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Bregante & Occhiuzi win at Metropolitan Champs Rd3

Posted: 30 May 2017 05:35 AM PDT

Round three of the Metropolitan Championship was held at the Speed Paradise track recently. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class Nico Bregante (Xray) would secure himself the third consecutive pole position and race win this season with Alvaro Colombo (HB Racing) and Lucas Pons (Mugen) coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Elsewhere in the Master Category Augusto Occhiuzi achieved his third consecutive victory followed by Jean Moreteau and Alejandro Pisani for an all-Xray podium lock-out.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Norwegian 24h race – Report

Posted: 30 May 2017 04:37 AM PDT

The annual Norwegian 24h Touring Car race was recently held in Lørenskog, Norway. The race format sees teams of a minimum of three drivers battle it out on the track for 24 hours straight using 13.5T blinky powered touring cars. The race is run on spec tyres, with up to three sets being allowed and using a single car – with a spare car for wet conditions. Right from the start Team ARC, with ETS star Helge Johannesen as their fontrunner, and Team Kvinesdal, with the reigning Norwegian Champion would pull away from the field. After a short drizzle and utilising the wet cars, Team Kvinesdal had a good lead after the first hours.

Team ARC was slowly closing the gap, and after seven hours of racing they took the lead. It was however short lived as Team Kvinesdal would pull a solid pass to retake the lead. Team Kvinesdal would then slowly rebuild their lead, and as the rain came after some 13 hours of racing their lead would build up to 68 laps. Before the rain Team VBC where holding a comfortable 3rd, but as heavy rain came Team Schumacher emerged having the fastest wet car and they would snatch the 3rd spot. In the end Team Kvinesdal took the win from Team ARC in 2nd and Team Schumacher in 3rd. Over the 24 hours Team Kvinesdal had their cars of the track for repairs for an impressive total of only 10 minutes, running a Schumacher Mi6evo in the dry and a Serpent Eryx 4.0 in the wet.

Thanks to Oyvind Stusdal for the report.

Alexandre Duchet wins at French EP On-road Nationals

Posted: 30 May 2017 04:17 AM PDT

Round 3 of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Clermont Ferrand over the weekend. In the Touring Modified class Alexandre Duchet would walk away with the win after coming out on top in A1 and A2 and following mishaps of Loic Jasmin. Cyril N’diaye would end the day on the 2nd place, Lucas Urbain obtained the 3rd spot on the podium and Loic Jasmin had to settle for 4th overall.

Final results:
1. Alexandre Duchet
2. Cyril N’diaye
3. Lucas Urbain
4. Loic Jasmin
5. Thomas Vigneron
6. Alexandre Laurent
7. Jeremy Limoges
8. Mickaël Jasmin
9. Manu Wagner
10.Rémi Callens

In the 10.5T finals it was Pierre Delorme who came out on top after the triple A-mains. Coming from the 3 spot on the grid, Pierre would win A1 on new tyres while A2 was a more difficult affair for all as the whole field was on used tyres. Pierre would be able to challenge Michael Derderian in the opening stages and eventually got past only to come under the pressure of Antoine Brunet in the closing stages. A mishap by Antoine then gave Pierre the room he needed to bring home the win and with it the overall victory. Overall and behind Pierre, Michael Derderian would take the runner-up spot from Steeve Favrelle in 3rd.

10.5T blinky final results:
1. Pierre Delorme – Xray
2. Michael Derderian – Xray
3. Steeve Favrelle – Xray
4. Antoine Brunet – Xray
5. Mathias Rascol – Xray
6. Aurélien Rivard – Xray
7.Jeremy Delalondre – Xray
8. Basile Concialdi – Xray
9. Yohan Bukowski – Xray
10.Mickael Tequi – Xray

In the 13.5T class, Renaud Brusselles drove an impressive A1 and A3 starting from the 4th spot. Steeve Favrelle would come in 2nd from Cedric Gebert 3rd.

