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May 17, 2010

Oscar Cabezas wins Spanish 1/8th Nats in Valencia

The second round for 1/8 Spanish Nationals was held at the Autet track, near Valencia, host of the 2008 European Championships. With nice sunny weather, it was Motonica driver Óscar Cabezas that TQ’d followed by local ace Nacho López and Sergio Montesinos. The Main Final was a really close fight between Cabezas and López. with the last ten minutes really exciting. In the end it was Óscar Cabezas that finished in first place, followed by Nacho López only 2 seconds behind and Sergio Montesinos in 3rd. With his victory, Óscar takes the provisional leadership in the overall classification heading into the next round at the Valladolid track on July 25th.

Source: Merlin Fuel [merlinfuel.com]

May 17, 2010

Grainger & Smith take victory at BRCA TC Nats Rd1

Chris Grainger got his defence of the UK touring car title off to a great start with a win at round one of the BRCA series, Grainger’s Schumacher Mi4 was the class of the field taking FTD ahead of the Tamiya of Elliott Harper. Two straight wins in legs one and two gave Chris the win, Andy Moore qualified third with the new Cyclone but had miserable finals and was left well down the order. Harper was second and making it three different manufacturers in the top three was Johnny Aird who was rewarded for a great weekends driving with third overall for Xray.

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May 16, 2010

Mathieu Wullyamoz is European ‘B’ Champion

French top qualifier Mathieu Wullyamoz has taken the European 1/10th 200mm ‘B’ title for Capricorn in Lostallo, Switzerland following a recovery drive after a bumpy start for the pack. Dropping down the order after being hit on Lap 1 Mathieu was able to dig deep and retake the lead at the mid way point and once up front was able to control the pace for the final 15 minutes. Knowing that his competitors needed to change tires he felt he could keep a solid pace by preserving his tires and not making a stop.

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May 16, 2010

Adrian Bernsten wins Rd1 of Norwegian Nats

Adrian Bernsten sent us a report from the first race of the Norwegian National Outdoor Series that was held last weekend in Spydeberg on Spydeberg Raceways beautiful facility. The practice started already on Friday, with 26 drivers present at the track. Throughout the practice it was me that could set the fastest lap times, with Helge Johannesen and my uncle Stig Berntsen closely behind. I had a good feeling before the race, since I’ve had a lot of practice there and have been the fastest. On Saturday we could also have some testing before the race, but then I got big radio problems. This continued on the first 2 qualification rounds as well, without finding out what the problem was. So before the 3rd and last qualification rounds we changed the receiver and created a new module on my radio. The problem was solved and I could drive my only, and the last qualification round without any problems. I also put the TQ run, with 7 seconds in front of Tom Erik Haaversen which claimed the 2nd spot, with Georg Ellingsen in 3rd and with Helge Johannesen claiming the last place to go directly to the main final.

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May 16, 2010

Grainger heads qualfiying at BRCA TC Rd1

The 2010 BRCA touring car nationals kicked off yesterday with day one of the Mendip national. Practice was followed by three rounds of qualifying with drivers counting their best three scores on a round by round basis. Defending champion and new dad Chris Grainger got off to a good start and the Schumacher driver holds the overnight lead in the modified class ahead of former World Champion Andy Moore for Hot Bodies in 2nd.

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May 15, 2010

1/10th Euro ‘B’ pole position for Mathieu Wullyamoz

Qualifying is over the 2010 European 1/10th scale 200mm ‘B’ Championships in Lostallo, Switzerland and it is French driver Mathieu Wullyamoz that will start tomorrow’s 45 minute main final on pole position. Despite a mostly dry track all day the conditions changed a lot throughout the final 3 qualifying rounds with a lot of drivers improving their times in the last 2 runs of the day.

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May 15, 2010

JMRCA adopt control tire for 1/8th buggy Nats

In an interesting move the JMRCA have introduced a control tire for their 1/8th scale buggy Nationals that takes place in October this year. All competitors will be required to use either the Pro-Line Hole Shot or Pro-Line Inside Job. To our knowledge this is the first major National Championship that has adopted a control tire for gas off road, something that has been very successful in Electric touring for many years to keep costs down. A way for the future?

Source: JMRCA [jmrca.jp]

May 15, 2010

Silverstone MCC 1/10th Off Road Extravaganza

The organisers of the 1/10th off road extravaganza at the home of British motorsport, Silverstone, were in touch to inform us about there new 2 day 1/10th off road meeting that runs from the 28th to the 29th of August. Open to 2wd and 4wd electric buggy, alongside the regular racing format there will be a dash for cash event were 10 drivers will be selected at random to race for a chance to win a cash prize. In the evenings there will be live bands, bar and BBQ in a large marquee. Entry for the race is open from the 30th of May and those looking for more information can e-mail the club directly: srcmcc@googlemail.com.