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April 16, 2014

Belgian electric touring car championship Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2014 Belgian electric touring car championship was held at the city of Héron, a small town near to Namen. 50 entries battled on the very technical track. The Efra class drivers were ready to try and challenge the 5-times champion Olivier Bultynck but after some very exciting qualification runs, it was again last year’s champion, Olivier Bultynck, who took TQ. A fast Manuel Henriet took the second spot on the grid while last year’s runner-up Nick Joosens put his car third on the grid in front of homeboy Nicolas Delisé.

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April 16, 2014

Reedy TC Race of Champions control tyre announced

The Reedy Race announce that the Sweep EXP36 Evo-R has been chosen as the spec tyre for the 2014 Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions. A total of fifteen compounds from six manufacturers were tested with the EXP36 Evo-R was chosen due to its ability to provide fast lap times, consistent performance from run to run, and quality construction. Invitational class driver Rick Hohwart was among the drivers involved with the tyre testing and provided the following feedback:

Not only did the EXP36 Evo-R turn lap times as fast as I had ever turned at the Tamiya track, but traction was available immediately with no need to wait for the tires to come in before turning competitive lap times. Tire balance was better than any of the other tires tested and the quality of the mounting and gluing is superb.

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April 15, 2014

Yardy & Cragg win at BRCA 1/10th nats Rd1

Round 1 of the 2014 1/10th BRCA National Series ran under warm and sunny skies near Birmingham at the Kidderminster venue. The popular astroturf track saw Reedy/Team Associated factory driver Tom Yardy being the man to beat in the 2WD Modified Buggy class. Tom’s pole position start gave him the advantage he needed to hold off teammate Neil Cragg and always-fast Lee Martin for the overall win. Cragg came back with a vengeance on Sunday to dominate the first two legs of the 4WD Modified Buggy A Main and take the win while Yardy just missed the podium with a respectable fourth-place finish.

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April 15, 2014

Tim Wood wins UK 1/8th on-road season opener

The BRCA 1/8th circuit national championship started off at Mendip and with 40 entrants, it was going to be a good start to the season and a very open first meeting with no Branson or Green due to ENS commitments. After arriving at the track and setting up in the pits, the track was dry and allowed most drivers to do some installation laps and some good practice before the scheduled rain arrived. The drivers looking to have good pace was Neal King, Andy North, Andy Hastings and Ashley Gouveia. Soon after Tim Wood had arrived, the rain arrived and disrupted the practice for the remainder of the day. Although the rain stopped and with no wind or sun, the track remained damp all afternoon. The tires to use were damps and these were clearly faster than dry tires when a back to back test was carried out.

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April 15, 2014

BRCA Clubman Series 2014 Rd1 – Report

West London kicked off the start of the BRCA Clubman Series 2014 last weekend. 140 drivers booked into the first round which since the series has started is the biggest ever showing and was fully booked. Practice on the Saturday showed tricky setup conditions of wind, sun and overcast for those drivers who wanted to dial in their cars ready for the meeting on Sunday.

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April 15, 2014

Nejc Mihelic wins at Alpe Adria Cup

The first round of the Alpe Adria Cup took place last weekend at the Stöhr-Ring in Graz, Austria. The race saw the attendance of drivers from Slovenia, Hungary, Italy and Austria and was run in 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In the 1/8th class Jernej Vuga (Xray/Reds) took TQ but he was not able to conserve his performance in the final and finished in 8th position. Up front the race was on between Nejc Mihelic (Motonica/Picco) and Manuel Gremlica (KM/Woldt) and at the end it was Nejc who finished the race some two laps in front of Manuel after the 30 minute long final. Bernd Koller (Mugen/Novarossi) rounded out the podium in 3rd place.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

April 14, 2014

RB Challenge Norway Rd1 – Report

The first race of the six round RB Challenge in Norway was run with 62 drivers attending. The series is run on RB tyres and sees the nine fastest drivers from qualifying proceeding to the final with two drivers from the B-final as bump-ups. The TQ went to Bjorn Ivar Haug (Xray) and once the 40 minute final took off it was clear that the race was on between Bjorn Ivar and Team Associated driver Daniel Kobbevik with both drivers quickly pulling away from the field. 10 minutes into the race and Bjorn made a small mistake allowing Daniel to pass but Bjorn Ivar fought back eventually taking the lead again. Later on Daniel ran into trouble which resulted in three extra pit stops allowing Bjorn to cruise to the win. Daniel Kobbevik finally managed to grab the runner-up spot, Rune Karlsen (Xray) completed the podium.

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April 14, 2014

Ermen, Roemer and Puepke win at West Open Rd1

John Ermen, Philipp Roemer and René Puepke are the winners of the season opener of the Western German Championship, which has turned into a “West Open” with racers from six nations. A total of 59 racers attended the race weekend on the challenging track of MCK Dormagen in the North of Cologne with two racers which did not make it to the start line on Sunday. Close and fair racing in all three categories and perfect conditions at temperatures around 15°C made it an excellent start into the new season.

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