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March 11, 2008

Richard Volta wins French 1/8 Nats Rd1

Richard Volta wins French 1/8th Nats Rd1

The first round of the French 1/8th scale on road Nationals was run last weekend in Angouleme in the west of the country. Saturday’s qualifying eventually saw dry conditions after a wet start to the day and in the Elite class it was newly signed Shepherd racer Richard Volta that was quickest followed by Kyosho driver Adrien Siegfried in 2nd and Sebasian Zatla racing a Motonica in 3rd. In the National class it was young Serpent driver Mickaël Tequi who was on pole at the end of 3 rounds in front of another Serpent racer Gérald Colinet in 2nd and Jérôme Berthelot, racing a Mugen in 3rd. For Sunday’s finals the rain had arrived and this made the conditions very tricky. In the National final, the top 3 qualifiers got a clean start but some consistent driving from David Loglisci meant that he could move to the front where he could take the win ahead of Philippe Cima in 2nd and Romain Fournery in 3rd. In the Elite final, pole man Volta took a while to get used to the conditions and was 3rd behind Velox team mate Laurent Pageneau and Motonica racer S. Zatla. Volta was able to gain speed later in the race and could pass the pairing in front of him for the win and after Zatla had problems this meant that Bouche could move into 3rd, giving the new Velox a podium lockout in its first race in France.

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March 10, 2008

Chuck Berg wins the Chi-Town Shootout

Team Orion are reporting on the 2008 Chi-Town Shootout that was held at the beginning of March at the Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, IL. Racers from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin all attended this annual event to race on the hi-traction clay track which allowed the racers to run slicks at the beginning of the day when the track was wet, then switch over to tires with a little more pin as the track started to dry out. Team Orion driver Chuck Berg was the man to beat in 2wd 19T buggy class, TQ’ing every round of qualifying to guarantee him the first spot on the grid for the main event. At the start of the tone, Berg shot off the line and after a couple laps he had stretched out a comfortable lead on the field. Chuck then went on and ran mistake free for the rest of the main winning by a considerable margin.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 10, 2008

ISTC Worlds Warm-up – Thailand

ISTC World Championship Thailand Warm-up

If you couldn’t make it to the RCS track in Bangkok, Thailand for this years TITC to test on the same track will be used for this years 1/12th scale and 1/10th scale Touring car Championships, then you have another chance to do so when the official Pre World Championship is run on the track on the 25th – 27th of April. Run according to IFMAR rules, this will be a great trial run for both the racers and organisers alike. The official event site is not yet up but should be soon so keep checking the link below for updates.

Source: ISTC Worlds [thailandwc08.com]

March 10, 2008

Truhe & Maifield win the Silver State

Last weekend saw the Silver Nitro Challenge run in Las Vegas and it was Adam Drake that secured the TQ spot in the buggy class with his Losi 8ight while in the truggy class it was Jared Tebo, racing the O’Donnell prototype, that took the top spot. For the mains, they would be split into 2 x 25 minute races with the combined results determining the overall winners. In the buggy class it was Losi racer Mike Truhe that won both finals to claim the overall win ahead of Kyosho racer Cody King in 2nd and Jared Tebo in 3rd with his O’Donnell Z01-B R. Pole man Drake had problems at the start of the first final with his radio and despite a race delay, was unable to make the start. In the truggy class, Jared Tebo won the first final from pole, but in the 2nd main needing only to place in front of Cavalieri, he rolled on the penultimate lap dropping to 3rd meaning it was Ryan Maifield driving the Kyosho ST-RR that took the overall win with Tebo ending up 2nd and Maifield 3rd.

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March 9, 2008

ETS Denmark – Jilles Groskamp confirmed

ETS Denmark - Jilles Groskamp confirmed

The organisers of next weekends second round of the Much More backed European Touring Series are delighted to confirm that Tamiya factory driver Jilles Groskamp will be present at the event. Taking place in Vejle, Denmark, the race will also be attended by fellow Tamiya team drivers Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck as well as Associated team driver Joel Myrberg and lots of other top quality racers. Entries will remain open until the first day of the race, which will be Saturday the 15th, and for those already entered or wanting to enter, there is a new reduced entry price and updated timetable. All drivers will get 5 rounds of practice on the Saturday as well as 4 rounds of qualifying, while on Sunday there will be 1 more round of qualifying and triple mains for all racers.

Do you want to race against some of the World’s top touring car racers, while being commentated on by the legendary Scotty Ernst, in a fun and friendly, yet professional racing atmosphere then be sure to get your entry in for round 2 of the ETS by going here.

March 9, 2008

Gaggiola wins North Interregional Rd1

Gaggiola wins North Interregional Champs Rd1

Xray have a brief report on their site from the first North Interregional Championship race that was held in Montecchio last weekend. Perfect spring weather conditions greeted the over 50 drivers in the 1:10 class and after 3 rounds of qualifying it was Paolo Gaggiola that took TQ with his Max-powered NT1. Following the semi finals, in wich Luca Colombo and Guido Barbera won to take their place in the main final, the NT1 racers proceeded to dominate the race with Gaggiola taking the win from Colombo and Barbera in 2nd and 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 8, 2008

Phuah & Seet win iRacingWerkz NC Rd1

Xray have a report on their site from the 1st round of the iRacingWerkz Nitro Challenge held recently at Singapore’s Turf City track. The race was open to both buggy and truggy and in the buggy class it was HongNor racer Wenyi that took TQ with the Xray pairing of Sam Cheng and Glenn Phuah in 2nd and 3rd, while in the truggy class it was Glenn Phuah that made TQ with the only 13 lap qualifier of the whole event. In the truggy main final, Glenn managed to pull out a comfortable lead until he clipped a metal spike that damaged the front arm, ending the race for him and handing the win to Kyosho driver Ben Seet. In the buggy final Glenn was once again quick, having a good battle with Wenyi and Sam Cheng but could eventually pull out a lead, taking the win despite a damaged rear wing, with Seet finishing in 2nd and another Xray driver JY Mok in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 7, 2008

Sotiropoulos wins Greek 1/8th Nats Rd1

Serpent are reporting on the first round of the Greek National Championship that got underway at the FRT track last weekend and which saw current Champion John Sotiropoulos dominate the event. With a busy few days prior to the event to build the new 08 kits, Saturday’s practice showed that Sotiropoulos had not lost any of his pace over the off season as he set the pace with his new Max powered Serpent. A pace that he carried through to qualifying on Sunday as he TQ’d the event. Starting the 30 minute final from pole position, Sotiropoulos was pushed hard at the start but once the race had settled down the Serpent driver began to pull away, eventually crossing the line some 3 laps clear of Kyosho racer Giannis Arkoumanis in 2nd and his team mate Totomis Evaggelos in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]