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April 15, 2007

Milko Tenthof confirmed at Motonica

Our site sponsors, The Border, have forwarded us some information concerning Motonica’s new signing Milko Tenthof. Milko, for those of you who dont know, used to be a Serpent employee as well as team driver up until 3 or so years ago when he and the Dutch manufacturer parted company. In those years racing, Milko had raced in World and European Championship finals as well as winning numerous EFRA GP’s and National Championships and that is why this signing is important for Motonica. Although he hasnt raced since leaving Serpent, Milko will conduct test work, and some EFRA GP’s, for the Dutch importer PDS while Daniel van der Drift (right) will race the car in the Dutch National Championships with 3rd driver Michel Nijman racing in the Nomac class.

April 15, 2007

Graversen & Andersen win final DRCMU race

Just some brief results from the last race of the Danish Indoor electric championships, the DRCMU, that took place today. In the touring modified class it was Steen Graversen that took the win for Tamiya while 2nd place went to Johan Eskildsen with 3rd position going to Patrick Hornum. In the 19T class it was Johnni Andersen that took the class win ahead of Dennis Hassing in 2nd and Rasmus Tobias Callesen rounding off the podium in 3rd.

Click here to see lots of pictures from this event.

Source: Sports Galleri [sportsgalleri.dk]

April 15, 2007

Jilles Groskamp wins Rd1 of Dutch 200mm Nationals

Rd1 of Dutch 200mm Nationals

Today saw the first round of the Dutch 1/0th 200mm Nationals held at the Gronignen track in the north of Holland. In qualifying it was Xray driver Jilles Groskamp that took the TQ spot followed by Serpent racer Jordy Blok in 2nd with Kyosho racer Daan Jacobs claiming the 3rd qualifying spot. In the race itself, Jordy Blok was the first retirement after 10 minutes which left Jilles in a clear lead but he immediately suffered from a 2nd gear failure which meant he only had 1st gear for the rest of the final. This allowed Daan Jacobs to start closing and eventually take the lead, only to have to pit suffering from problems to his right rear rim on a track that was causing huge tire wear. Jilles, once back in the lead, took the win followed home closely by Daan in 2nd with another Xray NT1 driven by Maarten van Lierop in 3rd.

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April 12, 2007

Chris Grainger joins GM Racing

A little piece, or perhaps a big piece, of news that we overlooked last week was the announcement that UK driver Chris Grainger has joined GM Racing. For brushless racing, the multiple British Champion will now power his Yokomo chassis with GM brushless controllers and motors, while for non brushless running he will continue with Team Checkpoint motors. Only last weekend Chris won the modified class at the opening round of the Schumacher BTCC championships, held at the Stafford track in the UK, which attracted a full entry of 120 racers.

UPDATED to reflect correct sponsor arrangement.

Source: GM Racing [gm-racing.de]

April 12, 2007

Nam & Sahashi win Rd1 of Serpent Korea Cup

Serpent Korea Cup

Serpent are reporting on last weekends first round of the Hyundai sponsored Serpent Korea Cup that took place at the Suwon circuit. Attracting 60 racers, the event was open to racers of all makes of 1:10 and 1:8 scale cars and attracted special guests, the famous Sahashi brothers all the way from Japan. In 1:10 Yuya Sahashi broke the track record to TQ for the event with his Serpent 720 but in the final both brothers suffered engine problems which allowed young Korean Serpent racer Nam SangJun to take the win fom Kyosho driver Choi Seungwon in 2nd and Ahn Nyunho in 3rd. In 1:8 SangJun again starred by securing the TQ position with his 960 and in the race the youngster did a superb job to finish second behind Serpent team driver Yuya Sahashi to give Serpent a great 1-2 result with Oh Yongtaek in 3rd for Kyosho.

Click here to read the full report.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 11, 2007

Teddy Syach wins Pre-FEMCA race

Serpent are reporting on their site about last weekends Pre FEMCA championship race that was held at Jakartas Twin Circuit facility. The event was seen as the warm up event for the FEMCA Championships which take place on this track later in the year, and at this event it was Serpent driver Teddy Syatch that was the man to beat TQ’ing both classes along with recording the fastest lap of the weekend for both classes too. Unfortunately organisers were forced to cancel the A Mains due to heavy rain with the result being declared on the outcome of the qualifying heats which meant Teddy won both classes with 2nd place in 1/10th going to Peter Widjaja and Ryan Chandra in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale class, behind Teddy, it was Fayakhun TKI in 2nd and Arya Rido in 3rd.

Click here for the full results and some more pictures.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 11, 2007

Bartolozzi & Reade take the 2007 NSW State titles

NSW State titles

Last weekend saw the New South Wales State championships take place at the Moore Bank Raceway in Sydney, as made famous by the 2001 1/8th scale World Championships. The race played host to 1/10th touring Pro, touring Pullstart and 1/8th scale and was event was meant to be completed on Sunday, but due to rain on that day the finals were run on the Monday rain day, ensuring a fair race for everyone. In the 1/8th scale class it was Kyosho racer Rick Bartolozzi that took the top qualifier spot and in the race lead from start to finish to take the State title with Wayne Walker finishing a close 2nd on the same lap while Peter Jovanovic came home in 3rd, 4 laps behind the leading pair.

In 1/10th toruing Pro it was Peter Jovanovic that took the pole position for the final but in the race it was Chris Reade that lead the race all the way, right up until it was stopped just short of the full distance due of rain which ensured Reade took the win, while Worlds podium finisher Jovanovic, who was closing before the race was stopped, finished in 2nd, only 8 seconds behind with Darren Campbell coming home in 3rd, 2 laps down. In the Pullstart class it was Joe Patane that took the win, after early race leader Ray Zarb ran into problems, with John Bates and Blake Young claiming the 2nd and 3rd spots respectively.

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April 10, 2007

Mark Green wins Rd1 of UK 1/8th Nats

Mark Green

Last weekend saw the first round of the UK 1/8th scale Nationals take place at the Mendip track in the mid west of England. Mark Green, winner of the Pre Worlds in Argentina and round 1 of the UK 200mm Nationals, carried forward his top form to this race to take the TQ at this event ahead of fellow Serpent racer Richard Hicklin, with Dave Dixon in 3rd. In the race itself it was Mark once again that took the win, followed home by Mugen racer Gareth Bell in 2nd, 3 laps down with Andrew North completing the podium in 3rd, a further 2 laps down on Bell.

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