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March 15, 2008

Groskamp officially joins Speed Passion

ETS Rd 2 - Groskamp joins SpeedPassion

Jilles Groskamp will officially represent Speed Passion for the remainder of the racing season. In the pit area here at the 2nd round of the Much More backed ETS, the top International Tamiya driver confirmed to us that he has agreed a deal with Speed Passion to supply him with motors for the rest of the year. Jilles has run the Hong Kong made motors since the beginning of the season but only inked a deal at the TITC in Thailand 2 weeks ago that will also see the Dutch driver race Speed Passion at this year’s World Championships.

March 14, 2008

S400 wins the Nosram Six Enduro Series

Serpent are reporting on the achievements of their South African team, which scored an important victory for the S400 as the three man Serpent squad of Dave Wiseman, Mike Wiseman and Tony D’ Oliviera took overall victory in the Nosram Six Series, an endurance series that takes in three 6 hour races run over a two month period. The first event at the tight Umhlanga Gateway Raceway, saw a tight fight right to the end, with the S400 car of Mike, Dave and Tony D’Oliviera, taking the win by just one lap, approx 16 seconds, after 6 hours of racing. The 2nd event took place at another tight track at Camperdown but unfortunately this event had to be cut short at the midway point when the heavens opened up over the track. The final round was held at the Southway track in Durban where three S400 cars were running. Again a tight struggle until the final two hours when the Wiseman/D’Oliviera team moved clear to take the win and with it secured overall series victory. Second in the final went to another S400 in the hands of Shaun & Mike White, driving with Neil Robinson while in the overall standings Serpent’s EP touring car took a 1-2 with Brandon May, Kim Hein and Shane Sudbury taking their example to 2nd in the final standings.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 13, 2008

Franceschi wins Sao Paulo Stock Rd1

Franceschi wins Sao Paulo Stock Champs Rd1

Serpent have a report on their site from the first round of the Sao Paolo Championship held at the Sam’s Club track in Santo Andre, a city within Greater Sao Paulo, the State’s Capital. The format saw each driver get just a single qualifying round followed by four heats, the best three of which determine the overall result. Starting from pole the two first wins came easy for Serpent racer Felipe Franceschi but his team mate Thiago ‘Poldo’ Podolsky, although very fast, faced mechanical problems with the breakage of his front belt followed by the rear preventing him from getting a good score. In the third heat it would be Felipe’s turn suffer a broken belt, the team putting these failures down to the debris on a number of dirty spots on the track. With Felipe out, Poldo was the favorite but his back luck continued as a prototype aluminum central axle that is currently being developed by the team broke. The fourth and final heat saw Felipe take his third win of the day and with overall victory in the opening round of the championship in front of Corally racer Lincoln Almeida in 2nd and Xray driver Marcos Mayer in 3rd

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 12, 2008

Fischer wins Langenfeld Nats Qualifier

Marc Fischer wins Langenfeld Nats Qualifier

Law weekend saw a round of the qualification series for the German 1/10th EP Touring car Nationals held in Langenfeld, Germany. Top Team Corally driver, and current National Champion, Marc Fischer was on form TQ’ing the modified class and going on to win the race with his RDX Phi. In the first final Marc was able to lap all other competitors, while in the 2nd final he won by by just 4 seconds, to take the overall win in front of team mate Lars Treder, with Pascal Schonrock in 3rd. In the stock class it was Patrick Pasch that took the win also driving the Corally RDX Phi.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

March 12, 2008

Belgian EP Touring car Nats Rd1

The first round of the Belgian 1/10th scale EP on road Nationals was run last weekend indoor in Charleroi. The event had 38 drivers in two classes, EFRA and 19 turn, and they were presented with a very fast but also technical track to contend with. After a tough battle in the EFRA class, it was Olivier Bultynck with his Corally Phi who took the win in front of Xray driver Benoit Thomaes in 2nd, while the 3rd spot went to Demsey Jacob driving a Tamiya 416. In the 19 turn class, it was again a Corally driver that was the overall winner, with Urbain Swijsen placing in front of runners up Rico Claeys and Thomas Stockman.

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March 12, 2008

Niclas Nilsson wins Mid Swedish Cup Rd7

Serpent have a brief report from their young team driver Niclas Nilsson, who was in action again last weekend with his S400 for the 7th round of the Middle Swedish Cup where he took another win. A leading force in the Swedish EP Touring Car scene, Nilsson and his S400 had the pace throughout the event winning all legs of the A-main to take the overall victory over 2nd placed Kenneth Malksson and Niklas Filnk in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 10, 2008

Chuck Berg wins the Chi-Town Shootout

Team Orion are reporting on the 2008 Chi-Town Shootout that was held at the beginning of March at the Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, IL. Racers from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin all attended this annual event to race on the hi-traction clay track which allowed the racers to run slicks at the beginning of the day when the track was wet, then switch over to tires with a little more pin as the track started to dry out. Team Orion driver Chuck Berg was the man to beat in 2wd 19T buggy class, TQ’ing every round of qualifying to guarantee him the first spot on the grid for the main event. At the start of the tone, Berg shot off the line and after a couple laps he had stretched out a comfortable lead on the field. Chuck then went on and ran mistake free for the rest of the main winning by a considerable margin.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 10, 2008

ISTC Worlds Warm-up – Thailand

ISTC World Championship Thailand Warm-up

If you couldn’t make it to the RCS track in Bangkok, Thailand for this years TITC to test on the same track will be used for this years 1/12th scale and 1/10th scale Touring car Championships, then you have another chance to do so when the official Pre World Championship is run on the track on the 25th – 27th of April. Run according to IFMAR rules, this will be a great trial run for both the racers and organisers alike. The official event site is not yet up but should be soon so keep checking the link below for updates.

Source: ISTC Worlds [thailandwc08.com]