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June 22, 2010

Sweep Racing USA signs Mike Haynes

Ready to kick off a great outdoor season, Sweep Racing USA have announced that 2009 ROAR National champion Mike Haynes has joined their national level team. Having great success in the past in rubber tire classes he will have a very important roll on the team, helping drivers & customers with setup and rubber tire fundamentals, along with testing and development the latest product before production. Mike has already begun running for Sweep since last month and had this to say.

After having the opportunity to test out these tires i am very excited to be helping promote the brand within the US. The tires run very consistently run to run and in rubber tire racing this is key! Many tires are fast for a couple of runs but the Sweeps seem to be fast for many.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracingusa.com]

June 21, 2010

John Ermen wins Dutch Nationals Rd3

Last weekend the 3rd round of the Dutch nationals was held on the Raco track in Utrecht. Last year it was the 1st time after almost 20 years to race on this track again and Ilia v. Gastel set the first lap record of 13.937 sec. This time it was clear the track was a lot faster and so new lap records could be expected.

Continue reading the report here

June 21, 2010

Mattia Pesenti wins Rd3 in Switzerland

This last weekend saw the 3rd round of Swiss 1/8th scale on road Championships run in Herblingen and we received this report from Mattia Pesenti. We arrived at the track on Friday at 12 and it was wet, but it dried very fast so at 3pm we could practice and I had a very good feeling with my Motonica. Unfortunately Saturday morning the rain came again and so I had to setup my car for the wet. I lost the first qualifier but in the second round I did a very good time placing me in 3rd position and as the rain stopped so the track become faster. However I couldn’t do better in the 3rd round but in the last one I put on different tyres and I was really fast and managed to take the pole position.

Continue reading the report here

June 20, 2010

2010 BeNeLux championships – Announcement

Model Race Genk vzw. in Belgium have been in touch to tell everyone about the BeNeLux championships which will be organized on their new track in Genk from the 24th to the 25th of July. This race is driven in 2 classes, 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm, following EFRA rules for the technical specifications and the race organization. The all new 287 meter long track is built to an internationals spec and so features all the facilities you should expect from such a venue. Entry is now open and you can find out more information here.

June 17, 2010

Sotiropoulos wins ELME Greek National Cup

The ELME Greek National Cup for 1/8 On Road took place last weekend at the Montelodromio Track in Patra. In qualifying it was Serpent racer John Sotiropoulos that took the pole position winning all 4 rounds of qualifying to line up ahead Kyosho driver Vangelis Totomis in 2nd and John Doukakis in 3rd fro Motonica. In the final it was Sotiropoulos who would come out on top by 2 laps ahead of Totomis in 2nd with another Serpent driver Antreas Makrigeorgios in 3rd.

Thanks to Kostas Nikolaou for the report.

June 16, 2010

Kyle Branson wins Rd4 of British Nationals

For the fourth round of the BRCA 1/10th 200mm National championship it was held at Snetterton circuit in Norfolk and Kyle Branson sent us this report. The weather was good however the traction was not so great at the start, but with around 60 cars there on saturday the grip soon came up. It was Mark Green and Kyle Branson who were setting the fastest laps through most of Saturday, my car was good for most of the day with a few little adjustments making it a little better. Sunday morning was cooler and it looked like there was a hint of drizzle during the day, however this wasnt the case as within an hour the sun was out. In round 1 Mark took TQ, I made a mistake which ruined my run of getting 25 laps, with me in second and John Zottl in third. In the second round Mark was still on TQ just ahead of me in second, I couldn’t improve on my time due to having a problem. In the last round I managed to improve and get TQ just under a second ahead of Mark in second and Joe Kerry in third.

Continue the report here

June 16, 2010

Martin Christensen confirmed at Capricorn

Following their announcement two days ago that they had signed Christer Andersson, Capricorn have finalised a contract with Danish racer Martin Christensen. Martin, who won the recent European Championship warmup race in Sweden with the LAB-C01, was one of the first development drivers for the car having raced it on its debut at the European Championships in Italy last summer. Martin will also the LAB E01 engine as well as Capricorn tires and fuel this season.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

June 15, 2010

Tosolini & Lemieux take ROAR Fuel Titles

The ROAR fuel on road Nationals took place last week in Lincoln, Nebraska and the race was open to 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale sedan. In the 1/8th class it was Worlds runner up Mike Swauger that took the pole position for Mugen, ahead of Serpent racer Chris Tosolini in 2nd, Ralph Burch 3rd and Scott Kimbrow in 4th. In the race it was Tosolini that emerged on top, winning the 45 minute race by 2 laps from Serpent team mate Scott Kimbrow in 2nd and Mike Swauger in 3rd. In the sedan class it was Xray racer Ralph Burch who sat on pole, with Serpent racer Paolo Morganti in 2nd, Paul Lemiuex in 3rd and Mike Swauger completing the top 4. In the race both Morganti and Burch hit trouble leaving Lemieux to take the National title for Xray, a lap clear of Mike Swauger for Mugen in 2nd and Chris Tosolini for Serpent taking 3rd only 3 seconds back. The 1/8th Masters class saw the win for Rick Davis, running the Serpent 966 in front of Larry Barnett in 2nd and Harry Hananouchi in 3rd.

View the final results here