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June 1, 2016

Schumacher BTCC Rd2 – Report

The Schumacher BTCC round 2 visited the Adur track on the south coast this last weekend. Practice on Saturday saw the drivers getting their cars tuned in to the unique coastal circuit, a little disruption from the weather but by the end of the day most were getting up to speed. Sunday dawned bright but extremely windy which caused quite a lot of problems, luckily the weather from Saturday stayed away and the track was dry all day. In the premier Modified class Elliott Harper (Schumacher) was on top form all day. Elliott was edging out his usual rivals Olly Jefferies (Xray) and Chris Grainger (Team Associated), taking four out of the five qualifying rounds. Elliott took a flag to flag victory in the final in the tricky windy conditions.

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June 1, 2016

Markus Hellquist doubles at Nordic Championships

The Nordic Nitro On-road Championships were held this weekend at the Eskilstuna track in Sweden. The race also doubled as the warm-up for the EFRA 1/8th Track Euros later in July and thus the event attracted drivers from six countries but unfortunately the weather would play a major factor during the weekend. The 1/8th main final was a 3-horse race for the win with Mikael Fransson being the fastest driver in qualifying, from Roland Ström and Markus Hellquist. Tricky conditions laid the ground for a very exciting race with the lead swapping several times and in the end Markus Hellquist was the one to finish first and to bring home the victory. Mikael Fransson finished in second and since Roland Ström was not able to finish the race, Italian driver of Marco Vanni rounded up the podium in third.

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May 31, 2016

Sloboda & Abrahamek win Czech GP On-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the Czech Nitro On-road Nationals was held in Slavkov, Czech Republic over the weekend. In the 1/8th class, Tono Sloboda (Xray) brought the win from second placed Jiri Rybak (Xray) and third placed Miroslav Jurenka (Shepherd). The 1/10th 200mm class was won by Michal Abrahamek (Xray) who went for soft tyres and a conservative fuel strategy in the final. His efforts would pay out as he took the win some three laps ahead of Alexander Ockajak with Jiří Král completing an all-Xray podium.

View the 200mm Touring podium here

May 31, 2016

Delorme & Voisangrin win at French On-road Nats Rd3

The recent third round of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Ampuis track with 77 entries for the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring 10.5T, Touring 13.5T and Formula 21.5T. Saturday started out with hot and dry weather and in Touring 10.5T is was Pierre Delorme who set the pace with Alexandre Duchet hot on his heels. As predicted the weather turned to the worst on Sunday and so the remaining qualifiers were held in wet conditions. The opening two A-mains of the 10.5T class then saw Pierre taking pretty easy wins in front of brother Jean, who started from the 7 spot and had pretty good runs. In the final A-main, on a drying track, things became complicated in terms of tyre choice with Jean making the right decision to run Volante tyres and he was able to bring home the win with a tight gap on Alexandre. Overall Pierre came out successful in the main from Jean and Alexandre in second and third respectively.

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May 30, 2016

Paolo Morganti TQs & wins at 39th annual Texas Biggie

Last weekend’s Texas Biggie race saw Paolo Morganti taking the TQ in the GT8 class. In the 25-minute main final Paolo would continue to dominate by bringing home the win some two laps in front of Tony Luna with young Marcus Cole rounding out the podium another four laps down.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 30, 2016

3rd Reedy Race of Champions title for Volker

3rd Reedy Race of Champion title for Volker

Ronald Volker is the 2016 Reedy Race Champion, the Yokomo driver securing the title at the iconic touring car race for a third time as the tie breaker was required to give him the victory over Christopher Krapp. The 19th running of Mike Reedy’s unique heads up racing format, it would end up an all German podium at Tamiya Raceway with outgoing champion Marc Rheinard completing the Top 3 in California. While Volker would effectively lay claim to the famous Reedy Race trophy with a 2nd in the penultimate round of racing, there was still a mathematical chance that a 26-lap winning time from Krapp could secure the Tamiya driver the overall victory. Krapp would deliver the win but couldn’t manage the required time confirming Volker as the new champion before the 2009 & 14 Champion completed his 12th & final race out of which he would spectacularly crash after a coming together with Rheinard. The best non-European finisher would be Japan’s Akio Sobue who finished 4th ahead of the Ryan Cavalieri who upheld the host nations honours.

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May 30, 2016

Milan Holthuis takes Dutch 200mm Nats Rd2 win

Genk in Belgium played host to the second round of the Dutch Nitro On-road Nationals. The weekend started off dry on Saturday and even the two opening qualifiers on Sunday would be held on a dry track but for round three the rain came. Daan Jacobs (Serpent) took the TQ from Capricorn driver Milan Holthuis while Roy Bakker (Shepherd) completed the top 3 result. Just in time for the main finals the rain poured down even more, making for tricky conditions in the double 20 minute finals. The opening leg then was won by Daan but as usual rain mixes things up quite heavily and so the second and decisive leg was a pretty entertaining affair. Milan would run into engine problems after it refused to run on water instead of fuel but when servo issues hindered Daan, Milan was able to grab the win meaning both would end tie on points. The tie-breaker then handed Milan a narrow win as he scored the faster run. Daan had to settle for second while newcomer Mark Been completed the top 3 result.

Thanks to Mark Holthuis for the report.

May 30, 2016

Alexandre Laurent wins at French EP On-road Nats Rd3

The third round of the French Electric On-road National Championship was held at the fast and flowing Ampuis track. In the Touring Modified class Thomas Vigneron dominated the free and controlled practice sessions on Friday and Saturday. But come the qualifiers the Team Magic driver ran into trouble with problems such as badly glued pre-mounted tyres and later a wrong tyre strategy, starting on old tyres while others used a fresh set. On Sunday though he was able to score two TQ runs in wet conditions to grab the pole position for the A-mains. For the finals the conditions got worse and the TQ holder ran into trouble with wrong setup decisions, allowing Alexandre Laurent (Xray) to take the win from runner-up, Thomas. Maxime Favrelle (Xray) would round out the podium in third.

View the final results here