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March 14, 2008

HB Junior 1/8th Off Road Championships

Mirage Racing and the Frankley club are proud to announce the HB Junior Championships 2008, which will be held at the awesome Frankley venue. The race is a 1 day event and promises to be even better and bigger than last year. Practice is available on the Saturday for any one who wishes to get some lines sorted or for beginners who have just started. There will be no tyre rule so anything can be used. Rules will be very relaxed but cheating will result in disqualification form the event.Trophies will be given to 1st 2nd and 3rd in each of the finals on the finals day, plus prizes will be made available nearer the meeting. The Date is 6th JULY 2008 and the entry fee is £7.

Entry forms can be obtained here (PDF).

March 13, 2008

Franceschi wins Sao Paulo Stock Rd1

Franceschi wins Sao Paulo Stock Champs Rd1

Serpent have a report on their site from the first round of the Sao Paolo Championship held at the Sam’s Club track in Santo Andre, a city within Greater Sao Paulo, the State’s Capital. The format saw each driver get just a single qualifying round followed by four heats, the best three of which determine the overall result. Starting from pole the two first wins came easy for Serpent racer Felipe Franceschi but his team mate Thiago ‘Poldo’ Podolsky, although very fast, faced mechanical problems with the breakage of his front belt followed by the rear preventing him from getting a good score. In the third heat it would be Felipe’s turn suffer a broken belt, the team putting these failures down to the debris on a number of dirty spots on the track. With Felipe out, Poldo was the favorite but his back luck continued as a prototype aluminum central axle that is currently being developed by the team broke. The fourth and final heat saw Felipe take his third win of the day and with overall victory in the opening round of the championship in front of Corally racer Lincoln Almeida in 2nd and Xray driver Marcos Mayer in 3rd

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 11, 2008

GRP Clubmans Championship

Mirage Racing have announced that they are teaming up with Fast Tracks Racing club to create the GRP Clubmans championship, which will be held at the new grass/dirt track in Mere Green, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. The series will run over 4 rounds with points awarded from each round to give a overall score which will then give you a grid place in the final race. The whole series will be run on a controlled tyre which will be GRP Cone Spikes and trophies will be given to 1st 2nd and 3rd in each of the finals on the finals day.

For more information on the series go here.

March 9, 2008

ETS Denmark – Jilles Groskamp confirmed

ETS Denmark - Jilles Groskamp confirmed

The organisers of next weekends second round of the Much More backed European Touring Series are delighted to confirm that Tamiya factory driver Jilles Groskamp will be present at the event. Taking place in Vejle, Denmark, the race will also be attended by fellow Tamiya team drivers Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck as well as Associated team driver Joel Myrberg and lots of other top quality racers. Entries will remain open until the first day of the race, which will be Saturday the 15th, and for those already entered or wanting to enter, there is a new reduced entry price and updated timetable. All drivers will get 5 rounds of practice on the Saturday as well as 4 rounds of qualifying, while on Sunday there will be 1 more round of qualifying and triple mains for all racers.

Do you want to race against some of the World’s top touring car racers, while being commentated on by the legendary Scotty Ernst, in a fun and friendly, yet professional racing atmosphere then be sure to get your entry in for round 2 of the ETS by going here.

March 6, 2008

Sven Zünd takes LRP Islikon Masters Rd4

Robitronic have a report on their website from the 4th round of the LRP Islikon Masters in Switzerland. The race was run on controlled tires and the softer, better performing 27-compound was very hard to get on this weekend, therefore some clever tactics were needed and Sven Zünd with his Robitronic Avid made the most of the difficult situation, saving his tyres for the final round of qualifying and the finals. Starting from the pole position, he was able to take the win ahead of the Xray driving Lnenicka brothers Ronny and Sacha who finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.eu]

February 29, 2008

ETS Rd2 Denmark – Update

ETS Rd2 Denmark - Update

With the 2nd round of the Much More sponsored European Touring Series in just over 2 weeks (14th – 16th of March) in Vejle Denmark, the organizers have announced that due to the great durability of the Much More Sweep control tire, the Modified class racers will now only be supplied with 2 sets, not 3 as previously stated. This will of course be reflected in the entry cost, which has been reduced from EUR100 to EUR80, and will also include a great t-shirt, the design of which we will show you soon. Pro Stock class entry will stay at EUR 100 but includes 2 sets of Sweep tires, the t-shirt and the fantastic Team Checkpoint Money 19T Spec motor. Finally, to encourage new racers, Scotty Ernst has revealed that they will run a Stock class, with racers able to use their own Stock 27 Turn Motor, a great way of letting newcomers experience a world class event. Entry fee will be EUR 30 and will include 1 set of Much More hand out tires and the event T shirt.

Find out more about the ETS Series by going to the official site.

February 26, 2008

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd6

oOple have a report from last weekends sixth round of the Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters, held at the indoor track in Worksop. With the ‘National Indoor Finals’ held at the save venue in a months time – it was a chance for drivers to get some practice in before that event, so there were 12 heats in total. The 4wd class saw the win go to the Richard Lowe driving the JConcepts BJ4 WE, who had qualified 2nd behind X-Factory racer Ellis Stafford, while in 2wd the victory went to pole man Mark Stanley racing a Losi. Contained within the same report, is a review of the new range of TrakPower hard cased LiPo packs.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

February 26, 2008

Olly Jefferies wins Carpet Wars World Cup

Last weekend saw the running of the Carpet Wars World Cup, a 2 day event that saw International interest with Marc Fisher making the trip from Germany for the race. After Saturdays qualifying it was Kevin Brunsden on pole but a quick run in the final qualifying heat on Sunday saw Olly Jefferies take the top spot by 0.6 of a second. Leg 1 of the finals saw some problems for the front runners and this allowed Glen Doman through for the win ahead of Elliot Harper, with Olly recovering to 3rd. The 2nd leg was better for Olly, taking the lead from the start and converting it into the win in front of Harper and Doman, while the final leg was again won by Olly, who took the overall win, in front of Elliot in 2nd who claimed the overall runner up spot and Glen coming home in 3rd overall.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]