Multiple world champion Marc Rheinard has signed to Hot Race tyres in a one off deal for the 200mm World championship to be held in Bangkok next month. The newly signed Capricorn driver will join fellow World Champion and Tamiya team mate Jilles Groskamp along with European Vice Champion Mario Spiniello in choosing the tires from this young tire company.
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The ninth and final round of this years championship was hosted by the Mendip circuit at Weston Super Mare. With Tim Wood away on Holiday in Egypt to celebrate his 30th birthday, it became a clear fight between defending champion and Mugen / Sirio / Contact driver Kyle Branson against former champion of Serpent / Novarossi driver Mark Green. These two add a clear driver consistency and car setup advantage over the chasing pack throughout Saturday practice and also on race day. The chasing pack of Andy North, The Hastings, Danny Bancroft and Neal King battled it out for the minor championship positions which were again undecided heading into the season finale.
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The MRC Longwy club have announced the 9th edition of their GP3F race, which will be held on the 15th and 16th of December 2012 in Longwy, France close to the Luxembourg Belgium border. Open to Modified and Pro Stock touring car, the event will be capped at 120 drivers and run on a large technical track with plenty of running for all racers. The race has attracted a large entry of the finest racers with Ronald Volker, Marc Rheinard and more confirmed. Entry will open on the 24th of October so be don’t be late as it will fill fast. More information on the event can be found at the official site here.
The opening round of the Mibosport Cup takes place next weekend in Hrotovice, Czech Republic. The event which is open to both on road and off road classes on 2 tracks in the one hall, has already attracted over 90 entries including a strong entry from the Xray team with Martin and Juraj confirmed with Martin Bayer set to run the all new Xray EP buggy at the event. One of the stars of last weekend’s ETS Dominic Vogl is also set to compete with the Awesomatix along with top Czech drivers, Michal Bok, Marek Cerny and Radek Flek. More information on this first event as well as the whole series can be found here.
Round 1 of the 2012/12 BRCA 1/12th scale nationals took place at Teesside last weekend and for many of the competitors it was like stepping into a time warp. David Spashett made a successful return to 1/12th scale racing last winter and over the summer has been working hard to improve his chassis and driving skills. He arrived at Teesside having recently won the third round of the popular AMC summer shootout series at Chesterfield so was in confident form heading into the event.
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The 2012-2013 Essex Winter Series kicked off last weekend with a capacity entry. After the success of the series first season, the organisers had made a few tweaks to the rules, which were clearly well received by racers as the first round of the series was booked out nearly a month before the event. The most notable change for the second series of EWS, which has become one of the biggest and most popular in the UK, was to the race day format. Five rounds of qualifying would now feature, and the round-by-round points system would be in use. Single leg finals would then decide the winners of each class.
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The 8th running of the Trofeo Novarossi took place at the track of the Club Automodellistico Gubbio in Italy and saw the entrance of talented drivers like Francesco Tironi and Lamberto Collari. In the 1/8th scale class it was Capricorn’s Francesco Tironi who took the race win some three laps from Mattia Rinaldi and Alessandro Bracci. Lamberto Collari faced tyre problems during the final and finished in fourth position.
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The fifth and final round of the Swiss national touring car championship was held at the track of Lostallo. After an all wet Saturday and Sunday morning the weather got better for the finals on Sunday afternoon. Markus Streuli started from pole position with Mario Rigert in second spot and Daniel Ghirlanda in third position. As the finals were the only rounds of the whole weekend with dry conditions, it was difficult for everyone to find a good pace from the start. Mario managed to win two out of the three A finals. The win of the final round secured Mario the race victory and his fifth modified touring car title as well. Xray team mate Steven Deyhle took the runner-up spot and Antonino Mangiaracina came in third.
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