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May 27, 2009

Much More UK GP 2009

After the huge success of previous year’s events, the 2009 Much-More UK GP will be once again held at the impressive Stonehaven circuit in Scotland from the 12th to the 14th of June. Last year saw Olly Jefferies win in the Stock class, while rising star Elliot Harper took top honours in Modified, and with this years schedule seeing the addition of a World GT and Mini class there should be even more close racing action. Entry is currently open, with Associated Factory driver Olly Jefferies already confirmed and planning to go one better and do the double this year.

For more information about the event go here.

May 27, 2009

ETS Round 4 – Rheinard & Moore confirmed

The organisers of this weekend’s Euro Touring Series round 4, that takes place in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands have confirmed further entry from both current World Champion Marc Rheinard and former World Champion Andy Moore. Both last minute entries, their attendance further adds to the quality of the field taking part in both the Modified and Super Stock classes. With great weather expected for this weekend, if you have still not made your entry be sure to do so. For more information about the event and where it takes place go to the Series page on our site here.

Racers can enter round 4 of the ETS by going to rcracecontrol.com.

May 27, 2009

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the DRCMU Danish electric buggy National Championships took place recently in Aalborg, in the north of the country. In the Stock class Martin Kristensen, was almost without resistance after Jesper Rasmussen chose for new challenges in the modified class and then Sebastian Sørensen had problems with electronics just before the start and had to use its spare equipment and a borrowed motor and after that Sebastian didnt have the speed to catch up Martin and only incidents could put Martin out of the game.

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May 26, 2009

Neumann wins 2009 Köngener Offroad Masters

The 2009 running of the International Köngener Offroad Masters was held in Köngen near Stuttgart last weekend. In the 4WD class it was Team Yokomo driver Jörn Neumann that took the TQ spot and he went on to finish in 1st place in the finals ahead of team mate Florian Baatz, with Markus Greter taking 3rd spot.

May 25, 2009

Dennis Fadtke takes first round in Poland

The opening round of the Polish Outdoor Touring car cup took place last weekend. In the modified class it was German driver Dennis Fadtke that took the win ahead of Morris Individo in 2nd, with Filip Zaremba taking 3rd spot. In the Junior Class DTM it was Michal Orlowski that took the win, while the Class Spec victory went to Stanislaw Pyrka.

May 18, 2009

Moore & Westwood take BRCA TC Rd1

The first round of this years BRCA touring car nationals took place at the weekend at the popular and technical West London track, a swirling wind causing problems for all the drivers on day one and threw away all the pre race testing and data. Early pace setter was defending champion Chris Grainger with his new Schumacher Mi4 but he was being chased hard by Xray star Elliott Harper and Associated’s Olly Jefferies, while in the pro Stock class Rob West was the class of the field with his older Schumacher Mi3.

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May 16, 2009

Russian EP Off-Road Cup Rd1

The first round of the EP Off-Road Cup took place at the MRCmodels track in Moscow at the beginning of May. With 49 drivers in attendance, this years competitions will be held over 2 days, with the 2wd buggies, including the Slash, on the first day and the 4wd classes on the 2nd day. Saturday saw competitions held in 3 classes for 2wd buggy and two classes of Slash, Sport for stock out of the box models and Pro for drivers with optional parts, motors and batteries.

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May 15, 2009

Euro EP Buggy Warm-up, Spain – Announcement

The Off Road Electric Section of AECAR were in contact to tell us about the unofficial warm-up race they are holding at the 2nd round of the Spanish Nationals in Bilbao on the same track as this summer’s European Championships. The event will take place on the 29th to 31st of May and is open to all international competitors with a full schedule in place for both 2wd and 4wd classes. If you are interested you have until the 22nd of May to place your entry, forms for which can be found here. Further information, including facilities, hotels, etc, can be found on the official event page here.