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August 9, 2011

200mm South German Championship Rd6

The 6th Rd of the South German Championship was held the track of Rötz. In qualifying Patrick Nähr took the pole-position for the 30-minute finale with his Novarossi-powered Shepherd Velox V10 “eleven”, followed by Serpent driver Toni Gruber on second place and Shepherd teammate Torsten Müller securing himself the third position. Also in the main final Nähr was in a good mood and crossed the finishing line four laps ahead of his toughest rival Toni Gruber followed by Torsten Müller on third place rounding out the good result for Shepherd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 8, 2011

Schumacher BTCC series Rd4 report

The penultimate round of the Schumacher BTCC series took place over this last weekend at Aldershot MCC. Once again another cracking entry of 140 drivers in this hugely popular series. With the focus on good fun and great competition for the drivers they keep coming back to each race. Most of the highest level national competitors were in attendance as the race is just before the BRCA National in two weeks time. With the drivers hoping to get some good running on the Sorex 32RY control tyre which has made the series once again very easy.

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August 8, 2011

Dutch 1/8 scale nationals Rd5

Last weekend it was only a week ago when we came from the European Championship in Luxembourg but this weekend it was time for the 5th Dutch National at the beautiful track in Apeldoorn. After three rounds of qualifying Rick Vrielijnck secured himself the pole position chased by Steven Cuypers and John Ermen only 0.3 and 0.6 seconds behind on their best 7 minutes run.

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August 8, 2011

2nd Annual Tri-State Shootout

The 2nd Annual Tri-State Shootout was held this weekend in New York at Floyd Bennett Raceway in Brooklyn. The track has been improved all year by Ralph Fortunato and friends. Fresh paint, news boards, improved layout and driver’s stand give all New York city area RC drivers a great place to race. First off was touring. Starting from pole position was Jamie Corrado but the race started with a lot of action and as a result three to four different drivers where fighting for the lead. Local hot shot and bump-up man Diatta Collimore was leading at the 12 minute mark when it started to rain. The race was going to be continued and run again later but more rain forced the results to be called using the qualifying order.

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August 6, 2011

Hohwart & Cuffs win ROAR on-road nationals

Team Associated factory team drivers Rick Hohwart and Jeff Cuffs were victorious in the 13.5 and 17.5 TC classes at the 2011 ROAR on-road Nationals at Jackson R/C Raceway in Jackson, NJ. Rick Hohwart dominated the 13.5 class by qualifying first in each of the four qualifying rounds to claim the pole position. Keeping the streak intact, Rick went on to win legs one and two to wrap up his 10th national championship. Jeff Cuffs made things a little more interesting. Starting second on the grid, Jeff fought hard to finish in the runner-up position in leg one even after receiving a controversial stop-go penalty. Putting the events of leg one behind him, Jeff came back to win legs two and three to seal the deal and the national championship.

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August 5, 2011

Dulac & Fares win Brazilian 200mm nationals Rd2

Held in Rio de Janeiro, the second round of the Brazilian 1/10 Nitro 200mm nationals attracted over 40 pilots, separated into the two categories Light, for beginners, and Pro for the experts. The four day competition promised intense action on the track with Eduardo Dulac dominating the Pro class from practice to final, taking a straight win some four laps ahead of Leandro Campos and Pedro Piau who are now tie on points leaving the championship open for the last round that will take place in Sao Paulo, in the city of Santo André.

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August 4, 2011

Kyle Branson wins British 1/8th Rd5

Round 5 of the BRCA 1/8th on-road Championship was hosted by the Adur club which is situated on the south coast, near to Brighton a couple of weeks ago. The weather forecast was for rain on Saturday and showers on Sunday which would make qualification very interesting. When arriving on Saturday the track was very wet and heavy rain poured down which did not relent all day with most of the drivers deciding to not run. Towards the end of the day, the track did eventually dry out but with grip levels very low, drivers decided to use the time to setup engines. Sunday, the track was dry which allowed for practice in heat order before a rain shower. The showers soon past and the track dried out very quickly which enabled qualification to begin.

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August 2, 2011

Holst & Graversen win Danish TC nationals Rd3

The third round of the Danish Championship for electric touring cars was held last weekend on a small technical asphalt track, 50 km outside of Copenhagen in Toelloese. The low-grip track features barriers like an indoor track, making car setup important for overall performance. In the SuperStock 13.5T “blinky” class it was a really close battle between Søren Boy Holst and Nicolai Lindegaard, with the rest of the pack a bit behind. Søren took TQ with his T.O.P. Photon car, ahead of Nicolai and Christian Lehm, who just changed to T.O.P. before this race. The finals where as close as predicted. Søren lost some of the grip in the finals, so Nicolai was all over his back in the first final, and found a way pass on the inside, and thereby winning the first A final. Second final was again close, with just a few meters between the two cars, but Søren kept his head cool, and took the win. Everything was now open before the last final. Søren held the lead from start, again with Nicolai just behind him. But after some laps Nicolai hit the rear of Sørens car, so the body got wrapped. Both drivers had problems, but after some help from the marshals, they were ready to go again. Søren didn’t look back and drove perfectly to the finish line, while Nicolai was frustrated and pushed the car over the limit. Søren took the overall win, with Nicolai on second place, while Christian got a very nice debut with his new Photon.

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