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May 29, 2013

Grainger, Robson & Butterfield win at BTCC Rd2

Last weekend the BTCC rolled into Stafford for the second round of the series. The weather was once again fantastic as the team had ordered another day of warm British sunshine and even some sun cream made an appearance for some on the Saturday. Practice got underway and the lap times in qualifying were very close so everything was set for some great close racing action once again. After practice had finished, all the drivers were gathered for a drivers briefing by Stafford race director John Robson and also Schumacher’s Mark Musgrove and Chris Ashton. The order of the day was explained and also the usual information that people need to know. The race schedule to be used was going to be three rounds of qualifying and then two finals, with FTD being the qualifying format due to the great weather we was experiencing. So on to Qualifying we went, the cars were looking very fast around the Stafford circuit and one thing that was noticed was that there was very little difference in lap times between the Modified and 13.5 cars due to the layout and nature of the track, there were literally a few tenths between these cars.

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May 29, 2013

Salven confident ENS will put ‘fun back in racing’

Veteran onroad nitro racer and chassis designer Michael Salven has given the Euro Nitro Series a firm vote of confidence as final preparations are made for the opening race in the all new series for onroad nitro racing which takes place this weekend. A former World & multiple European Champion, the German said all the racers he has spoken to are very excited that the organisation behind the hugely successful Euro Touring Series are bringing their concept to nitro onroad and while they have high expectations he is confident the ENS will be a success and will put the ‘fun back into racing’ helping to revive the onroad nitro racing scene just like the ETS has done for electric touring cars.

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May 29, 2013

2013 Grass Roots Racing Series Rd5 – Report

For round 5 of the 2013 Grass Roots Racing Series Rob Jackson and Crew took over the Pro-Line Racing test track for the weekend and invited racers from all over to attend. For those of you not familiar with the Grass Roots Series it’s a 6 round series based out of Southern California that travels through three of the best outdoor tracks in the area. The event is held over a two day period focusing one day on nitro 1/8th scale while the other day is devoted to 1/10th scale electric short course and 1/8th scale electric Buggy. For this time around the nitro crew would kick things off on Saturday while the electric rigs would wrap things up on Sunday. This turned out to be a great thing as the bigger heavier 4WD cars would sweep a fresh layout that had just been built by Sik Track Designs the week before and had not had a chance to be run in yet. The track that was build was of the highest quality and was fairly straight forward yet challenging at the same time. There were a couple large doubles, a fast sweeper, rhythm sections, as well as one of the best whoop sections built to date in RC. It was really neat to see a track designer do such a great job accommodating multiple classes and being able to please them all.

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May 29, 2013

Olivier Bultynck wins Belgian TC nationals Rd3

The third round of the Belgian electric touring car nationals took place at the fast and bumpy track of RCR at Roeselare. The whole week before the race saw rain showers but come Saturday the weather cleared up and the driver faced a dry track. During the night rain started to fall again making for a slippery track surface at the beginning of the Sunday qualifiers but the track started to dry up fast. In the EFRA class it was Olivier Bultynck who took TQ in front of Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens. Also Robin D’Hondt was trying to go fast with the electric guys and took the fourth spot on the grid.

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May 28, 2013

Ray Boogie wins GT class at Byron Challenge

The 2013 Byron Challenge took place at the Blue Diamond Raceway in Delaware. The two day event saw a huge GT field and Sweep’s newly promoted Ray Boogie setting an early TQ, followed by another Sweep driver, Phil Trotta. After three more qualifiers Serpent driver Phil Trotta took TQ, followed by Richard Siriano in second place. Ray Boogie held on third with his first day TQ time. Come the A main TQ Phil Trotta flamed out causing him to miss the first two minutes. Richie Siriano and Ray Boogie took advantage of his situation and battled until a screw came loose on Richie’s car causing him to pull off. Ray moved to first while his Sweep team mate Rob Bendall piloting a Team C GT8 moved to second. TQ Phil un-lapped almost the entire field back on its way to a podium spot but had to settled in 4th position. At the top of the field Ray Boogie secured himself the win after the 20 minutes final followed by Rob Bendall.

Source: Sweep [sweepracingusa.com]

May 28, 2013

Fabrizio Teghesi wins Italian nitro buggy champs

The second round of the Italian off-road nationals was held at the Panico Model Team track in the centre of Italy. Kyosho’s Fabrizio Teghesi took the win in the 45 minutes final handing him the national championship title early with one race to go. This meant the triple for Fabrizio who also won the 2011 electric buggy and 2012 truggy title. Second placed Alex Zanchettin (TLR/Novarossi) secured himself the vice championship title with Riccardo Perin (HB/OS) completing the podium of the second round of the series.

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May 28, 2013

Teemu Saarinen wins Finnish nitro touring nats Rd1

Teemu Saarinen wins Finish nitro touring nats Rd1

The first round of the Finnish nitro on-road nationals was held in Kuusankoski on a tight and demanding track. The drivers had to cope with a low traction surface in the beginning but at the end of the qualifying the grip came up. Teemu Saarinen was able to take TQ with a 19 laps run in front of Tony Raikas, Sami Munck and Matias Kuusinen with the latter three only being separated by 0.6s. The semifinals were used to test different tire strategies for the 45 minutes final and to the big surprise of everyone TQ Teemu lost some serious pace compared to his qualifying runs ending up in third position for the finals.

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May 28, 2013

36th Annual Texas Biggie – Report

The 36th Annual Texas Biggie took place at RCRCNT in Rendon, Texas and the race attracted racers as far away as Florida, Ohio, and Arizona. On Friday there was to be open practice followed by two rounds of qualifying, however rain forced the cancellation of qualifying and left what little daylight remaining for practice. On Saturday, the rain gave way to warm Texas sunshine, and four rounds of qualifying took place for the 1/8 GT, 1/10 Nitro Sedan, and 1/8 Open classes. The top qualifiers for each class were Chad Kiffe, Chris Metheny, and Terry Brown, respectively. On Sunday, it was time for the mains. The lower ones were 20 minutes, and the A-mains, 40 minutes. In 1/8 Open the top qualifier, Terry Brown, led from start to finish. Greg Esser and Bob Ingersoll placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively. In 1/10 Nitro Sedan, just as in the 1/8th Open race, top qualifier Chris Metheny never looked back, leading the entire race. Christian Jones and Brad Toffelmire rounded out the top three. In 1/8 GT, Shawn Bucklin took the win with top qualifier Chad Kiffe and Shawn Moore placing 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

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