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June 10, 2008

Mark Green wins BRCA 200mm Rd4

The 4th round of the 1/10th 200mm Nationals were run last weekend at the Snetterton track, and it was a GP event meaning it was run to EFRA rules and so there were bump-ups as well as a 45 minute final. As it rained all day Saturday, nobody got any practice, and so on Sunday everyone got 10 minutes free practice to find a setup. Qualifying ended with Serpent racers Mark Green and round 3 winner Kyle Branson in 1st and 2nd, with Chris Slater in 3rd and Johnathan Dobney in 4th. The final saw a good start for the front 2 drivers and within a short time they had opened a gap back to 3rd spot. Mark led for the first 8 laps until Kyle took over the lead, a position he held until the 30 minute mark when he unfortunately stripped a gear. This allowed Mark to regain the lead and Robin Hammet to move up to 2nd, while Kyle dropped back to 5th following the fitting of a replacement gear. In the end Mark Green won by a lap from Xray driver Robin Hammet, with Branson recovering to 3rd, and setting the fastest lap of the race, to take the final step on the podium.

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June 10, 2008

Jon Hazlewood wins BRCA Nats Rd4

The 4th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale buggy Nationals were run over the weekend at the Clanfield circuit, a very fast & technical dirt track. For the first time this year the racers in attendance had great weather all day with temperatures hitting 25 degrees. Qualifying saw Losi race Darren Bloomfield take the top qualifying spot ahead of Graham Alsop in 2nd Elliot Boots 3rd. The start of the main final saw a close battle between Alsop and Jon Hazlewood at the head of the field, with the pair pulling away from the field. After some mistakes from Alsop, Jon was able to stretch out a lead and left Alsop battle it out with Boots. A mistake by the young Associated driver meant that he would finish in 3rd, behind Alsop in 2nd, with Hazlewood taking the win on his return to Xray.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 10, 2008

Yaniv Sivan takes Israel League Rd6

The 6th round of the Israeli League took place at the Hot Wheels racing club last weekend under blisteringly hot conditions. Yaniv Sivan TQ’d the field and both 20 minute Semi finals provided some intense battles prior to the 30 minute A-Final. The final started with Yaniv Sivan opening up a gap on the rest of the field, which saw some interesting battles between Nir Sivan, Alon Maltzov, Dan Price and Yaniv Levi, all four racers battling for the runner up spot. Near the end of the race Yaniv Sivan had opened up a 20 second advantage on Nir Sivan, who was now comfortably in 2nd, but the 3rd spot had not been decided yet. The trio of Alon Maltzov, Dan Price and Yaniv Levi battled it out for the final podium spot all the way to the end and it was Dan Price that took the spot behind Nir Sivan in 2nd and Yaniv Sivan, who was for the 5th race in a row, the winner.

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June 9, 2008

Oscar Cabezas wins Rd3 Spanish Nats

Serpent have a report from the 3rd round of the Spanish 1/8th scale on road Nationals that were run under changeable conditions in Gijon, in the North of the country. Qualification saw Serpent racer Oscar Cabezas put two bad runs behind him to take the pole position, with a lap record run, in the final heat of the day. A rough start to the 45-minute encounter saw Oscar hit several times, which dropped him down to fourth position, but he quickly worked his way back into the race lead and soon opened up a lead of several seconds. At the 25-minute mark, entering the pits at the same time as the second placed car, his pit crew had trouble with one of the wheels losing him the lead. Oscar set about a determined drive to chase down the new leader and with 7-minutes remaining he retook control of the race where he would stay until the finish to take his first win of the season ahead of the Mugen pairing of Josué Artiles in 2nd and Nacho Lopez in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 9, 2008

HongNor at the Finnish Open Rd1

We received the following brief report from HongNor, on their teams results at the first round of the Finnish off road Nationals. In the buggy class it was Ari Heinonen that claimed 3rd position, just ahead of his team mate Petri Myllari in 4th, while in Junior Buggy it was Joonas Vuojolahti that took the win in front of Sami Sinisalo in 2nd. The truggy class saw HongNor claim a hat trick with class TQ Petri Myllari and Joonas Vuojolahti take the top 2 places with their brand new X2 truggies, while Joseph Quagraine finished 3rd, racing the X1X-CRT-Pro.

Source: Hong Nor [hongnor.com.tw]

June 9, 2008

Don Chng takes RCMC Series Rd2

The 2nd round of the Singapore 1/8 RCMC on road series saw round 1 winner Tay Wui Kiat come under serious pressure with many competitive racers like Nelson Lee, Sam Cheng, Andrew Chin, Don Chng and many more pushing hard. Qualifying was tough and saw the top 6 qualifiers clocking 23 laps with only 8 seconds separating them, with Nelson Lee taking the TQ spot for Mugen. The start of the A-main was very close as there was no position change from the qualifying positions for the first 10mins with Nelson Lee leading and Tay wui Kiat and Sam Cheng following. Wui Kiat ran out of fuel around the 15min mark which dropped him to 3rd position and promoted Sam Cheng to 2nd. Nelson Lee in the meantime was comfortably leading the race until his front belt broke and had to retire from the race moving Cheng into the lead with Jesse, Wui Kiat, Don Chng and Andrew Chin following close behind. At the 25min mark Don Chng driving a Shepherd Velox, in its first race, managed to take the lead and never looked back taking the win ahead of Andrew Chin in 2nd, 3 laps behind, and Jesse Wu in 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 5, 2008

Manuel Henriet wins Belgian Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Belgian Nationals took place at the tight and technical Houthalen track in dry and sunny conditions. The T1 class qualification went the way of Kyosho driver Marten Kempeneers who ended up ahead of Xray drivers Jerome Renaux, Jonathan Sanza and Steve Lambrech, while in the T2 class it was another Xray, that of Cedric Gils that took the pole position. The start of the T1 final went the way of Yerna Hugues that took the lead for the first 5 minutes, but problems dropped him down the order. This left Kempeneers in the lead which he held on to until the final 5 minutes when a lack of tires meant he was passed by Serpent driver Manuel Henriet who took the win, while Kempeneers held onto 2nd ahead of Stephane Roufosee in 3rd. The T2 class went the way of the pole man Cedric Gils who won ahead of fellow Xray drivers Renaud Gysembergh and Vazza Donato.

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June 4, 2008

Eric Dankel wins German South Rd5

The 5th round of the Southern Germany regional qualifiers were run last weekend under sunny skies at the Amberg track. Qualifying for 1/8th scale saw Shepherd driver Eric Dankel claim the pole position from the Mugen pairing of Philip Eberle and Armin Baier. The 30 minute final saw Dankel jump straight into the lead and by the 5 minute mark he had a 1 lap lead from where he could control to race to take the win ahead of Eberle and Baier in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]