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June 16, 2008

Pekka Koivula wins Rd2 Finnish Nats

Xray are reporting on the recent 2nd round of the Finnish gas touring car Nationals that were held at the large Hyvinkää track. After the four rounds of qualifying it was Tony Raikas who was on pole position, only 0.8sec ahead of the Xray pairing of Pekka Koivula in 2nd and Daniel Kalves in 3rd. At the start of the main Koivula had a crash which dropped him down to last, while Raikas took off into the lead. At the 15 minute mark Koivula had worked his back to the front and passed Teemu Saarinen and Daniel Kalves for the lead. In the end Pekka had managed to pull out a 4 second gap and take the win from Saarinen in 2nd and Raikas in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 16, 2008

Marc Fisher wins 1/10th at Türkheim

Last weekend saw the Southern German regional qualifiers take place at the Türkheim track. The 1/10th scale 200mm class qualifying saw Marc Fisher, racing the new GM car, take the pole position ahead of Mugen racer Mirco Thalheimer in 2nd and Sabrina Lechner in 3rd, in her first outing with the Kyosho chassis. In the main final, it was again Fischer who was untouchable as he went on to win comfortably ahead of Lechner in 2nd and Mugen racer Armin Baier in 3rd.

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June 15, 2008

Harper & Falconer win Mod at MMUKGP

Today’s running at the Much more UK GP in Stonehaven, Aberdeen in Scotland, saw the Modified classes run for 5-cell and 6-cell. In the 5 cell class it was Elliot Harper that set the pace in rain affected qualifying, claiming the pole position for Xray, ahead of Stock class winner Olly Jefferies in 2nd and Ben Cosgrove 3rd. In the 6 cell class qualifying Graham Kenny took pole position driving an Xray, in front of HB driver Tom Jefferies in 2nd and TOP driver Mark Young in 3rd. In the 5-cell class finals, it was a close battle between Olly Jefferies and Elliot Harper, with the latter taking the win ahead of Olly in leg 1, with the results reversed for leg 2. With both drivers on the same points, the result was decided by fastest run and this went to Harper, with Jefferies ending up with the runners up spot, while Dutch racer Niels Koenekoop took 3rd. The 6-cell final was more straight forward with Kev Falconer, racing an Xray, took both leg wins to claim the overall ahead of pole man Graham Kenny in 2nd and Mark Young in 3rd.

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June 14, 2008

Olly Jefferies wins MMUKGP Stock class

This weekend sees the Much More UK GP run at the Stonehaven track in Aberdeen, Scotland and as it establishes itself as a major race on the calendar, it has begun to attract top drivers from many different countries. The event sees the 19T class run on Saturday, with modified run on Sunday, and todays running saw the rain fall throughout the day, disrupting the racing. Qualifying saw Hot Bodies racer Olly Jefferies on pole position ahead of Xray driver Ben Cosgrove in 2nd, with another Xray, that of Elliot Harper in 3rd. In the finals it was Olly Jefferies once again that was the man to beat as he took the leg 1 final win from Ben Cosgrove, while Associated driver Alan Bickerstaff claimed 3rd. In the 2nd leg it was Harper that took the win from Olly Jefferies in 2nd, while Shumacher driver Russel Williams claimed 3rd, with Olly’s combined results he was ensured of the stock class title, with Ben Cosgrove taking 2nd and Alan Bickerstaff 3rd.

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June 13, 2008

Andreassen wins Norwegian Nats Rd1

We received a report from the 2nd round of the Norwegian Nationals that was held in Spydeberg, 40 min south of Oslo, at SMK’s large track. With the heat the country is experience over the last couple of weeks, tire wear was one of the big questions coming into the event. In qualifying it was Eirik Andreassen, racing a Tamiya, who was the fastest followed by Kjell Guttormsen in 2nd and John Lara in 3rd. Most of the driver used only 1 set of tires in qualifying and the most popular tire was Sorex 36.

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June 11, 2008

Surikarn joins Speed Passion

Surikarn Chaidajsuriya joins Speed Passion

Speed Passion have been in touch to tell us the exciting news that 2002 IFMAR World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya has joined their team. Surikarn will be using the Competition version 2.0 motor series as well as other optional brushless equipment to power his Hot Bodies Cyclone. This is another important signing for Speed Passion in this World Championship year, which sees the Thai driver join recently confirmed racers, Jilles Groskamp and Viktor Wilck.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

June 11, 2008

Chris Grainger wins Rd2 BRCA Nationals

The 2nd round of the BRCA British Nationals were held at the weekend at the Cotswolds track in Gloucestershire. Qualifying saw complete domination by Yokomo racer, and current National Champion, Chris Grainger who won all of his heats to take an unchallenged pole position from Xray racer Ben Cosgrove in 2nd and Hot Bodies driver Olly Jefferies in 3rd. The finals saw more of the same from Grainger, who took the win in all 3 legs of the A-main to take the overall from Ben Cosgrove, who kept his head down to take the runner up spot ahead of Euros Warmup winner Elliot Harper in 3rd.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

June 11, 2008

Jay Westwood Joins Schumacher

Schumacher have announced that front running UK Pro Stock racer Jay Westwood has joined their team. Jay just completed the 2nd round of the BRCA Championships at the Cotswolds club last weekend and put in a solid top ten finish after only receiving his car on the Thursday before the race. Jay now sits 5th in the Pro Stock National Championship standings, with Schumacher Mi3 cars holding 4 out of the top 5 positions with two races left to complete.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]