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March 12, 2008

Belgian EP Touring car Nats Rd1

The first round of the Belgian 1/10th scale EP on road Nationals was run last weekend indoor in Charleroi. The event had 38 drivers in two classes, EFRA and 19 turn, and they were presented with a very fast but also technical track to contend with. After a tough battle in the EFRA class, it was Olivier Bultynck with his Corally Phi who took the win in front of Xray driver Benoit Thomaes in 2nd, while the 3rd spot went to Demsey Jacob driving a Tamiya 416. In the 19 turn class, it was again a Corally driver that was the overall winner, with Urbain Swijsen placing in front of runners up Rico Claeys and Thomas Stockman.

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March 12, 2008

Juanito Hidalgo wins Spanish 200mm Rd1

Juanito Hidalgo takes Spanish 200mm Rd1

The Opening round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm National Championships was run last weekend at the RC Club Santa Oliva in the east of Spain. The race was held in dry conditions and after qualifying it was Eduardo Escandon that took the pole position ahead of Josue Artiles in 2nd and Ramon Guash 3rd. The beginning of the final saw a good start for Martin Sevilla, who moved into the lead early on with pole man Escandon having some problems and dropping down the order. A steady beginning from Juanito Hidalgo saw him move up the order to take the lead from Sevilla around the 10 minute mark and then proceeded to pull out a lap lead by the end of the race, taking the win from Ramon Guash in 2nd with Jonnhy Pastor in 3rd, a further 2 laps back.

Source: RC Santa Oliva [rcsantaoliva.com]

March 11, 2008

Desmaries wins 1/10 French Nats Rd1

More French National results with the first round of the 1/10th 200mm Championships taking place last weekend in Toulouse in very south of France. With 87 racers present and split into 2 categories, Elite and National, it was Serpent racer Jacky Mouton that claimed the pole position ahead of his RB team mate Arnaud Chaussard, racing the Xray NT1. The National class saw Kyosho racer Romain Jaureguy take the top starting spot in front of the Mugen pairing of Frédéric Bourillon and Aurélien Goutiau. As with the 1/8th round, the finals were wet and in the Elite final it was a battle between Thomas Desmaries, Basile Concialdi, Arnaud Chaussard and Thomas Eytard. Desmaries was able to stay in front and took the win for Mugen ahead of the Xray pairing of Thomas Eytard and Arnaud Chaussard. The National class saw a dominant win for Frédéric Bourrillon, winning by 3 laps in front of 2nd placed Jean-Philippe Michel and 3rd placed Julien Colas.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

March 11, 2008

Richard Volta wins French 1/8 Nats Rd1

Richard Volta wins French 1/8th Nats Rd1

The first round of the French 1/8th scale on road Nationals was run last weekend in Angouleme in the west of the country. Saturday’s qualifying eventually saw dry conditions after a wet start to the day and in the Elite class it was newly signed Shepherd racer Richard Volta that was quickest followed by Kyosho driver Adrien Siegfried in 2nd and Sebasian Zatla racing a Motonica in 3rd. In the National class it was young Serpent driver Mickaël Tequi who was on pole at the end of 3 rounds in front of another Serpent racer Gérald Colinet in 2nd and Jérôme Berthelot, racing a Mugen in 3rd. For Sunday’s finals the rain had arrived and this made the conditions very tricky. In the National final, the top 3 qualifiers got a clean start but some consistent driving from David Loglisci meant that he could move to the front where he could take the win ahead of Philippe Cima in 2nd and Romain Fournery in 3rd. In the Elite final, pole man Volta took a while to get used to the conditions and was 3rd behind Velox team mate Laurent Pageneau and Motonica racer S. Zatla. Volta was able to gain speed later in the race and could pass the pairing in front of him for the win and after Zatla had problems this meant that Bouche could move into 3rd, giving the new Velox a podium lockout in its first race in France.

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March 7, 2008

Sotiropoulos wins Greek 1/8th Nats Rd1

Serpent are reporting on the first round of the Greek National Championship that got underway at the FRT track last weekend and which saw current Champion John Sotiropoulos dominate the event. With a busy few days prior to the event to build the new 08 kits, Saturday’s practice showed that Sotiropoulos had not lost any of his pace over the off season as he set the pace with his new Max powered Serpent. A pace that he carried through to qualifying on Sunday as he TQ’d the event. Starting the 30 minute final from pole position, Sotiropoulos was pushed hard at the start but once the race had settled down the Serpent driver began to pull away, eventually crossing the line some 3 laps clear of Kyosho racer Giannis Arkoumanis in 2nd and his team mate Totomis Evaggelos in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 6, 2008

Rúben Francisco wins Portugal Nats Rd1

The first round of the 2008 Portuguese National Championships for Electric touring cars took place last weekend on the large Coimbra track in the centre of Portugal and it was Speed Passion sponsored driver Rúben Francisco that took the win. Sunday morning started with the qualifying heats and these saw Xray driver Nuno Gancho take the TQ spot followed closely by Rúben Francisco who ended on the same points. In the finals there was some bad luck for the pole man and this allowed Rúben to take full advantage, win two of the three finals to take the overall with his Schumacher.

Source: Info RC [info-rc.net]

March 3, 2008

Alberto Garcia takes Spanish Nats Rd1

Last weekend saw the first round of the Spanish Electric Buggy Nationals held at Sevilla in 25º degree heat. The racers were greeted with a bumpy and dusty track with two double jumps that were causing the most difficulty for those present. Qualifying saw current Spanish National Champion Alberto Garcia take TQ in both the 4wd and 2wd classes, with the LRP team driver managing to also take the win in both classes. In the 4wd class, he placed ahead of Agusti Salto Font in 2nd place and Zacarias Villalba Nilsson in 3rd, while in the 2wd class it saw the runner up spot go to Alberto Cano Borregon with Jose Miguel Cantos Davia taking the final step on the podium.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

February 27, 2008

Nacho Lopez wins Rd1 Spanish Nats

Tecrotec driver Nacho López carried forward his current run of form to last weekend’s opening round of the Spanish 1/8th Nationals, held in Cádiz. Both practice and qualifying were run in wet conditions and this left Nacho having to start from the semi finals. On Sunday, the Picco powered driver was able to win his semi and start the main from 5th position behind Carlos Peracho and Oscar Cabezas, among others. After some problems for Cabezas the fight was then between Peracho and Nacho with the latter managing to conserve his tires better and was able to take the victory by 4 seconds at the end of the 45 minute final. Shepherd racer Carlos Peracho was 2nd with Victor Gonzalez a further 3 laps back in 3rd. The next round of the Nationals will be held on the Valencia track, host of this years 1/8th scale European Championships.

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