October 13, 2008

EFRA Grand Prix Prague 2008

The organisers of the EFRA Grand Prix Prague for 1:10 Electric Touring Car have contacted us with details of the 2008 Czech Republic event.  Won last year by factory Kyosho driver Steen Graversen from Denmark, the GP which first ran in 2002 will again take part in the Sport Centre in Brandýs nad Labem.  In addition to the Modified class, which has attracted top names such as former World Champion Marc Rheinard, Jilles Groskamp (pictured above winning the event), Steven Wiess and the now retired Andreas Myrberg, the event will again run a Pro Stock Division following on from its successful introduction last year. Grand Prix Prague, the final event on the 2008 EFRA calendar, takes place on November 28-30 and entries can be made through the event website.

Event site can be found here

October 12, 2008

Rheinard & Stocker victorious at ETS Rd1

Marc Rheinard and Alexander Stocker are the first winners of the 2008/2009 Much More backed Euro Touring Series, winning the opening round in Kastellaun, Germany after the fight for top honours went down to the third A Main in both categories. With a win each the Modified class was between Tamiya team-mate Rheinard and Jilles Groskamp.  Having TQ’d the event and the only driver to record 29 laps, the former World Champion looked like he had victory in the bag after Leg 1 but defending ETS champion Groskamp set a blistering pace in Leg 2 recording the fastest lap of the weekend on his way to a thrilling victory over Rheinard.  This set up a head to head battle for Leg 3.

View the full coverage on the ETS site here.

October 11, 2008

Rheinard tops ETS qualifying

Marc Rheinard is proving to be the quickest man in the qualifying for Round 1 of the Much More backed Euro Touring Series which is taking place this weekend in Kastellaun, Germany.  The current European Champion heads the overnight qualification ranking from team-mate & defending ETS Champion Jilles Groskamp. In Pro Stock Daniel Wohlgemuth has already secured TQ for Sunday evenings finals by dominating proceedings.

Go to the ETS site to see our complete coverage

October 10, 2008

New European Touring Series is GO!!

The 2008/2009 Much More backed European Touring Series is underway at the indoor carpet track in Kastellaun, Germany.  With practice for the opening round run today both defending champions Jilles Groskamp and Alexander Stocker are looking good but in Modified Bart Wubben was able to equal Groskamp’s best lap while Christoph Thiele looks like he can mount a serious challenge to Stocker for Pro Stock honours.  163 drivers have travelled from across Europe to Round 1 of the ETS and the first of the 18 groups of qualifiers kicks of at 08:00 in the morning.

Go to the ETS site to see our complete coverage

October 9, 2008

Rabitti wins Rd4 Italian UISP C/ship


LRP are reporting on the fourth round of the Italian UISP Championship which was held in Reggio Emilia recently where team driver Riccardo Rabitti added to his Round 1 & 2 victories with his third win in the 6 round championship. Having missed Round 3, Rabitti returned in style taking TQ honours before going on to win the first two finals to secure overall victory from Federico Sala. Joining Rabbitti, who now leads the championship standings, on the podium was his brother Stefano. Riccardo Rabitti is proving multi talented having also enjoyed victory in this year’s Italian 1:8 Off Road Nationals.

Source: LRP (lrp.cc)

October 9, 2008

Wood is British 1/8th Champion

Tim Wood (pictured on podium at Round 7) is the new British National 1:8 Champion after atrocious weather conditions at the weekend caused the cancellation of the ninth and final round of the BRCA championship at the Adur track which is situated on the south coast of England.  The Team Serpent UK driver, who won three rounds this year, only had one challenger to the title in team-mate Mark Green who had two to his credit but the weather meant they didn’t get to go head to head for the title.  This is Green’s, a member of the Serpent factory team, second National defeat by a younger driver as last month he lost out on the 1:10 200mm title to emerging young talent Kyle Branson.

October 9, 2008

15-year-old Max Claes wins Belgian title

He is only racing two and a half years but 15-year-old Max Claes has taken his first National title winning the 1/10 200mm T2 Belgian Championship at the final round at the Charleroi track over the weekend. Racing in very poor weather conditions, Max took TQ honours for the championship finale with his Serpent 720.  Starting from the No.1 spot on the grid a wrong tyre choice meant the up and coming young talent was unable to challenge for his third win of the season but finishing fifth was enough for him to claim his first ever National first title from Renaud Gysemberghs. Over the championship Max claimed two victories and four podium placings and the new champion is already looking forward for to new challenges next year. In true champion style Max thanked his dad Alain and Jan de Pooter from RC Car Colours for their support during his successful campaign.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 8, 2008

Root wins JBRL Series

The 2008 Jimmy Babcock Racing League (JBRL) Series concluded over the weekend and it was Team Orion driver Frank Root who lifted both the 2 and 4WD titles. Starting back in March, this years JBRL Series hit 8 of Southern California’s top tracks with one race held each month. Five rounds out of eight were used to determine the overall series champions. Having already wrapped up the 4WD Modified title Root needed at another good result to do the double and he did just that finishing second behind Team Orion teammate Ryan Cavalieri to give him the 2WD Modified class honours.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

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