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July 4, 2012

Søren Boy Holst wins Rd3 in Denmark

This past weekend the 3rd round of the Danish National Championships were arranged by the BRCC club, just outside Copenhagen. The weather had been tricky with a lot of rain Friday, lots of sun Saturday, and mixed conditions on raceday, but were lucky and didnt get any rain. After the first round of the championship, the qualifying system had changed from FTQ to the round by round system, making it more equal and forcing drivers to hit the track, instead of saving tires for the finals.

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July 4, 2012

Mattia Pesenti takes Rd4 of Swiss Nationals

Last weekend the 4th round of the Swiss Nationals were held in Lostallo and Mattia Pesenti sent us this report. “On Friday we tested many things and different setups and at the end of the day the car was really good. On Saturday morning during the last practice we tried softer rims and the car was faster and easier to drive, I could ran in 20.170, which was a great lap in Lostallo. We started the qualifying rounds trying to finish the first one without mistake in order to have a good result, I took the 3rd position behind Müller and Kurzbuch. In the next 2 round I always improve my best time, setting a 20 laps in 7.08 in the third round. Kurzbuch and Müller did 20 laps in 7.06. In the last one it was colder and I tried to push harder but unfortunately I made a mistake and lost many seconds. I finished the round with 20 laps in 7.09, setting the new daily record with a lap in 20.045. I finished the qualifying round in 4th position.

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July 3, 2012

Four manufacturers chase ETS title at season finale

The stage is set for the most exciting title battle in the history of the ETS with four drivers representing four different manufacturers in with a chance of becoming the 2011/12 Yokomo Euro Touring Series Champions at this weekend’s (6-8th July) season finale in Traiskirchen, Austria. Having enjoyed it’s most successful season to-date with close on 700 drivers set to register points in the World famous electric touring car series, the fifth running of the championship has also produced its most competitive year of racing with four different drivers taking to the top step of the podium in the premiere Ride Modified class. Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp and Xray’s Alexander Hagberg both claimed their first ever ETS wins putting them in the position of going head to head with Team Yokomo’s defending Champion Ronald Volker and Tamiya’s former Champion Marc Rheinard for the prestigious title at the sixth & final round.

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June 29, 2012

Vejrak & Syach win 2012 Futaba OS Jakarta Open

The 2012 Futaba OS Jakarta Open which is the annual yearly event of Jakarta International Twin Circuit track was held last weekend. A strong 106 competitors from Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam took part in the 1/10 200mm and 1/8 classes. The qualifying was on Saturday with three 5 minute rounds with a final round on Sunday before the Main Final. The qualifying started with very sunny conditions and the track surface had medium grip with a few bumpy sections.

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June 27, 2012

Daniele Sieber wins Rd3 in East Germany

Last weekend the 3rd round of the East German Championship took place in Mühlau. Shepherd racer Daniele Sieber was attending the event and found a good setup for his Sonic powered Velox V8 “eleven” resulting in excellent laptimes during Saturdays practice. On Sunday morning three qualifiers were held. With a big gap Daniel secured himself the pole-position followed by young Toni Gruber and Benjamin Schumann. In the 20 minutes main final he had a huge lead after 8 minutes giving him the chance to relax a little bit. He cruised to the victory 3 laps in front of Toni Gruber with Michael Kammer finishing 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 25, 2012

Morganti & Wang win Byron World Challenge

The 2012 Byron Fuels World Challenge at Leisure Hour Raceway saw 80 entries competing in 3 nitro classes, GT, 1/10 Sedan and 1/8 On-road. After 4 rounds of qualifying, Paolo Morganti TQ’d in the GT class, current US National sedan Champion DJ Apolaro took TQ in the Sedan class while JJ Wang TQ’d the 1/8 On-Road class. In the finals, it was Byron fuel’s team drivers Paolo Morganti and JJ Wang taking home the winner’s trophy. Paolo Morganti driving his Serpent won both GT and 1/ 8 On road while Mugen driver JJ Wang dominated the 1:10 sedan class. Byron Fuels World Challenge is a cash contingency race, over $40,000 in contingency checks paid out in previous Byron Challenges, the biggest payouts in R/C.

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June 22, 2012

Patrick Nähr wins Rd3 in Southern Germany

Last weekend the 3rd round of the South German Championship took place in Amberg in the East of Bavaria. In total 49 drivers attended this event to score points for the championship. In the 1/10th class Patrick Nähr had a great day with his Sonic powered Velox V10 “twelve”. After he claimed the second place in qualifying he dominated his semi-final finishing 4 laps in front of the rest of the field lining up second on the grid for the main final. After an intense race at the beginning of the final he sneaked away finishing more than one lap in front of Dominic after 30 minutes. Steve Baumgarten completed the podium.

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June 20, 2012

Daan Jacobs wins Dutch 200mm Rd3

The 3rd round of the Dutch nationals 1/10 scale was held in the centre of the Netherlands at the Utrecht club Raco2000 and Daan Jacobs wrote the following report. “The track from Raco2000 is fast and bumpy, so the shocks of the car are really important on this track. You want your car stable and consistent on the bumps and also keep corner speed in your car. During Saturday we saw a lot of drivers driving consistent laps under 16 seconds with the fastest lap times of 15,6 seconds, so it promised to be close for the race on Sunday.

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