June 25, 2014

Martini & Borgogni score at Hobbywing Trophy

Martini & Borgogni score at Hobbywing Trophy

The annual Hobbywing Trophy recently took place at the Bientina track in Italy. Francesco Martini took the pole position for the Modified Touring Car class while Tiziano Borgogni put his car on pole in the Stock class. The Mod class finals then saw a clean sweep of Francesco who took the win in all 3 final legs to take the overall win from Matteo Montagnani and Fabricio Manicardi. In the Stock class Tiziano had some issues in the opening A-main but a flawless 2nd and 3rd leg had him taking the overall win from Simone Aleotti and Gabriele Berselli.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 25, 2014

Western Germany IC on-road regionals Rd3 – Report

Western Germany IC on-road regionals Rd3 – Report

Following a somewhat brief report of the recent Western Germany nitro on-road regionals we now have a more in-depth report available. Reigning champion Christian Wurst has taken his first win of this season in the Western German Championship to put him to the lead in the overall ranking of the 1/8 scale class 1 nitro on-road category. Other winners at round three of the regional championship held on the famous Oberhausen track were young Philipp Roemer in 1/8 scale class 2 and Thilo Toedtmann in 1/10 scale. Oberhausen registered 51 entries with finally 50 participants joining a pleasurable racing weekend at the heart of RC racing in Western Germany with perfect weather and track conditions.

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June 25, 2014

Ricardo Hofmeier takes win at Dutch 1/10th IC nats Rd4

Ricardo Hofmeier takes win at Dutch 1/10th IC nats Rd4

The 4th round for the Dutch 1/10th nitro on-road championship was held at the AMCA track in Apeldoorn. Being very technical yet fast the track requires a good setup for tight as well as fast corners, with tyre wear always being a concern in the final. With some light rain in the morning the actual racing started belayed with the 2nd round of qualification heats on a quickly drying track. After two rounds it was Pedro Rombouts who took the TQ spot, followed by Daan Stuiver, Ricardo Hofmeier and Sidney Blokker.

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June 24, 2014

Alex Hagberg & Surikarn C. win at FEMCA champs

Alex Hagberg & Surikarn C. win at FEMCA champs

The 2014 FEMCA Nitro On-road Championships where held at the Jakarta International Twin Circuit in Senayan, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The race had some 100 entries with drivers from all over Asia to race in the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm classes. In the 1/8th category Xray’s Alexander Hagberg qualified in 2nd place with a borrowed RX8 as at first he was unsure whether to run the class or not. In the end he even won his semifinal a couple of laps ahead of the 2nd place driver to line up in pole position in front of pre-event favourite Masgo Tanaka.

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June 24, 2014

Kerswell & Clinch win at BRCA Clubman’s series Rd4

Kerswell & Clinch win at BRCA Clubman's series Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA Clubman Series came back to the larger track at the Cotswolds. Having a break from the Clubmans for a year, everyone was excited to turn up there motors and see how fast there cars really go with speeds hitting almost 50mph at three points on the track. Round 1 of qualifying started on the Sunday with the sun coming in early and strong with little wind. The track was cleaned up on Saturday during practice but the grass was damp on the morning challenging drivers to stay on the track. In 17.5, Dominic Skinner set provisional TQ just half a second ahead of Gavin Clinch. In 13.5 Chris Gunter topping the time sheet showing his confidence on this fast track with Chris Kerswell behind him by just under a second.

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June 24, 2014

Maxi Vogl successful at South German regionals

Maxi Vogl successful at South German regionals

The 2nd round of the South German nitro on-road regionals was held at the MCC Hof track in the North of Bavaria. The 30 minute 1/8th class final saw Torsten Müller in the lead for about 10 minutes until he ran into trouble with some backmarkers which had him drop to 3rd. Maxi Vogl and Oliver Lembeck took advantage of this situation to end the race in 1st and 2nd position respectively. High front tyre wear prevented Torsten from challenging the top 2 drivers so he settled for 3rd in front of Christian Schmidkonz and Maverik Reisinger.

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June 24, 2014

Tödtmann & Römer win at West Germany regionals

Tödtmann & Römer win at Western Germany regionals

Round three of the Western Germany nitro on-road regionals was held at the famous MRC Oberhausen track. 51 racers from 5 different countries made their entry for the event on a track that is known for its very high grip surface because it is mainly used by large-scale cars. With no direct qualifiers all of the top drivers had to run the 20 minute semifinals with Thilo Tödtmann being the fastest, taking the pole position for the finals.

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June 24, 2014

International Romanian Nitro Cup – Date change

International Romanian Nitro Cup – Date change

As the summer nitro season is in full swing, the organisers of the International Romanian Nitro Cup wanted to notify everyone that the date has been changed for the annual event to fit within the many national events being run throughout Europe. The new date for the IRNC will be September 19th to 21th. The race will be held at the beautiful Hobby Arena track near Bucharest in 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm in-road classes with the chance to win some big money for those making the A final. More information can be found here.

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