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May 22, 2014

Endurance Championship Austria – Announcement

Endurance Championship Austria - Announcement

The 5th running of the Endurance Championship Austria will take place on the 21st of June at the Tirol Ring in Kematen, Austria. The 10h race, organised by the MRC Zillertal club, will be run with Tamiya TT01 chassis equipped with control electrics in the form of a Speed Passion Citrix Stock Club speedo and MMM 13.5T motors using a 55/26 gear ratio. Ride 36R tyres and Tamiya GT bodies such as the Mercedes SLS, Audi R8 or Porsche GT3 are mandatory for all cars as are front and rear LED lights. The race will start at 1 p.m. with a special top qualifying to determine the starting grid taking place before. Entries for the race are still availably by clicking here.

May 22, 2014

Leo Arnold joins Team Magic & HRC Distribution

HRC Distribution announce the signing of French ace Leo Arnold to their team. The successful nitro racer will now also attend at electric touring car events such as the French Championships and the ETS using Team Magic’s latest E4RS II Evo kit.

Source: HRC [hrcdistribution.com]

May 21, 2014

LRP Masters Italy – Announcement

LRP announce the LRP Masters Italy, run at the Romagnoli RC Arena in Mordano near Bologna, Italy on the weekend of June 1st, as part of the 8-race LRP Challenge Italy. The series is based on the concept of the popular LRP-HPI-Challenge and the event will see the running of four touring car classes including 17.5T Classic, 17.5T, 13.5T and Modified. More information (in Italian language) can be found by clicking here.

May 20, 2014

Sebastian Recio wins Argentinian Touring Champs Rd1

The 1st round of the Argentinian Touring Championships was held last weekend at the Hernan Matticoli track. The pole position for the 45 minute final went to Juan Pablo Golobic (Capricorn/Novarossi) but at the end it was Sebastian Recio (Capricorn/Novarossi) who took the win in front of Juan Pablo with Adrian Castro completing the all-Capricorn and all-Novarossi podium in 3rd position.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

May 20, 2014

Nitro-West-Masters season opener – Report

The prestigious Oberhausen track in Germany saw the season opener of the Nitro-West-Masters last weekend. With a record breaking entry of 69 drivers, exciting and fair racing, an up-to-the-minute time schedule, a helpful cooperation and friendly atmosphere in the paddock the first race of the 2014 season was a great success. Finally, Tobias Hepp (Xray), René Puepke (Shepherd), Waldemar Liedke (Mugen) and Hans-Werner Dietz (Xray) took the raging applause for their victories in the four classes.

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May 20, 2014

JJ Wang wins 2014 Mugen Nitro Cup in Taiwan

Taiwan’s biggest 1/8th nitro on-road event of the year, the 2014 Mugen Nitro Cup, saw more than 70 drivers signing up for the race in Taipei, with drivers also coming over from Hong Kong. Mugen Seiki’s Takaaki Shimo and JJ Wang also flew in for the event to join Taiwan’s top nitro drivers. Shimo then also was top qualifier with JJ taking 2nd on the starting grid. In the final, a clean start saw Shimo and JJ pulling away from the field racing closely before Shimo suffered a broken front belt and causing him to retire. JJ then took over the lead and with perfect pit stops he finished 1st in front of Taiwan’s National Champion Wang Shengzhong while You Shangyi finished 3rd.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

May 20, 2014

Swiss nitro on-road nationals Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Swiss nitro on-road nationals was held at Sitterdorf last weekend. Different from other parts of the Alp region, the weather forecast predicted best racing conditions although some low temperatures. In 1/8th class qualifying former World Championship finalist and 2013 Swiss champion, Silvio Haechler took TQ followed by Mattia Pesenti, who was able to score the fastest lap of the day.

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May 19, 2014

Xray Challenge Italy – Announcement

The Xray Challenge Italy will be held on the weekend of the 13th of July in Livorno. The race sees the running of a Touring Car Modified, Touring Car 13.5T non-timing and a 21.5T “blinky” F1 class. Two sets of TC tyres are included with the entry while the formula drivers can use their own Ride F1 tyres. More information can be found by clicking here.