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April 28, 2013

Volker & Franke win titles at 2013 LRP TCM

The 2013 LRP Touring Car Masters took place this weekend on a later date than usual and at an all new venue in Althengstett near Stuttgart. Some of the big names were missing this year but there was still a lot of quality in attendance. In the modified class Yokomo driver Ronald Volker took the top spot in qualifying in front of Awesomatix racer Freddy Sudhoff in 2nd with another Yokomo driver Eric Dankel third. In the finals Volker wrapped up the win early to take his 4th consecutive win with the Awesomatix pairing of Sudhoff and Finnish team mate Viljami Kutvonen completing the podium in 2nd and 3rd. In the Pro Stock class Oliver Franke took his HB chassis to the TQ spot in front of Xray driver Marek Cerny in 2nd with Tobias Vogel in 3rd. Franke would take the overall win after 2 legs with Cerny needing the 3rd leg to confirm the runner up spot after a bad result in Leg 2. Yokomo driver Zdenko Kunak would complete the Top 3.

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April 27, 2013

Schober & Kandelhart win Austrian season opener

Last weekend the first of six legs of the 2013 1:8 & 1:10 IC Austrian championship got underway with good weather at the Sollenau track. With very low entries, only 38, in both classes together it was not a very good start for the season. A very long and hard winter with nearly no possibilities for practice and testing could be one of the reasons. Because of nearly no practice before the event also the Grip level was very low and tire wear was very high.

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April 27, 2013

Glyn Beal wins BRCA 1/10th 220mm GT Rd2

After a break of several years, round 2 of the BRCA 1/10th IC 220 GT Championship was held at the Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire. Drivers were out quickly on Saturday to learn what was for many a new circuit. Glyn Beal showed the dominance of the Serpent 747 in the 220GT class by setting a quick pace with relatively little setup changes, giving him time to help fellow Serpent drivers Adam Crossland and Richard Boult get to grips with the track.

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April 26, 2013

Michele Romagnoli wins Italian 1/8th Nats Rd2

Last weekend the 2nd round of the Italian 1/8th scale On-Road Nationals took place at the ultra fast Pista Futura track in Bologna in the North of the country. After qualifying Shepherd/Sonic driver Michele Romagnoli was ranked on the 3rd place in the expert class qualifying himself directly for the 1 hour long main final behind pole man Dario Balestri and 2nd placed Carmine Raiola, with Alberto Picco completing the top 4. As the engines get very stressed on this high-speed circuit Michele decided to run a safe tactic and started with a moderate pace. About 35 minutes into the race Michele took over the lead and controlled the race for the following minutes. 2 minutes before the end he flamed out, but thanks to his fast mechanic and brother Samuele he re-joined the track just in front of Alberto Picco who was running in second position. This was the order they finished with Massimo Fantini taking 3rd. The win gave Michele maximum points for the championship standings in which he has now taken over the lead.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 26, 2013

David Spashett is double British 1/12th scale Champion

This year’s 1/12 BRCA championship was one of the most well attended in years, maximum entries at all but a few of the events made for some entertaining days racing and a fantastic atmosphere to the series. Visiting some old clubs rich in 1/12 history and some new enthusiastic clubs growing fast with some very talented on-road racers. The Introduction of the GT12 class to the nationals has been nothing less than a success story, encouraging people to race all over the country and supporting one of the best forms of racing available. David Spashett secured maximum points in this seasons BRCA 1/12 10.5 Blinky and Open Modified classes to win both BRCA Championships. Making his return to 1/12 racing last season after a six year break David last won a BRCA 1/12 championship back in 2002.

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April 26, 2013

Emer Agero wins E-Buggy at Philippine Off-Road Nats

It was a nice, warm and sunny Summer day in Manila for the Philippine Off-Road Nationals in the E-Buggy Class held at the CV Off-Road Track. The early benchmark in qualifying was posted by Team-C racer Garet Santayana who was almost assured of pole position until a late charge by Team Losi Racing driver Emer Agero who snatched the TQ spot by posting some blistering final laps on his last run. The top 5 on the grid after qualifying were TQ Emer Agero (Losi), 2nd Garet Santayana (Team-C), 3rd Mike Ang (AE), 4th Ish Montilla (AE) and 5th Joseph Salcedo (Xray).

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April 26, 2013

Mark Green wins Rd2 of British 200mm Nats

Round 2 of the British 1/10 Championship was held last weekend at the Wombwell track. The weather was good with sunshine and warm temperatures on Saturday, and we even managed a dry Sunday despite the forecast being for rain. As the cars went out for practice it was clear that there was very little grip, although by the end of the day the traction had improved considerably. In 200mm it was the three 747’s of Mark Green, Joe Kerry, and Alex Thurston, who just like at the last round were considerably quicker than anyone else.

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April 25, 2013

Collin & Wallace win SORC Rd1

Last weekend saw the start of the Scottish Off Road Championship hosted by Dunfermline District Radio Car Club. Round 1 of qualifying was a bit of a wet affair with Chris Mitchell setting TQ pace in 2wd and Kenny Clark setting the fastest time in 4wd. The lap times tumbled as the track dried out through the rest of qualifying, the early pacesetter of Chris Mitchell took TQ in 2wd and Kenny Clark managed to secure overall TQ for 4wd. Chris Mitchell the 2wd pole man was unable to convert his early pace in the finals it was the Schumacher SV2 driven by James Collins that took the win of all three legs of the 2wd A finals. For the 4wd finals it was much the same story as with 2wd, polesitter Kenny Clark unable to take the win, it was the Schumacher K1 of Martin Wallace that pipped Kenny by 1 second in leg 1, leg 2 was an even closer run thing between Martin Wallace and Ross Irwin, Martin just managed over the line in front of Ross beating him by 0.23 of a second and taking the overall 4wd win.

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