 13.5T Blinky Stock classes along a supporting Formula category that will be run if at least five drivers sign up. Back to the race, on Sunday morning the track was still wet due to overnight rain and some of the drivers helped to get most of the puddles out of the way to allow the qualifiers to get underway. Round one and two were still very wet but round 3 offered decent conditions although it was still declared a wet race.

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April 28, 2015

Dionys Stadler joins Xray Factory Team

Xray have announced the signing of young and talented Dionys Stadler to their World Factory Team. The multiple German Junior Champion will focus on electric and nitro on-road racing and participate at national and international events such as the German Nationals, the ETS and ENS. Dionys has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be able to drive for one of the best RC car teams. The chance to join the Xray factory team is a fantastic opportunity which I could not miss. Products and support from Xray are of the highest quality and this is very important to be able to achieve the top results. I am proud to be part of the team and I will do my best to provide the best possible to achieve best results. I want thanks everyone at Xray and Hudy family for this excellent opportunity and the trust in me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 27, 2015

Dutch 1/10th Nitro On-road Championship – Report

The Mach Heemsteede played host for the opening round of the Dutch 1/10th Nitro On-road Championship with the weather forecast being everything but perfect for the first race of the season. Thankfully the 1/10th scale IC class is growing again as some very fast 1/10 Electric Touring Car racers made the move to nitro to get the excitement of a 30 minutes final. New for the 2015 season is a controlled tyre system, that was introduced to complement the stock Novarossi engine and low noise Hipex exhaust system rule. Light rain in the morning made that all heats were declared wet as the controlled Capricorn 37/40 shore tyres where not working yet. However the 3rd round of heats, run on a drying track, gave a surprise as electric racer John Bruins was on pole followed by a newcomer to the class, Jarno Holtman. On the 3 spot it was previous Dutch Champion Daan Jacobs, after having a sabbatical from RC cars and on 4th was another local electric racer in the form of Glenn Hogervorst.

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April 27, 2015

Gunter & Jackson win Stock classes at BTCC Rd1

Last weekend’s Schumacher BTCC season opener at the awesome Cotswolds track on Kemble Airfield not only saw the running of the ultra-fast Touring Car Modified class but also 13.5T Boosted and 17.5T Blinky classes. Run on Sorex 32 control tyres, the race saw a maximum entry of 130 drivers for the first serious race on the UK calendar. Around 80 keen drivers took up the opportunity of practice on the Saturday getting their cars dialled in for the race on Sunday. Sundays temperatures were a little on the cool side with drivers struggling a little for traction in the early practice run after the overnight rain. In the biggest 13.5T Boosted class Chris Gunter was top of the time sheets in qualifying ahead of current BRCA Champ Zak Finlay and new signing James Hart. The final saw an easy flag to flag victory for Chris with Ben Putt and Jimmy Maddison taking 2nd and 3rd after an intense battle between the pair.

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April 27, 2015

Olly Jefferies wins at Schumacher BTCC opener

Round one of the Schumacher BTCC was held at the fast flowing Cotswold track. With a full entry of a 130 drivers the BTCC is the most popular series of the year and used by some as the pre-national warm-up as the series uses the same tracks usually two or three weeks before each national. In the Modified class Olly Jefferies took fastest time in all four of the qualifying rounds to line up on pole from Chris Grainger and Elliott Harper and in the final he took a lights to flag victory and was never challenged by the chasing pack.

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