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July 8, 2008

Fischer wins Oberhausen Nats Qualifier

The latest qualification round for the German Nationals were held last weekend in Oberhausen and it was Team Corally driver Marc Fischer that TQ’d and won the modified class with his Corally RDX Phi. Setting the fastest lap of the weekend along the way, Fisher won ahead of Federico Veronesi in 2nd and Yannic Prümper in 3rd. In the stock class another Team Corally driver Domenik Reschke took the win followed by team mate Patrick Pasch in 2nd while Thomas Musial took 3rd.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

July 7, 2008

Nicol & Lasley win HRH Shoot Out

Slingshot Batteries has informed us of the strong showing they had last weekend at the 2008 Hot Rod Hobbies Shoot Out. Up and coming ‘young gun’ Jeff Nicol piloted his Kyosho RB5 to the overall TQ and Championship in the hotly contested Stock Buggy class. Jeff was the class of the field throughout qualifying and took home the overall with wins in the first and second legs of the triple A-main event. Super Stock Truck belonged to Nick Lasley from the start. Wins in the first 2 legs of the triple A-main event gave Lasley the overall victory. With first place wrapped up, Nicol and a few other drivers still had a chance for top 3. After a tie breaker, Jeff Nicol ended up 4th overall losing the tie breaker to team mate Chris Van Air who took 3rd overall.

Source: Slinghsot [slingshotbatteries.com]

July 2, 2008

Thomae & Roufosse win Belgian Nats Rd4

Run at the very nice and technical MCCK track in Luxembourg, the 4th round of the Belgian electric touring car Nationals attracted 26 entrants. The race in the EFRA class was a one man show, with Benoit Thomaes proving to be too strong for everyone with his Xray T2008. He controlled the entire event, taking TQ and winning all the finals from Demsey Jacob in 2nd while in 3rd spot it was Patrick Jespers. The Super stock class was more exciting, with Stephane Roufosse taking the pole. In all the finals Stephane was the winner but in the 2nd leg he had a close battle with Urbain Swijsen who just crossed the line in 2nd, while Renaud Gijsenbergh rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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July 2, 2008

Garcia wins Much More Cup 2008

We received a report from last weekends International Much More indoor Cup, run at the Vuelta Rapida indoor track in Avila, Spain. In the 4wd class it was Spanish Factory Much More driver Roberto Garcia, driving his Tamiya 501x, that took the win while in the 2wd class it was Jose Miguel Cantos, racing his Associated B4FT, that took top honours. All the best Spanish Electric off road drivers were in attendance and there was a close battle for the wins in both classes. High temperature at the track of over 30º made the cars and electronics suffer but the drivers had a great weekend and there was a great racing atmosphere.

Source: Automodelismo [automodelismo.es]

July 2, 2008

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd4

We received a report from last weekends 4th round of the Danish DRCMU Off-Road championship held in Tinglev. In the Stock class it was Martin Kristensen that was fastest, with Jesper Rasmussen close behind having made some mistakes in the first round of qualifying and a retirement in second, and that put Martin in Pole Position with winning the first and second round of qualifying. Jesper showed in the third round that he was ready for some action in the finals putting in the fastest time of day, 0,20 second faster than Martin. Again it was Sebastian Sorensen with his Tamiya in third spot.

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July 1, 2008

Chris Doughty wins Eden Park National

Chris Doughty, driving the LRP powered Atomized B44, took Atomic-Carbon’s maiden BRCA National win at Eden Park Raceway near London last weekend. The finals were eventful for Chris, in Leg 1 both front tyres became detached from both wheels, but Chris managed to hold off the pack to take a 2nd place, in Leg 2 Chris brushed a track marker on the warm up lap which damaged a front wishbone, thanks to quick work by the Atomic-Carbon team, the cells from his car were transferred to Andy Griffths Atomized B44 which had just come off the track from the previous final. Even with the worn tyres and yellow wheels Chris soon adapted to the differently setup car and managed a 5th place. In the 3rd leg Chris managed to get up to 1st place, with many cars retiring Chris played it safe and didn’t try to clear the big double jumps and came home to take the win. Expect a full report from our friends at oOple very soon.

Source: Atomic Carbon [atomic-carbon.co.uk]

June 29, 2008

Hara & Stocker win ETS Finale

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Reedy Race of Champions winner Atsushi Hara continued his winning form with an impressive victory at the finale of the 2007/2008 Euro Touring Series. The Hot Bodies driver put in a great performance at the German Andernach track with European Champion Ronald Volker the only one of the world class field able to pose any serious threat to the Japanese ace, while US Champion Paul Lemieux rounded out the top 3. In the Stock class it was Alexander Stocker that dominated proceedings, taking the 2 wins and wrapping up the round win, as well as series title, with one A-main leg left to run. The runner up spot went to Meik Niemann, with round 3 winner George Spitteler taking 3rd and securing the runner spot in the series.

Go to the ETS site to see our complete coverage.

June 26, 2008

Paul Lemieux wins US Nationals

Xray have a report on their site from team driver Paul Lemieux on the US Outdoor Electric Nationals that took place last weekend at RC Hobbies in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Qualifying in the Mod class saw Lemiuex, who TQ’d 3 of the 4 rounds, take the top spot from team mate Ralph Burch in 2nd, with Serpent racer Billy Easton lining up 3rd. In the mains, Paul was unchallenged and took the win in A1 and A2 to claim the overall title ahead of Associated driver Rick Hohwart in 2nd, with Ralph Burch rounding out the top 3.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]