Essex Summer Series 2015 – Announcement

The EWS events team, the organisers of the  successful Essex Winter Series and International Carpet Challenge events in the UK, have announced that their outdoor Essex Summer Series race will return in 2015. Last year, the ESS took their race format and style of event to an outdoor track for the first time, and the team have again secured the use of the Adur Model Car Club facility on the South Coast, to stage the event again this year. The event, which will take place on the weekend of August 15th and 16th, will remain largely unchanged from last year. The event will start mid-morning on Saturday, meaning drivers do not need to travel on Friday evening to help reduce costs. A large marquee will again be used for pitting to create the typical EWS Events atmosphere. The event will consist of controlled practice, qualifying and three-leg finals, with classes for Modified and Super Stock 13.5 Blinky Touring Car, both running on the Sorex 32RY control tire, and new for 2015, a Formula 1 class running to the widely accepted ETS rules. All abilities of driver are welcomed, with the organisers also hoping to be able to announce a number of star international visitors to the event for this year to battle against the best in the UK. Entries are now open here, where further information is also available.

Schumacher BTCC Rd2 – Report

The superb and very fast venue of Mendip was the host of the second round of the Schumacher BTCC this past weekend. Many drivers turned up on Saturday for some track time with the weather being dry but cool all day. Come Sunday the weather changed with the track being wet with a few puddles on it. The organisers decided that there would be open practice running until 10AM to give the track plenty of chance to dry out. Also due to the entry being somewhat lower than usual, mainly due to many of the regular drivers attending the ETS race on the same weekend, it was decided that six rounds of qualifying and single mains would be held. The format therefore was three from six rounds to count on round by round qualifying. This was hugely welcomed by the racers who were in attendance, making for plenty of track time before the National in a couple of weeks. After the qualifiers and the single mains Kyle Branson came out successful in the Modified class from Chris Grainger and Stefan Chodzynski.

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Jorge Simoes wins at Portuguese TC Nationals Rd3

The third round of the Portuguese Electric Touring Car Nationals was held at the Associacao Academica de Coimbra race venue. Team Durango’s Jorge Simoes took the TQ in the Stock class from Helder Silva (Capricorn) and Joao Jardim (Xray) and in the triple A-mains it was again Jorge who came out successful despite having some mixed results. Helder Silva ended the mains tie on points with Jorge in 2nd place while Joao Jardim rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

WCICS series finale – Report

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series final race was held in the Cowboy capital of Calgary, Alberta. Hosted by CarCar, this was by far their best event in several years. The numbers say it all: with over 200 registrations it was their largest turnout ever. Racers came from across Western Canada and the NW United States and were treated to some great racing action. In the Touring Car Modified class the TQ holder, VBC Racing’s Dave Ehrlich, looked to have this one locked in, but Awesomatix’ Wayne wasn’t going to be denied a top TC trophy after losing it later in Stock. Coming from 4th on the grid, Awesomatix’ Wayne took only 14 laps, and one rare mistake by Dave, to move into first, also posting the fastest lap of the race. Blake Bell drove his Awesomatix cleanly, only allowing Dave and then Wayne to get past, finishing in a strong 3rd.

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Niclas Nilsson wins Swedish National Cup Rd2

The second round of the Swedish Electric On-road National Cup was held at the fast Örebro track. Niclas Nilsson took the TQ in the qualifiers from Magnus Vässmar to grab the pole position for the triple A-mains. In the opening A-final Niclas had a good fight for the win but a coming together cost him the first spot which was taken by Markus Eelmerfors. Niclas came in 2nd, Magnus finished in 3rd. In the second leg the TQ holder was able to take a clean win some 7 seconds in front of Markus as Magus made an early mistake. In the third and decisive final Niclas was in the lead but made a mistake allowing Magnus to snatch the win from Niclas. Overall Niclas was able to take the win though. Markus Eelmerfors came in 2nd, Magnus Vässmar rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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