Reds Racing driver Jonatan Marchetti came out successful in the 1/8th nitro class at the recent SRC Nitro Race by taking the win in front of Massimo Fantini. Jonatan’s Reds teammate Roberto De Cesare completed the podium in 3rd.
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The 2014 KO Propo Grand Prix was held in Taiwan this past weekend. The race saw the attendance of some special guests such as JJ Wang and multi-time World Champion Masami Hirosaka on one of his few Nitro On-road outings. In the 1/8th scale class it then was that certain Mr. Hirosaka who took the TQ after the qualifiers only to score a DNF in the final. Masami’s problems some 20 minutes into the race made way for JJ Wang who took a 1-lap win over Al Huang. Jones Chu completed the top 3 result some further 4 laps down.
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The 5th and final round of the French 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road nationals took place at the Vichy track with over 40 drivers in attendance. In the Elite class Michael Derderian took the TQ from Basile Concialdi and Quentin Leroux while in the Nationals category David Petit scored the fastest time in the qualifiers.
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The Red Carpet track in Semarang, Central Java played host for the 2014 Indonesia National Electric On-road championships that were held in the 3 classes of Touring Car modified, Touring Car 13.5T boosted and FWD 13.5T non-boost. Following regional qualifiers the championship now culminated with the country’s best racers in attendance. The Modified TC class, run on Volante V3 hand-out tyres like the two other classes, had Teddy Syach TQ-ing in front of M.Hijrah in 2nd and Bayu in 3rd place. In the Touring Stock class, run with Speed Passion MMM motors, young Izzah took the TQ from Ade in 2nd and Ronald in 3rd spot. The FWD class, again run with hand-out Speed Passion MMM motors saw again 13-years old Izzah lead the scoring sheets in front of Imam Liyanto and Reynaldi K.
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The first ever Essex Summer Series event took place this weekend at the Adur Model Car Club. Organised by the same team behind the popular Essex Winter Series indoor championship, the event had been put together after racers asked the team to take their concept to outdoor tracks to compliment the carpet season. The event was supported by CPD Racing, LRP, HPI and Strawberry Race Designs, along with Keep IT Simple. The Adur club had put in a huge amount of effort and the track was in perfect condition for the event. The organisers also brought in a huge marquee for everyone to pit in to create a fun and social atmosphere.
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The final round of the Swiss Nitro On-road Championships took place in Aigle, in the French speaking part of Switzerland. In the 1/8th class Simon Kurzbuch had a very swift 3rd qualifying round that handed him the overall TQ in front of championship favourite Mattia Pesenti. In the 1/10th class, Traugott Schaer dominated the whole qualifying and he was followed by Nuno Santos in 2nd and Michael Schaefer in 3rd.
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The 2nd running of the US World Nitro Cup will be held December 4th to 7th at Full Throttle Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida. With last year being a great success, this year’s race has already received commitments from European drivers such as Dario Balestri, Robert Pietch, Kyle Branson and defending 1/8th Champion Alberto Picco, to be in attendance. This year’s qualifiers will be four minute runs instead of five, but the event is keeping its triple “A” main finals format. The race will take place close to all the major Florida attractions such as Disney, Epcot, MGM, Universal Studios etc. and it is open to three classes, Sedan, 1/8th Masters and 1/8th Open. Full details on the event can be downloaded here (PDF).
The 6th and final round of the Dutch nitro on-road nationals was held at the MACH track in Heemstede. During practice it soon became clear that a lot of drivers were able to pull very fast laps, promising close racing in the qualification and the finals. On Sunday’s qualifying Daan Stuiver was the fastest driver of the National class with three consecutive laps in 48.724 seconds. Daan Jacobs followed behind with 48.777 while Julius Kolff scored a 48.823. Ricardo Hofmeijer completed the top 4 so far.
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