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September 11, 2009

Dirk Wischnewski sets first pace at German Nats

Even on the first day of free practice for the German Championship 1/10 200mm nitro most of the 81 competitors have been out on the track, the paddock was fully crowded on day 2. Up to 14 drivers have been on the rostrum in each practice heat to get track time as much as possible. The weather was absolutely brilliant, warm and sunny. But the forecast has changed a bit and it looks like that rain can be expected to arrive early Friday afternoon at Tuerkheim in the south of Germany, the location of the 2009 German Nationals. Saturday, when six heats will be run, and the finals Sunday should be dry again but with temperatures only around 16 to 18 degrees Celsius.

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September 10, 2009

Mikael Fransson does double at Swedish Champs

The Swedish Championship in 1:8 Track and 1:10 NT was held at the huge Örebro track last weekend. Around 40 drivers attended and it proved to be a very competitive race. In the 1:8 class Mikael Fransson showed great form with his Mugen MRX4X working absolutely perfect. He managed to take TQ around 5 seconds in front of local driver Stefan Andersson. In third place it was Marcus Lindner and in fourth it was Serpent driver Bengt Andersson. Alexander Hagberg made an interesting start in this class and finished fifth after qualifying.

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September 10, 2009

81 entries at the German 1/10 nitro Nationals

81 drivers have entered the German Championship of the 1/10 200mm nitro class which will be held the upcoming weekend on the beautiful track at Tuerkheim in the south of Germany. Free practice started on Wednesday and lots of competitors were already present to take the opportunity for lots of track time. The weather was sunny with a blue sky at low twenties – and that it more or less what the scale community can expect for the rest of the week. So everything is set well for an exciting challenge for the German 1/10 nitro crown.

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September 9, 2009

Jacky Mouton wins European 40 plus title

Last weekend saw the European 40 plus Championships take place in Madrid, Spain at the ARCA track. Qualifying saw French driver Jacky Mouton take the pole position and in the 45 minute final Jacky was able to take the win by 3 laps ahead of Luis Martinez, who was just 6 seconds in front of 3rd placed Jose Aldudo.

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September 9, 2009

Mark Green wins BRCA 1/8th Rd7

Round 7 was again back to the Halifax track in Yorkshire after a 5 week break to allow for the World Championship in Lostallo. The weather forecast for Saturday was for dry conditions but like always the UK forecast was wrong and the majority of the day was a wash out which allowed time to discuss what had happened at the Worlds with our racing colleagues. The Forecast for Sunday was for rain showers but this proved again to be wrong and a good days racing was the result.

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September 8, 2009

Griffiths wins CARS AMC Shootout Rd4, Stiles takes title

V-Dezign duo Andy Griffiths and Mark Stiles took a dominant 1-2 finish at the final round of this years Action Model Centre Supported Summer Shootout Series at Chesterfield last weekend. Andy Griffiths dominated qualifying with his Carpet Ripper car, setting the fastest time in all five qualifying rounds, while Mark Stiles was a little slower to get on the pace, but eventually put in a solid run to line up second on the grid, 3 seconds behind Andy. Mick Farrell lined up 3rd driving a Hot Bodies C12X.

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September 8, 2009

Bultynck & Logie win Belgian Nats Rd5

The fifth round of the Belgian Nationals was held in Roeselare on the track of RCR. There were 32 entrees and the weather forecast was that it would be a sunny day but in the morning we saw a cloudy sky. In the EFRA class Thomas Stockman was very fast in the first and the second qualification, but in the third qualification it was Benoit Thomaes who was the fastest man on the track and took the pole in front of Thomas Stockman, Nik Weyers, Manuel Henriet and Olivier Bultynck. The first final was a very close race with Benoit Thomaes in the lead, in front of Thomas Stockman and Olivier Bultynck, who had a splendid start. Stockman and Thomaes crashed into each other and Olivier Bultynck took the lead in front of Manuel Henriet and Thomas Stockman. Manuel Henriet was pushing hard but it was Olivier Bultynck who took the win. Thomas Stockman came in as third and Nick Joosens as fourth.

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September 7, 2009

Chrissi Krapp and Alex Stocker take German titles

The German Electric outdoor touring car Nationals were held last weekend at the Weser-Ring in Hann. Persistent rain destroyed the event for some national top drivers but the event was run regardless and in the Modified class, 16 year old Chrissi Krapp took TQ with a brilliant last heat, lining up ahead of Vice World Champion Ronald Völker with Steven Weiss 3rd. Winning the first two A-mains with his Team Orion powered Kyosho Stallion Shin edition, Chrissi once more demonstrated the form that gave him 8th place overall during this summer’s European Championships. Yokomo team driver Ronald Völker took the runner up spot with Xray driver Steven Weiss taking the final podium spot in 3rd.

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