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July 23, 2015

Speed King Tour Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Speed King Tour 2015 was hosted by the Green Park Speedway in the Saitama prefecture last weekend. The track is a high-speed affair that is usually used for 1/8th races so the speeds achieved in the Modified class were pretty high. Series leader Akio Sobue again showed a brilliant form after scoring three wins in the series this year and he went on to take the TQ in this fourth round. Unfortunately only two qualifying rounds would be completed due to sudden and heavy rain fall but with the help of all competitors the track could be dried in time for the mains.

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July 23, 2015

Carlos Peracho wins Spanish Nats Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the Spanish 1/8th On-road Championship was held at the Cavi Club track in Vigo. Thanks to excellent weather conditions, everybody had a great practice day on Friday. Saturday started with some rain but just in time for the qualifiers the track dried up. Carlos Peracho dominated the qualification and also set a new track record in the progress. Nacho Lopez ended the qualification in second place while Alberto Alonso rounded out the top 3.

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July 23, 2015

North German Nitro On-road regionals Rd4 – Report

Round four of the North German Nitro On-road regionals were held at the MAC Hamburg track with a total of 17 drivers attending in the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm classes. Mixed weather conditions made things a bit difficult and in the 1/8th class it was the Serpent’s Merlin Depta who took the TQ from Lennart Skornia (Serpent) and Ingo Bobrowski (Mugen).

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July 22, 2015

2015 Timezone GP – Report

The 2015 Timezone GP was a race to remember. The sun was out, blistering at near 100 degrees. The track ready and prime, eagerly waiting to be driven on. The stage was set for a special weekend in Battleground, Washington. Unfortunately, this year’s GP kicked off with a bit of bad news as the world famous Charlie Suangka, was unable to attend this year’s race due to a scheduling conflict. The good news was that the unforgettable Scotty Ernst was able to step in as this year’s guest RD. Bringing the excitement all the way from Wisconsin, this would also be Scotty’s 1st trip to Timezone. Other notables that made the trip was everyone’s favorite Canadian and Team Associated’s on-road ace, Keven Hebert. Former world champion, Ralph Burch for RC America/Xray was also on hand to battle in the 1/10th scale nitro sedan class.

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July 22, 2015

Nick Kinar takes 2014/15 WCICS CTA Championship

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS, which hosted 8 events across Western Canada this season, has announced that Nick Kinar took the 2014/15 Canadian Trans-Am Championship. Cam Spence drove to 2nd overall, and Saskatchewan’s Don Buck took 3rd.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

July 21, 2015

5th annual BeNeLux Race – Report

The 5th edition of the BeNeLux Race was held at the MAC de Bannbrekers club in Rucphen in the four classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock, Formula and Pro10 Stock. The race started on Friday with free practice and resumed on Saturday with controlled practice and four rounds of qualifying. A last qualifier was held on Sunday morning followed by triple mains. After two days of nice weather the drivers were faced with wet conditions on Sunday morning and the final qualifier was declared a wet race. In the Touring Car Modified class Mitchell van Es took the TQ honours from Olivier Bultynck and Nick Joosens. In the Stock class Olivier Bultynck came out fastest from Geoffrey Vekemans and Athan de Witte while in the Formula category Jitse Miedema put his car on the pole position for the finals. Olivier Bultynck came in 2nd, Steve Deblaere put his car on the 3 spot. Finally in the Pro10 Stock class it was Reinder Willms who ended the qualifying on top of the timing sheets with Nick Boon and Joost Kuiper in tow.

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July 20, 2015

Giovannini wins at Italian 1/5th Bike Champs Rd2

Round 2 of the Italian 1/5th scale RC Bike Championship was held at the Casaluce track. In the Nitrobike class Marco Giovannini took the day’s win with a new track record from 2nd placed Massimiliano Ciccacci. Michelangelo Musacchio would round out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

July 20, 2015

Balestri claims first win at German ENS

Dario Balestri has claimed his first 1:8 Euro Nitro Series win with a sterling performance at the record breaking entry third round in Germany. Also giving Capricorn their first 1:8 win of the championship, from second on the grid the Italian took advantage of early errors by reigning champion Simon Kurzbuch and Robert Pietsch who started each side of him. Going to the front after just 8-laps, once there last season’s 1:10 race winner made the race his own and leaves the event as the new championship leader. Having come into the weekend top of the points standings, Kurzbuch would crash out of podium placing in the final 10-minutes as he tried to avoid John Ermen’s car as it returned to the track following an excursion onto the grass. With the Shepherd driver losing over a minute as his car was repaired, the Austrian ENS winner would eventually finish 7th. Cutting the first corner at the start and dropping to 8th Pietsch would finish second 5-seconds back at the end of the dry 45-minute race, the rain that caused the earlier 1:10 A-Main to be stopped after 31-minutes clearing over the Minidrom Ettlingen track. In a surprise performance Silvio Hächler would complete the Top 3, the ARC driver having bumped from the B-Main to claim his first ENS podium.

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