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August 25, 2014

Frank Baggen wins 1/8th at 40+ EFRA Euros

Last week’s EFRA 40+ Nitro On-Road European Championships in the Netherlands not only saw the running of the 1/10th 200mm class but also 1/8th scale racing. At the end of the 45 minute final the top 3 drivers were all in the same lap, making for a very close finish. In the first part of the final it looked like Jack Ermen would have the chance to grab the win but a broken rear belt ended his title ambitions. His issues made way for Frank Baggen and Remy Hasler with Frank keeping it together to wrap up the European Championship title despite being attacked hard by Hasler. At the end Baggen finished some 5 seconds in front of Arie Manten with Remy Hasler coming in 3rd only 1 second down on Manten.

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August 25, 2014

Frank Andersen takes 40+ 200mm Euro title

The 2014 40+ Nitro On-Road European Championships were held last week at the M.A.C. de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, NL. Most of the qualification heats were run in dry conditions, with Traugott Schär taking the TQ honours in the 200mm class after six rounds. The semi finals on Saturday then became a wet affair which led to several of the top drivers failing to bump up into the main final. Thankfully after the lunch break the track dried up so the final would be run in dry conditions. Taking the lead after a few minutes, Frank Andersen held on to the lead crossing the finish line in first place after 45 minutes with a comfortable 3 lap margin on Bernd Hasselbring. Martin Schöffel completed the all-Xray podium.

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August 25, 2014

Michal Orlowski wins Junior European TC title

During last weekend’s EFRA European Electric Touring Car Championships Team Durango’s Michal Orlowski took the Junior title with his Speed Passion powered DETC410. A 16th place overall in the Modified class allowed him to leave his competitors behind.

Thanks to Maciej Orlowski for sending the photo.

August 25, 2014

Völker & Cerny take Electric Touring Euro titles

The 2014 EFRA Electric Touring Car Championships were held this past weekend in Alcobendas, Spain. Xray’s Bruno Coelho took a surprise TQ in the Modified class, beating World Champions such as Marc Rheinard and Jilles Groskamp. Bruno then looked like he would be able to wrap up the Euro title but a capacitor failure in the 2nd final prevented him to fight for the win and he had to settle for 2nd place, allowing Ronald Völker (Yokomo) to wrap up another EFRA championship.

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August 25, 2014

German Electric Touring Car Nationals – Report

This year’s German Electric Touring Car Nationals took place at the MSC Braunschweig track in Northern Germany in the three classes of Modified, 13.5T Sport Stock and 17.5T Hobby Stock. The weather made for challenging conditions in the practice heats but the qualifying and finals would be held in dry conditions. In the Modified class it was Ronald Völker who would take the 2014 championship honours from Marc Rheinard and Marc Fischer. Stefan Heisterkamp took the 40+ title while Tim Kohmann grabbed the title for the best youngster in the Modified class.

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August 24, 2014

Mark Lim dominates Singapore Open Buggy series

Mark Lim dominates 2014 Singapore Open Buggy series

The 5th season of the NOOB Singapore Open Buggy Series came to a conclusion with the running of the final rounds of both the 2WD and 4WD classes over the last 2 weekends at the Raceworks Arena. In the 4WD class, Mark had already secured the 4WD title with 3 wins in this best 3 of 5 national series. He would complete the sweep in convincing fashion taking all 3 finals of the A Main comfortably to make it 4 wins out of 5.

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August 21, 2014

BRCA Clubmans Round 6 Report

Round 6 brought the final round of the BRCA Clubman Series 2014. Finishing in the midlands up at Stafford, this well known track for its challenging conditions and grip was mixed with the weather which seen drivers looking at the track all day deciding which car to use because the weather could of changed at any second. Round 1 of qualifying started on the Sunday wet with light rain at the start of the round. Due to the weather conditions, the race director decided to make qualifying round by round. In 17.5, Darren Tickner took the honours of TQ followed by Jason Butterfield then David Hough. In 13.5, weather conditions are still mixed with rain dropping and then drying up again. Local driver Andrew Robson managed to find some pace taking first place, followed by Liam Brooks then Ben Putt.

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August 21, 2014

Daniel Bancroft wins BRCA 1/8th Nats Rd6

With the forecast for round 6 of the 1/8th Championship looking like rain, the entries for this meeting were provisionally low but as normal most people waited until the last minute to book in so come race day 37 drivers where booked in. Saturday as normal for the section was free practice. Early on, the track was busy but as the day wore on the track became silent which seemed very strange, this could of been due to the pending forecast, drivers lapping at speed were Andy North, Tim Wood, Neil King, Andy Hastings, John Carr and later on Danny Bancroft, these drivers seemed to be mostly testing engines and setups.

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