During last weekend about 22 drivers in V10-200mm, 31 Amateurs and 20 Experts in V8 took part in the 2nd round of the Swiss Nationals in Lostallo. The weather forecast was not so good but it turned out to be nice, with the sun strong enough to give drivers mostly dry conditions. The team from MRCU once again made a good job and organized the race very well. Thanks to the team.
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The first of five races making up the BRCA national championship was held at the weekend at the recently re-surfaced West London track. In the super touring class it was the Schumacher of reigning champion Chris Grainger that took TQ ahead of the Associated TC6 of Olly Jefferies and the Tamiya of Elliott Harper. The three leg finals saw an intriguing battle as all three top runners made errors in at least one of the finals; the final result was a win for Grainger ahead of Harper and Jefferies. Andy Moore was fourth for Hot Bodies and Associated’s Alan Bickerstaff completing the top five.
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Round 2 of the Belgian touring car nationals was held in Zwevegem on the local outdoor track last weekend. Not a permanent track but the club MRCZ did a good job with the lay-out for the event. Local driver Thomas Stockman was the designer of this lay-out and made himself this way as the man to beat. Qualifying in the EFRA class saw Olivier Bultynck take the pole position ahead of Stockman in 2nd and Nick Joosens in 3rd. In the final this battle would continue with Corally man Bultynck eventually taking the win victory in leg 1 and 2 to finish in front ahead of Xray driver Stockman in 2nd and Joosens with the Yokomo in 3rd.
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The 2011 edition of the Futaba OS Jakarta Open will be held from the 18th to 19th of June in Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia. Run on the Jakarta International Twin Circuit, the race is open to 1/10 Nitro touring 200mm and 1/8 Gas Onroad. The qualifying rounds will be held on Saturday the 18th with finals on Sunday the 19th. The event open for racers from all countries, with last year’s event seeing Steven Jovanovic from Australia win the 1/10 class and Leigh Dytor also from Australia win the 1/8 class. You can find more information on the official event site here.
The KRMCA Korean Nationals took place last weekend and it was Sweep Racing’s very own Ryan Lee that took the win. Driving in the truggy class with a Losi 8ight T and Sweep Exagon tires, Ryan took the top spot in qualifying setting the fastest time of 13/10:43 and in the final never looked back to take the title ahead of Sweep team mate Young Min Jin in 2nd and JoongSeok Oh in 3rd.
Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]
This year’s Las Vegas Grand Prix was held at Silver Bowl Raceway in Las Vegas Nevada recently and it was Michael Palazzola was looking for his first win with his Mugen Seiki MRX5. Despite cold temperatures and high winds, the car was fast and steady for the entire weekend. On Saturday Michael was top qualifier in the 1st and 3rd round and again showed consistency on Sunday, taking top qualifier spot in the 4th round to wrap up the overall TQ spot. Race day was filled with excitement and anticipation as 10 racers took their positions in the A-Main. Michael starting in 1st position never gave up the top spot during the 45-minute race. By the 1st pit stop, he started to pull away going on to take the win by a full 12 seconds ahead of the 2nd place finisher Ron Gustin, with Steven Jackson in 3rd.
Source: Mugen USA [mugenracing.com]
Sunday 8th May saw the first round of the 1/8 Irish Nationals held at the BAD MCC track. Heavy rain on Saturday evening after a long spell of dry weather saw the race track needing water extracted from the race straight and tight corners. During the course of the morning the track conditions changed from damp and loamy to dry and dusty making visibility difficult. The nationals consist of four qualifying rounds and a forty five minute final. The race began with Barkley Abernathy in the lead for the first 25 minutes however whilst coming in for re-fueling he had some issues and was overtaken by Christopher McCauley who would go on to win the race with his M.C.R Sweep tyres XRAY 808. Second place went to Gary Baird and 3rd place to Barkley Abernathy.
Source: Sweep Racing UK [sweepracinguk.com]
Last weekend saw the second round of the Argentinian 1/8th scale offroad National Championships held at the William Tell circuit in Rosario. With a large turnout of drivers, Saturday would see free practice and qualifying followed by the finals on Sunday. Mugen driver Sebastian Recio took the pole position for the final and would go on to win the final from Xray driver Juan P Golobic and Serpent drier Federico Piro. Having won 2 rounds now, Recio is emerging as the main title contender with 2 more rounds still to play for.
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