13.5T final results:
1. Renaud Brusselles – Xray
2. Steeve Favrelle – Xray
3. Cédric Gerbert – Xray
4. Briac Berthoud – Xray
5. Nicolas Cardoso – Xray
6. Laurent Desperies – Xray
7. Julien Jost – Yokomo
8. Gregory Esteve – HB Racing
9. Sébastien Gibert – n/a
10.Eugene Orer – Xray

The Formula class saw some major mix ups up front as 1 was won by Willy Voisangrin while A2 had Jean Michel Varinard coming out on top. Jeremy Limoges, who suffered DNFs in the opening A-mains, came out fastest in A3, however it was Jean Michel Varinard who took the day’s win from Willy Voisangrin 2nd and Denis Lambert 3rd.

Formula final results:
1. Jean Michel Varinard – Xray
2. Willy Voisangrin – Xray
3. Denis Lambert – Xray
4. Ghislain Mantrand – Xray
5. Frederic Favier – Xray
6. Jeremy Limoges – Xray
7. Philippe Pauvert – Xray
8. Laurent Nigou – Xray
9. Jean Paul Boissonade – Xray
10.Philippe Roy – Roche

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Danish Nitro On-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

Posted: 30 May 2017 04:04 AM PDT

Round 1 of the Danish Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the Naestved track in perfect weather conditions. In the premier 1/8th on-road class it was Martin N.O. Hansen who took the day’s win from Rasmus B. Nielsen in 2nd and Martin Dyrland 3rd. Bo Nielsen and Henrik Christensen would round out the top 5 result.

1/8th final results:
1. Martin N.O. Hansen
2 .Rasmus B. Nielsen
3. Martin Dyrlund
4. Bo Nielsen
5. Henrik Christensen
6. Kurt Michaelsen
7. Morten Skov Nielsen
8. Nicolai Heilbuth
9. Soren Jorgensen
10.Jon Pedersen

In the 1/10th 200mm class Claus Ryeskov laid down the fastest laps in qualifying, at times he was about one second faster per lap than the remainder of the field. Huge tyre wear made things interesting in terms of tyre strategy for the final. From the tone Claus pulled away from the field but he was closely followed by Rene Kjellerup while Thomas Mogensbaek and Tom Limkilde were in a fight for 3rd. At about halftime Claus came for a tyre pitstop and he re-entered the field just behind Rene. On new tyres Claus was much faster and so it was only a matter of time until he passed Rene who in turn had to pit for tyres as did everyone in the final at one or the other point. Ultimately Claus brought home the win from Rene 2nd and Tom 3rd.

1/10th 200mm final results:
1. Claus Ryeskov
2. René Kjellerup
3. Tom Limkilde
4. Thomas Mogensbaek
5. Lars Bo Larsen
6. Mads Merrild
7. Rasmus Skjoldborg Jakobsen
8. Thomas Mortensen

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Adam Drake wins E-Buggy class at JBRL Nitro Series Rd2

Posted: 30 May 2017 03:16 AM PDT

Round 2 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. Mugen’s Adam Drake made a clean sweep in the 1/8th E-Buggy qualifiers, taking the overall TQ in front of the Tekno RC duo of Dean Rock and Damien Coleman. In the 10-minute main final Adam was again the dominating driver as he took the win a lap in front of Dean Rock while Damien Coleman had to settle for 3rd another lap down.

Image: JBRL [jimmybabcock.com]

Serpent Lex-IS v2 pre-painted & pre-cut body shells

Posted: 30 May 2017 03:02 AM PDT

Made for Serpent’s Eryx 411 and 411 RTR touring cars are the company’s new pre-cut and pre-painted Lex-IS v2 body shells. Made from high-quality polycarbonate the EFR 4030 homologated bodies are available in orange, red, blue and green pre-painted versions and they include rear wing and light/grill decals. The bodies are also available in lightweight semi-painted and clear variants for those who seek the ultimate in weight-saving.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

