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April 27, 2008

Viktor Wilck wins TC WC Warm-up

The finals at this years Pre Worlds in Thailand have been run under dry conditions as the expected rains didnt show up. Leg 1 of the main final saw Masami Hirosaka take the win for Yokomo as early leader Viktor Wilck clipped a kerb which allowed following pair of Marc Rheinard and Masami through, though Marc went wide leaving Hirosaka into the lead and on to take the win. The 2nd leg saw a good battle at the front as Atsushi Hara worked his way to the front after some great passing moves, and the Hot Bodies racer continued to lead until 1 minute to go when his car shut down, allowing Wilck back into the lead followed by Rheinard and Serpent driver Billy Easton. This all meant the winner would be decided in leg 3 and it was Viktor Wilck that jumped straight into the lead with Hara in2nd, managing to get past Rheinard early on. This was how it stayed until again close to the end, when Hara had another shut down, leaving Marc up into 2nd and Hayato Matsuzaki up into 3rd. This result gave Viktor Wilck the overall win ahead of Tamiya team mate Marc Rheinard in 2nd, while Masami Hirosaka took 3rd after a tie break with Matsuzaki and Easton.

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April 26, 2008

TC WC Warm-up – Viktor Wilck TQ

TC WC Warm-up - Viktor Wilck TQ

Qualifying for this weekend’s Pre Worlds in Thailand has taken place and despite the rain coming down last night, and threatening to come down later on in qualifying, the organisers managed to get 5 rounds of qualifying in, with the best 3 counting. In the end it was Swedish Tamiya driver Viktor Wilck that has come out on top, ahead of his team mate, and former World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd. Next up was Atsushi Hara, quickest after controlled practice, he will start tomorrow’s triple mains from 3rd, just ahead of Hot Bodies team mate and 2wd buggy World Champion Hayato Matsuzaki in 4th. Notable drivers not to make the final are current World Champion Andy Moore who is sitting in 12th, and Kyosho driver Shin Adachi, who was 2nd quickest in controlled practice but only ended up in 14th after qualifying. Tomorrow will see all mains run, but unfortunately the weather is not looking so good.

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April 25, 2008

TC WC Warm-up – Controlled Practice

Atsushi Hara sets pace at WC Warm-up

The Warm up event for this years Touring car World Championships in November is being run at in Thailand this week under mixed weather conditions. Following 2 rounds of controlled practice today, it was Hot Bodies racer, and former World Champion, Atsushi Hara from Japan that was setting the pace. Sitting 4 seconds clear at the top, Hara set his quickest time in the first of the 2 sessions and now sits nearly 4 seconds clear of Kyosho Factory driver Shin Adachi (pictured), who is currently in 2nd. The 3rd and 4th position are held by Tamiya team drivers Viktor Wilck and Marc Rheinard, while rounding out the top 5 is Masami Hirosaka, driving a Yokomo.

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April 24, 2008

Schaer wins Swiss 1/10th Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss 1/10th 200mm National Championships was run recently at the MRCL club’s track in Langenthal. Taking place under dry but cold conditions, qualifying saw Dirk Stammler take the pole position ahead of Beat Wälti in 2nd, Traugott Schaer in 3rd and Marc Bösiger 4th. The start of the main final saw Stammler go straight into the lead followed by Beat and Traugott, the latter taking over 2nd place when Walti made a small mistake. Only 4 minutes in and Dirk’s car came to a stop allowing Schaer into the lead, where he stayed, conserving his tyres until 4 minutes to the end when his car ran out of tyres completely, meaning an unscheduled stop. This allowed Walti into the lead but he too had to make an unscheduled stop before the end and this allowed Schaer back into the lead where he could take the win, ahead of a recovering Walti in 2nd and Giovanni Bonetti in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 23, 2008

Darren Johnson wins BRCA 200mm Rd2

The 2nd round of the 1/10th scale BRCA National Championships took place last weekend at the Brooklands track in south east England. With Saturday being washed out, the organisers gave all competitors some running time on Sunday morning to obtain a setup for the track before going into qualifying. After a close fought qualifying battle it was Darren Johnson that claimed the TQ spot less than a second ahead of team mate Robin Hammett, with Serpent SDD driver Kyle Branson in third ahead of Mark Gilliland in 4th. The start of the final saw Darren and Robbin go out into the lead and while evenly matched on the tack, Johnson gained some time in the pitstops and this was the difference which gave him the win, with Hammet in 2nd and another Xray, that of Gareth Bell, in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 22, 2008

Völker takes German Indoor TC Title

Volker takes German Indoor TC Title

The German Indoor EP Touring car Nationals took place last weekend at the Intermodellbau Messe in Dortmund. Qualifying for the Modified class saw reigning National Indoor Champion Marc Fisher take the TQ spot for Corally ahead of European Champion Ronald Völker racing for Hot Bodies in 2nd while Kyosho driver Christopher Krapp took 3rd. In the stock class it was Alexander Stocker on the pole position in front of Patrick Pasch in 2nd and Dominik Reschke in 3rd. In the Modified class finals, Ronald Volker got off to the perfect start with a win in each of the first 2 legs of the A-main to take the overall win with one leg left to be run, while Fisher took a 2nd in Leg 2 and a win in the 3rd leg for the runner spot overall. Team Orion racer Christopher Krapp took 3rd spot overall, while also taking the Junior National Indoor title. In the stock class it was a closer run thing with pole man Stocker taking the win the 1st leg, but a bad run in the 2nd leg allowed Reschke to take Leg 2 victory. Neither driver could take the 3rd leg, this went to Meik Niemann from 8th on the grid and this result gave him 3rd overall behind eventual winner Dominik Reschke who took 2nd in the final leg, while Alexander Stocker took the overall runner spot, only 1 point behind the winner.

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April 21, 2008

Kempeneers wins Belgian T1 Nats Rd1

We reported yesterday on the Belgian 200mm T2 class results and now we have the T1 results from the same day at the Rumst Track. Race day saw the qualifying take place under dry conditions and it was Jonathan Sanza that took the pole position from Jerome Renaux in 2nd and Maarten Kempeneers in 3rd. In the start of the race, the clouds started to darken but it continued to be dry until about 15 minutes in when it finally started to rain. As everyone went into the pits for a tire change, this left Kempeneers in the lead as he had decided to stay out a little longer to avoid the chaos in the pitlane. A quick pit stop later and the Kyosho driver was back on the track and could regain the lead and carry on to take the win as the wet conditions took their toll on the other racers. Jerome Reaux ended the race in 2nd, a lap back on the winner, with Manuel Henriet in 3rd, 2 laps further back.

Source: Kem Power [users.telenet.be/kempower2000]

April 21, 2008

Heremans wins Belgian 235mm opener

The Belgian 235mm National Championships got underway recently at the small and technical Houthalen circuit, where drivers spent Saturday testing on a dry track only to arrive on race day to find a wet circuit. With the rain having stopped, the track was completely dry for start of the final but on the very first lap it started to rain lightly and everyone pitted to change tyres, then 5 minutes later the heavens opened up and another tyre stop was required. With the cars running around more like submarines, and drivers struggling to keep their engines running it was Leo Heremans, who took the win after 30 minutes of racing being the only driver to complete the full race distance. Willy Wuyts took second despite being unable to get his engine restarted in the dying minutes of the race with Luc Steylaerts claiming third for an all Serpent 835 podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]