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May 3, 2011

Rick V wins again in Rd2 of Dutch Nationals

The second round of the Dutch 1/8th national championship was held on the very bumpy track at REAL80 in Groningen. With the free practice already started on Friday you could see many people struggling to find the right setup but on Sunday most drivers had found it. Luckily the weather was perfect so there was no need to expect rain. After the first round of qualifying in the NK class it was Steven Cuypers surprising everyone by taking the lead but in the next round it was Rick V taking over at the top and he never relinquished it, ending on pole followed by Steven Cuypers, John Ermen and Arie Manten. At the start Rick struggled for grip but after just 2 laps it came back and he could get his head down. John Ermen was kicked out to the grass and had to climb up from behind. After the 30 minutes it was Rick V taking the win followed by Steven Cuypers and John Ermen on 3rd, the same 3 drivers that were on podium in the last race.

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May 3, 2011

Bowie Ginting dominates EP TC Rd3 in Indonesia

The 3rd round of Indonesian 1/10 EP National Championship was held on Winners69 track, which is located in Miko Mall, Bandung. The race was open to 1/10 Stock Touring 11.5 and front wheel drive classes and the track surface was indoor carpet with an average best lap of 9 seconds with a 1/10 TC stock car. In the 1/10 Stock Touring class, it was provisional standings leader Bowie Ginting that toped qualifying taking his Xray to the TQ spot with the only 33 lappers of the day on 5.03. Second went to Chandra Yosef, who brought his Xray around 32 laps @ 5.03, while last year’s National Champion Teddy Syach put his Tamiya on 3rd place, 2 seconds behind Chandra. Dimas Ardian (Hot Bodies) and Rama Tribudiman (Tamiya) completed the top 5 qualifying result. While in FWD class, Ade drove his TOP Sabre to the TQ Position with the only 28 lapper on the class.

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May 3, 2011

Klausner heads experienced podium at MORAC Graz

Last weekend saw the first club race of MORAC Graz on their new rebuilt track. Open to several classes including 1:5, 1:8 & 1:10 gas onroad, the event attracted drivers from Hungary, Slovenia and Austria. In 1:8 we saw great battle between reigning Slovenian champion Mihelic Nejc and reigning Austrian champion Michael Klausner for the Top Qualifier spot. Klausner was doing much faster lap times, setting a new track record of 16,259 sec compared to the previous time of 16.589 sec by Marco Müller, but didn’t manage to run 5 minutes without a fuel stop, so it was Motonica racer Mihelic Nejc that took the pole position ahead of the Mugen pairing of Michael Selner and Michael Klausner in 2nd and 3rd. At the very last qualifying heat it started to rain, getting very heavy a few minutes later. After a longer break the finals were started in several classes, but not all drivers wanted to run on the wet track, so in 1:8 they got the very experienced podium of 44 year old Michael Selner with the win, ahead of 64 year old Ewald Prochaska in 2nd and 47 year old Wolfgang Luttenberger in 3rd.

Source: MORAC Graz [morac-graz.at]

May 2, 2011

Trofeo Picco – Announcement

Picco in Italy were in touch to promote their 11th edition of the Trofeo Picco which will take place on the 2nd to the 3rd of July. The race for 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale 200mm will be held at the super fast Mini Racing Ayrton Senna track in Melzo close to Milan. The event will consist of three 4 minute qualifiers followed by finals and there will be a prize lottery during the event. For more information you can visit the track site here.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

May 2, 2011

Simon Kurzbuch wins Swiss 1/8th opener

The opening round of the Swiss On Road V8 and V10 Nationals took place in Aigle last weekend with 28 drivers in the V10-200mm class, 34 in the Amateur V8 class and 22 in the Expert V8 class competing in the excellent sunny weather. It was the fist time that both classes ran at the same place at the same time, but it was a well organised race and a good job by the team in Aigle during the whole weekend.

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May 1, 2011

Blazej Orlowski joins Hot Bodies Poland

Multiple Polish Stock class National Champion Blazej Orlowski has signed for Hot Bodies for the 2011 season. The former Tamiya Poland driver will run the latest TCX touring car in both the national series and in Euro Touring Series races. Blazej want to give special thanks to Niko Triandafilidis for the great support over the past few years.

Source: HPI Poland [hpi.pl]

April 30, 2011

IRCC Nagoya airport race – Announcement

The organisers of the IRCC event that takes place in Japan from the 24th to the 26th of June have been in contact to tell us about the event. The race is unique in that it will be held in Nagoya International airport, in a meeting room near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, you wont need to do much traveling and can in fact access the track by foot. Previously a domestic event, this year it will be open to international competitors for almost all electric on road classes in both 1/10th and 1/12th scale. Racers afraid of any fallout from the recent disasters in the country needn’t worry as the event is very far south away from any potential harm. Racers interested can visit the official event site here, where you will find all the information also in English.

April 29, 2011

Steven Cuypers wins Rd1 in Western Germany

Steven Cuypers and Uwe Baldes made it a Mugen 1-2 at the first round of the Western German Championship with Serpent racer Alain Levy completing the podium on third. It has been a really great race weekend at Dormagen near Cologne with a total of 39 1/8 scale racers in both classes. Since years the number of entries hasn’t been that high in the 1/8 scale category. The weather was just perfect all over the weekend but lots of farina made it difficult for the drivers especially at the beginning of the practice on Saturday when grip level was poor and cars turned to be covered by yellow farina. But finally grip increased and all racers got lots of practice over the day on the 273 meter long track which is known as “RC Monaco of Germany” because of its concrete walls and guard rails.

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