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May 16, 2013

Glyn Beal wins Rd3 of BRCA Sports GT series

For Round 3 of the BRCA 1/10th Sports GT Championship, the series visited the newly renovated Halifax track. With the track due to hold the 1/8th European Championships later this year, a new raised pit lane and covered pit area have been introduced to raise the clubs profile. The weather forecast for the weekend was for hot temperatures on both days and the Sports GT class saw 17 entries. On Saturday it was the unbeaten Glyn Beal setting the pace with Adam Crossland and Ryk Pryke continuing their good form from Wombwell and those 3 drivers would also make up the top 3 qualifiers after 4 rounds on Sunday.

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May 16, 2013

ETS Season 6 resumes at Apeldoorn

After an 11-week break, the Yokomo Euro Touring Series resumes this weekend (May 17-19) in the Netherlands with the beautiful Apeldoorn track getting the second half of the World famous electric touring car championship’s sixth season underway. A hugely popular track with competitors, the fourth round attracting 280 entries, defending champion Ronald Volker heads into the weekend at the top of the championship standings ahead of Yokomo team-mate Yannic Prumper and last year’s race winner Marc Rheinard. Volker, who has two wins and a third to his credit this season, will be hoping he has much better fortunes than he experienced 12-months ago in Apeldoorn when a difficult qualifying meant he would end up racing in the E-Final.

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May 15, 2013

Mark Green remains unbeaten with 3rd win

For the 3rd round of the British 200mm Championship we visited the excellent Halifax circuit in West Yorkshire. The venue has recently undergone big improvements with a new raised pit lane and fantastic covered pits, in preparation for the upcoming 1/8th European Championships. Saturday’s practice started off with many drivers suffering with rear stability on their cars but the traction gradually improved throughout the day. It was Mark Green setting the pace getting down to 16.2 lap times, Joe Kerry very close behind with his 747 on 16.3 laps.

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May 15, 2013

Xray Challenge Germany report

Xray Challenge Germany

From 9-12 May the first ever Xray Challenge Germany race in Kirchhain, organized by German Xray importer SMI, gave drivers the chance to race in a friendly environment while pitting themselves against top international racers and profiting from their know-how. A total of more than 130 drivers took part in the event open to the 1/8- and 1/10-scale nitro categories, 1/10-scale electric touring cars, and 1/8-scale offroad. The weather stayed perfect for the practice sessions scheduled on Thursday and Friday until 5pm, giving all drivers ample opportunity to get out on the track. The first set of heats took place on Friday afternoon, with another three sets planned for the following day. Worsening weather conditions on Saturday, however, meant that for virtually all of the groups the fourth set fell victim to the rain.

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May 15, 2013

Juan Pablo Golobic wins Aregntine season opener

Last weekend in Buenos Aires’s city the first round of the Argentine 1/10 on road national championships took place at the at the Hernan Matticoli track. In Saturday’s qualifying the TQ went to Juan Pablo Golobic (Capricorn/Novarossi), who maintained his pace on Sunday taking the win in the main final. Second place went to mate team Sebastian Recio (Capricorn/Novarossi) with third position going to Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi).

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 15, 2013

Alberto Garcia wins Rd2 of Spanish 1/8th EP Nats

The second round of the Spanish 1/8th EP off-road nationals took place this past weekend at the Pical track in Valladolid. After qualifying, Serpent drivers Alberto Garcia got TQ setting the fastest time in the last three qualifying rounds followed by 2nd placed team mate Sergio Martinez in 2nd with Roberto Garcia 3rd. The finals were really exciting. Garcia dominated the two first finals, getting the victory. For the last final, without winner Garcia, Sergio Martinez put in a great performance to win the final, getting the second place overall in front of former European champion Daniel Vega.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 15, 2013

Julius Kolff wins Rd2 of Dutch 1/10th Nationals

Round 2 of the Dutch 1/10th 200mm National Championship took place this past weekend at the RACO2000 track in Utrecht. Rain was to make Saturday an all but complete washout so drivers went into race day with little or no practice. Sunday was to begin wet with qualifying round 3 being the best time to set a fast time as the track conditions improved. In the NK class former European Champion Julius Kolff took a clear TQ spot ahead of Sander Borghoff and Ruud Schuitmaker. Defending champion Pedro Rombouts was unable to attend this round. In the 30 minute main final Kolff would dominate the race to win by more than 3 laps ahead of Borghoff in 2nd, with Rik Meijeren taking the final podium spot. Schuitmaker would gamble on the rain returning during the final but it never materialized and he would end the race 9th. In the Kyosho sport class it was a clear win for Hans Westerveld, beating pole man Mathieu van der Hoeven by over 5 laps with Jogn Weytboer taking 3rd.

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May 14, 2013

Mark Lim dominates NOOB Singapore Rd3

Mark Lim double at NOOB Singapore Rd3

Round 3 of the NOOB Singapore Open Buggy Series took place last weekend at the RaceWorks Arena. Racers gathered to do battle with their 2WD and 4WD buggies under the blistering hot sun. In the 4WD class, it was a battle between series leaders Tein, Mark “BC” Lim and Joakim. As the qualifiers concluded, Tein drew first blood by taking the Top Qualifier spot with BC in close second and Joakim third on the grid. The 3 racers hogged all top 3 spots in the first and second leg of the finals with BC taking the win in Leg 1 and Tein in Leg 2, which meant that the final leg would determine the overall result. As the much anticipated Leg 3 kicked off, Tein popped a turnbuckle early on in the first lap effectively ending his race chances, BC capitalized on the opportunity and led the race from start to finish to take Leg 3 and emerge the overall champion with Tein in second position and Joakim finishing strong in third.

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