The 2nd round of the Czech nationals was held at the Dolni Bukovsko track. In both the 1/8th nitro and E-buggy classes Martin Bayer took the TQ for the finals both of which he won quite easily. In the nitro class Martin was sidelined on the podium by Jan Zamis and David Kukla while Kaja Novotny and Jan Domansky completed the podium in the E-buggy class.
Following his success in the 2WD class on Saturday Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukra also secured himself the win in the 4WD buggy class on Sunday. The young Japanese driver took the win in front of Team Associated’s Ludovic Valtier and Yokomo team mate Shin Adachi in 3rd.
Source: Indoorground RC Masters [aecmodelclub.fr]
The 2nd round of this year’s Greek electric touring car national championship was held at the Patras track. In the qualifiers John Doucakis (Awesomatix/Team Orion) took TQ some 1.7 seconds in front of John’s main title rival, Nick Georgiadis (Xray/Orca). Jim Mitropoulos (TOP/MuchMore) followed very close behind in 3rd place who in turn was also followed by Filippas Isaakidis (TOP/Advanced Electronics). Local favorite, Michalis Kyrazis (Yokomo/LRP) who was in the mix to take the pole position had some unfortunate runs with a bit of lack of concentration and ended up 5th.
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The recent Xray Offroad GP Italy was run in mixed weather conditions with the Saturday being washed away by rain. To overcome the waiting time the Xray team held a tech meeting and later had a go at a nearby karting track with the race being won by Martin Bayer in front of Miguel Matias and Martin Wollanka. Come Sunday the track was still muddy but the race started nevertheless with 1/8th E-buggy qualifying. The round was won by Martin Wollanka who suffered from a mistake mid-race but electrical problems by the then-leading Miguel Matias handed Martin back the win in the qualifier.
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The 2nd round of the Northern Germany electric touring car regionals was run at the MAC Hamburg track. In the 13.5T blinky stock class Xray’s Jan Ratheisky took TQ from ARC’s Hendrik Heitsch and Kevin Sparbier. In the opening A-main Jan was able to bring home a 5 second win over team mate Daniel Horn who started 4th on the grid. The 2nd A-final then saw Jan cutting a curb in the first lap letting him drop back to 8th position but after pushing hard Jan was able to take the 2nd place only 0.03 seconds behind Henrik. The deciding final saw Jan taking another win after Henrik made a big mistake around mid-race. Jan held of Daniel and Kevin for the win in A3 to take the day’s win in front of Henrik Heitsch and Daniel Horn.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Indoorground RC Masters race is run this weekend as part of the Mondial du Modelisme fair in Paris. The race sees the some of the fastest French drivers battle it out with European and international stars such as Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukura and Shin Adachi or fast UK Schumacher drivers Tom Cockerill and Danny McGee. In the 2WD qualification, run on Saturday, Naoto Matsukura made a clean sweep easily taking TQ in front of Danny McGee and Shin Adachi. Nicolas Risser (Team C) and Tom Cockerill completed the top 5. In the final it was again Naoto who came out successful while his teammate Shin Adachi moved up one spot to 2nd. Tom Cockerill grabbed the final podium spot in 3rd while Danny McGee had to settle for 4th. With the 2WD class being run now the event will see the 4WD buggies pulled out today.
Source: Indoorground RC Master [aecmodelclub.fr] | Image: Junko Motojima
The 2nd round of the Austrian electric on-road nationals was held in Laa a.d. Thaya, Lower Austria. Actually this was the first counted event this year, as the opening round had to be cancelled due to bad weather conditions. Overall 39 drivers signed in for the Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock and Formula 1 classes. Good weather conditions and a nice but difficult track layout made for tight racing in the qualification and final rounds.
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Recent rumours about the use of gyro technology in EFRA sanctioned events made it necessary for Dallas Mathiesen, president of both EFRA and IFMAR, to clarify that the use of driving aids such as gyros, traction control and active suspension devices are strictly forbidden in EFRA and IFMAR sanctioned events. Drivers found using forbidden items will be subject of a severe penalty, such as a long term ban from all EFRA and IFMAR events.
EFRA has not and will not declared Gyro as legal. Neither could it be found anywhere in the IFMAR rules that it is allowed to use a Gyro as a driver aid in a Radio Controlled car.
The statement in full can be found on the EFRA website by clicking here (PDF file).
