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August 31, 2008

Matsukura retains JMRCA 1/12th title

The JMRCA Japanese 1/12th scale Nationals were run this weekend in Ishikawa in the centre of the country. Practice and qualifying were both interrupted by heavy rain, meaning it was difficult to run by the schedule, but the organisers managed to get it all done and after qualifying it was reigning Champion Naoto Matsukura that would line up on pole position for Yokomo with a dominant performance. In the finals the young racer was able to easily win all 3 of the A-mains to retain his National title ahead of Corally driver Saito in 2nd and Hideo Kitizawa, racing a HB Cyclone in 3rd.

Source: Hot Bodies [cyclone12-blog.com]

August 28, 2008

Feller wins at South German Regionals

Last weekend on the small and technical Augsburg track was a round of the south German Nationals. The weather started off well on Saturday but before qualifying it started to rain and this continued through Saturday’s first 3 rounds. On Sunday things were dry but cold and after 3 more rounds of qualifying it was Xray driver Thomas Günsel on pole ahead of his team mates Sebastian Feller and Michael Heinrich. The final saw a good start for the top 2 qualifiers with Sebastian close to Thomas, but a few mistakes and a dead glow plug dropped the pole man out of the race, leaving Feller clear at the front to take the win from Thomas Schlee in 2nd and Hobao racer Klaus Kramer in 3rd.

Thanks to Sebastian Feller for the report.

August 27, 2008

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd5

We received a report from the 5th round of the Danish Off-Road Championship, which was held recently in Gjøl very close to Aalborg. The track was brand new and the club just finished their work on the track a few day before the race. In Stock class it was Martin Kristensen in the fast lane and Jesper Rasmussen in second place with Eli Lundgaard in third position, the compact and technical track suited Martin and he was able to continue his pace into the finals and won two out of three ahead of Jesper Rasmussen and Sebastian Sørensen.

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August 27, 2008

Stotfold Nationals report by oOple

Our friends over at oOple have a report from the final round of the 2008 BRCA 10th off road National Series which drew to a close at the all astro Stotfold track. The 2WD championship was already decided in favour of Ellis Stafford’s X-Factory X6, the 4WD title however had come down to the last meeting with only three possible winners, Lee Martin, Ellis Stafford and Chris Doughty. In 2wd Ellis Stafford qualified second behind Neil Cragg but it was Ellis that took the win to go with his 2WD championship title. Lee Martin in the 4WD class had won the series by round three of qualifying, with neither of his title challengers able to TQ the meeting for the extra point it meant they couldn’t catch him. Lining up second behind Darren Bloomfield, Lee took the first two legs of the A final to seal another National win.

Read the full report here, including lots of great photos and interviews.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

August 27, 2008

Tim Wood wins UK 1/8th Nats Rd7

Last weekend saw round 7 of the BRCA 1/8th scale championships held at the Halifax track and it proved to be very evenly matched racing with no one driver having a clear speed advantage. Qualifying, which saw the first 2 rounds run on a damp track, saw Mugen racer Andy North claim TQ ahead of Serpent trio Tim Wood, Richard Hicklin and Mark Green. The final was again a very close race with no more than 1/2 a lap separating the top 4 places. From the start, Andy North was slow away and struggled with cold tires in the early stages but was soon on the pace, while Chris Heath was again on a charge from 5th on the grid. After a slow start, Chris started to make back time and with him being able to cut out a fuel stop would be in contention at the finish but unfortunately for him he had a gearbox fail with 4 minutes to go while leading the race. This gave the win to Tim Wood just ahead of Mark Green in 2nd with Andy North taking 3rd.

Thanks to Andy North for the report and pictures.

August 27, 2008

Vitaly Romanov wins at Russian Nats

Another brief report from the Russian National Championships that were held in Moscow at the RC2 off road track recently, this time from the buggy class. The 45 minute A-main was won by pole man Vitaly Romanov, driving the Associated RC8, almost half a lap in front of 2nd placed Kyosho racer Nikita Pomogaev, while 3rd spot went to Mikhail Diachenko, also with the RC8.

August 26, 2008

Jörn Neumann wins German 2WD Nats

Only two weeks after winning the 4WD Nationals at the Trier track in Germany Team Associated/Team Durango driver Jörn Neumann also secured himself the 2WD title. The championship was held at the challenging track of the MSC Karlsfeld located in the South German Munich area. The meeting that was held over two days suffered a bit from Saturdays rainy weather which caused some delay and affected the qualifying session since the clay track got very muddy which lead to questionable conditions during the last rounds on the first day. But come Sunday all of the 64 racers in both the stock and modified class were rewarded by beautiful sunny weather. Racing started with the remaining of the qualifying rounds and early start of the finals on Sunday noon. In 2WD (13.5T) Stock CS Electronic/Associated driver Christian Stanglmeier took TQ in front of “Old Dude” Eberhard Beck (Associated) and young Sebastian Findeisen (Associated). In 2WD Modified LRP/Associated driver Benni Gröschel secured himself the number one spot some nine seconds in front of Jörn Neumann (Associated) and “Fast Boy” Robert Hart (Associated).

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August 26, 2008

Van Lierop wins Rd5 Dutch 10th Nats

Last weekend at the MBC de Sluis track, in the centre of Holland, was the 5th round of the Dutch 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals. Qualifying saw Xray driver Daan Jacobs TQ ahead of team mate Maarten can Lierop in 2nd, the qualifying sessions having to be extended by 2 more runs following some time keeping problems. In the NK final, pole man Jacobs encountered engine problems which dropped him down the order and gave Van Lierop an unchallenged win by 3 laps in front of second placed Niels Pourchez, driving a Serpent, while in 3rd spot driving a Kyosho was Sander Borghoff. In the Nomac class final it was a close battle between Ricardo van Dam and Ingeborg Gommers, with Ricardo eventually taking the win by 3 seconds, while Jeroen Jemmens rounded out the top 3, 2 laps back on the leaders.

Thanks to Ruben D’Arco for the report and pictures.