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May 9, 2008

Belgian EP Touring car Nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Belgian 1/10th scale EP on road Nationals was run last weekend on the short and technical outdoor track in Zwevegem. The event had 33 drivers racing in two classes, EFRA and Super Stock and the weather was very good, with sun and high temperatures all weekend. It was again a hard battle in the EFRA class which produced the third different winner in 3 rounds. The race was won by Benoit Thomaes with his Xray T2 008, just ahead of the late Koen Joosens with his Schumacher Mi3, while 3rd spot went to Olivier Bultynck with his Team Corally Phi. In the Super Stock class the overall winner was Urbain Swijsen with his Team Corally Phi, while 2nd went to Rico Claeys with his Hot Bodies and 3rd going to Thomas Stockman with his Team Associated TC5.

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May 9, 2008

Grimm wins German West EP TC Rd1

Last weekend saw the first round of the West Germany Electric touring car qualifying group run at the large MCC Bad Breisig/Rhein outdoor track. Xray team driver Christopher Grimm, who was using his new Speed Passion combo of GT Speedo and DMC legal Ultra Sportsman 9.5 BL motor, took the win ahead of current outdoor Champion Patrick Pasch in 2nd and Andreas Weyhoven in 3rd.

May 8, 2008

In Memoriam – Koen Joosens

Koen Joosens wins Belgium Championship

We were saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Belgian National Electric TC Champion Koen Joosens. The young driver was killed in a tragic accident on Wednesday the 7th of May. A Schumacher team driver and leading figure in the Belgian RC scene, he will be sorely missed by the racing community and everyone that knew him. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Source: M-Auto [m-auto.nl]

May 7, 2008

Toni Rheinard wins Portugal Nats Rd3

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the Portuguese 1/10th EP Touring car Nationals take place at the Tomar track. This small and tight track provided a challenge for everyone and it was guest driver Toni Rheinard who won the Modified class finishing in front of Xray driver Nuno Gancho in 2nd, while the 3rd spot went to Ruben Francisco driving a Schumacher. The stock class saw Joao Miguel win with his Schumacher ahead of Xray driver Pedro Pita in 2nd and Corally racer Nuno Carrico in 3rd.

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May 5, 2008

Russian EP off road Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Russian electric off road Cup was run recently at the MRCmodels carpet track in Moscow. The first outdoor buggy event of the year, the race took place under good conditions and in the 2wd buggy class it was Dmitry Malyshko that look the win from his TQ, driving an AE RC10B4. Volkov Konstantin starting the final from 5th position and ended the race as runner up, while Plahotnik Ilya was 3rd. In the 4wd buggy it was again Malyshko Dmitry heading home a JConcepts 1-2-3 with Spiridonov Victor in 2nd and Larkin Roman, who was TQ, in 3rd. In the Stadium Truck, Golushko Alex took the win from TQ with Shpilev Lev in 2nd and Miheev Anton in 3rd. This years off road Cup will visit three different tracks, MRCmodels in Moscow, RC2 in Moscow and V2 Off-road in Chulkovo with the next round taking place on June 1st.

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May 2, 2008

European Touring Series – Round 4

ETS Series

4For the 4th and final round of the 2007/2008 Much More backed European Touring Series, the action moves to Germany and the Andernach track, close to Koblenz in the West of the country on the 27th – 29th of June. The organisers wanted to end this inaugural season with a big celebration, so as per the usual format, the racing will be open for Modified and Pro Stock classes, and this will be the main event, but as a sideshow and to create a relaxed party atmosphere there will be some side events for the competitors such as cage soccer or beach volleyball, or both. Along with having the best drivers from Europe participating, they are also expecting to have former World Champion Atsushi Hara as well as country mate Shin Adachi from Japan in attendance, and from the USA they are hoping to have top racer Paul LeMieux competing.

Andernach, Germany

Pro Stock racers will receive the Speed Passion 9.5 Ultra Sportsman brushless motor included in their entry fee as well as 1 set of Much More control tires and a t-shirt, while Modified racers will also get the t-shirt as well as 2 sets of control tires. Entry closes on the 25th of June, but as a bonus for those that pay their entry fees prior to the 1st of June they will receive a great goodie bag containing lots of freebies from the event sponsors. As always the legendary Scotty Ernst will be doing the commentary, BBK will be handling the timing and Red RC will be reporting live from the event.

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.

April 30, 2008

Mario Sowka wins Austrian EP Rd1

The first round of the Austrian Electric Touring car Nationals were held recently at the RMC track in Vienna. Practice took place on Friday and Saturday under dry conditions and this allowed the drivers present plenty of time to perfect their setups for qualifying. In the qualifying it was local Xray driver Mario Sowka that claimed the pole position for the 3 leg A-main, in front of European buggy Champion Hupo Honigl driving a Tamiya while HB racer Thomas Pumpler took 3rd. In the final it was Pumpler that took the first leg, after Sowka made a mistake and dropped to 5th, but recovered to 2nd by the finish. In the 2nd leg it was Hupo that was leading early on but a small mistake and Mario was through to the lead and despite some more pressure, including a collision, the Xray driver could take the win. The final leg saw a collision early on between Mario and Hupo and this dropped both out of contention and allowed Pumpler into the lead, but he was followed closely by Patrick Gollner who could take the lead and leg win after a small mistake by Thomas and this result gifted the win the Mario Sowka, with Thomas Pumpler claiming 2nd and Hupo gaining the final podium spot.

Source: Action Line [actionline.at]

April 28, 2008

Chris Grainger wins Rd1 BRCA Nationals

Round one of the BRCA Touring car Nationals took place at Aldershot and it was Yokomo racer, and defending Champion, Chris Grainger who was the early pace setter in the modified class. Chris held the top spot in qualifying overnight but was pipped to FTD by Olly Jefferies in the last round of wet qualifying. For leg 1 of the A-main Chris made a decision to go out on slicks on the drying track, while the rest of field remained on intermediates and it was this decision that proved to be best one as he could get passed Olly and take the leg win. Leg 2 and it rained just as the cars left the grid, and with grip at a premium Chris eased past Olly in the damp conditions but as it dried out Olly gave chase but Chris had done enough during the damp part of the race to build up a sufficient lead to take the win. Leg 3 went in favour of Olly but Chris had done enough in the first 2 legs to take the overall victory with Olly 2nd and Ben Cosgrove 3rd.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]