LRP-HPI-Challenge Final 2012 – Report

The 13th edition of the LRP-HPI-Challenge final took place at the Hamm track near Dortmund in Germany at what appeared to be the hottest weekend this Summer. With 187 of a total of 1328 drivers during the 2012 season everything was set for a challenging weekend. Used for the first time at the LRP-HPI-Challenge final was the LRP SXX Upgrade-Kit for generation 1 and 2 controllers. The upgraded BEC system and improved brake controllability helped Oliver Franke and Jan Asmer achieve a win and a second place overall in the Stock Challenge class.

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Rug Racers 2012/13 – Announcement

The organisers of the popular Rug Racers series have announced their 2012/13 championship with the series getting underway on Sunday October 7th at the superb Woodson Park venue. A donation from the first round will go to the Great Ormond Street Hospital so they are looking for as many racers as possible to come along. Sign up is now open and the dates for the monthly rounds from November through to March, can also be seen on the Central Booking website. This year, top class touring car racing in 13.5T and 17.5T will be joined by a Mardave National championship and a focus on junior racers.

Source: Hertford Racing [hertfordracing.co.uk]

Carlos Fernandez at Spanish on-road nats

The final round of the Spanish on-road nationals was held at the ARCA track in Madrid, the host of the Stock European Championships. VBC Racing driver Carlos Fernandez swept the stock TC class by pulling the fastest lap and heat time and also winning the A final.

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]

Indoor Nordic Champs 2012 – Announcement

The Indoor Nordic Champs 2012 for electric touring cars and 1/12th scale will be held next to the city of Oulu. Organised by the OSPA club the venue is the same as used during the Electric Offroad Nordics and the 2013 1/12th scale European Championships and the purpose build track is 26x14m in size and made up from pipes and dots. The race will be held as 2 day event with practice on Friday and the actual race on Saturday and Sunday. The handout spec tire for TC is Sweep QTS Pre-Mount 28, the tires are available at the race and only tires bought from the organizer are allowed at the race. Track will be 26x14m size build mostly with pipes and some dots. Find more information about the race here.

Francisco Henriques wins Portuguese TC nats Rd4

The fourth round of the Portuguese TC nationals took place in Sintra. The fast and flowing track lacked grip due to the fact that the circuit was closed for all of August but the conditions were the same for everyone although some teams struggled to get the cars running properly. Come Sunday morning the qualifying heats started and Francisco Henriques showed a very good pace and qualified 2nd for the A-main with Hugo Miguel setting TQ. Both were chased by José Carvalho. Come the finals Francisco Henriques had some troubles in the first main but managed to secure the win in the second and third run handing him the win with Hugo Miguel in second and José Carvalho in third overall position.

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