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May 26, 2015

Belgian Electric Touring Car Nationals Rd4 – Report

The RCR Club in Roeselare held the fourth round of the Belgian Electric Touring Car Nationals on their fast and flowing outdoor track. In the EFRA class Olivier Bultynck took the TQ in front of Nick Joosens and Mitchell Van Es. Stefan Rommens rounded out the top 4 in the fastest of the three classes of the weekend. In the first lap of the opening final Olivier Bultynck and Nick Joosens made contact and Olivier had to recover from the back of the field but already on the second lap Olivier choose to save his tyres and he stopped his car. Meanwhile Mitchell Van Es was in the lead closely followed by Thomas Stockman and Rico Claeys but Nick Joosens was fighting back and he took 3rd place from Rico. Ultimately Mitchell grabbed the win in front of Thomas.

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May 26, 2015

Malin Karlsen wins at Grenland Cup Rd2

The second round of the Norwegian Grenland Cup was held in Skien over the weekend. Different from round 1 the race saw the introduction of a control tyre and everyone was keep to get some laps under their belts in practice to get used to the new tyres. In the qualifiers it was again Marlin Karlsen (Xray) who came out fastest by winning the first two rounds to take the overall TQ for the triple 12-minute A-mains. The finals then saw Malin taking comfortable wins with the only 21-lap runs of the day. Erik Fink (Mugen) came in 2nd while Petter Strand (Mugen) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 25, 2015

Record fifth Reedy title for Rheinard

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Marc Rheinard has claimed a record 5th Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions title, the 18th running of the event being decided in the 36th and final race at Tamiya Raceway in California. Leading the points from the opening round right through the 3 days of heads up racing, the Tamiya star secured his first major touring car title for some time when he finished on the tail of outgoing champion Ronald Volker. Needing to win the race and have Rheinard finish 6th or lower, Volker could only manage second behind Yokomo team-mate Meen Vejrak, that win securing the Thai driver the final place on the podium.

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May 25, 2015

Rakasiwi wins Indonesian National Buggy Champs Rd2

The WillSon Track in Bali played host for the 2nd round of the Indonesian National Buggy Championship that attracted drivers from Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Jogjakarta, Medan, Balikpapan, Kendari and Bali. The race format was 6 rounds of 7 minutes qualifiers with the 4 best rounds to count followed by bump-up finals. Jason Nugroho took the TQ after the qualifiers and he then won the semifinal A to take the pole position for the 60 minute main final in which he could maintain the lead thanks to a good start. Around the 20 minute mark Jason noticed that both rear tyres on his buggy started to unglue from the wheel and he had to decide to change the tyres and to loose time in the pits or to take the risk and to drive to the end with a somewhat unpredictable car. At the end he decided to stay on the damaged tyres and thanks to a clever drive he still finished in 2nd place some 0.5 seconds behind winner Reza Rakasiwi. Indra Liono finished the race in 3rd to complete the podium.

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May 25, 2015

Dutch 1/10th Nitro On-road Championship Rd2

Round 2 of this year’s Dutch Nitro On-road Championship was held at the Genk track in Belgium. The track of the hosting club, the Model Racing Genk, is situated between the famous Genk karting circuit where the youngest Formula 1 driver ever, Max Verstappen, started his racing career and a Motocross circuit where Belgium ace Stefan Everts started out. As most drivers opted to stay a full weekend in Belgium the MRG organised a nice BBQ following Saturday’s practice. Sunday morning then started under a perfect blue sky with the qualifying sessions and it was Daan Jacobs who took the pole followed by former European Champion Julius Kolff and the two electric aces of John Bruins and Glenn Hoogervorst, all doing 18 laps runs. With a very competitive field the remainder of the top 10 drivers where then all pulling 17 laps on the demanding track.

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May 25, 2015

Christian Lehm wins at Danish On-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held at Glostrup Racing Club in changing weather conditions. The day started out with rain but it cleared up during the day. In the Formula class Christian Lehm secured the pole position for the finals and he would stay in front after the mains also to take the day’s win in front of Johnni Lyng and Tommy Jensen. Henrik Rasmussen, Johnny B Goode and Casper Lund would complete the top 6 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 25, 2015

BRCA 1/8th On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of this year’s BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was hosted by the Mendip circuit in Weston Super Mare with the main championship contenders of Green and Wood being in attendance again after ETS and Holiday commitments. In Qualifying, it was Green who had the upper hand all day with the chasing pack consisting of Tim Wood, Neal King and Andy Hastings. The gap between the top 2 was around 4 seconds in 5 minutes which gave Green a good advantage for the finals. Tire wear was very high all weekend since this track is not used much in recent years and would be a big factor in the 30 minute main final.

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May 25, 2015

Eyetard takes French 1/8th On-road Nationals Rd2

Thomas Eyetard takes French 1/8th On-road Nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the French 1/8th On-road Nationals was held in Marseilles in the South of France. Despite only qualifying 4th and having a bad crash at the start of his semifinal Thomas Eytard was able to take win in the main final. Behind Thomas, who scored his maiden 1/8th nationals win, Jerom Papaconstantinos came in 2nd, Christophe Louis rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]