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June 18, 2012

Olly Jefferies wins BRCA TC Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the 2012 BRCA Touring Car Championship saw victory for Associated team driver Olly Jefferies, second place went to the Schumacher of Colin Price with Serpents Chris Kerswell completing the podium. Tricky conditions on Saturday saw drivers battling with a gusting wind but the West London track thankfully stayed dry, with two TQ runs on Saturday Olly headed the overnight leader board but on Sunday the advantage seemed to swing toward the Schumacher of Chris Grainger but in the final last round of qualifying Olly took TQ. Elsewhere round one winner Andy Moore was struggling and failed to make the A main with his Hot Bodies.

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June 17, 2012

Ramella wraps up French National class title

Young talent Cedric Ramella took the win of the 4th round of the French 1/8th scale on road nationals in Marseille last weekend. The Serpent/Novarossi driver already won round 2 of the ‘National’ class in Ampuis and round 3 in Grenoble and is already French Champion with one round left to be run. Having struggled in qualification he changed to a safer driving style in the semi and the A-main and it paid off. He lead immediately and kept an eye on local racer Reza Khelili till the last pit stop. Then he pushed a bit harder and put a lap between them. This result cements a great year for Cedric who was already in the top ten at the Euro B’s in Thionville. In the Elite class Anthony Abisset finished 3rd and is still in with a chance for the championship title with young Christophe Louis.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 14, 2012

Léo Arnold wins French 200mm Nats Rd4

The fourth round of the French nitro touring car National Championships took place last weekend in Sallanches (Haute-Savoie) in France. In the Elite class it was European B Champion Frederic Bourrillon that too the top qualifying spot with his Orion powered KM chassis, while in the National class Capricorn/OS driver Vincent Berthon was the TQ man. In the Elite finals Capricorn/Orion driver Léo Arnold came out on top ahead of team mate Basile Concialdi in 2nd with Xray/RB driver Thomas Guillon 3rd. In the National final, Berthon could carry forward his pace from qualifying to win, with Mugen/Novarossi driver Jonathan Gergen 2nd and Théry Persyn with his RB powered Xray 3rd.

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June 14, 2012

Danish nationals Rd2 double for Mike Gosvig

The second round of the Danish nationals was held in Tølløse on their very nice outdoor track. The track is high speed with a tricky chicane out to the straight. In the morning, just before the practice heat began, the rain arrived and the track was very wet, meaning a lot of drivers decided not to participate. In the Pro Stock qualifying it was Serpent driver Steven M.Olsen that was the top qualifier while in Modified it was Mike Gosvig with the Tamiya who claimed the top spot.

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June 13, 2012

Berntsen & Bengtsson win 2012 Nordic titles

The 2012 Nordic Championship was held last weekend at the nice Trollhättan-track in Sweden. The race saw 48 drivers attending from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, 23 drivers in the 1:8 class and 25 in the 1:10 200mm class. The weather forecast for the whole weekend was bad, with rain forecast on all three days, though we had a good time of practice on Friday with pretty nice weather. The traction was good, but the tire wear was extremely high. During the practice many drivers in both classes showed their skills and everything was set for a tough and nice race. Unfortunately the rain came down on Friday evening and continued through the night and until next morning.

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June 13, 2012

Teixeira & Cortez wins Madeira Regional Rd3

The third round of the Madeira regional 1/8 scale off-road series took place last weekend at the Cancela offroad track, which had received a whole host of improvements recently. After a troubled end to the race with a number of racers having mechanical problems, Alexandre Teixeira managed to win the 1/8th gas class with his new XB9/Novarossi combo. Second place went to Nuno André (Xray/Novarossi) while on the last step of the podium was Helder Tenente (Xray/Novarossi). Rui Cortez was the winner in the brushless class, wining three of the five qualifying heats and the 3 finals with his Mugen MBX6/LRP. Second place went to Daniel Rodriguez (AE/LRP) with Juan Davis (AE/LRP) in third.

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June 13, 2012

Tradardi Jr wins fourth straight Venezuelan title

The 2012 Venezuelan National Championships was held in the City of Maracaibo at the Santa Cruz RC track during the first weekend of June. With temperatures hovering around 115°F, 72 Drivers set out to compete in Buggy & Truggy classes for the National Title. Three time Venezuela National Buggy Champion and JConcepts Team Driver Renato Tradardi Jr. set out to win his fourth title in a row. Taking the TQ spot, Renato Jr. was able to settle into a comfortable pace and win the final with his JConcepts equipped RC8.2 running Hybrids tires. Renato Tradardi Sr. also dominated the Truggy Final with his JConcepts equipped RC8T running Sevens tires.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

June 13, 2012

John Ermen wins Rd3 of Dutch Nationals

Last weekend the 3rd round of the Dutch 1/8 onroad nationals was held on the fast Baanbrekers track in Rucphen. Although the weather forecast predicted rain we had a beautiful day with only a few meaningless drops during the finals. After 3 very fast qualifying rounds it was Robin d’Hondt taking the pole followed by Rick Vrielijnck, Steven Cuypers and John Ermen. With the start of the final Robin had some troubles so Rick V took the lead followed by Steven and John. Sadly both Steven and Robin were taken out due a collision so Rick and John had some space to fight for the win and John was coming close to Rick. Behind them Gunther van Steay and Frank Baggen were fighting for the 3rd spot. Just near the end of the final Gunther hit problems as did Rick V bumping Frank to the 2nd spot. Despite not finishing Gunther managed to hold on to the final podium place.

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