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April 25, 2013

Mark Green takes Rd2 of BRCA 1/8th Nats

The start of the 2013 racing season began with round 2 at Cotswolds 2 weeks ago. You must think there must be a typo error but we actually did start with round 2 since the scheduled first round at Wombwell had to be cancelled due to the snowy weather that hit the country in March. The entry for this round was lower than expected but still had a very competitive feeling which made for some close racing at all levels. Saturday was practice day and surprisingly the track was dry which enabled drivers to run their new engines in and also run their new cars for the first time. The lap times upfront are around the low 15 second bracket and if you can break consistently below this mark, then that is the golden ticket to having a good shot at TQ. The man to beat was Kyle Branson who was setting lap times consistently in the 14.7 second bracket and was clearly the class of the field with Mark Green being the next best. The remaining drivers of Wood, North, The Hastings duo, Dransfield, Thurston, Carr and Frost where in close pursuit.

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April 24, 2013

Alexander Hagberg reports on Xray Challenge Greece

The Xray Challenge Greece was held last weekend at the FRT track outside of Athens and this report is by Alexander Hagberg. ‘The track is huge by its size, comparable to the famous Lostallo track in Switzerland. It has been the host of numerous EFRA European Championship events in the past, so the quality of the track is very good. This time, the race featured the 1/10 GP and 1/10 EP Modified classes. A total entry count of around 50 had joined the event which was held over one day. The weather was sunny and reaching well over 20 degrees C, which meant perfect racing conditions.

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April 24, 2013

Tamiya SG takes lead of RaceWorks Elite series

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Round 3 of the inaugural season of the RaceWorks Elite Racing Series was held on 21 April 2013 at RaceWorks’ onroad circuit in Singapore. Fashioned after F1, the series features 5 ‘manufacturer’ teams of 2 drivers each competing for the overall drivers’ and team championship in the 7-race season. With rain disrupting the race, the overall results were based on the only qualifying run that was completed. TITC 2013 champion, Nicholas Lee (Team Tamiya SG) finished first, while teammate Alvin Koh took third spot. Team HB/HPI’s Allister Lim was second for his first podium finish of the season. After finishing on the podium in all 3 rounds so far, Alvin Koh leads the drivers’ standings ahead of PY Tang (Team Xray Singapore). The double podium finish of Team Tamiya SG’s drivers in Round 3 would see the team leap-frog Team Xray Singapore to take over the lead in the team standings. The teams look forward to “locking horns” again when the series resumes on 5 May for Round 4 of the season.

Source: Raceworks [raceworks.sg]

April 23, 2013

Xray back Euro Nitro Series

Xray are to back the inaugural Euro Nitro Series, the organisers of the new championship for onroad nitro racing are delighted to announce the World Champion manufacturer as the first primary sponsor of the two race ‘Pilot Series’ that will kick off at the end of next month at the Hockenheimring in Germany. A key partner of the Euro Touring Series, in which they are the defending Pro Stock Champions, Xray have played an instrumental role in the creation of the ENS offering their support for the series as far back the middle of last year.

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April 23, 2013

Elliott Harper wins BTCC season opener

The Cotswold RC track in the UK saw the unofficial BTCC season opening race and it was Team Durango’s newly signed Elliott Harper who took the TQ honours with the company’s DETC410 touring car prototype. Elliott was able to TQ every qualifying round and also posted the fasted lap ever at the Cotswold track. The young Brit then went on to sweep the A finals and took the race win in front of Schumacher’s Chris Grainger and Olly Jeffries (Team Associated).

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

April 22, 2013

Olivier Bultynck wins Belgian Nats Rd1

The first race of the 2013 Belgian championship took place at the Lovan racing track in Zarren. The indoor track featured many technical areas and a fast layout. Defending champion Olivier Bultynck took TQ with his new VBC Racing Wildfire in front of Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens. Gerrit van Swijgenhoven took a very good fourth on the grid. The first final saw a very close battle between Olivier and Thomas. Nick was just behind in third place. Olivier made no mistake and Thomas chased him hard but Olivier was able to open a gap and took the win. Thomas came in second in front of Nick and Gerrit. The second final again saw a win of Olivier after Thomas made a mistake in lap six. Meanwhile Nick climbed up to second place and encountered a lot of pressure from Thomas. The latter than touched the second placed but waited until Nick recovered. For the remainder of the final Nick was able to stay in second place with Thomas taking third place. Gerrit managed to take fourth in front of Manuel Henriet. The third final would be the decider for second place. Olivier also raced the last final as he wanted to learn his new car better. Olivier again took off and grabbed the win with the fastest time of the day. Thomas again was very fast and secured a second place. Nick came in third with Gerrit in fourth just in front of Manuel. The overall result saw Olivier Bultynck (VBC racing) taking the win with Thomas Stockman (Xray) in secede and Nick Joosens (Yokomo) in third.

Thanks to Krist Bultynck for sending the report.

April 22, 2013

Kim, Oh & Park win at Serpent On-Road Race Party

Serpent Korea organized the Serpent On-Road Race Party for gas-powered on-road cars and the meeting was held in 1/10th 200mm and 1/8th classes and also saw the introduction of the GT8 vehicles. In the 200mm sedan class it was Yeon Cheol Kim who took the win in front of Seung Seok Lee and Seung Won Choi. The 1/8th class saw Yong Taek Oh taking the win followed by Seong Go Jo in second and Yong Hoon Park in third place. Yong Hoon Park though took the win in the 1/8th GT class chased by Dong Hee Go with Deok Jin Kim taking the last remaining podium spot.

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April 21, 2013

KS Chu wins at Malaysian EP on-road race

One of the biggest EP on-road races in Malaysia was recently held at the Sarawak Sibu Ex-airport track that is considered one of the largest in the country with the cars reaching speeds of up to 100km/h down the main straight. The meeting was held in a stock 10.5T and a modified class and attracted racers from Kuala Lumpur, Terrengganu, Taiping, Sabah, Brunei, Kuching, Miri and Sibu. KS Chu was able to take pole position in both the stock and modified class ahead of Mohd Sonny and William Tiong. In the A finals Ks Chu lead from start to finish with no major challenge from any of the competitors. The second and third spot on the podium went to William and Sonny in the stock class with Sonny and William switching final positions in the modified event.

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