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September 5, 2008

Lindner & Vässmar claims Swedish Titles

Last weekend the battle for the Swedish Championship in 1/8IC and 1/10NT classes took place at the beautiful track at Väst-8 in Gothenburg. 4 qualifying rounds were completed on Saturday in nice, sunny and warm weather and this must have been one of the closest battle for years to make the 4-top qualify places. In 1/10 class it was just 1.2 second separating the first 4 drivers, with Roland Ström/Kyosho took the TQ spot by 0.005 second before his team mate Magnus Vässmar with Tommy Bergfeldt and Edwin Sunesson completing the top 4. The battle in 1/8 class was almost as tight as in 1/10 with Mikael Fransson/Mugen setting the pace and was TQ a couple of seconds before Marcus Lindner, Bengt Andersson and Mattias Ericsson. The difference between second placed and 5th place was only 1.5 seconds.

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September 4, 2008

Tim Bremicker claims German title

Tim Bremicker takes German National title

The 2nd leg of the German 1/8th scale buggy championships was held last weekend at the Rhein main circuit in Bischofsheim under really warm and dry conditions. The track started very dirty but as the event progressed and the 118 entrants got out on the track the grip picked up and the track started to get faster. The race was won by Kyosho MP9 racer Tim Bremicker in front of another Kyosho racer Dario Vita, running the MP777, while Patrick Feschtschenko with the LRP S8-BX ended up in 3rd. This results combined with the leg 1 result gave Bremicker the title ahead of his team mate and leg 1 winner Daniel Reckward in 2nd and Feschtschenko 3rd, all racers using the new Tourex tire from Reckward Tuning. The German Junior title was won by Kyosho racer Denis Macek ahead of Xray driver Markus Eirenschmalz in 2nd with reigning National Champion Philipp Guschl in 3rd.

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September 3, 2008

Thomaes & Swijsen claim Belgian titles

The fifth race of the Belgian 1/10th scale EP Touring car Championships took place recently at the Charleroi track under the organisation of the SCRF. We had 30 entries in two classes, twelve in the Efra class and eighteen in the Superstock class. In the Efra class it was Benoit Thomaes who take the pole in front of a surprising Gerrit Van Swijgenhoven who had traded his Corally for a Tamiya 416, while in third spot was Olivier Bultynck, in front of his teammate Patrick Jespers.

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September 2, 2008

Marco Müller is 2008 Swiss Champion

The 5th round of the Swiss 1/8th scale National Championships were held last weekend at the super big Lostallo track, host of next years 1/8th scale World Championships. Qualification saw Mugen racer Marco Müller take the TQ spot and he would carry this pace through into the final were he was able to take the win from Remy Hasler in 2nd and Thomas Henzi in 3rd, with Shasa Lackner taking the Junior prize coming home in 5th. This win was enough to secure Marco the Swiss National title for 2008.

September 2, 2008

Steen Graversen wins Danish Nationals

Steen Graversen wins Danish Nats Finale

Last weekend saw the final round of the Danish Electric TC Nationals held in Glostrup and there were 17 drivers participating the modified class. The TQ once again went to Steen Graversen, who attended 5 of the 6 races this year and has taken TQ and won all 5, this weekend being no exception. The battle for the 2nd and 3rd positions was between Jonas Andersson from Sweden, Søren Eskildsen, Emil Rath and Søren Holst with the final result ending up as they had qualified, with Jonas Andersson taking 2nd and Søren Eskildsen 3rd. The overall result for the Nationals saw Steen take the National title for Kyosho ahead of upcoming Schumacher racer Søren Eskildsen in 2nd, with newly announced Tamiya racer Jonas Kærup taking 3rd.

Thanks to Christina Høeg for the report. Picture by Kurt Rath.

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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