January 5, 2018
David Ronnefalk set the fastest time in 2WD practice at the DHI Cup this morning in Denmark, the HB Racing driver quickest from back to back reigning champion Michal Orlowski. Winner of the event in 2015, Ronnefalk set a fastest 3-consecutive lap time of 57.514 compared to Orlowski’s 57.597 with the Top 3 completed by 13-year-old Elias Johansson with a time of 57.955. With the event marking 7-time DHI Offroad Champion Joern Neumann’s debut for Schumacher, the German kicked off this new partnership with the 6th fastest time. With drivers getting four rounds of practice, Ronnefalk said, ‘my car was…
January 5, 2018
Host Club – Odense R/C Minirace Country – Denmark Location – Odense Venue – Stadium Arena Fyn Track type – Temporary Surface – Carpet (both Onroad & Offroad) Direction – Anti-Clockwise for Onroad, Clockwise for Offroad Previous races hosted – 17 Onroad, 6 Offroad A classic on the electric touring car calendar, 2018 marks a big anniversary for the DHI Cup as the Danish event takes place for the 18th time. While the hay days of when the entry read like a whose who of the best touring car drivers in the world has passed, the event still enjoys a…
January 8, 2017
…Ronnefalk would get the mistake he needed but as Orlowski fought back he managed to push the Swede into an error and once back in front he didn’t put a wheel wrong to become only the second DHI Cup Offroad double winner. With Ronnefalk getting second, the podium would be completed by Neumann, a podium finisher for a sixth year in a row, a result many drivers would be happy to emulate even if it marked the end of his impressive streak. Having made the podium in 2WD on his first DHI Cup Offroad outing, Marc Rheinard would miss out…
January 8, 2017
Viljami ‘Iceman’ Kutvonen has won the prestigious season opening DHI Cup. Just scraping into the top heat for qualifying having only managed the 10th fastest time in seeding practice, the Awesomatix driver turned around what started off looking like a difficult weekend at Danish event to take a perfectly executed win. Only his second major international race win, his first being the 2014 LRP Masters, the Finn got things figured out when it was needed taking the final two qualifiers to secure the overall TQ ahead of 7-time reigning champion Ronald Volker. From pole, he would make light work of…
January 8, 2017
Chassis – Serpent Project 4X Motor – LRP X20 13.5T (Handout) ESC – G-Force TS16 Batteries – Arrowmax 7800mAh Tires – LRP (handout) Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Savox Bodyshell – Blitz GS-F II Remarks – 2015 8th scale vice European Champion Merlin Depta concluded an impressive DHI Cup finishing 3rd overall from 3rd on the grid in the Super Stock division behind the wheel of the Serpent Project 4X. His example is pretty standard, only sporting some Arrowmax adjustable body posts as an option. Image Gallery…
January 8, 2017
Fresh from wrapping up the 2WD win with ease at the DHI Cup, Michal Orlowski has won the first 4WD A-Main encounter but this time round the Schumacher driver had to work hard to stay out front. Having claimed the overall TQ yesterday, Orlowski came under intense pressure from the No.2 starting Ronnefalk in a battle that went on for the entire race. Keeping his calm however, he would manage to hold off fellow World Championship finalist Ronnefalk by 9/10ths of a second. Behind, Joern Neumann managed to see off the challenge of Marc Rheinard, the Serpent driver looking to…