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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.

August 25, 2008

Dempsey & Whelan win Irish Nats Rd6

The final round of the Irish National On road Nitro Championships took place yesterday at the St. Annes track in Dublin with the main attention being on the 1:10 200mm class with the title still up for grabs. Team Serpent Ireland driver Clive Connolly, who wrapped up the 1:8 title and won the 1:10 A Final to go top of the standings at the previous round, was absent from the season finale meaning Xray driver Eoin Doran had the opportunity to snatch the title on tie break if he could take Round 6 victory, but it wasn’t to be. In qualifying it was top UK Championship racer Mark Gilliland that would TQ ahead of his Xray team-mate Doran with Team Serpent Ireland’s Keith Dempsey third. In the Final however both Gilliland and Doran would hit problems allowing Dempsey to take his first ever national win ahead of fellow Serpent 720 racer Chris Lawlor, who claimed his fourth podium of the season to finish 3rd in the final standings. Doran would eventually finish in the final podium placing but up front Dempsey’s win ensured the perfect 2008 National campaign for Connolly as he defended his 1:8 title and secured the 1:10 title at his first attempt. In the 1:8 Final Kyosho driver Austin Elliott TQ’d but his race ended on the opening lap after contact with another car broke his throttle servo. This allowed Colin Whelan’s Kyosho to go on to take the win from the Serpent pairing of Darragh Fox and Sean Doyle.

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August 24, 2008

Yannick Aigoin wins Coupe de France

The 2008 Coupe de France took place this weekend in Les Andelys, North West of Paris. Qualifying for the 4wd class saw Nicolas Rodriguez take the pole position ahead of Yannick Aigoin in 2nd and Jerome Aigoin in 3rd. Following the semi finals, that were each won by Jerome Aigoin and brother Yannick, it was the Jerome, driving the new Inferno MP9 that would line up on pole position for the main final. In the 45 minute final Jerome unfortunately ran into some problems that saw him finish down in 6th, 4 laps down on the eventual winner Yannick Aigoin driving a Losi 8ight, with current European Champion Renaud Savoya in 2nd for Mugen, while Xray driver Jerome Sartel claimed the last step of the podium in 3rd.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

August 20, 2008

Jansen & Lepelaar win Dutch Nats Rd5

The 5th round of the Dutch Electric Touring car National Championship was held this weekend at the large and fast Groningen track in the north of the Netherlands. The weather was dry for the 5th national in a row, and in the qualifications it was saw Kyosho racer Stefan Jansen that took TQ the only racer to make 19 laps, just ahead of X-Ray racer Hugo Van Den Berg and Corally driver Luke Van Essen. In the Stock class it was Michael Lepelaar (round 3 winner) with his Tamiya who claimed the TQ spot followed by X-ray`s Frans Heinsbroek and Hotbodies driver Vasco Christiaanse on 3th place. Both class finals saw little change to the qualifying positions with Jansen taking the mod win from van den Berg in 2nd and Luke van Essen in 3rd, while in stock it was Lepelaar with the win in front of Heinsbroek in 2nd and Christiaanse 3rd.

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