The guys at the Black Tarmac track in Mesero, Milan in Italy were in contact to promote the EFRA GP that they will be hosting from the 17th to the 19th of September. Open for 1/10th scale 200mm chassis, it will of course be run to EFRA rules and use the familiar EFRA GP format. Entry for the event is open and you can sign up at the official event site here.
The Worlds warm-up race took place last weekend in Burgdorf, home to this year’s 1/10th ISTC and 1/12th IFMAR World Championships. Entries were low, but there were a lot of Japanese drivers in attendance including ETS Rd5 winner Atsushi Hara, Shin Adachi and a large team from Yokomo including Hayato Matsuzaki. Qualifying went the way of Ronald Volker, the runner up at the last Worlds in Thailand, winning 4 of the 6 rounds of qualifying to start ahead of team mate Hayato Matsuzaki, who won the other 2 rounds. Jilles Groskamp, Andy Moore, Alexander Hagberg, Takehiro Yamauchi, Shin Adachi, Atsushi Hara, Christopher Krapp and Freddy Sudhoff completed the A-finalists. Sunday’s finals day was a complete wash out, raining all day which meant that almost no drivers ventured onto the track. In the A-main Alexander Hagberg was the only person to go on track and so claimed the ‘victory’, based on the qualifying order Volker took 2nd and Matsuzaki was gifted 3rd. Full results can be found here.
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Alberto Tedeschi has been crowned champion following an exciting race at the European 1/8th scale ‘B’ Championships in Monaco today. With saw some tough battles in all the finals, the race finally had its 10 starters for the 45 minute main final. The first semi finals started with a cloudy sky, but after lunchtime the sun came up and from those two races the following drivers bumped up, with both Sabrina Lechner and Maximilian Federmann coming from the quarter finals
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The final two rounds of qualifying have taken place at the European 1/8th scale B Championships in Monaco. After a wet night, the rain starting yesterday evening at about 20.00 hours, the track is dry again for round 3 of qualifying with the sky a little bit cloudy and temperatures about 20-24 degrees. No changes at the top as the laptimes are not fast enough to drive 30 laps at the moment. The only one coming very close in heat 10 was Andrea Lorenzi, driving 29 laps in 7.00.578.
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The European B Championships for 1/8th scale on road take place this week at in Monaco, at the FMM track in the hills above the principality. Thursday evening saw the opening ceremony take place and after 4 days of free practice all the teams entered the track in their National shirts under the sound of their National Anthem. 13 Countries have come to this event with drivers from Austria, Belgium, Germany, England, Ireland, France, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Poland, Russia and Monaco in attendance.
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The Reedy Race of Champions has long time been a favorite race of mine to watch, for as it seemed that no other race would go on around the country and all eyes were on this race. As we know in the past this most prestigious race has been held at the Tamiya facility headquartered in Sunny Aliso Viejo California and its time there has always been a great race to watch and participate.
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The UK’s premier International Race Meeting, the 5th annual Pro-Line Challenge, will once again be held in Slough outside London in late August. The race has become a must-attend for all the top UK drivers not only because of the nationals round the week after but the strong international presence as well. Open to 1/8th Nitro Buggy and using a control Pro-Line tire, on-site camping, toilets, refreshments etc. are available.
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This year’s FEMCA ISTC was held from the 13th to 16th of May in Brunei Darussalam, a small country in the North East of Borneo Island. Held in an air conditioned indoor stadium, the carpet track’s design was very technical. There were 2 categories, stock class 11.5T with a Team Orion handout motor and the mod open class and the event attracted about 60 drivers from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia as well as the home racers who joined both classes.
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