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August 27, 2012

Ahn Hyun Ho takes 2012 Korean GP title

Serpent driver Ahn Hyun Ho took the 2012 Korean national championship title that was held at the Hitec circuit. He suffered a terrible qualifying and had to bump up to the main final in sizzling hot weather conditions. Coming from fifth and with three laps into the final, he gained the lead but had to refuel more often compared to his competitors due to a higher fuel consumption of his engine. After the final pit stops and with four and a half minutes to go he was still in the lead but he had to refuel again due to a runtime of only four minutes and 15 seconds. He decided to take the risk and reduced the speed in order to spare a slash and dash pit stop but he flamed out with just 10 seconds to go. He crossed the line in second place but the racer winner was excluded because of his car’s body shell being too low handing the race win to Ahn Hyun Ho.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 27, 2012

Kurzbuch brothers win 1/8th Swiss champs

Last weekend the final race for the Swiss Championship 2012 took place in Langenthal. The title in the category 1/8 Amateur was already given, but in the 1/8 Expert class was still up for grabs with Simon Kurzbuch having a slight advantage over the other candidates. The weather forecast promised rain for the whole weekend but at the end it was a dry race without the wet stuff from above. As expected the Kurzbuch brothers had a slight advantage over the other drivers thanks to Langenthal being their home track and so they dominated the qualifiers and took TQ in their respective classes.

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August 22, 2012

Bultynck secures Belgian title as Joosens wins Rd7

For the last race of the Belgian touring car season the drivers went to Genk. It was marvellous weather and everything was still open in the Efra and Stock classes. Thomas Stockman wanted to be the new champion and already had a splendid year in the nationals. But it was Olivier Bultynck who set the pace and took TQ in front of Nick Joosens and Thomas Stockman. Patrick Jongenelis an Gerrit Van Swijgenhoven took fourth an fifth place on the grid. Olivier was very fast at this track and was on the run for his fourth title in a row. In the first final Ollie went away from the rest and secured his win. Behind him Nick was in a fight with Thomas. Thomas took second place for a short time but Nick came back and took second place. Thomas came in as third just behind Nick.

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August 21, 2012

Dutch EFRA GP – Announcement

The AMCA club in Apeldoorn are playing host to a 1/8th EFRA GP from the 21st to the 23rd of September this year. Run to EFRA rules, this event will also include a 40+ race for the ‘old guys’, and everyone participating must have an EFRA drivers license or valid national license. Already attracting some top driver don’t pass up the opportunity to race on one of the World’s finest circuits and to go up against some of the quickest drivers in Europe. Entry is now open and can be filled in here.

August 20, 2012

JJ Wang double at Chinese Nationals

The Chinese On-Road Nationals were held this past weekend in Beijing, China, bringing together top drivers from all over China including Hong Kong. The three-day race included 1:10 Nitro Sedan and 1:8 GP On-Road as well as 1:10 Electric Sedan. FEMCA President Trevor Reid attended the event as guest of the Chinese Sports Federation’s RC Association. After 4 rounds of qualifying, JJ Wang took TQ in both the 1:10 nitro sedan and 1:8 GP on-road class. In the nitro sedan finals, JJ Wang battled Beijing’s Chen Yan Fu to take the National title with his Novarossi powered Mugen MTX5, Guo Yao Wei from Guangzhou took third with his Serpent 747. In the 1:8 class, JJ Wang driving his Mugen MRX5 dominated the field winning by 7 laps over second place Tommy Dai of Shanghai, Beijing’s top driver Chen Yan Fu came in third.

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August 20, 2012

Elliot Harper wins BRCA TC series Rd4

In winning round four of the BRCA 1:10 electric touring car series at Snetterton Tamiya’s Elliott Harper became the fourth different winner from four events, his win sets up a winner takes all championship showdown at the final round at Mendip in a month’s time. After five rounds of qualifying it was the Associated TC6.1 of Olly Jefferies that took TQ, but in putting himself on pole Olly had used all his tyres allocation, second place on the grid was championship favourite Chris Grainger, Grainger could have wrapped up the 2012 title if he could win here, Harper lined up third on the grid.

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August 19, 2012

Manuel Huber wins 2012 European 200mm title

The EFRA 1/10th 200mm European Championships were held this week in Cassino, Italy with 101 driver attending the annual event. Under extreme temperatures it would Serpent driver Alessio Mazzeo that claimed the TQ position ahead of double European Champion Dario Baelstri in 2nd, while Jilles Groskamp was 3rd and David Loppini in 4th. Reigning European Champion Robert Pietsch along with last year’s finalist Eric Dankel failed to progress out of the 1/4 finals. Following the Semi finals, it was newly crowned touring car World Champion Jilles Groskamp that would start the final from pole position, while a problem for Dario Balestri, while leading his semi, meant his title quest was ended. In the final itself Jilles would have a bad start which gave D’angelo the lead but he would get by and was able to build a solid lead until a rear belt problem dropped him down the order. A recovery drive would see him pull back 3 laps on the leaders, setting the fastest lap of the race to finish in 3rd place. Austrian Xray driver Manuel Huber would take over the lead following Jilles’ problem for the remainder of the race only conceding the top spot to Dino Giacone following his final fuel stop only for the Italian to break his car a lap later in traffic giving Huber back the lead allowing him to cruise to the title. Mario Spiniello would take the runner up spot less than a lap back from the winner, having worked his way up from the 1/8th finals earlier in the day.

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August 18, 2012

Adam Catchpole wins Rd6 of BRCA 1/8th series

The Sixth round of the 2012 national championship was the first visit of the year to the Cotswold circuit near Cirencester. With the weather set to be good, we all anticipated two dry days and the chance to gain some good championship points while the 2 main contenders, Branson and Green are on 200mm European duty in Italy.

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