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September 19, 2013

Swauger & Smeltzer win at ROAR On-Road Fuel nats

Beside the 1/10th 200mm class the recent ROAD On-Road Fuel nationals also had the 1/8th Open and Masters class to offer. In the Open class main it was Xray’s Mike Swauger who took TQ and who lead the field into the 60 minute final with Paolo Morganti (Serpent) and Ralph Burch (Xray) in tow. Only minutes into the race Mike had a coming together with a lapped car damaging the bumper of his Xray which resulted in an unwanted pitstop to have his crew fix his RX8. In the meantime Morganti and Burch battled for the lead but once Swauger got his rhythm back he shifted into second gear in order to catch Burch and later on Morganti to take the lead. The number one spot swapped a couple of times until Mike ultimately got into the leading position to take the win in front of Morganti and Burch.

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September 19, 2013

Andrea Pirani wins EFRA GP Bologna

The final 1/8 On-Road EFRA GP for this year was held at the Miniautodromo Ca’ de Mandorli near Bologna in Italy. In qualifying Andrea Pirani was able to take TQ in front of his Shepherd teammate Michele Romagnoli with only 0.018 sec separating the two Velox V8 Pro drivers. Starting from pole position into the semi-final A Pirani had no problems to take the win securing himself the pole for the 45 minute main final while in the semi-final B Romagnoli bumped up on third position after a small crash when lapping a slower car lining up 6th on the grid. In the first lap of the 45 minute encounter Pirani had a crash dropping him to 10th position while Romagnoli moved up to third position. In the following laps both drivers moved up step by step until Romagnoli was leading in front of Pirani. 10 minutes before the end Romagnoli had a technical problem handing over the lead to Pirani who crossed the finishing line two laps ahead of Mattia Rinaldi with Fabio Vecchiatti completing the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 19, 2013

Mibosport Cup Winter series – Announcement

Mibosport announce the 2013/14 season of their popular Winter Series. Attracting 283 drivers in total including Ronald Völker, Martin Bayer, Zdenko Kunák, Martin Hudy and Marek Černý during last year’s series, the upcoming races will again be held in the city of Hrotovice, host of the ETS, EOS and European Indoor Championships. The series is run in Touring Car Modified and Stock, Stock LRP, Formula 1, Yokomo GT and 2WD and 4WD Buggy. The season will kick off on the weekend of the 19th of October with Marc Rheinard and Ronald Völker attending as special guests. More information and registration for all rounds can be found here.

September 19, 2013

Garcia & Eres win Spanish Federation touring car titles

The last round of the Spanish Federation national championship took place at the Amsa track in Barcelona. Run in Modified and Stock touring car the race saw a good turnout of racers who suffered from unstable weather conditions. In the end it was Gonzalo Garcia (Serpent) who took the winning honours in the Stock class followed by Tony Mur (Xray) and Roger Sancho (Yokomo). With the win Gonzalo also secured himself the 2013 Stock championship title in front of Vicente Eres (VBC) and Roger Sancho. In the Modified category Carlos Ferrando (Tamiya) secured the day’s win in front of Vincente Eres (VBC) and Raul Sancho (Schumacher). The second place was good enough for Vincente to grab the 2013 Modified title in front of Raul Sancho and Carlos Ferrando.

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September 18, 2013

DJ Apolaro wins Sedan at ROAR Onroad nationals

This past weekend the ROAR Fuel On-road Nationals were held in California at the Greater LA RC club track. The parking lot track was nicely prepared but proofed to be tough on the tyres making tyre strategy an important point for the finals. Many drivers tried to bring home two first good runs in order to try and test tyres for the finals during the other rounds. In the 1/10th 200mm sedan class it was Mike Swauger who took the TQ honours followed by Ralph Burch, DJ Apolaro and Paolo Morganti in fourth.

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September 18, 2013

Victor Pelaez win Madrid Champs Rd4

The 4th round of the Madrid Champs took place in Asoger with the race was used by many as practice session for next week’s Spanish Nationals at the same track. At the end of the 30 minute final it was Serpent’s Victor Pelaez who took the win one lap ahead of team mate Juan Antonio Hidalgo with David Lopez Garcia completing the top 3.

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September 17, 2013

Akio Sobue wins Speed King Tour East 2013 Rd3

The third round of the Kazuki Endo presented Speed King Tour East 2013 took place at the world famous Yatabe Arena in Japan. The meeting was held in Modified TC, Stock TC, JMRCA TC and Yokomo GT500 classes and it was young Yokomo driver Yugo Nagashima who won the 2nd round of the series and took TQ again in the modified TC class of round 3. TRF driver Akio Sobue captured the second spot after qualifying and Hayato Ishioka held the 3rd place with his Kyosho TF6SP. Making use of the usual ‘first corner chaos’ in the Modified A final Akio moved up to the first spot while Yugo lost a lot of positions. Yugo though recovered during the 5 minute run but was not able to catch Akio who took the winning honours with his TRF418 prototype. Yugo finished second, Kiyoto Kanno completed the podium. When it comes to the overall championship Yugo kept his top position after round 3 going into the series final that will take place at the Crest Speedway on the first weekend of November.

Source: Speed King Tour [speed-king-tour.blogspot.jp]

September 17, 2013

Cerny & Nemcek win Czech touring car nationals

Cerny & Nemeck win Czech touring car nationals

Last weekend the Czech Championship was held in Slavkov u Brna on a very fast high grip track. Saturday saw five qualifiers with the first heat of the Modified class being TQ’d by David Nemcek followed by a clean sweep of Marek Cerny who took the remaining four qualifying rounds. The young man was able to conserve his performance for the finals where he went on to win the first two legs in order to secure the 2013 title early with one A main to go. The second place and vice championship went to David Nemcek with Jaroslv Kopecky taking the last remaining podium spot. Elsewhere in the Stock class David Nemcek took the win and 2013 title after a hard fight with Pavel Martinec.

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