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August 27, 2013

Alvin Koh dominates RaceWorks Elite Racing Rd6

While weather issues dominated a large part of the season, the story of round 6 of the RaceWorks Elite Racing Series saw the domination of Team Tamiya SG and Alvin Koh. In qualifying, Tamiya’s Nicholas Lee secured the TQ position, followed by Team Xray Singapore’s PY Tang, with series leader Alvin Koh (Tamiya) in 3rd position. Qualifying strongly also was Team Yokomo Singapore’s Marcus Choo in 4th. Given Nicholas’ pedigree, his pole position for the first leg of the 4-leg finals was always going to be a tough one for anyone to overcome. What his racing rivals could not overcome, Nicholas’ electronics did as they shut-down after the first lap. This opened the door for Alvin to come through to take the win. Confirming the strong pace of Team Yokomo Singapore was the 2nd position finish for Alan Leung, with PY Tang in 3rd.

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August 27, 2013

Hot Bodies R8 1/8th on-road car – Sneak Peek

After introducing the R10 200mm nitro on-road kit last year Hot Bodies now also re-enters the 1/8th class with the R8. Not much is known about the car that made a first appearance on the Facebook wall of Hot Bodies’ factory driver Teemu Leino today. By looking at the picture the car is of a pretty standard design with a slim main chassis, carbon fibre upper deck, front aluminium upper wishbone mounts but a standard front ‘blade’-type anti-roll bar whereas many of the competitors use wire-type assemblies today. It is understood that the R8 will make a first public appearance at next month’s World Championships in Japan.

August 26, 2013

BRCA electric touring car nationals Rd4 – Report

Round four of the 2013 BRCA Touring Car Championship took place last weekend at the Aldershot circuit located just outside of Farnborough which hosts the famous air show. Saturday saw mixed weather conditions which proved challenging for all drivers in terms of tyre choice and car setup. In the Super Touring class it was Olly Jefferies with his Associated who was able to make the best of the difficult conditions securing TQ. Chris Grainger for Schumacher was able to put his Mi5 second, with Andy Moore who returned especially from Thailand to race placing his HB TCXX third. Team Durango’s Elliot Harper would line up fourth and would have to work his way up to the front to secure the championship this weekend. In the Pro Stock class it was Team Xray driver and 2013 BRCA Champion Zak Finlay who secured TQ from Chris Gunter and Tim Langdell.

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August 26, 2013

Søren B. Sørensen wins Danish TC Stock championship

Søren B. Sørensen has won the 2014 Danish DMSU Stock class championship. A forth place at the season finale was enough for the Serpent driver to finish the season with the smallest of margins, a one point lead, from second placed Martin Lava (Xray) and Kasper Nissen (Corally). The final race was won by Søren’s Serpent team mate Nicolai.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 26, 2013

Merlin Depta wins at RCCM Cup Rd2

The second round of the RCCM Cup took place at the Northern German Hollmoorring in Munster. The race was won by Serpent’s Merlin Depta who started from third position. Right after the start he quickly moved up in the running order eventually finishing the final four laps in front of Thomas Einbeck and Olaf Koch.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 26, 2013

LRP Touring Car Master 2014 – Announcement

The 2014 LRP Touring Car Masters will take place the weekend of the 16th of March 2014 at the Großsporthalle in Rüsselsheim near Frankfurt/Main. For the 17th edition of the prestigious race a new larger venue was found that allows for more space for drivers and spectators with the local VfR Rüsselsheim club hosting the event. The proven concept of the TCM remains the same as in the years before, in addition to the Masters class the successful national LRP-HPI-Challenge will be run. More information about the race can be found on LRP’s website once all details are fixed.

August 24, 2013

Vekemans wins Superstock at Belgian champs Rd6

Geoffrey Vekemans wins Superstock at Belgian champs Rd6

During the 6th round of the Belgian electric touring car championships it was Gregory Werniers who took TQ in the Superstock class. A strong Olivier Riffon managed to put his car on the second spot with Christophe Charlier ending up in third place after the qualifiers. At the start of the first final Christophe Charlier was hit by trouble forcing him to start late. Meanwhile Gregory was in the lead and Olivier Riffon made a mistake in lap 2. Geoffrey Vekemans was hunting Stephane Roufosse and Gregory was not able to get away from Stephane and Geoffrey. Gregory made a mistake in lap 8 and Geoffrey took the lead after passing Stephane. This handed him the win in front of Stephane and Gregory.

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August 24, 2013

Wurst & Lenaers are 2013 Western German champs

Christian Wurst and John Lenaers are the Western German 1/8th nitro on-road champions. Serpent racer Wurst took the title and the prestigious #1 start number for the 2014 season in class 1, Mugen driver Lenaers caught the title in class 2. The decisions about both titles were taken at the fourth and final round at Oberhausen that, for the first time in the 2013 season, was spoiled by rain. Enjoying a permanent #1 start number in 2013, Uwe Baldes entered the final race as the reigning champion and also as the leader in the class 1 ranking after three rounds, equal on points with Xray racer Claus Nauth, with Karl-Heinz Meister on the third spot. The initial position was clear, seven racers were able to fight for the crown in Oberhausen.

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