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September 13, 2010

Hard & Lindner win 2010 Swedish Cup series

This past weekend the 2010 Swedish national nitro onroad cup had its final race in Eskilstuna. The cup started in May in Vaxjo, then followed by Orebro in June and Trollhattan in July and now the final race in Eskilstuna. Before the final race the two best out of three scores was to be counted with the fourth and final race being mandatory for all racers. Driven in semi dry conditions making everything very challenging and exciting, the 1/10th 200mm race was won by Niclas Nilsson racing a Max powered Xray NT1 borrowed from his friend Alexander Hagberg. In the 1/8th class the race victory was taken by Marcus Lindner racing his Novarossi powered Serpent 966. With the results added up it was Per-Ola Hard that won the 1/10th 200mm series, with Marcus Lindner taking the 1/8th series.

View the final series standings here

September 13, 2010

Diatta Collymore joins GQ America

TMA Motorsports and GQ America have announced the signing of Diatta Collymore to Team GQ Racing Tires for 2010 and 2011. Diatta, a young and very fast driver took a 6th place finish at the 2010 US Nationals in the 1:10th Nitro Sedan Class and with his TQ and win at the Region 1 Nitro On-Road Championships, Diatta has had a successful summer campaign. Diatta is now using GQ Tires on his Nitro and Electric cars.

I’m very happy to have GQ Tires and TMA Motorsports as my tire sponsor for the 2010-2011 racing season. After first trying them in the same shores I used to run from other brands on my nitro car, I felt an increase in traction and consistency. On top of that, the wear on my tires was minimal. I know we will be seeing some great results in the near future.

Source: TMA Motorsports [tma-motorsports.com]

September 13, 2010

Christophe Pethoud joins Motonica Switzerland

Motonica Switzerland are pleased to announce that they have signed front running National driver Christophe Pethoud. The former Amateur Champion will run the Motonica P81, having switched from Mugen, and will continue to use Sirio engines. Christophe will also run Blitz bodies in the remaining races this year and throughout next year’s National series.

Source: Modellbau Lackner [modellbau-lackner.ch]

September 12, 2010

Fukuda retains his Japanese 200mm title

This year’s Japanese 1/10th 200mm National Championships were run this weekend under sunny Autumn skies at the Hokusei Circuit in the Mie Prefecture. The race was run for both the Open and Sports classes and it attracted more than 90 drivers to the event. In the open class it was the star of the Worlds in Houston, Serpent driver Takumi Matsuda that took the pole position ahead of Serpent team mate Yuya Sahashi, with former World Champion and defending 2 x time National Champion Keisuke Fukuda in 3rd and World Championship runner up Takehiro Terauchi in 4th. In the 40 minute final it was Fukuda who would emerge the winner by 12 seconds ahead of Matsuda in 2nd, with Yuya Sahashi taking 3rd spot a lap further back. In the sports class it was Adati Hirokazu that took the win from 2nd on the grid in a close battle with pole man Huzii Takuya, the pair finishing less than 4 seconds apart after 40 minutes. Sakai Makoto completed the podium in 3rd.

View the sports class finalists here

September 10, 2010

Stockman & Vekemans win Belgian Nats Rd6

Round 6 of the Belgian Electric touring car championships was run last weekend at the large MRCL gas track, which had recently been renewed. Great weather for the race day and following qualifying in the EFRA class it was Nick Joosens that took the pole position ahead of newly crowned champion Olivier Bultynck. Leg 1 of the finals saw Olivier pressure Nick into a mistake and could take the lead but a coming together with a back marker took Olivier out of the race and Thomas Stockman could take the win. Leg 2 saw the win go to Bultynck after Nick made a small error, with Stockman in 2nd. The final leg and there was problems for the front pair and so Stockman could again take the leg win to claim the overall victory from Rico Claeys in 2nd and Nick Weyers in 3rd. In the Superstock class it was Geoffrey Vekemans who took the pole position and he could convert into the overall win with leg 2 and 3 victories. Stephane Roufosse took 2nd place overall with Werner Broeckx in 3rd. In the Stock class the win went to Michel Mahieu from Jannick Rommens and Lorenzo Vandepoele.

View the other podiums here

September 10, 2010

Mark Green wins Rd7 of British 200mm Nationals

Kyle Branson sent us this report on the 7th round of the BRCA 1/10th scale national series that was held last weekend at Adur, just on the coast of Brighton under mostly dry conditions. On Saturday the traction was quite low at the start but got a little better during the day. My car wasnt too bad but there was room for improvement. Johnathan Dobney was the fastest at the end of the day with a 15.25 second lap with myself and Mark Green following closely. On Sunday the weather was to change, it was raining very lightly for a while and so the first two rounds were wet or damp which was never going to produce the TQ time as for sure it would dry. In the third round it was Mark who took TQ ahead of Johnathan in second and John Zottl in third. I made a mistake and pulled the wishbone out. In the fourth round It was John Zottl who took TQ ahead of Matthew Cook and Joe Kerry in second. After a couple of minutes the pin fell out of my wishbone ending my last run but I still managed to get 9th from a dampish run and a place in the A-main. In the final Mark was leading, with John Zottl in second and myself following closely in third. John and I had a coming together causing trouble for both of us. Neal King was not too far behind and drove a good race to come second behind Mark with Adam Catchpole taking third. The last race of the season will be at Colchester in a few weeks.

Thanks to Kyle Branson for the report.

September 9, 2010

EFRA 1/10 GP Italy – Reminder

The guys at the Black Tarmac track in Mesero, Milan in Italy were in contact again to remind everyone about the EFRA GP that they will be hosting from the 17th to the 19th of September. Open for 1/10th scale 200mm chassis, it will of course be run to EFRA rules and use the familiar EFRA GP format. Entry for the event is open until September the 16th and you can sign up at the official event site here.

Click here for some track photos

September 9, 2010

European Pan Series 2010/11

The organisers of the European Pan Series were in contact to tell us about their 2010/11 series. Taking in Germany, Belgium, Holland and France, the series is open to 1/12th scale and World GT pan cars. The season opener will take place in Germany from the 23rd to 24th of October before moving to Belgium the month after on the 27 to 28th of November. A break in December sees round 3 take place in Holland on the 15 to 16th of January, before the season finale in France on the 19th to 20th of February. For more information visit the EPS site here.