Mikkelsen wins at Norwegian Nitro Touring Series Rd1

Posted: 30 May 2017 02:33 AM PDT

The opening round of the Norwegian Nitro Touring Series was hosted by the Lier MBK club and held at the Hverven Raceway in Oslo. In the 45-minute 200mm Nitro Touring A-main Anders Mikkelsen, coming from P2 and Trygve Bull, coming from the 8 spot on the grid, would swap the lead several times until Trygve eventually suffered engine issues and had to retire in lap 138. Back in the lead Anders kept things easy until the checkered flag to cross the finishing line in 1st position with Anders Roine and Brede Isaksen rounding out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

Roche Rapide F1 aluminium front body post mount

Posted: 30 May 2017 02:16 AM PDT

Coming from Roche and made for the Rapide F1 formula car kit is an aluminium front body post mount. Compatible with most formula front wings the mount separated the front body post from the wing, keeping it at the exact same place even when swapping the front wing for a different type. This allows to use the body with multiple wings without having to worry about the body’s position on the chassis. The alloy mount is cut from high-quality material, it comes red or black anodised and including mounting hardware.

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

Bayer & Novotny win at Czech 1/10th off-road Nats Rd2

Posted: 30 May 2017 01:54 AM PDT

The second round of the Czech Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Janovice over the weekend. The super low traction conditions made things interesting especially in the 2WD classes and after the qualifying it was Xray’s Martin Bayer who swept the 2WD Buggy class by winning all qualifying rounds ahead of team mates Novotny, Gotzl, Bidovsky, Miksovsky and Mudra. The 4WD qualifiers were pretty much a blueprint of the 2WD class with Martin taking the overall TQ from Novotny, Miksovsky, Bidovsky, Gotzl and Mudra while the Stadium Truck class was TQ’d by Kaja Novotny.

The 2WD finals were ultimately won by Martin Bayer (Xray) thanks to wins in A1 and A3 while Kaja Novotny (Xray) scored a win in A2 but DNFs in the other legs. This made way for Ales Bidovsky (Xray) and Zdenek Miksovsky (Xray) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

In the 4WD class, Martin took the win in A1, Kaja won A2 and in A3 it was a race between Martin and Ales, but in the end it was Martin Bayer (Xray) who took the overall win ahead of Kaja Novotny (Xray) and Ales Bidovsky (Xray).

In the Truck class Kaja Novotny (Xray) won A1 and A2 without any problems to take the overall win ahead of the X-rays of Martin Minyuk and Adam Skopalik.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

Posted: 30 May 2017 01:30 AM PDT

The third round of the FBA Belgian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the fast track of Roeselare in the western part of the country. For the organising club RCR it was a special event as it would be the last national electric race at the current track as the circuit will be relocated near the motorway in time for the 2018 season. The long 4-day weekend meant that most drivers had plenty of time to find the right setup on the bumpy track with its long 90m straight line. Many drivers tested a PSS system in order to find the perfect handling but the traditional four classes of Rookie, Touring 13.5, Formula and Touring Modified were run on a single day.

It was very exciting to watch the Modified Touring class race on this track. The long straight saw speed in excess of 100km/h, but the bumps made it very difficult to drive five minutes without mistakes. Some of the bumps that played a role in the slower classes proved to be a real handful in Modified. 16 drivers entered this class, which is a very good turnout compared to the other classes. In Q1, Belgium frontrunner Olivier Bultynck immediately made his intension clear to get the pole position for the A-mains as he finished four seconds clear of Thomas Stockman (Xray). Nicolas Delisé (Awesomatix) closely followed and Athan De Witte (VBC) and Rico Claeys (Xray) finished in 4th and 5th respectively.

In Q2, Ollie’s transponder called it a day, after recording five sub 16 seconds laps. The fastest time of the round went to the Awesomatix of Mitchell van Es, followed by the Xrays of Steve Lambrechts and Rico Claeys, while young Liam Van de Wouwer (Yokomo) taking a nice P5.

