September 3, 2014

Wenger, Calvo & Eschler win at MC-Best Cup

Round 9 and 10 of the Swiss MC-Best Cup were held last weekend. Round 9, taking place on Saturday in dry conditions, had Martin Wenger taking the win in the 1/10th 200mm nitro class ahead of Nuno Santos and Silvio Scheidegger. Round 10 on Saturday started dry but then strong rain came up. Marco Calvo made the best out of the conditions and he took the win in the 200mm class in front of Donato Larocca and Marco Schwab. In the 1/8th class Stephan Eschler came out successful in front of Andrej Bostjancic and Beat Heiniger.

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September 3, 2014

French Electric Touring Car Cup – Report

Last weekend the French Cup for electric touring cars took place at the Bourg-en-Bresse’s track near Lyon with almost 70 drivers in attendance. In the Modified class, Mathieu Brière looked like he could secure the pole position for the finals but Loic Jasmin was able to grab the TQ ultimately. Mathieu Brière would start from 2nd on the grid while Alexandre Laurent completed the top 3 after the qualifiers. Loic then went on to win the first and second A-final for an early overall win. Cyril N’Diaye came in 2nd and Alexandre Laurent rounded out the podium.

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September 3, 2014

Jens Roland wins final round of Danish 1/8th nats

Capricorn driver Jens Ronald has won the final round of the Danish 1/8th on-road championships. Rainy conditions made things not easy for the pilots but Jens kept his cool and steered his Reds-powered C801 to the win that also secured him the 2nd place overall in the championship.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

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September 2, 2014

Codazzi & Bassi win at AS Hobby Racing GP

The AS Hobby Racing Grand Prix took place in Brescia this past weekend. In the 1/8th Expert class it was Claudio Codazzi (Xray/Max Power) who scored not only the fastest lap times but he also won the race ahead of Massimo Fantini (Serpent/Max Power) and Davide Masari (Mugen/Reds). In the second 1/8th class Mattia Bassi (Serpent/Max Power Chef Engines) came out successful in front of Germano Menghini (Serpent/Reds) and Marco Bianchi (Mugen/Max Power Chief Engines).

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September 1, 2014

Burch & Strack win at Great Lake Challenge

The 2014 Great Lake Challenge in Toledo, Ohio had a nice turnout of 130 entries between four classes. The 1/8th final was very exciting for the first half of the race. Paulo Morganti was leading with Ralph Burch in second only one second behind. Ralph came in for his tire change around the 23 minute mark and the stop went fairly smooth. A few laps later Paolo came in for his tire stop and would never make it back on the track. After Paolo went out, Ralph was never challenged again and was able to just cruise around and take the 1/8th final.

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September 1, 2014

Viktor Wilk wins rain affected Swedish nationals

The Swedish on-road nationals were held at the Staffanstorps HS track in rainy weather conditions like they affected many European races during the weekend. Qualifying saw Jonas Andersson taking the TQ honours from Alexander Hagberg and Viktor Wilck.  The opening A-main then had Viktor Wilck walking away with the win from Alexander Hagberg. Pole-sitter Jonas Andersson came in 3rd.

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September 1, 2014

De Nardis wins Stock class at South Australian titles

Tom De Nardis brought home the touring car Stock class win at the 2014 South Australian titles. After taking TQ the Awesomatix driver secured himself the overall win early by winning the first and second A-main, allowing him to sit out A3. Brad Portelli came in 2nd while Scottie Cameron completed the top 3 result.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

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September 1, 2014

Daniel Thiele takes German 1/10th 200mm nitro title

The 2014 German championships in the 1/10th 200mm nitro class were held last weekend at the Türkheim track in Southern Germany. Saturday saw dry qualifying sessions with Dominic Greiner taking TQ in front of reigning European champion Robert Pietsch and Dionys Stadler. The wet finals on Sunday meant drivers would have to carefully prep their cars in order to make the most out of the tricky conditions. At the end it was Serpent’s Daniel Thiele who took the win and the 2014 title in front of the Shepherd duo of Patrick Schäfer and Dirk Wischnewski.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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