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May 20, 2008

Ström & Fransson win Swedish Cup Rd2

Ström & Fransson wins Swedish Cup Rd2

The 2nd round of the Swedish Cup for Nitro track racing took place last weekend at the Växjö track in in the south east of Sweden. Saturday’s practice was run in nice weather and in the 1/8th scale class it was young Kyosho driver Niklas Johansson who TQ’d ahead of Mugen racer Mikael Fransson with Marcus Lindner in 3rd for Kyosho. In the 1/10 scale class it was Kyosho drivers Alexander Andersson and Roland Ström that took the two first qualifying places followed by Serpent driver Tommy Bergfeldt. All the finals were held on Sunday and despite it being dry, it was rather cold, around 6 degrees. The 1/8th final was an exciting race with the drivers opting for different strategies due to fuel consumption and tire changes. In the end Mikael Fransson took the win followed by Marcus Lindner, running very close to the track lap record, with 3rd spot going to Serpent driver Christoffer Hallborg. In the 1/10th scale final the drama begun on the starting grid as top qualifier Alexander Andersson had his gearbox come loose. This made it easy for Roland Ström, who drove a controlled and stable race to the chequered flag, claiming the win in front of Serpent racer Per-Ola Hård, while 3rd spot went to young driver Edwin Sunesson racing a Kyosho.

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May 20, 2008

Kyle Branson wins BRCA 200mm Rd3

The 3rd round of the British 1/10th scale Nationals took place last weekend in Mendip under dry conditions, following some damp practice sessions on Saturday. Qualifying went the way of young Serpent racer Kyle Branson, who took pole position by half a second in front of team mate Mark Green. The main final started off with a close battle between the front 2, seeing Kyle lead for the first 5 minutes, only dropping to 2nd for one lap while going for fuel, immediately regaining the lead on exiting the pit lane. This order stayed the same until Mark had problems and dropped down the field, which allowed Kyle to cruise to a 2 lap victory, his first National win, ahead of 2nd placed Robin Hammet with his Xray team mate Gareth Bell 3rd.

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May 19, 2008

Schuitmaker wins Rd2 Dutch 10th Nats

Schuitmaker wins Rd2 Dutch 1/10th Nats

The 2nd round of the Dutch 1/10th scale Nationals was run last weekend at the super fast Baanbrekers track in Rucphen in the South West of the country. Saturday’s practice was interrupted by rain and this meant that many drivers had problems getting a setup for the cars for Sunday’s race. Qualifying on Sunday was run in the dry and in the National class it was newly signed Xray racer Daan Jacobs that took the pole position just ahead of local racer Pedro Rombouts in 2nd, with Serpent pairing of Ruud Schuitmaker and Remy Moller rounding out the top 4. The Nomac class was TQ’d by Ricardo Dam, 2 seconds ahead of Ingeborg Gommers, while in the 1/8th Promo class Peter van Koningsveld took a clear pole position ahead of Matt Hukkelhoven in 2nd. The National final saw a close race with Daan and Ruud continuing their battle from round 1, but unfortunately Daan ran into some problems leaving Ruud to pull out an advantage and take the win from Kyosho racer Jurgen Geerligs in 2nd, 6 seconds back and Remy Muller in 3rd, a further 1 second back. In the Nomac class, it was Xray driver Jurmin Etnel that won, by just over a lap from Ricardo Dam in 2nd and Peter Verkerk in 3rd, 4 laps back. The 1/8th Promo class was won by Paul Conradi, who came through from 5th on the grid to win by 5 laps ahead of Peter Ende, with Niels Reijnders in 3rd.

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May 19, 2008

Lacey & Doran take Irish Nationals Rd2

Lacey & Doran takes Irish Nationals Rd2

The second round of the Irish On Road Nitro Nationals took place over the weekend at the St. Annes track in the Irish Capital of Dublin and it was returning young ace Dean Lacey who took top honours in 1:8 at the controls of his Serpent 960. Fellow Serpent driver Graeme Lougheed was the Top Qualifier but a startline incident ended his chances of victory. This allowed Lacey to take control and make the perfect return to sport after a 10 month absence as he claimed the win ahead of the Kyosho’s of Colin Whelan and Nico Azzariti. In the 1:10 200mm A Final Eoin Doran made it two out of two with his Xray as he headed home TQ Qualifier Chris Lawlor and Colm Gaffney who both were driving Serpent.

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May 19, 2008

Richard Hicklin wins UK 1/8th Nats Rd3

We received a brief report from the 3rd round of the BRCA 1/8th scale Nationals, held yesterday at the Cotswolds track. Qualifying saw the first round TQ’d by Tim Wood by 4 seconds from Serpent team mates Richard Hicklin and Neil Diver with Mugen racer Andy North in 4th. Round 2, and Richard was flying and was about to TQ when he came into contact with Chris Heath’s Montonica, this left Tim still on pole from Andy North who was now only 1/2 second behind. Round 3 and it was Richard Hicklin that took TQ by 4 seconds over Andy North, with the only 20 Lap run of the day as Round 4 turned out to be slower for everyone.

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May 19, 2008

RB Tuned Pipe EFRA 3003

RB Products in France have released a new .21 on road pipe, the RB EFRA 3003, which is an update of the world famous 2006P. Complying with EFRA rules, and thanks to an updated design, it offers the right balance between smooth power, low fuel consumption, fast acceleration and high RPM. To comply with EFRA 2008 rules, it must be used in combination with straight inline manifold.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

May 19, 2008

Iñaki Pahissa wins Rd2 Spanish Nats

The 2nd round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm National Championships took place last weekend in Zaragoza. Qualifying saw the pole position go to the Mugen racer Josué Artiles ahead of Xray driver Eduardo Escandon in 2nd and Iñaki Pahissa in 3rd. The main final saw pole man Artiles lead for a long time until he ran into problems and this allowed Xray driver Iñaki Pahissa into the lead were he could bring his car home for the win, 1 lap ahead of team mates Víctor Pelaez in 2nd and Mikel Angulo in 3rd, a lap further back.

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May 18, 2008

Mon-Tech Racing Body shells

Italian company Mon-Tech Racing have been in touch to let us know about their range of on road body shells. Made using high quality polycarbonate, they offer a wide range of unlicensed touring car and GTP shells made from 0.75mm or 1.0mm thicknesses. Each one is supplied with a masking kit as well as lights decals, and so far are not yet EFRA approved.

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