Q3 would see less technical problem. Ollie improved his time even further and took P1 in front of Mitchell. Giovanni Verbrugghe (Xray), the reigning 1/5th scale European Champion, finally had a glitch free run and took P3, just in front of Thomas Stockman and Rico Claeys, giving an overall top 5 qualifying order of Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix), Mitchell Van Es (Awesomatix), Thomas Stockman (Xray), Nicolas Delisé (Awesomatix) and Giovanni Verbrugghe (Xray).

In the opening A-main Olivier Bultynck took the holeshot and a convincing victory. Mitchell Van Es finished only two seconds back, which proves that the young driver is continuously making great progress. Thomas Stockman remained on his P3 starting position whereas Rico managed to get a P4, coming from P7. Giovanni Verbrugghe rounded off the top 5. In A2 Ollie looked set for another easy victory, but he fell victim of the treacherous track as well. His car did a 360 while going over a bump. Fortunately for Olivier, he was able to conserve his lead. Mitchell was less fortunate and he lost his P2 to Thomas on lap 12. This let Nicolas Delisé through as well, and he took a well deserved P3. Nicolas was very unlucky with his package breaking a spool and a diff in different heats. Behind Mitchell, young Athan De Witte (VBC) took P5 by driving an intelligent and steady race. As Ollie decided to sit out A3, Mitchell was keen to get the win in this final to cement his P2 overall position. He did so masterfully. He preceded Thomas Stockman, who tried all he could to catch the young dutch driver, but had to settle for 3rd. On the final lap, Liam Van de Wouwer snatched a great P3 from the unlucky Nicolas Delisé. This was the best position the 13-year old driver finished in since racing in the Modified class. 4th went to the unfortunate Nicolas Delisé while Steve Lambrechts (Xray) finished in 5th, giving the overall result of Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) 1st, Mitchell Van Es (Awesomatix) 2nd, Thomas Stockman (Xray) 3rd, Nicolas Delisé (Awesomatix) 4th and Rico Claeys (Xray) 5th.

With 23 entered drivers Touring Stock, run according to ETS rulses, was the biggest class of the day. In Q1 most of the drivers started on new Volante tyres. Vincent Van Gansen (Xray) started from P1 and immediately set a scorching pace. Vincent drove superbly and his car looked to be glued on the track. After the qualifier the times told the whole story. Vincent’s average time was within 0.17 seconds of his single fastest lap time, which is quite amazing. P2 went to the VBC of Peter Degrande who was only 0.6 seconds behind Vincent. P3 went to the Team Magic of Pasquinel Neys and he was followed by the Tamiya of Florian Joos and the Destiny of Niels Meurs.

In Q2 Stefan Rommens (Team Magic), recorded the single fastest laptime but had some mishaps. Vincent was running strongly but Stefan put him under real pressure with a potential FTD. Stefan’s car was very twitchy on the bumps, so he had to nurse his car round and lost a potential pole. In his quest to find the missing speed on the long straight, Florian tried an aggressive setup. It gave him a bit more top speed, but the car was too tricky to handle. He took P3 in front of Pasquinel and Niels.

Q3 would be a real thriller as Stefan was running on the edge to get the FTD. For 11 laps it was looking great, but he then hit a bump at the esses which put his car almost in the barriers. Stefan managed to save it, but had to settle for overall P2. Pasquinel took P3 in front of Giovanni Moguez (Xray) and Niels Meurs. Florian pulled out of the qualifier as a motor change made his speed problem only worse. The top 5 results were Vincent Van Gansen (Xray), Stefan Rommens (Team Magic), Florian Joos (Tamiya), Peter Degrande (VBC) and Pasquinel Neys (Team Magic).

