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July 19, 2013

Gerhard Kandelhart wins at Austrian on-road nats Rd4

The 4th round of the Austrian on-road nationals took place at this year’s 1/10 European Championship track in Kirchberg. After some bad luck for Shepherd racer Gerhard Kandelhart at the second round of the ENS pilot series only days ago where is engine had broken in the competitive A-main he was untroubled by any failures this time. After taking the TQ in qualifying with his 200mm Shepherd car he also had no problem to bump up from the semi-final to the main final. In the final he quickly build up a lead and pulled away from the rest of the field. After 45 minutes he crossed the finish line three laps in front of Franz Engel who came second with Kurt Hubeny completing the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

July 19, 2013

Dellinger & Henn win at RC Pro South Division Rd3

The 3rd and final round of the RC Pro South Division was hosted by Speedmonkey RC in Irving, Tx. In Pro E-Buggy, it was a combination of the usual three guys battling for TQ, Brian Henn, Jake Dellinger and David Joor and at the end of the day Dellinger would take the TQ and Joor 2nd in Pro E-Buggy while in Pro4, Henn had a rough first qualification round, still only missing TQ for that round by one second. Brian though easily won the other three rounds to take the overall TQ. As Sunday rolled around, everyone knew the chance of rain was high. Sure enough a few minutes after the drivers arrived to the track, it began to rain. There was a small break here and there, but not enough to be able to run. So the mains were cancelled and finishing positions were based off qualifying leaving Jake Dellinger and Brian Henn take the rained out win in Pro E-Buggy and Pro 4 respectively.

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July 18, 2013

Glyn Beal takes BRCA Sports GT British Championship

Last weekend saw the Mendip circuit near the seaside resort of Western Super Mare as the destination for round 6 of the BRCA Sports GT Championship. The weather was set to be very hot for the weekend with temperatures approaching 30°C. Saturday started off with a very dusty and low grip track, which struggled to rubber in, so the grip remained low. Sunday morning dawned and the temperatures were still very high. By round 2 Glyn Beal (Serpent) was setting the first of a series of 18 lap qualifiers. No-one else came close with the next three places all on fast 17 laps and split by just half a second.

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July 18, 2013

Drake wins Truggy & electric 8th at JBRL Rd4

The ARC Raceway hosted round 4 of the JBRL Nitro Series with the event having over 150 entries. The track was hard packed, but as the day went on the surface became very rough which made line selection very important for the finals. TLR’s Adam Drake made a clean sweep in the 1/8th classes and took TQ in nitro buggy, nitro truck, and electric 1/8th scale. In the truck final, Drake charged away from the field in the beginning and was able to cruise the last half of the race to take the win followed by Cody King as he did in the electric buggy class were he was able to take the victory by a large margin. In the nitro buggy final, Drake and King had another great battle with King taking the win by just over two seconds.

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July 17, 2013

Engelmann & Schäfer win at Central German nats Rd3

Last weekend the 3rd round of the Central German Championship took place at the Wiesbaden track under perfect weather conditions. Counting as a qualifying race for the German Championship the race saw more than 40 drivers in attendance. In the 1/8th scale Class 1 Philip Sting was fastest in qualifying and he took TQ for the 30 minute final but Shepherd racer Olaf Engelmann was close behind in second position. The final saw an intensive battle between Engelmann and Sting, but when the latter flamed out just before the pitstop the way was free for Engelmann. He crossed the finishing line one lap in front of Peter Poldvere with Philip Sting completing the podium.

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July 17, 2013

South German nitro on-road regionals – Report

A round to the South German nitro on-road regionals was run at the prestigious track in Hof. The race was held in 1/10th 200mm Scale as well as 1/8th Class 1 and Class 2. In the 200m class it was Dominic Greiner (Serpent) who put his car on TQ after the qualifiers. He also won his 1/2 final and the main final in front of Michael Heinrich and Ralf Krause. In 1/8th Class 1 Toni Gruber (Serpent) looked like the man to beat all weekend. He was the only driver to pull 20 laps with laptimes as low as 12.1s, missing out the current track record by only a tenth of a second. Therefore it was no surprise that he won is 1/2 final some two laps in front of Torsten Müller. His 91 laps run was enough to secure him the pole position for the final that he later on won four laps in front of Torsten Müller (Xray) and Oliver Lembeck (Mugen).

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July 17, 2013

Sancho & Garcia win at Spanish TC nats Rd2

The second round of the Spanish Federation’s electric touring car nationals was held at the Madrid Capa club under the best possible weather conditions. In the Modified class Schumacher driver Raul Sancho took the win from Javi Ferrano (Tamiya) and Vicente Eres (VBC Racing). In the Stock class Gonzalo Garcia (Serpent) was the man to beat, he left Vicente Eres (VBC Racing) and Rafa Ortiz (TOP) in second and third place respectively.

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July 17, 2013

TLR Grand Prix Series – Announcement

This Saturday, July 20th kicks off the TLR Grand Prix Series begins at CVRC. The TLR Grand Prix Series is a five race series that will determine CVRC’s top drivers and it is run in a large variety of classes including SCT2 and SCT4, Nitro Buggy and Buggy, Electric Buggy, several large scale and Kids/Novice classes. Racers are encouraged to attend every round of the series, but in the event they are unable to attend, there will be one throwout race. Trophies will be awarded to the top three in every class. Find more information here.