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April 7, 2008

Bas de Konink wins Truggy.nl Rd1

The first round of the 2008 Truggy.nl Cup took place at the weekend on a temporary track on the beach at the Hoek van Holland. With 5 heats being run over 2 classes on a 360 meter long track and semi finals to decide the final starting order for the main final, it was Stefan Petrich that would start the Master class on pole, while Marnix Bul was the pole man in the Student class. The Master final saw some really close driving amongst the top 3 and all finished the 30 minute race on the same lap with Bas de Konink taking the win by 3 seconds in front of Marc Kreisig in 2nd and pole man Stefan Petrich ending his race in 3rd. The Student class was won by Jeffrey van der Vaart, with lady racer Brenda Schutten in 2nd and Lars Verkerk in 3rd.

Source: Truggy NL [truggy.nl]

April 7, 2008

Josué Artiles wins Rd2 Spanish Nats

The 2nd round of the Spanish 1/8th scale on road Nationals was run last weekend in Valencia in the south of the country at the same track that will play host to this years European Championships. Qualifying saw round 1 winner Nacho Lopez, take the pole position by less than a second from fellow Mugen racer Josué Artiles in 2nd, while Carlos Peracho and Vicente Eres rounded out the top 4. In the main final Nacho had some problems and would finish the race back in 7th, but up front it was Josué Artiles that would take the win by over a lap from Serpent driver Oscar Cabezas in 2nd, while the 3rd spot went to guest Italian racer Marco Vanni only 1 second further back.

Source: Coches RC [cochesrc.com]

April 6, 2008

Van Gastel wins Dutch Nats Rd1

The first round of the Dutch 1/8th scale Nationals took place today at the AMCA track in Apeldoorn under dry but cold conditions. Qualifying for the NK class saw the pole position go to Kyosho racer Ilia van Gastel, nearly 3 seconds in front of Mugen racer Rick V in 2nd, while in the Nomac class it was Jordy Blok clear out in front with Jeroen Janken in 2nd. The NK class final was won by pole man van Gastel, while Rick maintained his 2nd position from qualifying with Serpent racer Danny Leewis bringing his car home in 3rd. The Nomac class final was again a repeat of the qualifying positions with Jordy Blok winning from the pole in front of Stefan Koenders in 2nd, moving ahead of 2nd placed qualifier Jeroen Janken who finished 3rd.

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April 5, 2008

Germany wins in battle against Holland

Last weekend at the Purmerend artificial surface track in the Netherlands was the revenge race of the Germany versus Holland event, that last year was taken by Holland. This years race was held under changing weather and some good drivers from both countries were in attendance to battle for their country’s pride. The race saw some close fights throughout the field but in the end it was Daniel Reckward that took the win, followed closely by Tim Bremicker in 2nd while 3rd spot went to Marcell Guske and these positions were enough to give the win for Germany.

Source: RMV [rmv-deutschland.de]

April 3, 2008

EFRA Body homologation rule update

EFRA Homologated Bodies 1:10 IC Track

It seems that EFRA have been listening to your objections regarding their strict new policy on the EFRA number placement on bodyshells at their events. Franky Noens, the 1/10th IC Section chairman, sent us a letter outlining that for a number of reasons they understand it would be unfair to implement such a rule at such short notice and so have delayed this policy until 2009.

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April 2, 2008

Michael Salven wins in Dormagen

Serpent are reporting on the German Regionals for the West area at which Michael Salven was in action over the weekend. The factory Serpent driver was unstoppable around the tricky and demanding Dormagen track taking the TQ and race win along with setting a new track record with his Serpent 960’08. Salven’s win was backed up by a great drive from engine tuning guru Karl Heinz Meister who claimed the runners up spot with new Shepherd signing Christian Wurst in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 31, 2008

Batlle takes Spanish 1/8th TT Rd1

The first round of the Spanish 1/8th scale gas Nationals was run last weekend in dry weather at the Cañete track in Cordoba. Qualifying saw the top spot for the semi finals go to GS racer Richi Gomez with current European Champion Robert Battle claiming the top spot for the other semi final. It was Mugen racer Daniel Vega however that claimed the quickest time in the semi to take the pole position for the main final with Borja Hernandez starting from the 2nd position. Almost immediately Vega had problems and dropped to the back of the field allowing Antonio Jesus Gomez to take the lead, which he held for the first 8 laps until a quick moving Batlle took over at the front. The Hobao driver then proceeded to swap this position with Hernandez for the rest of the race, but was ahead when it counted and took the win just ahead of Borja in 2nd, with Antonio Jesus Gomez holding on to the 3rd spot, 2 laps behind the leading pair.

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March 31, 2008

EFRA Homologated Bodies 1:8 IC Track

EFRA Homologated Bodies 1:10 IC Track

On Friday we published the list of the approved 1/10th scale body shells and informed everyone that EFRA will be very strict in checking these to ensure that they are indeed EFRA approved. We have now received a similar list of the 1/8th scale body shells, from Sander de Graaf, who also informs us that in order to compete in an EFRA sanctioned event the body homologation number must be embossed in the body, preceeded by the word “EFRA”. If this is not the case, you will not be allowed to use that bodyshell at an EFRA race, even if it had been approved in the past.

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