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October 16, 2009

New Xray sets early pace in Kastellaun

Xray’s new T3 chassis is setting the early pace here in Kastellaun at the opening round of the Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series with the new car holding the Top 4 placings after 3 of the 5 practice runs. Over 5-minutes it is Alexander Hagberg who posted the fastest run putting with 25 laps in 5:08.422. In terms of lap times it is again Xray on top with lead factory driver Teemu Leino producing a best time of 11.751 with the next best time coming from fellow countryman Juho Levanen at the controls of his Associated TC5.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.

October 15, 2009

Chris Tosolini joins Capricorn RC

Capricorn are proud to announce that they have teamed up with international driver Chris Tosolini. Both parties are looking forward to working together, with Chris in charge of the final development of the 1/10th scale 200mm car and other Capricorn products.

We know he will be able to push the products to the limit so we believe joining with him will make our already great products that much better for the public.

Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]

October 15, 2009

Elliot Harper dominates RugRacers Rd1

The first round of this year’s Muchmore Racing UK RugRacers took place this weekend and the racers were greeted by a track which was flowing, yet technical in places, rewarding drivers with accurate consistent driving. A new control tyre and additive was implemented for this year and both seem popular with all the drivers with Sweep 32 EXP combo working better the more it is used. The majority of drivers found they went faster the older the tyres were, which is always a good sign for a long lasting tyre, which is one reason it was chosen for the championship. Congratulations go to Elliott Harper taking victory over Chris Kerswell and David Bowen. Ultimately Elliott ended up dominating the day with his new Xray T3 and took TQ by 1.6 seconds over Chris Kerswell and David Bowen, but went on to win all 3 finals comfortably. In TC3 Malc Hall took the win from Philip Randall and Azman Sulaiman. Malc Took TQ over Phil “the power” Randall by roughly 3 seconds and was the only driver to reach 25 laps.

Click here to see the TC3 podium

October 14, 2009

Recio wraps up Argentinian title with Rd3 win

Last weekend saw the third round of the 1/8th scale Campeonato Argentino take place in Córdoba, host track of the 2007 World Championships. Pole position for the race went to Mugen/Sirio driver Sebastián Recio, who converted his starting position into the win. Runner up on the day was team mate Agustín Cutini with third place going to Serpent driver Francisco Rinaldi. After this race the Championship standings saw Sebastián Recio take the title followed by Agustín Cutini, with Juan Ignacio Matticoli in 3rd.

Thanks to Roxana Palazzo for the report.

October 14, 2009

Branson wins BRCA 1/8th Rd9, Wood retains title

Round 9 of the Championship was held at the Cotswold circuit which is located on the Kemble Airfield. A good turn was expected for this the championship decider. This season, the battle for top honours was between the Serpent drivers of Wood, Hicklin and Green. With Green winning 4 of the previous rounds but having to count a very low score, required him to win this race and hope that Wood is out of the top 3 and Hicklin does not finish higher than 3rd. The remaining drivers had to push hard to try and disrupt the overall outcome above.

Continue reading the report here

October 13, 2009

Capacity entry for Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series opener

The third season of the Euro Touring Series kicks off this weekend when a capacity entry from 17 different countries will descend on the town of Kastellaun in Germany for the opening leg of an expanded six round 2009/10 race program. Welcoming a new title sponsor in Xenon Racing Products, who also become the official controlled tyre supplier of the series, the growing popularity of the ETS is reflected in the star line-up that will battle it out for this season’s title honours. Due to his recent relocation to Asia, defending champion Jilles Groskamp will not be going for a hat trick of titles. Despite his absence the title battle, which ended in a tie break last season between Groskamp and current World Champion Marc Rheinard, is expected to be even more closely fought than ever with many of electric touring car’s biggest names entered for Round 1.

Continue reading this announcement

October 12, 2009

Nejc Mihelic claims 2009 Slovenian title

Nejc Mihelic has claimed the 2009 Slovenian 1/8th scale title following victory in the last round of the National series at the Tolmin track last weekend. With most of the best Slovenian racers in attendance from both nitro and electric classes and with dry weather for the whole weekend it was going to be a great race. After 3 rounds of qualifying Nejc Mihelic TQ’d with his Motonica P81/Picco and in the final he secured the win by 4 laps in front of 2nd placed Uros Kozlina and Amadeo Domenico in 3rd spot. Nejc Mihelic took the title by winning all 5 rounds of this year’s Championship.

October 12, 2009

Fabio Domanin wins Italian 1/8th National title

Fabio Domanin has claimed the 2009 Italian 1/8th scale title following the last round in Fiorano which took place last weekend. In the race it was Serpent driver Andrea Cristiani that took the pole position in front of World Champion Lamberto Collari with Andrea Pirani and Alberto Picco completing the top 4. In the final it was a reversal of positions as Collari took the win in front of Cristiani, with Francesco Tironi completing the podium. Fabio Domanin could only manage a 7th following an engine change, but this position was enough for him to claim the title in front of Collari in 2nd with Francesco Tironi taking 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]