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April 28, 2008

Batlle takes Spanish 1/8th TT Rd2

The 2nd round of the Spanish 1/8th scale buggy Nationals was run at the weekend at the Silla track in Valencia. Qualifying saw round 1 winner Robert Batlle stamp his authority on the event by taking the top qualifying spot from Richi Gomez in 2nd and Borja Hernandez 3rd. After the semi finals it was Robert who would start from pole in the main final and with a clear track in front of him he could claim the lead from the start. The Hobao driver would eventually take the win at the end of the 45 minute final by only 6 seconds from the battling pair of Richi Gomez and Borja Hernandez, Gomez taking the runner up spot by just over half a second in front of Borja.

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April 24, 2008

Schaer wins Swiss 1/10th Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss 1/10th 200mm National Championships was run recently at the MRCL club’s track in Langenthal. Taking place under dry but cold conditions, qualifying saw Dirk Stammler take the pole position ahead of Beat Wälti in 2nd, Traugott Schaer in 3rd and Marc Bösiger 4th. The start of the main final saw Stammler go straight into the lead followed by Beat and Traugott, the latter taking over 2nd place when Walti made a small mistake. Only 4 minutes in and Dirk’s car came to a stop allowing Schaer into the lead, where he stayed, conserving his tyres until 4 minutes to the end when his car ran out of tyres completely, meaning an unscheduled stop. This allowed Walti into the lead but he too had to make an unscheduled stop before the end and this allowed Schaer back into the lead where he could take the win, ahead of a recovering Walti in 2nd and Giovanni Bonetti in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 23, 2008

Darren Johnson wins BRCA 200mm Rd2

The 2nd round of the 1/10th scale BRCA National Championships took place last weekend at the Brooklands track in south east England. With Saturday being washed out, the organisers gave all competitors some running time on Sunday morning to obtain a setup for the track before going into qualifying. After a close fought qualifying battle it was Darren Johnson that claimed the TQ spot less than a second ahead of team mate Robin Hammett, with Serpent SDD driver Kyle Branson in third ahead of Mark Gilliland in 4th. The start of the final saw Darren and Robbin go out into the lead and while evenly matched on the tack, Johnson gained some time in the pitstops and this was the difference which gave him the win, with Hammet in 2nd and another Xray, that of Gareth Bell, in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 22, 2008

Kidderminster Nationals report by oOple

Last weekend saw the first round of the 2008 BRCA 10th off road National series, held at the multi-surface Kidderminster track in the mid-west of England. Saturday’s 2WD event saw early promise for Tom Yardy who won the first two qualifiers, but Neil Cragg came back in style to take the next two and line up Pole for the final. Neil Went on to win legs 1 and 3 to take the first 2WD National of the season. In the 4WD things were far more simple – 2007 reigning champion, Lee Martin, dominated from start to finish with his Associated B44, taking every qualifier and all three legs of the A final.

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

Source: oOple [oople.com]

April 22, 2008

Völker takes German Indoor TC Title

Volker takes German Indoor TC Title

The German Indoor EP Touring car Nationals took place last weekend at the Intermodellbau Messe in Dortmund. Qualifying for the Modified class saw reigning National Indoor Champion Marc Fisher take the TQ spot for Corally ahead of European Champion Ronald Völker racing for Hot Bodies in 2nd while Kyosho driver Christopher Krapp took 3rd. In the stock class it was Alexander Stocker on the pole position in front of Patrick Pasch in 2nd and Dominik Reschke in 3rd. In the Modified class finals, Ronald Volker got off to the perfect start with a win in each of the first 2 legs of the A-main to take the overall win with one leg left to be run, while Fisher took a 2nd in Leg 2 and a win in the 3rd leg for the runner spot overall. Team Orion racer Christopher Krapp took 3rd spot overall, while also taking the Junior National Indoor title. In the stock class it was a closer run thing with pole man Stocker taking the win the 1st leg, but a bad run in the 2nd leg allowed Reschke to take Leg 2 victory. Neither driver could take the 3rd leg, this went to Meik Niemann from 8th on the grid and this result gave him 3rd overall behind eventual winner Dominik Reschke who took 2nd in the final leg, while Alexander Stocker took the overall runner spot, only 1 point behind the winner.

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April 21, 2008

Kempeneers wins Belgian T1 Nats Rd1

We reported yesterday on the Belgian 200mm T2 class results and now we have the T1 results from the same day at the Rumst Track. Race day saw the qualifying take place under dry conditions and it was Jonathan Sanza that took the pole position from Jerome Renaux in 2nd and Maarten Kempeneers in 3rd. In the start of the race, the clouds started to darken but it continued to be dry until about 15 minutes in when it finally started to rain. As everyone went into the pits for a tire change, this left Kempeneers in the lead as he had decided to stay out a little longer to avoid the chaos in the pitlane. A quick pit stop later and the Kyosho driver was back on the track and could regain the lead and carry on to take the win as the wet conditions took their toll on the other racers. Jerome Reaux ended the race in 2nd, a lap back on the winner, with Manuel Henriet in 3rd, 2 laps further back.

Source: Kem Power [users.telenet.be/kempower2000]

April 21, 2008

Heremans wins Belgian 235mm opener

The Belgian 235mm National Championships got underway recently at the small and technical Houthalen circuit, where drivers spent Saturday testing on a dry track only to arrive on race day to find a wet circuit. With the rain having stopped, the track was completely dry for start of the final but on the very first lap it started to rain lightly and everyone pitted to change tyres, then 5 minutes later the heavens opened up and another tyre stop was required. With the cars running around more like submarines, and drivers struggling to keep their engines running it was Leo Heremans, who took the win after 30 minutes of racing being the only driver to complete the full race distance. Willy Wuyts took second despite being unable to get his engine restarted in the dying minutes of the race with Luc Steylaerts claiming third for an all Serpent 835 podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 20, 2008

Maxim Claes wins Belgium T2 Nats Rd1

We received a brief report from the first round of the Belgian 1/10th 200mm Nationals that were run this weekend in Rumst track. Racing in the T2 class it was young Serpent driver Maxim Claes that took the TQ spot and, following a short delay prior to the final, went on to take the win in front of Vazza Doato in 2nd and Leonard Gerard in 3rd.