Monday, June 9, 2008
HongNor bij Finse Open Rd1 Categories - Hong Nor, Gas, Off Road, National, Racing - comments closed 
Wij ontvingen het volgende korte rapport van HongNor, over hun teamsresultaten bij de eerste ronde van de Finnen van wegIngezetenen. In de klasse met fouten was het Ari Heinonen die 3de positie, enkel voor zijn teampartner Petri Myllari in vierde eiste, terwijl in Ondergeschikte Met fouten het Joonas Vuojolahti was die wint voor Sami Sinisalo in tweede nam. De truggy klasse zag eis HongNor een hoedentruc met klasse TQ Petri Myllari en Joonas Vuojolahti neemt de hoogste 2 plaatsen met hun gloednieuwe X2 truggies, terwijl Joseph Quagraine derde beëindigde, rennend x1X-CRT-Pro.
Bron: Hong noch [hongnor.com.tw]
De 2de ronde van Singapore 1/8 RCMC op de zaag van de wegreeks om 1 winnaar Tay Wui Kiat onder ernstige druk met vele concurrerende racers zoals Nelson Lee, SAM Cheng, Andrew Chin komt, trekt Chng en veel meer aan die hard duwen. Kwalificeren was taai en zag de hoogste 6 bepalende woorden klokkend 23 overlappingen met slechts 8 seconden die hen scheiden, met Nelson Lee die de vlek TQ voor Mugen neemt. Het begin van de a-Leiding was zeer dicht aangezien er geen positieverandering van de kwalificerende posities voor eerste 10mins met Nelson het leiden van Lee en Tay wui het volgende van Kiat en van SAM Cheng was. Wui Kiat liep uit brandstof rond het 15min teken dat hem in 3de positie liet vallen en SAM Cheng aan tweede bevorderde. Nelson Lee ondertussen comfortabel leidde het ras tot zijn voorriem brak en zich moest van het ras terugtrekken dat Cheng beweegt in het lood met Jesse, Wui Kiat, Chng en Andrew Chin na het sluiten erachter aantrekken. Bij het 25min teken trek Chng aan drijvend een Herder Velox, in zijn eerste ras, erin geslaagd om het lood en nooit het gekeken terugnemen te nemen win erachter voor Andrew Chin in 2de, 3 overlappingen, en Jesse Wu in derde.
Bron: Herder [team-shepherd.com]
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Manuel Henriet wint Belgische Nats Rd3 Categories - Gas, On Road, National, Racing - comments closed 
Om 3 van de Belgische Ingezetenen vond bij het strakke en technische spoor Houthalen in droge en zonnige voorwaarden plaats. The T1 class qualification went the way of Kyosho driver Marten Kempeneers who ended up ahead of Xray drivers Jerome Renaux, Jonathan Sanza and Steve Lambrech, while in the T2 class it was another Xray, that of Cedric Gils that took the pole position. The start of the T1 final went the way of Yerna Hugues that took the lead for the first 5 minutes, but problems dropped him down the order. This left Kempeneers in the lead which he held on to until the final 5 minutes when a lack of tires meant he was passed by Serpent driver Manuel Henriet who took the win, while Kempeneers held onto 2nd ahead of Stephane Roufosee in 3rd. The T2 class went the way of the pole man Cedric Gils who won ahead of fellow Xray drivers Renaud Gysembergh and Vazza Donato.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Eric Dankel wins German South Rd5 Categories - Gas, On Road, National, Racing - comments closed 
The 5th round of the Southern Germany regional qualifiers were run last weekend under sunny skies at the Amberg track. Qualifying for 1/8th scale saw Shepherd driver Eric Dankel claim the pole position from the Mugen pairing of Philip Eberle and Armin Baier. The 30 minute final saw Dankel jump straight into the lead and by the 5 minute mark he had a 1 lap lead from where he could control to race to take the win ahead of Eberle and Baier in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]
We received a report from the opening round of the Turkish Nationals that was run on the beautiful track of Bursa last weekend. The Nationals are held for 3 classes - 1/8th, 1/10th Nitro Touring and 1/10th EP Touring and with Friday open for practice it meant that all drivers had plenty of time to test their cars. Lights were on all night and so practice started from 9:00am and lasted till 1:00am Saturday morning. The race schedule saw seeding and qualifiers on Saturday and Finals on Sunday. All three days bright and warm and the only problem was the big change in atmospheric pressure due to time, mountains etc. This challenged the nitro racers to find the right carb settings.
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We received this report from last weekends battle for the Nordic Championship in 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm that took place in Hillerod, Denmark. The Nordics is a yearly competition where drivers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland meet to race for the glory of being the Nordic Champion. Saturday saw 5 qualifying rounds completed in very nice, sunny and warm weather. In the 1/8th scale class it was Shephard driver Martin Christensen (DK) who set the pace and made the TQ spot before the Kyosho trio Marcus Lindner (SE), Niklas Johansson (SE) and Roland Ström (SE). In the 1/10th 200mm class it was Martin Lissau (DK) who TQ’d followed by Helge Johannessen (NO), Martin Christensen (DK) and young Norwegian drivers Adrian Berntsen, all driving the Xray NT1.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Marco Müller wins Rd2 Swiss 1/8th Nats Categories - Gas, On Road, National, Racing - comments closed 
Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Swiss 1/8th scale National Championships run in the west of the country in the town of Aigle. Qualifying saw the pole position go to Serpent racer Shasa Lackner, ahead of Novarossi team mate Marco Müller in 2nd, with Christophe Pethoud and Mattia Pesenti rounding out the top 4. At the start of the Final Shasa jumped straight into lead and started to pull away from Müller in 2nd place. Unfortunately for Lackner at the 35 minute mark he developed radio problems which caused him to crash his car, putting him out of the race. After this is was easy for Müller, who took the win ahead of Pesenti in 2nd while Andy Geisser claimed 3rd.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]
Connolly dominates Irish Nationals Rd3 Categories - Events, Gas, On Road, National, Racing - comments closed 
Clive Connolly put the disappointment off just missing out on making the Main Final at the Euro Bs in Austria last weekend behind him when he took a clean sweep of wins in the latest round of the Irish National On road Championships on Sunday. The Team Serpent Ireland driver completely dominated 1:8 taking the TQ with his IDM powered 960 before going on to take the win from the Kyosho of Austin Elliot. Youngster Sean Doyle completed the top 3 at the St. Annes track with his first podium finish of the season. In the 1:10 200mm, championship leader Eoin Doran took the TQ with his Xray NT1 with Connolly’s Serpent 720 lining up second on the grid for the half hour final. The pair enjoyed a great battle for the lead for the first half of the race until Doran ran out of fuel as he entered the pit lane for a scheduled stop. The time lost in restarting Doran’s car was enough to give Connolly the break he needed to take his first 200mm win of the season. Chris Lawlor completed the podium with his Serpent 720.
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