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April 20, 2008

Robert Pietsch TQs Spanish EFRA GP

We received an update from Valencia Spain, where the Euros warm up event is taking place for 1/8th scale on road and after qualifying it was current German National Champion Robert Pietsch on pole position followed by Shepherd Velox team mate Daniele Ielasi in 2nd. Robert was the only driver to make 18 laps and behind him it was very close with fuel consumption being a big problem for many drivers. The track conditions so far have been very good, with only some light rain drops falling during qualifying but not enough to disturb the racers. The semi finals start tomorrow at 12.15, with the finals expected to begin at 14.30.

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April 19, 2008

Henderson wins 1/12th at ROAR Region 5

Team Associated has a report from the ROAR Region 5 On road Championships, hosted by Summit R/C Raceway, who provided the racers with a fast and flowing layout, with the exception of the S section coming onto the straight. Team driver Walter Hendersen went into the race with only one days testing with the new 12R5 and after a few small adjustments he was ready for the first day of qualifying, where he was able to secure the TQ spots in both Super Stock and Modified, both by over 2 laps. The mains went just as well for Walter, as he used his pole position to great effect, jumping straight into the lead and never looking back, taking both wins.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

April 18, 2008

Darren Johnston wins NZ 4wd Nationals

Darren Johnston wins NZ 4wd buggy Nats

The New Zealand Electric off road National Championships were run last weekend at the Hawkes Bay Radio Control Club’s permanent track in Hastings. The modified class qualification saw James Rainey claim the TQ spot in both 2wd and 4wd buggy and he was able to carry his pace through into the finals in 2wd to win from Graeme McDougal in 2nd and Darren Johnston in 3rd. In the 4wd class, Rainey couldn’t manage to do the double as Johnston, driving a B44, was able to take the win in the first 2 finals with good times to sew up the overall title from Perry Field in 2nd, with pole man Rainey ending up in 3rd.

Full results from the event can be found here.

Thanks to Darren Johnston for the report.

April 17, 2008

Toni Mateo wins Spanish EP Nats Rd1

The Spanish EP Touring car Nationals got under way at the weekend at the Villa Real track in the South East of the country, the same venue that will play host to this years European Championships that begins at the end of July. Qualifying for the race saw Toni Mateo take the pole position from Erik Fernandez in 2nd and Gonzalo Garcia in 3rd. In the triple mains it was 4th placed qualifier Marc Esbri Vilar that struck first, taking the win the leg 1 from Toni Mateo, but the Mateo fought back in the 2nd and 3rd leg to take the win in both and with it claim the overall. Marc backed up his win in Leg 1 with 2 second places and claimed the runner up spot ahead of eventual 3rd placed driver Erik Fernandez.

More images from the event can be found here.

Source: Tecrotec [tecrotec.com]

April 16, 2008

Daily News Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Report from the first US Vintage Trans Am Nats – Link [rctech.net]
> CML report from the Tyro Nationals Rd1 – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> Keilor Cup Stock Report – Link [teamxray.com]
> Serpent report on the Hungarian Nationals – Link [serpent.com]
> Xray XB808 Diff Bearing Tech Tip – Link [teamxray.com]
> S400 shines in France – Link [serpent.com]

April 16, 2008

Garrigou wins French Classic Nats Rd2

A brief report from the 2nd round of the French Classique Nationals for 1/8th scale flat pan chassis’ that was held at the MACN circuit in Nantes. The race was won by DXF racer Gilles Garrigou ahead of the current French National Champion Bruno Petiot in 2nd also with a DXF, while in the 3rd spot was the DXF designer Marc Dellunto rounding out the podium in 3rd.

April 16, 2008

Robin D’Hondt takes Belgian Nats Rd1

More National Championships starting up over the weekend, this time it was the turn of the Belgian 1/8th scale series to get started. Running at the narrow and technical Houthalen curcuit, the racers had dry weather on Saturday for testing, but rain on Sunday meant that everyone had to waterpoof their cars and put on their rain tires and after qualifying it was Kyosho driver Gunther Van Staey that took the pole from Serpent driver D’Hondt in 2nd. In the final, Robin could get into the lead just after the start and thanks to saving his wet weather tyres during qualifying he had the grip to pull out a lead of 4 laps by the end of the 30 minute race from Van Staey in 2nd and Mugen driver Michel Bourgeois in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 16, 2008

Chaussard wins 1/10 French Nats Rd2

Last weekend saw the second round of the French 1/10th scale Nationals run at the technical circuit of Vichy. Qualifying for the National class saw Maxime Favrelle take the pole position from Yannick Lesserteur in 2nd and Romain Jaureguy in 3rd while in the Elite Class it was Thomas Eytard that was quickest followed by Thomas Desmarie and Renaud Monin in 2nd and 3rd. The National class main final saw a close race long battle between the pole man Favrelle and Frederic Bourrillon and Yannick Lesserteur, but unfortunately for Yannick he had problems very close the end and fell back to 5th and this allowed J-Philippe Michel into 3rd at the end behind winner Maxime Favrelle and runner up Frederic Bourrillon. In the Elite final, after a restart because of timing problems, it was Mickael Pontal into the early lead from Basile Concialdi, but problems mid way through the race for the front running group allowed Xray driver Arnaud Chaussard through into the lead from where he took control and went onto win from Concialdi in 2nd and Renaud Monin in 3rd.

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