Luis Cortez wins Portuguese regionals Rd3

The third round of the Portuguese 1/10 scale 200mm nitro regionals was held at the Circuito Automodelismo do Funchal. In the main final the hot ambient temperatures meant that the engines would make five minutes on a tank of fuel and therefore extra pit stops were needed for refuelling. Also the track temperatures of 65 degrees Celsius let tire wear became an issue. Serpent driver Paulo Rodrigues started from pole position followed by Mugen drivers Hugo Exposto and Rui Cortez. Luis Cortez, the current champion and championship leader had fuel problems in the half final and started from fouth position. In the opening stage of the race Luis Cortez took the lead followed by Hugo Exposto and Paulo Rodrigues. The top 3 were setting the race pace but half way into the race Hugo Exposto came in trouble due a broken front belt forcing him to quit. At the end Luis Cortez won the race for the third time this season, with Paulo Rodrigues in second and Rui Cortez in third position.

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Bruno Coelho wins Portuguese GP nationals Rd3

The third round of the Portuguese national nitro 1/8 scale and 1/10 200mm championship was held at the Sintra track last weekend. Both classes were dominated by Bruno Coelho, the young driver having just re-signed with Novarossi to use their engines in his Mugen cars. In 1/8 scale he won by some eight laps ahead of João Malveiro (Serpent/Novarossi) and José Pequito (Xray/Picco). In the 200mm class it was again Bruno who won, this time by two laps, in front of Fabio Ramos (Serpent/Novarossi) and Rogério Araujo (Xray/Novarossi).

Roenicke & Bastians lead 1/8 Western German championship

Jean-Pierre Roenicke is the new leader in class 1 of the Western German Championship 1/8 nitro on-road following his victory at round three. The race on the new track at Hamm was affected by rain on Saturday and Sunday. Beside Roenicke who switched from Serpent to Mugen only a few weeks ago it was only Serpent racer Ralf Vahrenkamp who started into the wet finale but was one lap down after 30 minutes. Fortunately the qualifying with four heats was run under dry conditions. Michel Salven caught pole position ahead of his Serpent fellows René Puepke and Karl-Heinz Meister with Mugen driver Uwe Baldes on fourth spot but these four racers refused to join the finale under wet conditions to leave Roenicke and Vahrenkamp for a “pas de deux”. In the ranking youngster Roenicke is now leading with 351 points ahead of Uwe Baldes (347). René Puepke is on third (345) followed by Karl-Heinz Meister (341) and Rainer Rosskothen (Mugen/330). So far 17 racers have collected points in class 1.
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Adam Catchpole wins BRCA 200mm Nats Rd4

Last weekend Shepherd UK had a great result at Round 4 of the BRCA Touring Nationals held at Halifax Circuit in the North of England. After Qualification the V10’s of Adam Catchpole and Chris Steele where 3rd and 6th respectively, only a couple of seconds from TQ man Kyle Branson. During the 30 minute A Final Adam took the lead after 5 minutes and never looked back, Chris Steele meanwhile had a great run after a bad start with a 1st lap incident to storm back through the field to finish a fine on 2nd place. To further prove the performance of the V10 Adam had the fastest lap of the Final. Adam now has a commanding lead in the championship of 11 points over his nearest rival which he takes into the next round being held in the Southwest of England at the Mendip Circuit.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]