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September 6, 2011

Michael Salven takes German 1/10 title

A brilliant anniversary for Michael Salven: On Saturday he celebrated his birthday and became 50 years old. With third position in qualifying just 4/10 of a second behind European Champion Robert Pietsch “Mr. Serpent” showed that he hasn’t lost any of his speed. And Sunday even turned for the better: In the 45 minutes final under difficult conditions Salven made himself his own birthday present and captured the title of German Champion nitro 1/10 scale. It is not only another title for Michael Salven, it is a special one because exactly 28 years ago (1983) he celebrated his first German title on the same track of the MSC Kirchhain, located 100 kilometre in the north of Frankfurt/Main.

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September 6, 2011

Arnaud Matieu is French 1/8th Champion

Last weekend saw the last round of the French championship held on the fast, thrilling and famous track of Clermont Ferrand. Weather was an important issue with just a few drops of rain on Saturday during qualifying and showers for the lower finals but for both main finals it was dry but the track had a different grip from qualifying. In both categories, there was a battle for the championship. In National it was between Damine Thirion and Jérémy Cassagne. And in the Elite class, four drivers could win the championship.

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September 6, 2011

Kyle Branson wins Rd7 of BRCA 1/8th Nationals

The 7th Round of the BRCA 1/8th on road Championships was hosted by the Halifax club in West Yorkshire. The weather forecast was for a dry weekend which would allow a good high standard of racing without having the worry of rain setups and wet tires. The field of competitors was the best of the season with potentially 20 drivers with the ability and previous experience to make the main final. Richard Hicklin after taking a short break (due to getting married) was back, alongside Dan Jones (Serpent / Reds) and Mike Walton (Shepherd / IDM) making a one off appearance.

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September 6, 2011

Mikie Klausner takes title in Austria

Last weekend saw the 5th of 6 rounds for the Austrian championship Nitro Onroad take place under perfect weather conditions at the Aigen/Schlaegl track which will be a candidate for 2013 1:8 EFRA B-Euro. Already in 1/8th practice there was a battle between Mugen/Novarossi driver Mikie Klausner and Motonica/Picco driver Herfried Pucher, both running around 2/10 sec per lap faster than the rest. In the first qualifier Pucher had a clean run and took the overnight TQ. In the second qualifier on Sunday morning Klausner struck back with a faster run than Puchers TQ time. For the third and final qualifying round Klausner had a more stable car on the rear after some smaller setup changes and was able to produce a new track and qualifying record.

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September 5, 2011

Bittydesign takes Thailand by Force

Italian company Bittydesign have announced that top Thai drivers Meen Vejrak and Charlee P. have joined their official international Team. The two drivers will run the new cab forward Force body on their Mugen buggies, the same shell used by new European Champion Robert Batlle at last month’s Euros in Germany.

Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]

September 5, 2011

Volker takes win as Matsukura takes title in Japan

The JMRCA Japanese Electric touring car Nationals took place last weekend in the Okayama prefecture. Originally, the race was scheduled to run from Friday to Sunday, however a hurricane developed off the southern-most coast of Japan, eventually tracking northward hitting the tracks location on Friday. The event was unfortunately rained out until Sunday, where the JMRCA decided to run 1 controlled practice and 4 qualifying rounds to determine the winner in both Super Expert (modified) and Open (stock 13.5T) classes. Winner for the last two years, Ronald Volker ended up TQing, and taking the overall win for a third time as no finals were to be run. Naoto Matsuskura finished second, but was crowned the new Japanese National Champion as only Japanese citizens can take the National title. Xray driver Takayuki Inoue rounded out the top 3 just as he did last year.

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September 3, 2011

Euro Touring Series announce 2011/2012 schedule

Having crowned the 2010/11 champions just weeks ago, the organisers of the Euro Touring Series have announced the schedule for season number 5. Coming off the back of a very successful fourth series, that saw over 630 drivers register points, the ETS will once again be run over six rounds and visit six different countries, two of which are new to the championship.

View the full 2010/11 calendar here.

September 3, 2011

Charlee P. joins Ultimate Racing & ProCircuit

Ultimate Racing and ProCircuit have announced that talented Thai driver Charlee P. has joined their team through a deal with Team RC Pro Thailand, exclusive distributor for UR and PCT. Charlee has had a great season since joining the UR&PCT Team, having a good result at the 2011 FEMCA Championships in Malaysia and winning the 3rd round of the Thai nationals. Charlee has this to say:

I’m very glad to be running the high quality products UR & PCT. I’m sure this will help me make it to the next level. I would like to thank Team RC Pro / Ultimate Racing / ProCircuit for all their support and it will be a great year working together.

Source: Ultimate Racing [ultimateracing.es]