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April 26, 2008

TC WC Warm-up – Viktor Wilck TQ

TC WC Warm-up - Viktor Wilck TQ

Qualifying for this weekend’s Pre Worlds in Thailand has taken place and despite the rain coming down last night, and threatening to come down later on in qualifying, the organisers managed to get 5 rounds of qualifying in, with the best 3 counting. In the end it was Swedish Tamiya driver Viktor Wilck that has come out on top, ahead of his team mate, and former World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd. Next up was Atsushi Hara, quickest after controlled practice, he will start tomorrow’s triple mains from 3rd, just ahead of Hot Bodies team mate and 2wd buggy World Champion Hayato Matsuzaki in 4th. Notable drivers not to make the final are current World Champion Andy Moore who is sitting in 12th, and Kyosho driver Shin Adachi, who was 2nd quickest in controlled practice but only ended up in 14th after qualifying. Tomorrow will see all mains run, but unfortunately the weather is not looking so good.

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April 25, 2008

TC WC Warm-up – Controlled Practice

Atsushi Hara sets pace at WC Warm-up

The Warm up event for this years Touring car World Championships in November is being run at in Thailand this week under mixed weather conditions. Following 2 rounds of controlled practice today, it was Hot Bodies racer, and former World Champion, Atsushi Hara from Japan that was setting the pace. Sitting 4 seconds clear at the top, Hara set his quickest time in the first of the 2 sessions and now sits nearly 4 seconds clear of Kyosho Factory driver Shin Adachi (pictured), who is currently in 2nd. The 3rd and 4th position are held by Tamiya team drivers Viktor Wilck and Marc Rheinard, while rounding out the top 5 is Masami Hirosaka, driving a Yokomo.

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April 24, 2008

Spanish EFRA 1/8th GP – Videos

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Our friends at Merlin Fuel were present at the Spanish EFRA GP, or European 1/8th scale Warm up as it was billed, in Valencia Spain last weekend and while there they made some videos of the action. The video above is from practice and some sub finals while the video below is from the main final, that was eventually won by Shepherd Velox driver Robert Pietsch.

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April 20, 2008

Robert Pietsch wins Spanish EFRA GP

German Sheperd Velox driver Robert Pietsch has claimed victory at this weekends Spanish EFRA GP at the Valencia track, host of this years European Championships. Starting from the pole position Pietsch had a some problems which dropped him nearly a lap down as his team mate Daniele Ielasi took the early lead. Pietsch started his comeback and was gaining ground due to better fuel economy and when Ielasi ran into problems about 2/3rds of the way into the race, Pietsch took over at the front, in front of Pirani in 2nd and Alberto Picco in 3rd with these 2 swapping places, with Picco having the upper hand until running out of fuel near the end gifting Pirani the 2nd spot. This was how it finished with Pietsch taking the win, 8 seconds in front of Pirani with Picco ending the race in 3rd, a lap behind the leaders.

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April 20, 2008

Much More UK GP 08

We have been contacted by the organisers of this Summer’s Much More UK GP, run in Stonehaven, Scotland,which is shaping up to be a great event. Almost fully booked they only have 18 places remaining in Pro Stock which takes place on June 14th, with similar limited numbers in 5 and 6 cell modified, which are both run on June 15th. They have many RC super stars attending and one very special guest who will be announced shortly. Booking in now is strongly recommended via www.rcracecontrol.com to avoid dissapointment.

April 20, 2008

Robert Pietsch TQs Spanish EFRA GP

We received an update from Valencia Spain, where the Euros warm up event is taking place for 1/8th scale on road and after qualifying it was current German National Champion Robert Pietsch on pole position followed by Shepherd Velox team mate Daniele Ielasi in 2nd. Robert was the only driver to make 18 laps and behind him it was very close with fuel consumption being a big problem for many drivers. The track conditions so far have been very good, with only some light rain drops falling during qualifying but not enough to disturb the racers. The semi finals start tomorrow at 12.15, with the finals expected to begin at 14.30.

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April 13, 2008

Renaud Savoya wins Lyon EFRA GP

The French EFRA GP for 1/8th scale buggies was run this weekend in St Exupery in the Lyon region. After qualifying it was Losi driver Yannick Aigoin that claimed the top qualifier spot but after the semi final it was Mugen driver Renaud Savoya that line up on pole position for the main final. Savoya eventually won the 45 minute by a few seconds in front of Kyosho driver Jerome Aigoin with Spanish driver Borja Hernandez almost a lap further back.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

April 8, 2008

ETS Round 4 in Austria Cancelled

2008 European Touring Series

The organisers of the Much More backed European Touring Series have informed us that their 4th round, which was due to take place in Vienna Austria on the 9th – 11th of May, has had to be cancelled. Due to conflicts with other events on the same weekend in Austria, the host club were unable to hold this event on the same weekend and due to busy schedules there are no other options to move this round to another date. The plan is to race in Austria for the 2008-2009 series so the ETS will be happening in Vienna at some stage.

Heemstede, The Netherlands

This weekends round 3 in the Netherlands is going ahead as usual and is looking to be a great race with some super quick drivers present and most importantly the weather is looking like it will be dry. The MACH track will be open all day Friday for practice, while for those racers that cant take time off on Friday and want to still race at this event, Saturday morning there is 2 more practice rounds before qualifying begins. The control tyre has also been confirmed for this weekends race and it will be Much More Sweep 32 tyres with Sweep Pink insert mounted on Sweep Rims.

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 3 of the ETS by going here.