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April 8, 2008

Connolly & Doran take Irish Nats Rd1

The RCCAOI Irish National On road Championships got underway over the weekend in Dublin for both 1:10th 200mm and 1:8th scale classes. In 1/8th scale it was business as usual for National Champion Clive Connolly who TQ’d the event ahead of his Serpent team-mate Michael Byrne. In the half hour final Connolly cruised to victory to win in front of Kyosho driver Austin Elliot in 2nd and Graeme Lougheed in 3rd, who set the fastest lap of the race. In 200mm class it was Eoin Doran that took the top qualifying spot with his Xray NT1 in front of Clive Connolly and that was how it stayed in the final with Doran taking the win from Connolly in 2nd and Colm Gaffney staying out of trouble to take 3rd.

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April 8, 2008

EFRA 2008 Approved Muffler list

EFRA have been in touch once more, this time to inform everyone about the current EFRA list of approved 1/8th mufflers for this season. Testing of the pipes and finalising of the list took longer than expect due to the number of pipes applying for approval and also the weather in the Netherlands didn’t really help in providing good testing weather.

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April 7, 2008

Mario Spiniello takes Italian Nats Rd1

The first round of the Italian 1/10th 200mm National Championships was run last weekend at the Messina track, host of the 2005 1/8th scale World Championships. In qualifying for the race it was Umberto Gentile that claimed the pole position in front of local racer Antonino Schepis, while 3rd and 4th went to Mario Spiniello and Guido Barbera. A great start in the final meant that Spiniello could get his TM G4 into the lead were he stayed, taking the win by 1 lap from Xray driver Guido Barbera in 2nd, with Domenico Calce rounding out the podium in 3rd.

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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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