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May 8, 2014

Timo Schröder wins at Northern Germany champs Rd2

The 2nd round of Northern Germany Championship took place at the technical track in Braunschweig. Shepherd driver Lars Hoppe and Timo Schröder again dominated the whole weekend and showed a great performance after the double victory at the first round in Munster with Lars Hoppe finishing in front of Timo Schröder. In qualification it was Lars Hoppe who took the TQ in front of Timo Schröder and Michael Pätz in third place. At the start of the final Lars had some problems with his engine which gave Timo the chance to push him hard. After the first fuel stop Timo took the lead with his Velox V8 EC and it was an interesting fight between them for the remaining 25 minutes until Lars’ engine flamed out. At the end Timo crossed the finish line 1 lap in front of Lars with Michael Pätz completing the podium 5 laps down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 8, 2014

Cristiano Sartor wins 39th 1st May Trophy

Cristiano Sartor wins 39th annual 1st May Trophy

The Pista Futura track in Italy, host of the upcoming European Championship “B”, saw the 39th running of the 1st May Trophy. Team F.V.S.S. took the pole position and also the final victory with Cristiano Sartor (Shepherd/Novarossi) coming in 1st with Alberto Tedeschi (Serpent/Max) and Michael Canton (Mugen/Max) completing the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: F.V.S.S. [fvssrc.com]

May 7, 2014

ETS resumes at Porsche Museum

The Yokomo Euro Touring Series resumes this weekend (9-11 May) following a 2-month break with the fahr(T)raum Museum, a homage to Austrian automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche, playing host to the start of the second half of what has been the most competitive start to the championship in its 7-seasons of existence. Situated in the Austrian town of Mattsee, the museum is home to unique automobiles from the 1900s and provides insights into the earliest days of automobile construction but this weekend it welcomes for the very first time some of the best drivers from the high tech r/c world of electric touring car racing for Round 4 of the World famous championship. With the opening three rounds, all run on venues familiar to ETS regulars, producing three different winners, the asphalt event is all new territory for the 270 plus entries.

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May 7, 2014

Schumacher BTCC Rd2 – Report

The awesome track up at Halifax was the venue for the second round of the Schumacher BTCC. Many drivers turned up on Saturday to be greeted by lovely dry conditions, the track was looking fantastic and the drivers set up their race kit on the now covered pitting areas to get themselves ready for the weekend ahead. Great improvements have been done to the facility, now making this venue one of the best around from many comments heard during the event by several racers. There were several quick drivers on Saturday, and the day stayed dry throughout so lots of good running was had by many people.

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May 7, 2014

2014 KO Propo America nitro on-road GP – Report

The 2014 KO Propo America Nitro on-road Grand Prix took place this past weekend hosted by the Greater Los Angeles R/C Club. Classes raced would be 1/8th Sportsman, 1/8th Expert, 1/10th Touring, 1/8th GT and 1/5th GT. Total entries for this event was an impressive 116 with 1/8th Expert being the largest class with 51 entries. Practice started on Friday with one round of qualifying, Saturday would be three rounds of qualifying and all mains raced on Sunday. Mike Swauger (Team Xray/Picco) would set the TQ pace for both 1/10th Touring and 1/8th Expert. 1/8th Sportsman TQ would be Otto Rosa, 1/8th GT Robbie Corrato and 1/5th GT Victor Garcia.

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May 6, 2014

Collari confirmed for ENS Round 2 in Austria

1:8 Onroad legend Lamberto Collari has confirmed his entry for Round 2 of the Euro Nitro Series which takes place in Austria over the weekend of May 16-18. The winner of the opening round of the all new nitro onroad championship last month in Melzo, Italy, the 9-time World Champion is one of a number of top Italian drivers who will travel to the Aigen track in Northern Austria. Also confirmed from Italy for the second event of the four events that make up the inaugural ENS race calendar are 2-time 1:10 European Champion Dario Balestri (Capricorn), 1:10 World Championship podium finisher Francesco Tironi (Shepherd), Round 1 1:8 A-Finalist Andrea Pirani (WRC) and former Euro B Champion Mirko Salemi (BP Racing).

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May 6, 2014

1. MRC Wiener Neustadt Big Opening Race – Report

1. MRC Wiener Neustadt Big Opening Race - Report

The 1. MRC Wiener Neustadt club hosted their Big Opening Race with around 50 entries in 3 different electric on-road classes. The weekend started with practice on Friday under perfect weather conditions. In Touring Car Modified Marc Rheinard was the fastest driver followed by Martin Schuster and Dominic Vogl. On Saturday the weather changed to the worst with rain all day leaving the club no choice but to cancel the qualifying in favour of four rounds run on Sunday. Christoper Krapp then took TQ in TC Modified while Marcus Galler lead the 17.5T Stock class. Andreas Teubl secured himself the pole position in the F1 class. In the Touring Car Modified finals Christopher Krapp (Kyosho) made maximum use of his pole position, ending the race in front of Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) and Martin Schuster (VBC).

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May 6, 2014

Markus Mobers joins Revolution Design

Revolution Design Racing Products announce the addition of multiple 1/12th scale Champion and RC legend Markus Mobers to their team. The newly crowned 1/12 Stock European Champion add to an already impressive team of the like of Christopher Krapp, Kaja Novotny and Elliott Boots. This is what Markus has to say about the deal: