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September 10, 2008

Jakub Franek takes Polish DTM 540 title

The 6th and final round of the 2008 Polish EP Touring Car Championship was run last weekend at the OSiR track in Klodzko with the DTM 540 title still to be decided. Good weather and good grip levels on this large track saw Serpent driver and Championship leader Jakub Franek take the 2nd place in qualifying in his category. Conditions for the finals were varied but Jakub chose the correct tires and was able to take home his second DTM 540 National title ahead of Michal Erazmus and Lukas Wojtarowicz.

September 9, 2008

Nuno Gancho takes Portuguese title

The 5th and final round of the 2008 Portuguese EP Touring Car Championship was run last weekend at the Sintra track in Lisbon with both the Stock and Modified title still to be decided. Good weather and good grip level on this beautifull and large track saw Xray driver Nuno Gancho take the TQ and win ahead of team mate Daniel Ferreira in 2nd and Tamiya driver Ruben Francisco in 3rd. With this win Nuno Gancho secured the 2008 Modified title ahead of Ruben Francisco and Daniel Ferreira. In the Stock class it was Pedro PIta that won the title after placing 2nd in this race.

Source: Info RC [info-rc.net]

September 9, 2008

Oversloot & Jansen take Dutch Nats wins

We received a report from last weekends Dutch Touring car Nationals that were held on the AMCA track in Apeldoorn. This race played host to the final round of the modified class championship and the 5th round of the stock class. The forecast for Sunday’s wasn’t expected to be great, but it was to be dry in the morning and rainy later on. The stock division had one dry qualification run, and in that run we saw Frans Heinsbroek take the TQ in front of local ace Daan Schennink and Michael Lepelaar.

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September 9, 2008

Kimbrow & Ezrow win ROAR Fuel Nats

Kimbrow & Ezrow take ROAR Fuel nats

Kyosho are reporting that their factory driver Scott Kimbrow TQ’ed and won the Open Class at the 2008 ROAR 1/8 Fuel On-Road Nationals held at the 301 Raceway in Brandywine, Maryland. The start of the A-main saw him jump straight into the lead which he held onto easily in the first half of the race. A long pit stop that included a tire change cost him 47 seconds, which shuffled him back to 2nd place behind Mugen’s Mike Swauger but Kimbrow managed to close to within five seconds after being nearly 16 seconds behind. The building anticipation of a door-to-door dash for the finish was scuttled however when Swauger made a mistake around the 50-minute mark and broke his car. Kimbrow cruised to the finish nearly a lap and a half ahead of 2nd, scoring the title of National Champion, his 3rd in a row. In the Masters class it was Eli Ezrow, who was also running a Kyosho Evolva M3, that TQ’ed and won the title in that class. Ezrow started on the front row but within two laps was relegated to 3rd place but was back into 2nd place by lap 21. Bowerman, who got through the first lap cleanly, wasn’t going to be as easy to catch, but with Ezrow about 14 seconds behind Bowerman ran into trouble handing him the position and allowing him to take top honors.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

September 8, 2008

Kai Rønning takes Norwegian truggy title

Last Sunday saw the final round of the Norwegian truggy Nationals held at the Kodal track. With some rain falling the track was muddy and slippery but the drivers present managed to drive very fast around this tight and technical track. Following the main final it was Svein Erik Håland who took the first place ahead of Patrick Mørk in 2nd, while Erik Fink took the final spot on the podium in 3rd. The results meant that in the championship it was Kai Rønning that took the National title in front of Svein Erik Haland in 2nd and Erik Fink 3rd.

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September 8, 2008

Marc Fischer takes German TC title

The German touring car National Championships were held at the end of August in Mettenheim, Germany. Top Corally team driver Marc Fischer won 2 of the 5 qualifying rounds, and setting a new track record of 16,25sec on his way to taking the TQ. In the 1st A-main leg Ronald Volker took the win ahead of Fisher, who had a tweaked car following a crash in the last round of qualifying. The 2nd A-main saw a great start for Marc who was able to pull out a big lead on Volker but it was Yokomo racer Martin Hofer who had new tires that took the lead close to the end of the race taking the Leg win. This left the title to be decided in the final leg and it was Marc who took the win by driving without any mistakes, taking the title from Martin Hofer who took 2nd and Ronald Volker in 3rd.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

September 6, 2008

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd6

We received a report from round 6 of the Danish DRCMU Off-Road championship which was held in Ejstrupholm at the Midtjysk RC Arena. It was the second time this season that the club is hosted a championship event and again it was nice sunny weather on the Saturday. In Stock class it was Championship leader Jesper Rasmussen back in the fast lane and pushing his Kyosho very hard in the first round of qualifying in the damp but fast-drying conditions. He was the only racer able to make 13 lap and qualified ahead of Martin Kristensen in 2nd with local boy Sebastian Sørensen in 3rd.

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September 5, 2008

Adam Catchpole wins BRCA 200mm Rd7

Round 7 of the BRCA 200mm Nationals were held at the Halifax track last weekend with good weather on Saturday meaning most drivers managed to find a good set up for their cars. On Sunday it was Kyosho racer Chris Slater who took TQ with a 19 lap run followed by Serpent racer Mark Green in 2nd and Mark Gilliland 3rd. Just before the start of the A final it started to rain and many drivers opted for different tires, the start of the final saw Adam Catchpole got a good start followed by Kyle Branson, Mark Green and Mark Gilliland. By the end of the 30 minutes final it was Adam who took the win with little change in the following pack with Kyle and Mark taking the remaining 2 spots on the podium.

Thanks to Karl Marsden for the report.