Monday, April 28, 2008
Chris Grainger wint Rd1 de Ingezetenen van BRCA Categories - Electric, On Road, National, Racing - add a comment
Om één van de Reizende auto BRCA vonden de Ingezetenen in Aldershot plaats en het was racer Yokomo, en verdedigende Kampioen, Chris Grainger die de vroege tempozetter in de gewijzigde klasse was. Chris hield de hoogste vlek in het kwalificeren 's nachts maar was pipped aan FTD door Olly Jefferies in de laatste ronde van het natte kwalificeren. Voor been nam 1 van a-Belangrijkste Chris een besluit om op olievlekken op het drogende spoor uit te gaan, terwijl de rest van gebied op tussenpersonen bleef en het dit besluit was dat beste bleek te zijn aangezien hij overgegaane Olly kon krijgen en het been nemen wint. Been 2 en het regende enkel aangezien de auto's het net verlieten, en met greep bij een premie verlichtte Chris afgelopen Olly in de vochtige voorwaarden maar aangezien het Olly gaf jacht uitdroogde maar Chris had genoeg tijdens het vochtige deel van het ras voldoende doen opbouwen leidt om te nemen win. Been 3 ging ten gunste van Olly maar Chris had genoeg in de eerste 2 benen gedaan om de algemene overwinning met Olly tweede en Ben Cosgrove derde te nemen.
Bron: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
Om 2 van BRCA Britten vonden de 1/8ste Nationale Kampioenschappen van de schaalkring bij het spoor van Halifax plaats vorig weekend. Het kwalificeren, wat op een vochtig spoor in werking werd gesteld, zag van het de bestuurdersTeken van het Serpent de Groene eis de poolpositie voor het Hout van Tim van de teampartner in tweede en Mugen racer Andy North derde. Met lopende def. en het spoor dat begint te drogen, was het Hout Tim dat de meeste veranderlijke voorwaarden maakte in het lood te krijgen en uiteindelijk te nemen wint voor Groene het Teken van teampartners en Pete Hastings.
Bron: Serpent [serpent.com]
Het openen rond van de Zwitserse 1/8ste Kampioenschappen van de schaalkring werd in werking gesteld in het weekend op het spoor Wallisellen, dichtbij Zürich in het Noorden van het land. Qualification took place on Saturday, under sunny skies and 20 degree temperatures, and it was Serpent racer Shasa Lackner who was the fastest with a time of 22 laps in in 5.05.478, 2 seconds quicker than the pole record of fellow Serpent driver Markus Geissendorf from 2007. The finals were run on Sunday, again in warm conditions, and at the start of the A-main Shasa went straight into the lead and continued to pull away from the rest of the field until 5 minutes from the end of the race when his gearbox got stuck in 2nd gear. This allowed Luca Martinelli to get past and win by 7 seconds with Shasa holding on to 2nd place overall, to claim the Junior class win, with Marco Müller completing the top 3.
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Held last weekend at the Gubbio track in Italy, was the first Italian Open Champion Race for 1/10th 200mm touring cars. Featuring a number of big name racers, including Top US racer Chris Tosolini, qualifying saw current European Champion Dario Balestri take the pole position for the main final ahead of Francesco Tironi in 2nd and Sirio team mate Tosolini lining up 3rd. The start of the final saw Balestri jump into the lead where he stayed until 38 minutes when he was forced to retire with some technical problems, leaving Tosolini to pick up the lead, from where he controlled the rest of the race to take the chequered flag 3 laps in front of Tironi in 2nd, with the final podium spot going to Davide Gallesi, giving Sirio and Kyosho a complete lock out of the top 3. The race was also part of the Italian Championship Expert Class and being the first Italian home, Francesco Tironi picked up the title.
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The Norwegian EP Touring car Nationals got under way last weekend at Farsund rc club’s track in the South of Norway. In qualifying it was Xray driver Helge Johannessen that took the pole position in front of Tamiya racer Eirik Andreassen in 2nd and Hot Bodies driver Tommy Svaasand in 3rd. In the finals it was a battle between Helge Johannesen and Eirik Adreassen, who were in a leauge of their own, leaving the rest behind to battle for the lower places. In the end if was Helge Johannessen that took the win from 2nd placed Eirik Andreassen, with Tommy Svaasand claiming 3rd overall.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Viktor Wilck wins TC WC Warm-up Categories - Events, Electric, On Road, International, Racing - 1 comment so far 
The finals at this years Pre Worlds in Thailand have been run under dry conditions as the expected rains didnt show up. Leg 1 of the main final saw Masami Hirosaka take the win for Yokomo as early leader Viktor Wilck clipped a kerb which allowed following pair of Marc Rheinard and Masami through, though Marc went wide leaving Hirosaka into the lead and on to take the win. The 2nd leg saw a good battle at the front as Atsushi Hara worked his way to the front after some great passing moves, and the Hot Bodies racer continued to lead until 1 minute to go when his car shut down, allowing Wilck back into the lead followed by Rheinard and Serpent driver Billy Easton. This all meant the winner would be decided in leg 3 and it was Viktor Wilck that jumped straight into the lead with Hara in2nd, managing to get past Rheinard early on. This was how it stayed until again close to the end, when Hara had another shut down, leaving Marc up into 2nd and Hayato Matsuzaki up into 3rd. This result gave Viktor Wilck the overall win ahead of Tamiya team mate Marc Rheinard in 2nd, while Masami Hirosaka took 3rd after a tie break with Matsuzaki and Easton.
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
TC WC Warm-up - Viktor Wilck TQ Categories - Events, Electric, On Road, International, Racing - 1 comment so far 
Qualifying for this weekend’s Pre Worlds in Thailand has taken place and despite the rain coming down last night, and threatening to come down later on in qualifying, the organisers managed to get 5 rounds of qualifying in, with the best 3 counting. In the end it was Swedish Tamiya driver Viktor Wilck that has come out on top, ahead of his team mate, and former World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd. Next up was Atsushi Hara, quickest after controlled practice, he will start tomorrow’s triple mains from 3rd, just ahead of Hot Bodies team mate and 2wd buggy World Champion Hayato Matsuzaki in 4th. Notable drivers not to make the final are current World Champion Andy Moore who is sitting in 12th, and Kyosho driver Shin Adachi, who was 2nd quickest in controlled practice but only ended up in 14th after qualifying. Tomorrow will see all mains run, but unfortunately the weather is not looking so good.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
TC WC Warm-up - Controlled Practice Categories - Events, Electric, On Road, International, Racing - add a comment 
The Warm up event for this years Touring car World Championships in November is being run at in Thailand this week under mixed weather conditions. Following 2 rounds of controlled practice today, it was Hot Bodies racer, and former World Champion, Atsushi Hara from Japan that was setting the pace. Sitting 4 seconds clear at the top, Hara set his quickest time in the first of the 2 sessions and now sits nearly 4 seconds clear of Kyosho Factory driver Shin Adachi (pictured), who is currently in 2nd. The 3rd and 4th position are held by Tamiya team drivers Viktor Wilck and Marc Rheinard, while rounding out the top 5 is Masami Hirosaka, driving a Yokomo.
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