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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
During the recent Swedish Nitro On-road Cup Serpent drivers Viktor Wilck and Mikael Fransson TQ’d and won in their respective classes. Serpent nitro team member Viktor Wilck brought home the win in the 200mm class while Mikael Fransson came out successful in the 1/8th class.
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Team Xray’s John Ermen made the perfect debut in the Euro Nitro Series as he overcame less than perfect conditions in Austria to win the second round of the new nitro onroad championship. Having had to miss the season opener in a sunny Italy last month due to clashing date with his National Championship, the Dutch driver would survive the super wet conditions of the Aigen track to win the 45-minute endurance test to win by two laps from Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch. Driving under the Team fahr(T)raum banner local star Michael Klausner completing the podium with his Mugen. The race saw five different leaders but they would all, including Ermen, suffer from the horrible wet conditions. Making the perfect start and pulling clear of the field one of the first drivers to fall fowl of water in his engine was Top Qualifier Oliver Mack. The Shepherd driver would end the race as the last classified finisher in 8th one place behind the Mugen of No.2 qualifier Robert Pietsch.
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Team Serpent’s Dominic Greiner overcame a drenched Aigen track to win a race of attrition at Round 2 of the Euro Nitro Series in Austria. Starting from third on the grid, the 21-year-old took an early lead only to fall foul of water in his engine but a body tuck would prove the turning point in his return to the front. At the end of the 45-minute encounter his new 748 Natrix took a four lap win over Team Shepherd pairing of Patrick Schafer and Martin Lissau, both of whom enjoyed long stints at leading the 12-car field until they too succumbed to water issues. Getting passed off the start line by Shepherd team-mate Dirk Wischnewski, Top Qualifier Francesco Tironi’s race would quickly go down hill with the Italian suffering particularly badly with water in his engine. The season opener runner-up would struggle through the painful to watch race to finish 9th, two places behind Melzo winner Eric Dankel, who also had a bad day at the office.
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