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July 1, 2008

John Ermen wins Luxembourg Champs

John Ermen wins 08 Luxembourg Champs

Novarossi have a report from their team driver John Ermen on last weekend’s Luxembourg Championships which had some top level drivers such as Bertin, Cuypers and van Gastel present. Run alongside an electric National and 1/5th scale race, Sunday’s qualifying saw Serpent racer Steven Cuypers take TQ from Ermen, with Ilia van Gastel and Daniel van der Drift rounding out the top 4. The final started with Cuypers going straight into the lead followed by Ermen and van Gastel, but after some laps Ermen had a problem and dropped behind van Gastel who then had some problems of his own and had to retire, promoting the Novarossi driver back up to 2nd. After 15 minutes of racing Cuypers made a mistake which let Ermen through into the lead where he stayed unchallenged for the remainder of the race, ending up 2 laps ahead of Bertin in 2nd, following Cuypers retirement at 27 minutes, with local racer Patrick Bertrallo claiming 3rd.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

July 1, 2008

Cyrul wins the 2008 Byron’s Challenge

Cyrul wins the 2008 Byron Challenge

Motonica USA are reporting that their team driver Josh Cyrul overcame a slow start to take the lead and win the Byron’s Challenge last weekend at Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. Joining Josh on the podium was Mugen racer Paul Ciccarello in 2nd and Motonica team driver Scotty Barrera in third. The race was run under cloudy skies and was cut short by a rain downpour.

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July 1, 2008

1/8th scale Buggy Europeans – Day 1

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The opening day of the 2008 EFRA European 1:8 off Road Buggy Championships has come to a close and as the dust settles here in Crete the drivers had little to report as they eased themselves in to the event over the single 15 minute practice session that made up today’s timetable. The track was the biggest talking point today with many of the top drivers saying the surface was their main concern. It would appear from drivers who took part in the Warm up race earlier in the year that the track surface has remained largely untouched since that event.

View the full coverage on our event site here.

July 1, 2008

Recio wins Campeonato Clausura Rd1

The first round of the 1/8th scale Campeonato Clausura took place at ‘Hernan Matticoli’ track in Buenos Aires, Argentina last weekend. Kyosho racer Sebastián Recio was the winner followed by Marcos Corbani and Gabriel Ianaca, the latter two both driving Mugen. The first part of the race saw a close battle between Recio and Juan Pablo Golobic, but Juan had a problem with his car and had to retire, leaving Sebastián to win by 7 laps. The 1/8th scale class is currently experience good growth thanks to the construction of the ‘Hernan Matticoli’ track and later this year, in November, it will play host to the South American Championships.

July 1, 2008

Chris Doughty wins Eden Park National

Chris Doughty, driving the LRP powered Atomized B44, took Atomic-Carbon’s maiden BRCA National win at Eden Park Raceway near London last weekend. The finals were eventful for Chris, in Leg 1 both front tyres became detached from both wheels, but Chris managed to hold off the pack to take a 2nd place, in Leg 2 Chris brushed a track marker on the warm up lap which damaged a front wishbone, thanks to quick work by the Atomic-Carbon team, the cells from his car were transferred to Andy Griffths Atomized B44 which had just come off the track from the previous final. Even with the worn tyres and yellow wheels Chris soon adapted to the differently setup car and managed a 5th place. In the 3rd leg Chris managed to get up to 1st place, with many cars retiring Chris played it safe and didn’t try to clear the big double jumps and came home to take the win. Expect a full report from our friends at oOple very soon.

Source: Atomic Carbon [atomic-carbon.co.uk]

July 1, 2008

1/8th scale Buggy Europeans – Live

European 1/8th scale Buggy Champs - Live

The best 1/8th scale buggy drivers in Europe are converging on the Greek island of Crete this week to battle it out on the fast and tricky IMC Club track in Iraklio and see who will become the 2008 European Champion. Robert Batlle will be of course be there to defend his crown, won last year in France, and he is up against some strong competition with the top factory teams pulling out all the stops to try and wrestle the title away from the Spanish Hobao driver. Red RC reporter Oisin O’Briain will be present all week reporting live trackside, bringing you our usual blend of quality reporting, photographs and interviews from this exciting event. Baring any last minute hiccups, the reporting will begin Tuesday afternoon and carry through to Saturday’s main final. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors for the event, Kyosho and LRP, without whose support this would not be possible.

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June 29, 2008

Hara & Stocker win ETS Finale

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Reedy Race of Champions winner Atsushi Hara continued his winning form with an impressive victory at the finale of the 2007/2008 Euro Touring Series. The Hot Bodies driver put in a great performance at the German Andernach track with European Champion Ronald Volker the only one of the world class field able to pose any serious threat to the Japanese ace, while US Champion Paul Lemieux rounded out the top 3. In the Stock class it was Alexander Stocker that dominated proceedings, taking the 2 wins and wrapping up the round win, as well as series title, with one A-main leg left to run. The runner up spot went to Meik Niemann, with round 3 winner George Spitteler taking 3rd and securing the runner spot in the series.

Go to the ETS site to see our complete coverage.

June 28, 2008

Hara & Stocker take ETS Rd4 TQ

As predicted following the blistering pace he set in timed practice yesterday, Atsushi Hara has TQ’d for the finale of the inaugural Euro Touring Series at Andernach in Germany. The former World Champion has been in a league of his own despite the world class field competing at the event this weekend. Winning the first two heats with ease Hara was expected to secure pole for the A Mains in the third round but the Japanese ace made a rare driver error and pulled up early. Round 4 however it was back to business for the Hot Bodies team driver taking the win and achieve an unbeatable zero score to guarantee the TQ. In Pro Stock, German Hot Bodies Cyclone racer Alexander Stocker locked up the TQ spot after the 3rd round and goes into tomorrows final looking to take the overall Stock Championship having won the first round of the series in Kastellaun.

Go to the ETS site to see our complete coverage.