In A1 Vincent took the holeshot and was closely followed by Stefan Rommens and Florian Joos. Olivier Bultynck borrowed Florian a motor and this enabled him to keep closer on the main straight. Stefan put tremendous pressure on Vincent who successfully fended off several attempts by Stefan. On lap 9 however, Vincent ran over the same bump that unsettled Stefan in Q3. Vincent had to get off the throttle and run wide, and Stefan immediately took the opportunity to take P1. Stefan seemed to have the win in the bag, but he ran a bit wide on the penultimate lap, which enabled Vincent and Florian to get back into his slipstream and so the order was Stefan, Vincent, Florian, Giovanni Moguez and Pasquinel Neys. For A2 Stefan was eager to get things over and win A2 as well. He tried several passes on Vincent who kept the door shut. Stefan tried a daring pass at the end of the straight, but this sent his car into a spin and to the back of the field. Florian crept a bit closer to Vincent, but had to settle for 2nd, 0.9 of a second back. The battle for P3 was won by Peter Degrande who preceded the Xray of Peter Roeygens and the VBC of a cleverly driving Xavier Debroye who started from P10. At the start of the final A-main, Florian got a great start and jumped Stefan for P2. The cars raced door to door through the fast left-hander, but as Florian had the inside line, he was able to take P2. What ensured was a very hard battle for P2. Stefan had a higher top speed and Florian blocked him by moving to the inside line on the straight. Stefan tried everything, but he couldn’t get passed despite some great attempts. In the meantime, Vincent was quite happy as this battle gave him a well earned overall win. Final positions were Vincent Van Gansen (Xray), Florian Joos (Tamiya), Stefan Rommens (Team Magic), Peter Degrande (VBC) and Pasquinel Neys (Team Magic).

Formula, also run according to ETS rules, was the smallest class of the weekend with only ten entries. In Q1 Olivier Bultynck (Shepherd) set a very fast time in the first run. He was followed by Steve Deblaere (Serpent), Florian Joos (Shepherd), Nicolas Delisé (Roche) and Frans Engelen (Xray). As his time in Q1 was almost five seconds clear of Steve in P2, Ollie decided to sit out Q2 and Q3 in order to save his tyres. This made the other drivers a bit nervous, but most still decided to run. Steve maintained P2 but lowered his time, while Frans really went for it and grabbed P3. Both Florian and Nicolas made a mistake early on and abandoned their run. Frans and Steve joined Ollie and decided not to run in Q3. Florian was on a potential P2 run, but a mistake meant he had to settle for P4, 0.1 of a second behind Frans. Nicolas took the 5th position on the grid.

In the finals everyone was eager to see if Olivier Bultynck’s gamble would pay off. At the tone, he shot off and never looked back. Steve in the meantime got airborne over a large bump in front of this starting position and fell back to the back of the field. He aborted his run in order to save his tyres. Frans Engelen inherited P2 and kept it in style to finish in front of Florian Joos (Shepherd), the Xray of Bjorn Frederickx and the Serpent of Patrick Jongenelis. A2 was again a walk in the park for Olivier Bultynck (Shepherd) as he took the win, lap record and fastest time over 5 minutes. Steve was running strong and had P2 in the bag. Florian, who was running in P3 decided to maintain his position and preserve his tyres. Steve unfortunately crashed out on the bump which must have his name written on it, and lost valuable time. Florian tried everything to overtake him, but Steve crossed the line 0.05 seconds in front of Florian. Further down the field, the battle for P4 was raging between Frans, Bjorn and Patrick. The cars swapped positions several times, but in the end Frans had the upper hand in front of Bjorn. A3 would be the deciding final for the remaining podium spots. Steve had a great start and was followed by Frans who took a bit of a leisurely start. Florian was hot on his heels and tried to overtake him in lap 2. Both cars collided and Florian had the worst of it, sending him to the back of the field. As his car was on the racing line, he got collected by most of the other cars. This gave Steve enough breathing room to extend his lead. Frans tried everything and set the fastest lap after fastest lap to close the gap to Steve, but in the end he came one second short. Patrick Jongenelis and Kris Vanbleu (Xray) drove a fine race to P3 and P4 respectively and finished in front of Florian. The overall result was Olivier Bultynck (Shepherd), Steve Deblaere (Serpent), Frans Engelen (Xray), Florian Joos (Shepherd) and Patrick Jongenelis (Serpent).

In the supporting Rookie class it was Rico Claeys (Xray) in front of Mark Joosens (Yokomo) and young Alexander Van Gansen (Yokomo).

Thanks to David Joos for the report.