March 13, 2014

Mario Miranda wins 200mm at Portuguese nats Rd1

Mario Miranda wins 200mm at Portuguese Nationals Rd1

The first race of the Portuguese nitro on-road nationals took place last weekend. At first it looked like Bruno Coelho would make a clean sweep in the qualifiers and semifinals but he ran into trouble allowing Mario Miranda to take the pole position for the final. In the main Mario and Bruno had a great battle for the lead and while Bruno looked like he would be the winner Mario was able to squeeze by in the final lap to take the win over his Xray teammate.

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March 12, 2014

Vässmar & Nilsson win at Swedish nationals

Vässmar & Nilsson win at Swedish nationals

Last weekend the Swedish electric on-road Nationals was held in the town of Växjö, in the south central part of Sweden. The race was run in 1/10 Touring Modified and 1/12th scale Modified on a pretty challenging track with some tight 180 degree corners and tricky chicanes. In 1/10 TC most of Sweden’s fast drivers were in attendance. The qualifiers got underway on Saturday after a whole day of free practice on Friday with three out of five rounds to count. In Q1 Magnus Vässmar took the round in front of Niclas Nilsson and Markus Hellquist. Q2 had Niclas taking the round in front of Markus. Q3 was a blueprint of Q1 with the order being Magnus, Niclas and Markus. Q4 went to Niclas with Magnus in 2nd, so for the final round Magnus and Niclas had 2 TQs each. Q5 was run on Sunday morning and some bad driving from Niclas destroyed his chances to take the desired pole position letting Magnus taking the round in front of Markus and Daniel Carlsson securing Magnus the overall TQ.

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March 11, 2014

José Areias wins at Portuguese 1/8th on-road nats Rd1

José Areias wins at Portuguese 1/8th on-road nats Rd1

The first round of the 2014 Portuguese nitro on-road nationals took place at the Sintra track near Lisbon. The weekend started with a low grip track on Saturday and cloudy, partly wet racing on Sunday but culminated in a dry semi and main final that was won by new Capricorn driver José Areias. The 1/8 class podium was completed by Mário Miranda in 2nd and Solange Araujo in 3rd place.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

March 11, 2014

Xray Challenge Germany – Report

Xray Challenge Germany – Report

The first Xray Challenge Germany was held at the small permanent indoor track of the MAC Adenau club which is located just outside the famous Nürburgring. The race entry was limited to 50 drivers due to the pit space being limited. The race was sold out immediately, which gave an indication of the big interest in these kind of races. The classes run were TC Modified, TC Stock 13.5T as well as 1:12 Stock 10.5T. The track, even though being fairly small, proved very enjoyable to drive with its high traction level and challenging corners.

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March 10, 2014

Christian Cavicchioli wins at Max Power Trophy

Christian Cavicchioli wins at Max Power Trophy

Last weekend the Mini Circuit M.C.S. 80 in Bologna held the Max Power Trophy, the first important race after the Winter season. In the 1/8th on-road class Christian Cavicchioli (Capricorn/XRD) took TQ after winning the first and third qualifying round. Alberto Tedeschi (Serpent/Max Power) and Mattia Collavo (Capricorn/XRD) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. For the 30 minute final Christian was able to conserve his performance to take the win in front of his Capricorn/XRD teammate Mattia. Alessandro Bracci (Xray/Max Power) came in 3rd to complete the podium.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

March 10, 2014

Lars Haugen takes Norwegian 1/12th national title

Lars Haugen takes Norwegian 1/12th national title

The Norwegian 1/12th scale championship was held in Spydeberg last weekend. The well organised race was run on quite a large track and attracted 21 drivers in the Modified class. The race format saw 5 rounds of qualifying, followed by triple mains. From early on it was clear that keeping good power over the 8 minute heats would be important in order to score good results. This was proven in the first round of qualifying where several drives did not make the 8 minute mark and Lars Haugen would take the first round in the highly competitive field. Helge Johansen would go on to take home two rounds on qualifying with Swede Alexander Anderson taking another round leaving Helge with the overnight TQ. On Sunday morning Lars took home the last qualifier and with it the overall TQ honours by beating Helge’s fastest run. Alexander Anderson would start from 3rd on tie-break with Øyvind Stusdal who put his car 4th on the grid.

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March 10, 2014

Yugo Nagashima wins at 2014 Speed King Tour Rd2

Yugo Nagashima wins at 2014 Speed King Tour Rd2

Round number 2 of the 2014 Speed King Tour took place at the World Jam Racing indoor tarmac track in the Gunma prefecture in four electric touring car classes including Modified, Stock, JMRCA Stock and Local. In the premier class of TC Modified, last year’s champion Yugo Nagashima took the TQ in front of TRF driver Takayuki Kohno. Round 1 winner Akio Sobue held the third position after the qualifiers. Following a good start into the A main, Yugo’ car lost rear grip in the first turn but he recovered quickly and kept the lead. Yugo then dominated the final from start to finish with his Yokomo BD7-2014. Akio moved up to second after a mistake of Kohno while young local talent Toyoki Yamada finished third to complete the podium. In the championship Akio keeps his leading position, while Yugo suffers from having missed the first round due to heavy snow fall. The next round of the 2014 Speed King Tour will be held at the RC Stadium track on the 6th of April.

Source: Speed King Tour [speedkingtour.blog.jp]

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