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February 18, 2015

Mike Gosvig wins at Danish DMSU Nationals Rd5

The 5th round of Danish DSMU nationals was held in Faxe on a large track with technical corners, chicanes and a good flow was okay. The traction changed quite a lot because of the additive from the foam tyre race. During practice it soon became clear that Mike Gosvig would be the driver to beat and come qualifying Mike scored round wins in all three qualifiers to take the overall TQ in front of Soren Boy Holst and Casper Morgen.

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February 18, 2015

Norwegian Electric Onroad Champs Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Norwegian Electric Onroad Championships was held in Gjøvik on a permanent track facility in the centre of the city. The event had 45 entries in total, divided in four classes with the main classes being 1/10 Touring Car Modified and 1/12th pan car. In the opening round of qualifying reigning Nordic Champion Nikolai Håheim and ETS A-finalist Helge Johannessen opened up the first laps swapping the lead, but after 5 laps Nikolai started to build up a 1.5 seconds gap which he held throughout the round. Nikolai took the overall TQ ahead of Helge in 2nd, followed by an impressive 3rd place for Rune Svestøl. Petter Bernsten, in a fight with Nikolai for the overall championship, would see himself struggling throughout the whole qualifying, as he felt uncomfortable the whole weekend with the track that he felt was too “technical for his driving style”.

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February 17, 2015

Kevin Rasquin wins at Indoor GP of St. Brieuc

Last weekend the season opening Indoor GP of Saint Brieuc took place in France with 70 drivers attending in five classes including 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road. In the 200mm class it was Kevin Rasquin who dominated the class by taking TQ and starting from pole position into the final. He then also scored an undefeated win in the 30 minute main, some five laps in front of runner-up Jose Rosas. Mathieu Delfour came in 3rd another lap down to complete the podium.

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February 17, 2015

Rasmus B. Nielsen wins DMSU DM5 race

The Danish DMSU DM5 Nationals race was held at the Faxe Og Omegns Motorklub in the 1/10th pan car class. On Saturday almost all drivers took the change to practice with Michael Johnsen being the fastest driver with a lap of 12.3, followed by Rasmus B. Nielsen with a 12.4. During qualifying it became clear that the race for the TQ position would be between Michael and Rasmus, while Thomas Mortensen and Claus Ryeskov battled it out for the 3rd place on the grid. At the end of the three qualifying rounds Rasmus came out successful in front of Michael and Thomas.

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February 16, 2015

BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals Rd5 – Report

The penultimate round of the 2014/15 BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals was held at the permanent Teesside track near Stockton on Tees last weekend. It was a somewhat depleted field due to the travelling distance for some competitors, so Saturdays qualifying started with three heats of 13.5 and fiveheats of 10.5 stock. After 4 rounds of qualifying in 10.5 Stock the normal order resumed with Team Zen principal David Spashett heading the times with Andy Murray and Mick Farrell following close behind. In the 13.5 Stock class it was Leigh Dibble, Matthew Lax and Jason Butterfield heading the timesheets.

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February 16, 2015

Alessio Menicucci renews with Xray

Xray has announced the contract renewal with Italy’s Alessio Menicucci for the 2015 season. Alessio is a multiple Italian champion and has been the main force together with Xray’s Francesco Martini in Italy. Alessio will race the Xray T4 at all the major regional, national and international races and he has the following to say about the deal:

It is an honour for me to continue the work started in 2015 with the Xray Factory Team. I am very happy with the work done so far and to have achieved significant progress. This is the result of an important teamwork and a continuous development directed to improve our performances race after race. I want to thank once again the Hudy family for giving me this opportunity, especially Juraj and Martin for the passion that they convey us on the track. This means to be part of a Champions team, what ask more than this?

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February 16, 2015

Mon-Tech Racing WR3 1/10th rally bodyshell

To add to their previously released WR1 and WR2 bodies Italian company Mon-Tech now introduces a third 1/10th scale rally body, the WR3. It is made from tough 1.0mm polycarbonate, comes clear and should fit most 190mm wide touring and rally car chassis.

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February 16, 2015

Alexander Hagberg continues with Orcan

2014 IFMAR 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Champion Alexander Hagberg will continue to use Orcan and Hipex products in his 2015 campaign, the Swede announced. Alex’ 2015 race calendar sees appearances at the Euro Nitro Series, the EFRA Euros and the Swedish Cup events and Alexander has the following to say:

After the big success with our IFMAR WC title in 2014 we decided to continue our successful co-operation which means that I will be using Orcan engines, Hipex mufflers, Orcan fuel and accessories also for the 2015 season. I will use Orcan equipment throughout my entire nitro program including ENS, EFRA Euros and Swedish Cup events. I would like to thank SMI Motorsport and Bertram Kessler, as well as Hipex for their support.

Source: Alexander Hagberg