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October 28, 2008

Alan Bickerstaff is ITCS Champion

The third & final round of the Garmin/Sqeez backed Irish Touring Car Series took place in Fermoy, Co.Cork over the weekend where Alan Bickerstaff took victory to become the 2008 Champion at the controls of his Associated TC5. With Rounds 1 & 2 of the RCCAOI sanctioned series run outdoor on tarmac, the title deciding leg moved indoor to carpet where once again it was Bickerstaff who set the pace in qualifying maintaining his 100% TQ record. The Round 1 winner secured pole ahead of the Xray of Graham Kenny and Round 2 winner Stephen Hill who was driving a Hot Bodies. Needing victory in Leg 1 of the final to secure the inaugural ITC Series title Bickerstaff did just that winning from Kenny and Hill. In Leg 2 the newly crowned champion again broke clear of the pack but a mistake dropped him down the order leaving Kenny to lead. However with two laps to go Bickerstaff was all over the rear of the leader’s car and the pressure forced Kenny to make an error allowing the new champion to take his fifth leg win from the six that made up the 2008 Series. The final podium in Fermoy was how it also ended up in the final championship standings with Kenny claiming Vice Champion honours and Hill taking third, their efforts each rewarded with a Garmin Sat Nav and a Dublin Crystal trophy. With 41 drivers registering points in the ITC Series 2008 has been a very successful season for 1:10 EP Touring Car racing in Ireland and 2009 looks set to be even stronger.

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October 28, 2008

Team Gazafond win Merlin Enduro race

Merlin Fuels are reporting on the Merlin Enduro Race which tool place at the GTBRCF track in Toulouse, France. This 6 hour endurance race is a tough test for cars, engines as well as drivers. Everything was perfectly organized by the GTB RC Club and the weather was great for racing. The endurance race was divided in two series of 3 hours each with a lunch break in between and heading into lunch it was Team Sapacepa in the lead by 10 laps from Team Fashion in 2nd, with Team Gazafond in 3rd. The break must have helped because at the completion of the 6 hour race Team Gazafond had managed to work its way up from 3rd to 1st, winning by a mere 2 laps from early leaders Team Sapacepa, while Team Fashion dropped to 3rd, ending up 71 laps down on 2nd.

Source: Merlin Fuel [merlinfuel.com]

October 27, 2008

Eduardo Dulac joins Team Shepherd

Team Shepherd is proud to announce that the 2007 Brazilian Champion Eduardo Dulac has joined Team Shepherd. Dulac will use the 1/8th scale Velox in all major events like the Brazilian Championship, the Portuguese Championship, the World Championship Warm-up in Switzerland as well as the World Championship itself. Additionally Eduardo will also start to manage the sales of Shepherd products to all interested drivers in Brazil.

Source: Team Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 26, 2008

Jerome Renaux takes Belgian 200mm title

The 6th and final round of the Belgian 1/10th scale National Championships took place recently at the MRCC track in Charleroi. The weather on Saturday was cold but dry and following one practice session in the morning there were 2 rounds of qualifying in which Xray driver Jerome Renaux set the pace. Sunday arrived and with it the rain, making the final qualifier useless and so Renaux would start on pole for the wet final. In the final the pole man had a good start and by the 15 minute mark had a one lap advantage over 2nd and it would stay that way till the end with Jerome winning from team mate Stephane Roufosse in 2nd and Manuel Henriet in 3rd. This win sealed the T1 title for Renaux.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 26, 2008

Merlin Depta wins German North Rd3

The 3rd round of the North German regionals and a German national qualification round took place in Hildesheim last week. There were 23 racers in attendance and after qualifying it was Jens Stark on pole followed by Lars Hoppe, Juergen Stark and Michael Paetz taking the direct final qualifying spots. After the 30 minute final it was 17 year old Serpent driver Merlin Depta who would claim his first regional win, 6 laps ahead of 2nd place Michael Paetz with Friedrich Roehrs in 3rd.

October 25, 2008

Campos takes Brazilian 1/10th title

Leandro Campos takes Brazilian 1/10th title

The 4th round of the 1/10th scale Brazilian touring car National Championships took place recently at the Fazenda Vesuvio in Sao Paulo. Mugen racer Leandro Campos took the TQ in qualifying and was able to win the 45 minute race by a lap from Xray driver Chung Min Hsu in 2nd with another Mugen driver Marcos Mayer in 3rd. This win confirmed Campos as the Brazilian Champion for 2008.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

October 22, 2008

Flavio Elias is Brazilian 1/8th Champion

Flavio Elias is the 2008 Brazilian 1:8 Champion after he dominated the final round of the national championship over the weekend with record breaking performance driving his Serpent 960 08. Having just signed for Team Serpent Brazil, Elias was immmediately able to set a blistering pace in qualifying, TQ’ing the event with a record run of 19 laps in 5:09.437. Also setting a new outright track record with a lap time of 15.788 over the weekend, in the final Elias set yet another new record putting in 158 laps in 45:10.357 on his way to victory.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 22, 2008

Alex Cucalon wins Ecuadorian Nationals

The Copa Gobierno Provincial el Oro, or Ecuadorian Nationals, took place recently in Machala el Oro Ecuador and 40 drivers from around the country gathered at this technical track where engine performance and setup is very important. Qualifying saw Kyosho driver Pablo Saltiveri that the pole position but in the race it was Mugen driver Alex Cucalon that won by 2 laps from team mates Geovani Schweitzer in 2nd and Jorge Cucalon in 3rd.