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May 30, 2013

Austin Brumblay wins 17.5T at Reedy Race

Team Awesomatix USA drivers dominated practice and qualifying in the 17.5T class of the 2013 Reedy Race of Champions by locking out the top 3 qualifying positions. The trio of Kyle Bergstrom, Austin Brumblay and Aaron Young where consistently faster than the competition running with speeds same speed as 13.5T. In A1, Kyle and Austin rocketed to a quick lead while Aaron ran into some trouble on the first lap. It was clear that Aaron had a dominant car as he drove back up through the field to eventually finish just behind Austin. The trio finish in qualifying order – Kyle, Austin and Aaron.

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May 30, 2013

Gonzalo Cortes wins 13.5T class at Reedy Race

The Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions, shared the spotlight with NASCAR, IndyCar, and F1 over the Memorial Day weekend and while a field of international drivers which included World, European, U.S., and Canadian champions gathered to compete in the Invitational class there where also three Open TC classes and the debut of the F1 class. In the 13.5 Open class, AE/Reedy/LRP driver and TC6.1 WC designer Bob Stellflue set the pace throughout qualifying with fastest times in each of the four qualifying rounds. After winning A1, Bob unfortunately encountered some problems in A2 and A3, which dropped him to third overall in the final standings. Gonzalo Cortes, driving an identically prepared Reedy/LRP powered TC6.1 WC, was crowned as champion thanks to an impressive A3 win. A third Reedy/LRP-powered TC6.1 WC driven by Sean Maybell claimed the second step of the podium with a consistent run of second place finishes in all three legs.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

May 29, 2013

Geoffrey Vekemans wins Belgian Superstock nats Rd3

The third round of the Belgian electric Superstock touring car nationals took place at the RCR track in Roeselare. Geoffrey Vekemans took TQ in the Superstock class in front of Gregory Werniers and Stefan Rommens. Maxim Naegels lead the best of the rest. In the second lap of the first A final Geoffrey made a little mistake and Gregory took the lead. Geoffrey was fighting back and closing on Gregory but made another mistake and Gregory was gone and took the win. Meanwhile Stefan Rommens was attacking Geoffrey but not able to overtake. Geoffrey came in second and Stefan third. The second final was a better run for Geoffrey and it was now Gregory who made the mistake. Maxim pulled very fast laps and was running in second. Meanwhile Dominique Morsa scored the fastest lap of this final and finished fifth. Geoffrey took the win just in front of Maxim and Stefan in third. The last A final would decide the winner of the race. Geoffrey took the lead and later on the win and it was Renaud Gysembergh, who started from seventh place, who drove a splendid third final and took second place. Christophe Charlier came in third. The first place handed Geoffrey Vekemans (ARC) the overall win, Gregory Werniers (Team Associated) took the runner up spot. Corally driver Stefan Rommens completed the podium.

Thanks to Danny Vekemans for the report.

May 29, 2013

Grainger, Robson & Butterfield win at BTCC Rd2

Last weekend the BTCC rolled into Stafford for the second round of the series. The weather was once again fantastic as the team had ordered another day of warm British sunshine and even some sun cream made an appearance for some on the Saturday. Practice got underway and the lap times in qualifying were very close so everything was set for some great close racing action once again. After practice had finished, all the drivers were gathered for a drivers briefing by Stafford race director John Robson and also Schumacher’s Mark Musgrove and Chris Ashton. The order of the day was explained and also the usual information that people need to know. The race schedule to be used was going to be three rounds of qualifying and then two finals, with FTD being the qualifying format due to the great weather we was experiencing. So on to Qualifying we went, the cars were looking very fast around the Stafford circuit and one thing that was noticed was that there was very little difference in lap times between the Modified and 13.5 cars due to the layout and nature of the track, there were literally a few tenths between these cars.

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May 29, 2013

Salven confident ENS will put ‘fun back in racing’

Veteran onroad nitro racer and chassis designer Michael Salven has given the Euro Nitro Series a firm vote of confidence as final preparations are made for the opening race in the all new series for onroad nitro racing which takes place this weekend. A former World & multiple European Champion, the German said all the racers he has spoken to are very excited that the organisation behind the hugely successful Euro Touring Series are bringing their concept to nitro onroad and while they have high expectations he is confident the ENS will be a success and will put the ‘fun back into racing’ helping to revive the onroad nitro racing scene just like the ETS has done for electric touring cars.

View the complete announcement here

May 29, 2013

Xray RX8 3S linear spring sets

Following the new 3S linear shock springs for the NT1 Xray now also introduce RX8 specific sets. The 3S springs are specially designed for the new shorter low profile shock absorbers and are shorter in length with the rear one now sporting the same dimensions as the front spring. The laser-engraved, selected and matched parts make for more corner entry steering and are available as C=3.5 to 5.5 and C=7.0 to 8.0 variants with the lower numbers marking the softer springs.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 29, 2013

Olivier Bultynck wins Belgian TC nationals Rd3

The third round of the Belgian electric touring car nationals took place at the fast and bumpy track of RCR at Roeselare. The whole week before the race saw rain showers but come Saturday the weather cleared up and the driver faced a dry track. During the night rain started to fall again making for a slippery track surface at the beginning of the Sunday qualifiers but the track started to dry up fast. In the EFRA class it was Olivier Bultynck who took TQ in front of Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens. Also Robin D’Hondt was trying to go fast with the electric guys and took the fourth spot on the grid.

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May 28, 2013

Ray Boogie wins GT class at Byron Challenge

The 2013 Byron Challenge took place at the Blue Diamond Raceway in Delaware. The two day event saw a huge GT field and Sweep’s newly promoted Ray Boogie setting an early TQ, followed by another Sweep driver, Phil Trotta. After three more qualifiers Serpent driver Phil Trotta took TQ, followed by Richard Siriano in second place. Ray Boogie held on third with his first day TQ time. Come the A main TQ Phil Trotta flamed out causing him to miss the first two minutes. Richie Siriano and Ray Boogie took advantage of his situation and battled until a screw came loose on Richie’s car causing him to pull off. Ray moved to first while his Sweep team mate Rob Bendall piloting a Team C GT8 moved to second. TQ Phil un-lapped almost the entire field back on its way to a podium spot but had to settled in 4th position. At the top of the field Ray Boogie secured himself the win after the 20 minutes final followed by Rob Bendall.

Source: Sweep [sweepracingusa.com]