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May 17, 2011

Holst & Graversen wins Danish TC Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Danish Championship for electric touring cars, was held last weekend on an indoor large scale asphalt track, 50km outside Copenhagen in Ugerloese. The track is big and the grip is very high, due to the rubber and fuel from the large scale cars that usually drive on this track. That made it really fast for the electric cars. In the modified class the fastest lap times were just below 9,5 second, and for the Super Stock class with 13,5T motor and no speedo timing (blinky mode), the best time was 10,0 sec a lap, only .5 sec slower.

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May 17, 2011

Lee Martin signs for Much More

Much More have announced the signing of double European Champion Lee Martin to their team. The three time British National Champion and factory Tamiya driver will use Much More’s complete line of products including chargers and power supplies. He had this to say about the deal:

I am very pleased and excited to be joining Much More Racing for 2011. Their products have always been fantastic and revolutionary and I look forward to racing with Much More for many years to come.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

May 16, 2011

Grainger & Anderson take BRCA TC Rd1

The first of five races making up the BRCA national championship was held at the weekend at the recently re-surfaced West London track. In the super touring class it was the Schumacher of reigning champion Chris Grainger that took TQ ahead of the Associated TC6 of Olly Jefferies and the Tamiya of Elliott Harper. The three leg finals saw an intriguing battle as all three top runners made errors in at least one of the finals; the final result was a win for Grainger ahead of Harper and Jefferies. Andy Moore was fourth for Hot Bodies and Associated’s Alan Bickerstaff completing the top five.

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May 15, 2011

Olivier Bultynck takes Rd2 victory in Belgium

Round 2 of the Belgian touring car nationals was held in Zwevegem on the local outdoor track last weekend. Not a permanent track but the club MRCZ did a good job with the lay-out for the event. Local driver Thomas Stockman was the designer of this lay-out and made himself this way as the man to beat. Qualifying in the EFRA class saw Olivier Bultynck take the pole position ahead of Stockman in 2nd and Nick Joosens in 3rd. In the final this battle would continue with Corally man Bultynck eventually taking the win victory in leg 1 and 2 to finish in front ahead of Xray driver Stockman in 2nd and Joosens with the Yokomo in 3rd.

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May 12, 2011

Thunder Power RC sign World Champion Marc Rheinard

Thunder Power RC have announced the signing of 3-time World and multi-time European Champion driver Marc Rheinard of Germany. Known as one of the world’s best on-road touring car racers, Marc will bring over 15 years of RC racing experience to the Thunder Power RC Team. Marc has signed a multi-year agreement to represent Thunder Power RC by using, supporting and promoting products at races world-wide. He had this to say:

I am looking forward to using Thunder Power RC batteries. I have seen firsthand how the products have performed in the RC racing circuit over the past couple of years. Thunder Power RC continues to advance LiPo batteries and technology for the RC industry, I am excited to be a part of these advancements and the team.

Marc will represent the TPRC Team at all major International and US electric/LiPo events and Marc’s touring car will hit the pavement for the first time as part of the team at the 2011 Reedy Race of Champions.

Source: Thunder Power RC [thunderpowerrc.com]

May 12, 2011

Aaron Lane & Keith Whisler win at JBRL Rd3

This past weekend at Palm Desert R/C Raceway was round 3 of the JBRL electric series. The track layout was fast and fun with really high grip setting up for a great weekend of racing. In the super competitive Mod 2wd class Frank Root would take TQ using both his TLR 22 mid motor car in Rd1 and in the final round of qualifying use his TLR rear motor car to hold off the overall TQ. In the Main, a mistake from Frank Root in the early stages of the 6 minute race would give the lead to Aaron Lane who would go on to take his first JBRL 2wd Mod win with his TLR 22.

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May 11, 2011

PY Tang wins 2011 MBA Cup

Last weekend saw the heavy weight racers from Singapore and Malaysia congregate to race at the inaugural Minyak Beku Agrotourism Resort Race (MBA CUP). The inaugural race for this venue is also a very unique venue as the track is right in the Resort compound, right beside the sandy beach. The weather was very good from the morning with the sunny sky shining down on the track right until the end of the day.

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May 10, 2011

Austrian EP TC EFRA GP – Announcement

The organisers of this year’s European Electric touring car championships, which takes place in Traiskirchen, Austria in August, were in touch to tell everyone about the EFRA GP / official warmup event which will be run from the 27th to the 29th of May. Your standard warmup event, it will be run to EFRA rules and will give those racers planning to compete in the main event in summer some track time prior to the event. Entry is open and you can find more information at the official event site here.