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Race action, news, views and interviews from a wet and windy fifth and final round of the BRCA British National Electric TC championships from the Mendip Circuit.
The JMRCA Japanese 1/10th 200mm Nationals were held last weekend at Keitune Speedway in Ichihara. Qualifying for the event saw Mugen racer Takehiro Terauchi take the pole position just ahead of Yuya Sahashi in 2nd and multiple National champion Takaaki Shimo for Kyosho in 3rd. The KM team attended the event all the way from Thailand and Meen Vejrak driving the H-K1 would start in 4th. In the final however it was former World Champion Keisuke Fukuda with the Mugen who would take victory by a lap in front of Meen V in 2nd, with Shinnosuke Yokoyama rounding out the podium in 3rd for Xray.
Source: KM [km-rc.com]
Last weekend the 1st Pit Lane Cup took place in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. KM racing driver Andy Báez took the pole position for the race, while in second position was Fernando Méndez also with a HK-1. In the final the order of the front pairing remained unchanged as Andy took the win by less than a lap from Fernando, with Kyosho driver Anger Santiago in 3rd.
Source: KM [km-rc.com]
Austrians Number one 1:8 Onroad racer Michael Klausner jun. won the 6th and final round last weekend at LAMAC track in Carinthia. The “Audi Factory” driver starting for PSV Salzburg club and using Mugen/Novarossi/Protoform combination has 4 wins and a second place in his final score. This was not the championship win for the 27 years old having won the Austrian national title for the the last 3 years.
Thanks to Michael Selner for the report.
Last weekend saw the final round of the Spanish gas on road nationals at the Pinseque track in Zaragoza. The race was all about local driver Victor Gonzalez, having found a good setup in Friday’s practice session, he went on to TQ and set the fastest lap of the weekend and produced a new track record. In the final he would go on to win with his OS powered Kyosho Evolva by 1 lap over Iñaki Pahisa (Xray) in 2nd with Carlos Preacho (Shepherd) in 3rd. The Victory was enough to give Victor Gonzalez the 2011 National title ahead of Oscar Cabezas (2nd) and Nacho Lopez (3rd)
Source: JBT Racing [jbtrcracing.blogspot.com]
The German outdoor electric touring car nationals were held last weekend at the Megadrom Gelienkirchen. The event saw new Serpent signing Marc Fischer take the TQ spot ahead of reigning ETS Champion Ronald Volker for Yokomo and Hot Bodies race Freddy Sudhoff. In the first A-main leg it was Yokomo’s Yannic Pruemper that took the win ahead of 3 time World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd and Volker in 3rd with Fischer failing to finish. In the 2nd leg Fischer bounced back and took the win by 4 seconds from Ronald Volker in 2nd and Rheinard 3rd, Yannic failing to finish, setting up a 3rd leg decider. The final leg would once again go to Fischer, this time by a smaller margin of 2.5 seconds over Volker giving Marc Fischer the overall victory and with it the National title, a first major victory for the new S411 chassis. Ronald Volker would take the runner up spot with Yokomo team mate Yannic Pruemper completing the podium in 3rd. Serpent also took the Hobby class with Majuran Tharmalingam winning and the 40+ title with Andreas Giesa finishing 23rd overall.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Team C Racing have been in contact to promote their HobbyPro Open event that takes place from the 5th to 6th of November at the TRC Track in Hong Kong. This gas event is open to 1/8th on road, 1/10th 200mm and 1/10th 220mm and will once again attract the Shepherd factory team with confirmed entries from Patrick Schaefer, Ronald Volker, Simon Kurzbuch and Jilles Groskamp. Open to all brands of car, you can find more information here.
FSEARA (Florida State Electric Auto Racing Association) kicked off their 7 round series at Florida Indoor RC Complex in Plant City, FL. The one day race attracted many on road driver from all over FL to attend this 1st round of the 2011/2012 session. With over 70+ entries, this event showed that on road is still alive in FL. In Open 17.5, the battle from last year continued, the Local driver Austin Harrison using his home track advantage, taking the TQ with a Lap over the field in front of last year’s winner Dave Bowser.
Continue reading the report here
