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March 31, 2008

Mark Green wins BRCA 200mm Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals was held last weekend at the Aldershot track under dry but very overcast conditions. Qualifying for the 45 drivers present, saw Serpent racer Mark Green take the top qualifying position in front of new Xray signing Darren Johnson in 2nd and his team mate Mark Gilliland in 3rd. In the final it was Johnson that got the holeshot with Mark slotting into the 2nd spot, and the 2 would battle it out for the entire race, swapping the lead a number of times. It looked like it would be a super close finish but a small mistake by Darren going on to the straight allowed Mark through and he could push a bit more to extend the lead at the end to about 4 seconds in front of the Johnson, with Gilliland having a steady run in 3rd a lap further back.

Source: 3hobby [3hobby.net]

March 30, 2008

Cragg wins 2wd National Indoor Finals

Jimmy over at oOple has been reporting from the National Indoor Finals, which is the climax of the indoor racing season, with drivers having qualified primarily by racing the indoor regionals. The venue for the 2007/8 indoor finals is the excellent Worksop venue, which has been one of the most popular indoor venues over the winter season. Qualifying for Saturday’s 2wd event saw Neil Cragg on the top spot followed by Danny McGee and Ellis Stafford in 2nd and 3rd and in the 3 leg finals is was Cragg who was on top in all of them taking the overall with ease from his Associated team mate Lee Martin in 2nd and Losi driver Danny McGee rounding out the podium in 3rd.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

March 30, 2008

Marc Rheinard wins the LRP Masters

Tamiya factory driver, and former World Champion, Marc Rheinard has taken the LRP Masters title this weekend in Eppelheim, Germany. Qualifying for the Masters class saw the pole position also go to the German racer who placed his TRF416 ahead of his 2 team mates, Viktor Wilck from Sweden and Jilles Groskamp from Holland, with last years winner Juho Levanen in 4th. The finals saw a dominant performance by the pole man, Marc taking the win in the frst 2 finals to claim the overall title before the last round of finals were run. The 3rd leg was won by Groskamp, the ETS Rd2 winner, helped by a little mistake from Rheinard allowing him into the lead, the result allowing him to take the runner up spot, just in front of Wilck in 3rd, giving Tamiya the complete podium.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

March 28, 2008

EFRA Homologated Bodies 1:10 IC Track

The EFRA Chairman for 1/10th IC Track, Franky Noens, has contacted us to inform everyone that EFRA will be very strict in checking bodyshells to ensure that they are indeed EFRA approved. When buying a bodyshell, you must always look if the homologation number is embossed in the body, preceeded by the word “EFRA”. If this is not the case, you will not be allowed to use that bodyshell at an EFRA race, even if it had been approved in the past.

Click more to see the full list of currently approved bodyshells… content

March 27, 2008

Daily News Round-up

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

> Xray Dominates German Micro Masters – Link [teamxray.com]
> Neumann makes A-final at Neo 08 – Link [serpent.com]
> Jeremy Cathlina 07 National Champions Interview – Link [rcprosites.com]
> Traver Mullen 07 National Champions Interview – Link [rcprosites.com]
> Tim Roberts 07 National Champions Interview – Link [rcprosites.com]
> Oscar Cabezas reports on WC Warm up – Link [serpent.com]
> Hayato reports on the Cactus Classic – Link [hbbuggy-blog.com]
> IFMAR Pre Worlds in Thailand site updated – Link [thailandwc08.com]

Entry is open for ETS Rd3 in The Netherlands, April 11th-13th

March 27, 2008

HPI Baja Endurance Challenge series

HPI Europe wanted us to mention the Challenge series they are preparing for this year. Using the Baja desert racing buggy, teams of racers from around Europe will be racing all summer to qualify for a huge 12-hour endurance race in Spain at the end of the racing season. Baja racers in every European country will be racing in dedicated Baja races, and winning teams from each nation will be invited to participate in the HPI Baja Endurance Challenge Finals. The epic 12-hour Finals race will be held in the sunny south of Spain in September at the end of the racing season, the perfect place to race the Baja and chill out with friends. The race entry will include weekend race entry for 4-6 racers, a racer banquet on Friday night, hotel rooms, Baja parts for the race weekend, tickets for raffle prizes and much more.

For more information go to the series page here.

Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]

March 27, 2008

Neil Diver wins Rd1 of UK 1/8th Nats

Serpent have a report on the opening round of the 2008 1/8th scale On road British National Championships that kicked off over the Easter weekend at the very fast Brookland Circuit in Kent. Saturday’s practice saw drivers faced with a mixture of rain, hail and sunshine but on race day most drivers had the opportunity to test on a dry track but had to contend with very cold air temperatures of only 2C and later damp conditions. Defending Champion Mark Green with his Serpent 960 took the top qualifier spot after 3 round of wet qualifying with team-mate Neil Diver second fastest. In the A final the lead was held by 4 different drivers during the 30-minute encounter with Serpent driver Neil Diver holding it when it counted most to take victory by 10 seconds from Chris Heath in 2nd with Iain Milford in 3rd, a lap further down.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 26, 2008

ETS Holland – Marc Fischer confirmed

ETS Holland - Marc Fisher confirmed

The organisers of the 3rd round of the Much More backed European Touring Series are delighted to confirm that Corally factory driver Marc Fischer will be present at the event. The first outdoor event of the series, it will be held at the World famous MACH track in Heemstede, just outside Amsterdam in the Netherlands and joining the current German touring and 1/12th scale National Champion will be round 2 winner Jilles Groskamp, competing on his home track.

For more information about the event and where it takes place, including links to accomodation, go to the Series page on our site here.

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 3 of the ETS by going here.