Mark Green wins Rd9 of UK 1/8th Nats

The 9th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale National Championship was held last weekend on the super fast Tibshelf track in the center of England. This race was the last ever on this track, which has been around for over 30 years, the noise from the gas engines finally signalling the end of this famous tracks with the JCBs moving in straight after the race, we are told that the Tibshelf club will be back and are currently looking for a new, better, location. Qualifying saw Serpent driver, and round 8 winner, Mark Green claim the top qualifier spot with the only 26 lap run edging out 2nd placed Mugen driver Andrew North who was less than a lap behind with another Serpent of Tim Wood close behind in 3rd. At the start of the final Mark Green checked out leaving the rest of the field to battle for the runner up spots while Gareth Bell had an accident with Neil Diver, losing both drivers a lot of time. With Andy North in 2nd, he had a spin which allowed Tim Wood and Pete Hastings up into 2nd and 3rd respectively, Andy North was to be taken out of contention later on when he lost the clutch. At the end of the race it was Mark who was cruising to victory with Serpent team mates Tim Wood in 2nd and Richard Hicklin in 3rd.

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Ruud Schuitmaker wins Rd5 of Dutch 200mm Nationals

The 5th and final round of the Dutch 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals revisited the small and technical Gouda track in the center of the Netherlands this weekend gone and the racers were greeted by dry conditions and despite the low turn out the racing was close and competitive. Qualifying saw Mugen racer and round 4 winner Richard Keur take the pole position from newly crowned National Champion Maarten Van Lierop racing for Xray in 2nd. In the final a number of flame outs meant that Keur was out of contention early on and this let a fast paced Ruud Schuitmaker, racing for Serpent, up to the head of the field where despite some pressure from team mate Remy Moller could take the checkered flag in first, 11 seconds in front of Moller in 2nd with Van Lierop ending the race in 3rd.

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Mickaël Pontal wins Coupe de France

Further catching up on missed news comes the results from the Coupe de France that was run for 1/10th scale 200mm cars at the Thionville track last weekend. In qualifying for the Elite class it was Mickaël Pontal that set the fastest time ahead of Basile Concialdi in 2nd, while in the National class it was Joffrey Defie that sealed the top spot in front of of S. Rasquin in 2nd. After the semi finals for all top qualifiers it was on to the main finals and in the Elite class this saw a clear win for pole man, and Kyosho racer, Mickaël Pontal who took the win ahead of Mugen racer Thomas Desmaries in 2nd and Basile Concialdi, who suffered a jump start and subsequent stop and go penalty, in 3rd. In the National class the win belonged to Kévin Rasquin who had a close race with Aurélien Gouriau in 2nd while the 3rd spot went to Jonathan Gergen, 1 lap behind the leading pair.

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Richard Volta wins Rd5 of French 1/8th Nats

The 5th and final round of the French 1/8th scale Nationals took place last weekend at the fast and flowing Clermont Ferrand track in the south of the country, host of the 1999 World Championships. In qualifying it was Mugen racer Richard Volta that claimed the pole position for the Elite class with a new lap record ahead of 2nd placed qualifier Sébastien Zatla for Kyosho while in the National class the pole spot went to J-P Chaussade with D. Lichtle in 2nd although both would not make it through the mandatory semi finals.

After the semi finals the Elite title had been decided as round 4 winner Stephane Bouche could not finish his final, a retirement with 4 minutes to go meant he was out and Nicolas Guillot could claim the title. There was still a race to be run and from the start it was clear that Richard Zatla was the man to beat as he pulled ahead leaving the others to battle for the runner up spots. Newly crowned Champion Guillot was the first retirement while at the head of the chasing pack it was a close race between Laurent Zatla and returning 2000 European Vice Champion Christophe Aygon, with Zatla getting ahead near the end of the race and taking 2nd ahead of Aygon in 3rd with Volta winning by 2 laps. The National class race saw a win for Sylvain Tolomelli closely followed home by Arnaud Mathieu in 2nd while David Mignot finished in 3rd a lap further back.

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Vuga wins Rd3 of Slovenian 1/8th Nats

The 3rd round of the Slovenian Nationals were run last weekend at the Morac-Graz track in Austria and because of this a lot of drivers from Austria were also in attendance. Qualifying on the rather bumpy track saw current European B Champion Jernej Vuga claim the pole position while setting a lap record ahead of fellow Mugen racer Ales Dobnikar in 2nd. The race saw no problems for the Slovenian and he could pull out a 2 lap advantage by the middle of the race and then back off for the rest of the final holding onto position ahead of Dobnikar in 2nd and Peter Hutter for Serpent in 3rd.

Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]