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June 22, 2013

Philip Sting wins Rd1 of Mid-German Regionals

Last weekend the first round of the Mid-German Regionals took place at the MSC Kirchhain and under great weather it was Oliver Mack (Shepherd) that took the top spot in qualifying. In the final Mack’s car hit problems which allowed Serpent driver Philip Sting to take the lead and build out a large gap. He crossed the finishing line after 30 minutes in first with a lead of 3 laps over Olaf Engelman (Shepherd) in second position, with Peter Poldvere third (Xray).

Thanks to Dieter Sting for the update.

June 21, 2013

Groskamp & Tironi confirmed for ENS Austria

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Reigning Electric Touring Car World Champion Jilles Groskamp will contest next weekend’s (June 28-30) Euro Nitro Series race in Graz, Austria, the Shepherd driver one of a number of World class factory drivers set to battle it out for the 200mm Touring Car win at the Stöhr-Ring track. Another confirmed entry for the second race of the ENS ‘Pilot Series’, is Capricorn driver & World Championship podium finisher Francesco Tironi who together with reigning Italian National Champion Giorgio de Felici will be looking to complete a clean sweep of the all new series for the Italian company who at Race 1 earlier this month at the Hockenheimring in Germany took a convincing win with Eric Dankel.

Continue reading the announcement here

June 21, 2013

Hot Race 1/10 rubber TC tires

Hot Race Tyres have added to their line of onroad tires by producing a line of touring car rubber tires. After a lot of test with experienced racers they were able to find the right compound for maximum performance. There will be two different shores, 32 and 36, two different inserts, soft and medium, and two different weights, light and normal. This is only Hot Race’s first venture into rubber tires and we are told they are planning to expand their range further in the near future.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

June 20, 2013

Evo-Workshop MRX-5 aluminium chassis

Evo-Workshop have launched an optional Mugen MRX-5 7075-T6 hard coated aluminium chassis with a J’s system. Designed with a brand new concept, EVO’s latest J’s system brings you an unique, multifunctional flex control system. Featuring the resilience of two materials combined, the J’s System comes with a hard coated aluminium chassis and a carbon-fibre stabilizer blade that work seamlessly with various lock up combinations, providing you the best flex control function for any track requirements or racing events.

View another image of the chassis here

June 20, 2013

Lars Hoppe takes Rd2 in Northern Germany

Last weekend the 2nd round of the North German Championship took place at the MACH Hamburg track. Saturday started with free practise on a slippery track but the traction got better and better during the day. Already in practise the Shepherd/Sonic drivers Lars Hoppe and Timo Schröder had a good pace which they kept all weekend. In qualfying Lars took the TQ spot with his Sonic powered Velox V8 Pro in front of Timo using the same pacakge and Ingo Bobrowski in third. As the tyre wear was quite high a smooth driving style was required for the final. After the start Lars immediately pulled away followed by Timo and Ingo. Lap by lap he increased the lead and never looked back. After 30min he crossed the finishing line in first position followed by Timo in 2nd with Ingo completing the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 20, 2013

Mike Gosvig wins Rd3 of Danish TC Nats

The 3rd round of the Danish National Championships, under the official motorsports federation DASU, where held last Sunday at the former Euros track in Glostrup, just outside the capital Copenhagen. The weather forecast showed mixed conditions, (just like last time where we drowned) after 2 weeks of full sun. The practice day before the race was fine most of the day, giving drivers lots of opportunities to find a good setup, at least for dry conditions. In the SuperStock class there were several good drivers who could fight for the win, especially since 2 drivers from Modified changed to the SuperStock class for this race. The race day started with lots of sun, and a dry track with perfect conditions for racing. It was Søren Boy Holst who managed to drive his T.O.P. Photon EX around the technical track, in the fastest time of the day, followed by Mike Gosvig, and Lars Holm.

Continue reading the report here

June 20, 2013

Mikael Fransson wins 2013 1/8th Nordic Championship

Last weekend the Nordic Championship 1:8 Track took place at Hverven Raceway just outside Oslo in Norway. The track hosted the European Championship back in 2003 and is placed with a beautiful view over the Oslo fjord. We had perfect conditions for practice on Friday and the track was super fast. Saturday came with a clear blue sky and sun throughout the whole day. As the weather forecast predicted rain on Sunday we decided to run the entire event on one day, this is possible in the land of the midnight sun. A new time scheme was made with 3 qualification rounds and all finals, with the last final run at 21:30.

Continue reading the report here

June 19, 2013

Mario Rigert & Beni Stutz win at Rd2 of Swiss nats

The second round of the Swiss EP Touring car Nationals was held on the very fast Langenthal track. After some very close racing action Xray driver Mario Rigert won the modified class ahead of Florian Hauser (Yokomo) and Raphael Wicki (Xray) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Victory in the Pro stock class went to Beni Stutz driving a Tamiya leaving second and third position to Simon Allemann (TM) and Jerome Meile (Xray).

View the final results here