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August 11, 2015

Roland Strom wins Swedish 1/8 gas onroad champs

This past weekend MHF-u Skarpnäck organised the Swedish championship at their newly repaved Flatenbanan in Stockholm. The event saw racing in 1/10 Nitro touring, electric touring and 1/8 gas Track. An unusually sunny and warm weekend made for great atmosphere and really good track conditions for everyone participating. The new asphalt gave good traction and the builders had succeeded with a silky-smooth track with no bumps whatsoever – and it was also very nice to look at. In the 1/8 Track class it was Mattias Ericsson who got the TQ with his Mugen. It was obvious that fuel consumption was very tight over the five minute qualifiers with some participants being forced to refuel at around the four minute mark. Roland Strom, Running a Serpent/Max combo, was among the few to manage the whole five minutes on a single tank of fuel which gave him the third starting position in the A-main behind Mattias Ericsson and Marcus Lindner.

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August 11, 2015

Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship Rd4 – Report

The MBC de Sluis track in Gouda played host to last weekend’s round 4 of the Dutch National 1/8th Nitro On-road Championships were sunny weather greeted the competitors all weekend, which resulted in a good racing atmosphere. Following qualifying in the premier NK class it was Joey Sorber (Shepherd/Maxima) who came out on top, followed by Arie Manten (Shepherd/Picco) and Frank Baggen (ARC/Reds). Sorber would go on to win the 30 minute main ahead of Baggen in 2nd, with Jeroen Van Iperen taking 3rd. In the Nomac class qualifying it was Jesse Keller (Mugen) followed by Stephan van Rooijen (ARC) and Martijn Smits (ARC). In their final Keller was able to convert his starting position into the win by 3 laps in front of Ad Arents in 2nd and Peter Berkhout 3rd.

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August 10, 2015

Nikolai Haaheim is Norwegian Champion

The Norwegian national championship was held at Lorenskogs track just out side of Oslo over the weekend. The race format saw 5 rounds of round by round qualifiers followed by triple mains. From early on in the qualifiers it was clear that it would be a race between local ARC driver Helge Johannessen and Schumacher driver Nikolai Haaheim for the TQ. Nikolai went on to take the first two qualifiers, from Helge in second. Helge then made some drastic changes to his setup, upped his pace and took round 3 and 4. Also setting the fastest time, securing overnight TQ. Xray driver Rune Svetol was sitting in third.

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August 10, 2015

Daniele Ielasi dominates Euro GT race

Ielasi and FastRace sweep Euro GT

Last weekend the Euro GT race took place on the wonderful BlackTarmac track in Mesero. After being fastest since practice, Daniele Ielasi took the TQ honors and went on to complete a clean sweep in the GT-A Class, taking his Nova-Ielasi powered FastRace GT-R15 to a tone-to-tone win ahead of class specialist and former Offroad Italian Champion and European finalist Fabio Boero. The podium was rounded out by Luca Redaelli. Fast and comfortable since the very first laps with the car, Daniele wanted to thank his sponsors FastRace, Novarossi, DKT and his mechanics Piero Cresta and Riccardo Verardo.

Source: Fast Race [fastraceshop.com]

August 10, 2015

Greiner wins the 2015 German 1/10th Nationals

The German Nationals for 1/10th scale were held this past weekend in Leipzig in the eastern part of Germany. Qualifying would see Robert Pietsch on TQ for Mugen with Serpent driver Dominic Greiner a very close 2nd and his Serpent Team mate Toni Gruber in 3rd. In the semi-final Greiner came out on top with 101 laps, with Patrick Nahr and Pietsch with 100 laps in 2nd and 3rd so Greiner would start the Main final from pole position. Most of the final saw a great fight for 1st position between Greiner and Pietsch, a real cliff-hanger. Greiner’s Natrix 748 TQ worked really well and he was was on a different fuel-strategy as his Max showed better mileage, and he was also on a different tyre change strategy. So in this race his pit-crew of Thomas Guensel and Michael Salven were of huge importance. In the last part of the final Greiner had a small lead, but due to the very high temperatures, the chassis and engine became very hot, and being on very small tyres at the end of the race the clutch started sticking a little, losing some speed. At the finish line there was only 0.2 seconds gap ahead of Pietsch in 2nd and so Greiner took the National title, with Nahr taking the final podium spot in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 10, 2015

Elliott Harper wins BRCA TC Nats Rd4

The fast flowing Halifax track played host to round four of the 2015 BRCA electric touring car series and saw the first major win for Elliott Harper since joining Schumacher at the start of the year. In Qualifying Harper took TQ ahead of the rapid Capricorn of Kyle Branson and the Associated of Chris Grainger, defending champion Olly Jefferies lined up fourth with previous round winner Colin Price fifth. Over the three leg finals Harper took leg one with Andy Moore taking leg two from sixth on the grid, Grainger took the final leg but with a first place in leg one and second in leg two it was Harper that took the spoils ahead of Grainger and Branson.

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August 7, 2015

Belgian Electric Touring Car Nationals Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the Belgian Electric Touring Car Nationals was held at the circuit of M.A.C. de Baanbrekers in Rucphen last weekend a circuit which is known for its fast corners and high speed straight. The day started sunny but as expected, rain was on its way. In the EFRA class it was Michell Van Es who took the TQ, right behind him was Nick Joosens in second place, followed by Thomas Stockman. During the first final Mitchell managed to create and maintain a gap between him and the second car. Fighting for that second place were Nick and Thomas. But as the clocks was ticking down, Thomas came a lap short. Mitchell won, followed by Nick and Thomas.

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August 6, 2015

Nico Catelani joins Yokomo factory team

Yokomo have announced the addition of Italy’s Nico Catelani to their factory team. Nico inked the 2-year contract last month when he met Yokomo’s Tom Yokobori and he will focus mainly on 13.5T Stock racing including the ETS but he will also race the Italian Championships as well to qualify for the World Championships in Beijing next year.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]