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July 3, 2012

Four manufacturers chase ETS title at season finale

The stage is set for the most exciting title battle in the history of the ETS with four drivers representing four different manufacturers in with a chance of becoming the 2011/12 Yokomo Euro Touring Series Champions at this weekend’s (6-8th July) season finale in Traiskirchen, Austria. Having enjoyed it’s most successful season to-date with close on 700 drivers set to register points in the World famous electric touring car series, the fifth running of the championship has also produced its most competitive year of racing with four different drivers taking to the top step of the podium in the premiere Ride Modified class. Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp and Xray’s Alexander Hagberg both claimed their first ever ETS wins putting them in the position of going head to head with Team Yokomo’s defending Champion Ronald Volker and Tamiya’s former Champion Marc Rheinard for the prestigious title at the sixth & final round.

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July 2, 2012

Daniel Law wins Malaysia National League Rd3

The 3rd round of the Malaysia National League (MNL) was held recently at the RCC Glenmarie Track in Shah Alam, Malaysia. The track operators at RCC did a great job by providing a very challenging and technical new layout on race day and there were over one hundred racers from all over Malaysia, Singapore and Australia in attendance. Winner of round 2, Team Losi Racing driver Daniel Law and his Team Losi Racing 8ight 2.0 buggy did it again by dominating and winning the one hour grand final with a gap of 2 laps.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

July 2, 2012

Lloyd Storey wins Rd3 in Spain

The weekend before last top UK Schumacher Team driver Lloyd Storey traveled over to Bilbao in Spain to compete in round 3 of the 2wd Spanish nationals. The track was the same layout as used at the 2009 Euros, but this time running in the opposite direction and was high grip and bumpy with some difficult jump sections to test the drivers. The format was 8 rounds of controlled practice on Saturday and 5 rounds of qualifying, followed by 3 legged A finals on Sunday. The weather forecast leading up to the event was warm and dry, and didn’t disappoint.

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July 2, 2012

Swedish National double for David Ronnefalk

Last weekend saw the Swedish Nationals for 1/10th 2wd and 4wd held at the MHF Skarpnäcks 1/8 track in Stockholm. As the race was on similar surface as it will be at the Euros next week, it was also a good opportunity to make some practice with the same regulated tires that will be used then. The weather forecast for Saturday (2wd day) was not so good, and it rained during practice and the first qualification round. Following the first round Oskar Levin managed to take the first place ahead of David Ronnefalk and Mikael Hedin but after that it changed to a ‘David Show’ as Ronnefalk took qualification rounds 2 to 4 and secured TQ and start on pole.

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July 1, 2012

Robert Batlle takes Rd2 victory in Spain

The 2nd round of the Spanish 1/8th scale offroad national championship was held this weekend in Ripoll. Qualification saw current European Champion Robert Batlle with his Novarossi powered Mugen take the top spot in front of Andres Marcelino in 2nd and Alberto Navarro to give the Mugen team a lock out of the top 3 spots. Following the semi finals which were run in wet muddy conditions it was Batlle that came out on top in semi A while in semi B it was LRP driver Borja Hernandez with the win. In the final Robert was unchallenged and won by a lap and a half in front of SWorkz driver Daniel Bernabe in 2nd with Bryan Baldo taking the final podium spot in 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

June 30, 2012

Finland Short Course Summer Cup Rd2

Round two of Short Course Summer Cup in Finland took place recently at the Tammisaari SC track. Track was recently modified for SC trucks and it gave a great racing experience. The rrack was a lot rougher than what tracks usually are in Finland, but due to that it created some great off-road experience and good reviews from racers. For the first time in the SC winter or summer cup, 4wd cars outnumbered 2wd cars by having 23 participants over 12 in 2wd. As in previous round in Vantaa, Mikko Pyhältö in 4wd and Riku Tolonen in 2wd took first places after the qualifying heats. We also saw new drivers climbing to the A finals which shows that there is a wide range of drivers that can compete for the top positions.

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June 29, 2012

Vejrak & Syach win 2012 Futaba OS Jakarta Open

The 2012 Futaba OS Jakarta Open which is the annual yearly event of Jakarta International Twin Circuit track was held last weekend. A strong 106 competitors from Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam took part in the 1/10 200mm and 1/8 classes. The qualifying was on Saturday with three 5 minute rounds with a final round on Sunday before the Main Final. The qualifying started with very sunny conditions and the track surface had medium grip with a few bumpy sections.

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June 28, 2012

Pro-Line International Challenge – Announcement

The organisers of the 7th annual Pro-Line International Challenge that takes place from the 25th to the 27th of August have been in touch to promote their event. Hosted by the Herts Nitro Model Club this 3 day 1/8th scale event is open to gas buggy and truggy as well as BL buggy. Run to BRCA rules there is a handout Pro-Line tire for each class, Blockade for buggy and Blockade VTR for truggy. Entry is now open here.