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March 30, 2010

Exciting season opener for the Nitro West Masters at Oberhausen

There are a couple of question marks when the first round of the Nitro West Masters is held on the Easter weekend at Oberhausen: Who has changed chassis? Who is racing which engine? Who is already well prepared after the long winter? How are the new balance of power in the 1/8 and 1/10 nitro on road classes? The season opener on the 3rd and 4th of April at the old-established race track of the MRC Alstaden Oberhausen in Western Germany will for sure shed light but many drivers will put their cards on the table probably not before the races for the Western German Championships. Nevertheless, the Easter weekend offers a good opportunity to zero in on qualifying for the Nationals.

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March 30, 2010

Niki Duina signs for Capricorn

Capricorn RC have announced that front running Italian touring car racer Niki Duina has joined their team for 2010. The former Xray driver will race the company’s new LAB-C01 chassis which has been proving quite competitive in the hands of new team mate Chris Tosolini, and will compete in the Italian Nationals together with this year’s World Championship in Houston, Texas.

Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]

March 30, 2010

Tobias Hepp confirmed at Serpent

Following a deal with Shepherd to supply him with their own brand tires, MLC fuel and Novarossi engines, Tobias Hepp has also been confirmed with Serpent for 2010. The Serpent 966 is very much to Tobias’ liking and he expects to do very well in the Germans Nationals and this year’s European Championship in Italy. The co-operation with Michael Salven is working really well at races and together with the help of his dad/mechanic Rudiger Hepp it has enabled Tobais to continue to get faster. Tobias will also race a number of 1/10th races with the Serpent 733 in 2010.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 29, 2010

Esbri & Hernandez win opening Spanish National

The first round of the Spanish electric touring car took place in the city of Santa Oliva in Barcelona. The modified class was won by Schumacher racer Marc Esbri, with Xray driver Gonzalo Garcia in 2nd and Luis Crisenti driving a Tamiya in 3rd. In the stock class Roberto Hernandez took the victory for Xray ahead of the Schumacher pairing of Miguel Moreno and Salvador Gergori in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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March 29, 2010

Luis Cortez wins opening Portugal Regional

Last Sunday the first round of the Portuguese Regional was held in the Circuito Automodelismo do Funchal. This year the qualifying rounds were extended from 5 to 7 minutes making the fight for the pole position very close. Team Magic driver Mario Oliveira took the pole position but the first seven drivers all managed to complete 21 laps. Mugen driver Luis Cortez, who had engine problems all weekend and opted to change to a Siro XXX for the final, started from 4th position and took the early lead of the race and managed to win the race with 87 laps. Kyosho driver Paulo Rodrigues lost six positions following a driver error, but drove a very good race managing to get the 2nd position of the podium on the final lap. The current regional champion Duarte Faria, who started from the second position on the grid, set a new track record but at the final stage of the race didn’t have any rear tires left and he ended up in 3rd.

Thanks to Paulo Rodrigues for the report.

March 28, 2010

Ronald Volker takes 2010 LRP TCM title

This year’s LRP touring car masters took place this weekend in Eppelheim, attracting top drivers from around the World. In qualifying it was European Indoor Champion and DHI cup winner Ronald Volker that took the TQ spot in front of Tamiya team mates, current World Champion Marc Rheinard and current European Champion Jilles Groskamp. Freddy Sudhoff and Atsushi Hara completed the top 5. In the finals, it was Marc Rheinard that won the first A-main following a roll by Volker which allowed Groskamp also to move up to second. A mistake by Jilles allowed Ronald back through and that was how it finished. In A-main leg 2 Ronald kept it clean up front and took the win, while behind Marc made a mistake letting Groskamp through to 2nd and despite some pressure by the World Champion he couldn’t get passed and the order was to remain the same. In the final deciding final, Ronald kept his cool once more and could take the win to clinch to overall title, while behind pressure from Jilles on team mate Marc resulted in a crash. Groskamp waited and let Rheinard back passed and that was how it finished with Rheinard taking the overall runner up spot with Groskamp in 3rd.

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March 28, 2010

Tricks of the Trade – Announcement

We have been sent information that some of the UK’s most talented and respected 1/12th scale drivers are organizing a tips and testing day. Drivers who wish to learn more about preparing, setting up and driving 1/12th scale cars are invited to go along and spend a day at the Ardent Raceway in Kings Newton, Leicestershire on Saturday 22nd May from 10am until 6pm.

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March 27, 2010

T.O.P. Racing report on Swiss Nats Rd1

T.O.P Racing Switzerland are reporting on a superb weekend for the team at the first round of the touring car nationals, having placed 4 cars in the Stock A main Final, showing the potential of the car, while in modified Mangiaracina Antonino took 13th overall, a result which was affected by some bad luck in qualifying. In the stock class it was a fantastic battle our front and at the end of the day Stutz Beni won, closely followed by fastest TOP driver Helbach Stephan in 2nd and Hagnauer Philipp 3rd.

Source: HS Online [hsonlinedistribution.com]