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June 9, 2010

Michael Klausner wins Rd3 in Austria

Last weekend saw the 3rd leg of the Austrian 1/8th on road nationals held at the MBC-RPA track in Vienna-Aspern. Again perfect weather and a good racing atmosphere greeted the drivers at this difficult and dangerous American style track. Already during practice Mugen/Novarossi driver Mikie Klausner was setting the pace with several unofficial improvements (16.40 sec) of the official track record (16.65 sec). In qualifying the lap record was improved to a new absolute best of 16.27 by Klausner who was easily the top qualifier followed by Motonica/Picco driver Herfried Pucher and Serpent/Max driver Patrick Wendy.

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June 9, 2010

Giuseppe D’angelo wins Italian 1/10th Rd2

The 2nd round of the Italian 1/10th touring car championships was run last weekend in Messina, host of the 2005 1/8th scale World Championships. In Saturday’s qualifying it was young Biagio Spataro that took the pole position in front of Giuseppe D’angelo in 2nd, with Francesco Tironi taking 3rd. In Sunday’s hour long main final it was Mugen/Reds racer D’Angelo who led most of the race on his way to the win, followed by the Mugen/Sirio of Tironi in 2nd with Xray/Max driver Giorgio De Felici taking 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

June 8, 2010

Duarte Faria wins Rd3 of Portuguese regionals

Last Sunday the third round of the Portuguese Regional’s was held in the Circuito Automodelismo do Funchal. The Half Final’s A and B were quite dramatic with lots of crashes and two drivers having radio problems resulting in several retirements. In the main final Mugen Driver Luis Cortez was on pole followed by Serpent driver Duarte Faria, they were racing in their own league, switching the lead between them, at the final stage of the race Luis Cortez lost 2nd gear and Duarte Faria managed to win the race with a one lap lead. Xray Driver Duarte Vasconcelos took the 3rd position of the podium with a very solid run.

Thanks to Paulo Rodrigues for the report.

June 8, 2010

David Spashett wins Rd3 of 1/8th BRCA nats

The 3rd round of this years BRCA 1/8th scale on road championships was held at the Brooklands raceway in Kent and with a turn out of over 40 drivers, it was looking like a strong weekends racing but the weather forecast for Sunday was for rain, however thankfully the drivers were treated to sunshine. David Spashett decided to come out of retirement for a one off appearance with a standard spec JP powered Velox V8 chassis and even after 5 years of not racing 1/8th scale, he was soon back in the groove with some very consistent lap times and apexing every track corner to perfection.

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June 7, 2010

Pedro Rombouts wins Dutch NK Rd2

The 2nd round of the Dutch Nationals for 1/10th 200mm was run last weekend at the RAC02000 track in Utrecht. Qualifying for the NK class saw Belgian racer and Euro B finalist Maxim Claes take the pole position with his Xray ahead of Serpent driver Daan Jacobs in 2nd, with current champion Pedro Rombouts in 3rd and Remy Moller in 4th. Making a comeback for the weekend was Julius Kolff, the former European 235mm champion showing he has lost none of his speed qualifying in 5th. Following a damp but drying semi final, the main final got underway with everyone wondering who would be pitting for tires due to the high tire wear. The final was exciting seeing Julius hit troubles, clipping the inside of a curb and damaging his light rims. Pole man Claes also hit trouble, making a mistake and clipping the pit exit, taking him out of the running at the 15 minute mark. Daan Jacobs led for most part of the race, but a small mistake in the final 2 laps let Pedro into the lead. Pedro took the win by 2 seconds ahead of Daan with Remy just behind in 3rd spot. In the Nomac class, Janwillem Gons took the win from pole ahead of Arne Schober in 2nd and Jos Pjilippus in 3rd. In the 1/8th Promo class Mario Gerssen took the win, also from the pole, ahead of Marc Meijer in 2nd and Ruud Knoester in 3rd spot.

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June 7, 2010

Lee Martin wins 4wd at Eden Park National

oOple are again reporting that Lee Martin has taken his third 4WD national win from three rounds of the 2010 BRCA 10th off road national series, at Eden Park Raceway. Grant Williams once again took TQ and pole on the grid for the three leg finals, but problems plagued the Schumacher driver after winning leg 1. A retirement in leg 2 was followed by a car that just wasn’t quite right in leg three. Lee Martin won, Grant Williams finished second and Tom Cockerill third.

View the full report on oOple here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

June 6, 2010

Ellis Stafford wins 2wd at Eden Park National

oOple are reporting on round three of the 2010 BRCA 10th off road national series that was held at Eden Park Raceway in South West London yesterday. The 2WD event saw the mid motor cars of Ellis Stafford (X6) and Grant Williams (Schumacher Cougar SV) battling it out for domination during qualifying. Some amazing racing in the 3-legged finals saw Ellis Stafford take the overall win with Grant 2nd and Tom Cockerill 3rd.

View the full report on oOple here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

June 4, 2010

Inaugural ROAR 1:8 Electric Off-Road National Championship

ROAR

ROAR and Nor-Cal Hobbies located in Union City, California, have announced the dates for the Inaugural ROAR 1:8 Electric Off-Road National Championship. Following the successful US Championship hosted by Revelation Hobbies in 2009, the electric 1:8 Off-road divisions of 1:8 buggies and 1:8 trucks will now be recognized with level 5 national championship designation. The Event is scheduled to take place at Nor-Cal Hobbies facilities on September 15-19, 2010. As a level 5 ROAR Event, the ROAR race management team will oversee the operation and technical duties associated with such national championships. This event will crown national champions in 2 classes, 1:8 electric buggies and 1:8 electric trucks. Each class will be powered by any ROAR approved battery (up to 14.8v) and ROAR approved motor and vehicles will be subject to dimensional specifications as outlined in the ROAR rulebook vehicle guideline. On-Line registration will begin 12:01 AM Friday June 18, 2010 at the ROAR website.

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]