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September 12, 2008

Keisuke Fukuda wins Japanese 10th Nats

The Japanese 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals took place last weekend at the Hokusei circuit track in the centre of the country. Practice was hampered by rain with drivers getting very little running prior to the start of qualifying, which was held in dry conditions. It was Kyosho racer Takaaki Shimo that took the TQ spot ahead of former World Champion Keisuke Fukuda in 2nd, Yuya Sahashi in 3rd and Shinnosuke Yokoyama 4th. The 40 minute Open class final saw a very close battle at the front between the top 2 qualifiers and it was Fukuda who eventually came out on top for Mugen, taking the win and finishing less than 2 seconds up on Shimo who finished 2nd, while Xray driver Hiroki Fujita took 3rd.

Source: Central RC [centralrc.co.jp]

September 11, 2008

European Touring Series – Round 1

European Touring Series - Round 1

Following the success of our inaugural year, the Euro Touring Series is back for another bigger and better season, incorporating some emerging countries along the way. The season will kick off next month, 10th-12th of October, in Kastellaun, Germany, before moving on to Hungary in December, Poland in March, Netherlands in May and back to Andernach in Germany for the season finale in July. Round 1 will be run in place of the well known Speed Weekend and has already attracted the cream of European racing with Jilles Groskamp, Marc Rheinard, Viktor Wilck, Steen Graversen, Jonas Kaerup, Christer Andersson, Hupo Hönigl and more having already confirmed their entry.

European Touring Series - Round 1

Entry closes on the 9th of October, but as a bonus for those that pay their entry fees prior to the 19th of September they will receive a great goodie bag containing lots of freebies from the event sponsors. As always the legendary Scotty Ernst will be doing the commentary, BBK will be handling the timing and Red RC will be reporting live from the event.

For more information about the event and where it takes place go to the Series page on our site here.

Racers can enter round 1 of the ETS by going to rcracecontrol.com.

September 10, 2008

Jespers & Roufosse win Belgian TC Finale

For the last race of the 2008 Belgian touring car championships the series went to Roeselare, a great track and especially very fast but the weather forecast was not very good. On Saturday everybody could drive under good weather, even the sun was there but Sunday, was a disaster weather wise. Everybody had to water proof their car and because of the weather there was on fifteen drivers competing. In the EFRA class it was Demsey Jacob who took the pole, in front of Patrick Jespers in 2nd while 3rd spot went to Gerrit Van Swijgenhoven.

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September 10, 2008

Jakub Franek takes Polish DTM 540 title

The 6th and final round of the 2008 Polish EP Touring Car Championship was run last weekend at the OSiR track in Klodzko with the DTM 540 title still to be decided. Good weather and good grip levels on this large track saw Serpent driver and Championship leader Jakub Franek take the 2nd place in qualifying in his category. Conditions for the finals were varied but Jakub chose the correct tires and was able to take home his second DTM 540 National title ahead of Michal Erazmus and Lukas Wojtarowicz.

September 9, 2008

Nuno Gancho takes Portuguese title

The 5th and final round of the 2008 Portuguese EP Touring Car Championship was run last weekend at the Sintra track in Lisbon with both the Stock and Modified title still to be decided. Good weather and good grip level on this beautifull and large track saw Xray driver Nuno Gancho take the TQ and win ahead of team mate Daniel Ferreira in 2nd and Tamiya driver Ruben Francisco in 3rd. With this win Nuno Gancho secured the 2008 Modified title ahead of Ruben Francisco and Daniel Ferreira. In the Stock class it was Pedro PIta that won the title after placing 2nd in this race.

Source: Info RC [info-rc.net]

September 9, 2008

Oversloot & Jansen take Dutch Nats wins

We received a report from last weekends Dutch Touring car Nationals that were held on the AMCA track in Apeldoorn. This race played host to the final round of the modified class championship and the 5th round of the stock class. The forecast for Sunday’s wasn’t expected to be great, but it was to be dry in the morning and rainy later on. The stock division had one dry qualification run, and in that run we saw Frans Heinsbroek take the TQ in front of local ace Daan Schennink and Michael Lepelaar.

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September 9, 2008

Kimbrow & Ezrow win ROAR Fuel Nats

Kimbrow & Ezrow take ROAR Fuel nats

Kyosho are reporting that their factory driver Scott Kimbrow TQ’ed and won the Open Class at the 2008 ROAR 1/8 Fuel On-Road Nationals held at the 301 Raceway in Brandywine, Maryland. The start of the A-main saw him jump straight into the lead which he held onto easily in the first half of the race. A long pit stop that included a tire change cost him 47 seconds, which shuffled him back to 2nd place behind Mugen’s Mike Swauger but Kimbrow managed to close to within five seconds after being nearly 16 seconds behind. The building anticipation of a door-to-door dash for the finish was scuttled however when Swauger made a mistake around the 50-minute mark and broke his car. Kimbrow cruised to the finish nearly a lap and a half ahead of 2nd, scoring the title of National Champion, his 3rd in a row. In the Masters class it was Eli Ezrow, who was also running a Kyosho Evolva M3, that TQ’ed and won the title in that class. Ezrow started on the front row but within two laps was relegated to 3rd place but was back into 2nd place by lap 21. Bowerman, who got through the first lap cleanly, wasn’t going to be as easy to catch, but with Ezrow about 14 seconds behind Bowerman ran into trouble handing him the position and allowing him to take top honors.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

September 8, 2008

Olly Jeffries joins Team Associated

CML Distribution have confirmed that 1/10th scale touring car ace Olly Jeffries has left Hot Bodies & Mirage Racing and has returned to his roots by signing for Associated & CML. Olly will campaign the TC5R throughout the winter of 2008 and summer 2009 and having tested the car he felt immediately that he was making the right choice and will join current drivers Alan Bickerstaff, Andy Robson and Steve Lander. With European Associated representative Craig Drescher stepping away from the Touring scene, the time was right for Olly to come back and lead the team into 2009.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]