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November 21, 2010

Hagberg & Yli win the Nordic Championships

The indoor Nordic Championships was held this weekend at Spydeberg, 40 minutes from Norway’s capitol city Oslo, with some of the best of the Nordic drivers from Finland, Sweden and Norway in attendance. In Modified touring it was Xray driver Alexander Hagberg who had the best run and claimed the TQ spot ahead of local star Adrian Berntsen in 2nd and Michael Nilsson in 3rd. In 1/12 scale it was Vesa Yli who was fighting with Helge Johannessen for the TQ spot and after 5 qualifying heats it was Vesa who claimed the top spot in front of Helge Johannessen and Adrian Berntsen.

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November 18, 2010

Andalusian 1/10 off road 2wd championship

The 4th round of the Andalusian 1/10 off road 2wd championship took place in the Volteretas track at Jerez last weekend. Local driver Juan Luis Román had to finish behind Eloy Roldán to win the championship. In qualifying an inspired Raúl Moreno took the TQ with two perfect rounds. In the finals Juan Luis Román took the win in first and second final, the third final was suspended because a strong rain. Second place went to Raúl Moreno with Jesús Grille completing the podium.

View the final results here

November 17, 2010

Orion On Road Winter Cup – Announcement

The organisers of the On Road Winter Cup that takes place at the Moto Arena in Silverstone were in touch to tell us about their new series. This 6 round championship gets underway this weekend and continues through to the end of April, with races every month. The series is open to stock, pro stock and modified touring cars as well as World GT & F1 and Tamiya Mini classes with the end of series prizes sponsored by Team Orion.

Full information can be found here.

November 17, 2010

Ardent winter On Road series Rd2

The second round of the Ardent winter On Road series took place over the weekend, with the Schumacher team once again in attendance and looking for some good results. The series is run on the Sorex 28JB control tyres which can be run for many runs without deterioration in the performance which is excellent for the drivers and for sure adds to the popularity of the series. With a packed venue with 14 heats it shows what a good job John and his crew are doing in the area.

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November 11, 2010

Speedzone sign Mark Smyka

Speedzone have announced that Mark Smyka will use their LiPo Packs to power his 1/12 scale cars for this and the upcoming 2011 on-road season. Mark is always a contender at every on-road event he attends and looks to add wins to his numerous local, regional and national titles using Speedzone LiPos.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]

November 10, 2010

BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals Rd1

After much anticipation and build up, the 2010/11 British 1/12th scale nationals got underway at Crewe on the last weekend of October. A tight and technical layout challenged the drivers, who included an overseas visitor in the form of Vesa Yli, designer of the V-Dezign chassis’. Mark Stiles sent us the following report.

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November 7, 2010

EFRA releases 2011 race calendar

EFRA 2008 Approved Muffler list

Following this weekend’s EFRA AGM in Brussels, the European governing body have finalised the dates for next year’s European Championships. Also confirmed at the meeting was the host of the 2012 1/12th scale and ISTC World Championships, which will be the MACH, Heemstede in the Netherlands.

February 24-27 – 1/10th EP TC Indoor Euros – Prague, Czech Republic
March 3-6 – 1/12th scale Euros – Montbrison, France
April 9-17 – 1/8th on road Worlds – Miami, Florida
May 7-8 – 1/10th on road ‘B’ Euros – Heemstede, Holland
May 28-29 – 1/8th on road ‘B’ Euros – Hildesheim, Germany
June 11-12 – 1/8th off road ‘B’ Euros – Lyon, France
July 2-3 – 1/8th & 1/10th on road 40+ Euros – Wiesbaden, Germany
July 16-24 – 1/10th EP off road Worlds – Vaasa, Finland
July 30-31 – 1/8th on road ‘A’ Euros – Luxembourg
August 6-7 – 1/8th off road ‘A’ Euros – Sand, Germany
August 13-14 – 1/10th EP TC Euros – Traiskirchen, Austria
August 20-21 – 1/10th on road ‘A’ Euros – Ettlingen, Germany
August 27-28 – 1/10th off road Euros – Pau, France

View the full calendar here (PDF).

November 6, 2010

Italian Genitin Charity Race report

Last weekend saw the Italian Genitin Charity Race held in Scandiano near Modena. The race was held in aid of an association that helps handicapped children. Marc and Toni Rheinard along with Yannic Pruemper decided to attend the event and help the association. The main focus of the race was helping the kids with an auction selling gifts from Ferrari, Ducati, Honda and many more items that motorsport companies donated, with all profits that going to the association. Marc and Toni came up with the idea to donate Marc’s original race car, ready to run including his transmitter, into the auction and it managed to sell for €1150, which added a great deal to the €7140 made overall.

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