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May 16, 2010

Grainger heads qualfiying at BRCA TC Rd1

The 2010 BRCA touring car nationals kicked off yesterday with day one of the Mendip national. Practice was followed by three rounds of qualifying with drivers counting their best three scores on a round by round basis. Defending champion and new dad Chris Grainger got off to a good start and the Schumacher driver holds the overnight lead in the modified class ahead of former World Champion Andy Moore for Hot Bodies in 2nd.

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May 15, 2010

1/10th Euro ‘B’ pole position for Mathieu Wullyamoz

Qualifying is over the 2010 European 1/10th scale 200mm ‘B’ Championships in Lostallo, Switzerland and it is French driver Mathieu Wullyamoz that will start tomorrow’s 45 minute main final on pole position. Despite a mostly dry track all day the conditions changed a lot throughout the final 3 qualifying rounds with a lot of drivers improving their times in the last 2 runs of the day.

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May 15, 2010

JMRCA adopt control tire for 1/8th buggy Nats

In an interesting move the JMRCA have introduced a control tire for their 1/8th scale buggy Nationals that takes place in October this year. All competitors will be required to use either the Pro-Line Hole Shot or Pro-Line Inside Job. To our knowledge this is the first major National Championship that has adopted a control tire for gas off road, something that has been very successful in Electric touring for many years to keep costs down. A way for the future?

Source: JMRCA [jmrca.jp]

May 15, 2010

Silverstone MCC 1/10th Off Road Extravaganza

The organisers of the 1/10th off road extravaganza at the home of British motorsport, Silverstone, were in touch to inform us about there new 2 day 1/10th off road meeting that runs from the 28th to the 29th of August. Open to 2wd and 4wd electric buggy, alongside the regular racing format there will be a dash for cash event were 10 drivers will be selected at random to race for a chance to win a cash prize. In the evenings there will be live bands, bar and BBQ in a large marquee. Entry for the race is open from the 30th of May and those looking for more information can e-mail the club directly: srcmcc@googlemail.com.

May 14, 2010

Manuel Singer on overnight pole at 1/10th Euro ‘B’

With practice now over at the rain affected European 1/10th scale 200mm ‘B’ Championships in Lostallo Switzerland, a lot of drivers have had less than 30 minutes track time on this demanding track due to the weather before qualifying got underway. Friday’s action went better for the 110 drivers who got some dry track running and many were surprised that it had maintained its grip level despite it having been so wet the previous days.

UPDATED: With full gallery from Friday.

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May 14, 2010

ISTC Worlds Warmup – Announcement

To all those drivers interested in getting some track time at this year’s Touring car World Championship track in Burgdorf, Germany, the track are hosting a Pre Worlds from the 28th to the 30th of May. Having already attracted entries from the top European drivers, there will also be 3 World Champions from Japan present, including Atsushi Hara, Naoto Matsukura and Hayato Matsuaki. The entry form is available on the official site here.

May 14, 2010

Team Alternativ top BL team at French 8-hour enduro

We received a report that Team Alternativ/PRT/Sweep finished first of the 1/8th brushless cars at the recent 8 hour endurance race organised by RC94 in Sucy-en-Brie, France. Finishing 5th overall, the car used was a Losi Eight E with Team Tekin RX8 speedo, PRT motor, SMC batteries and Sweep Exagon tires. After fixing radio problems that cost them 65 laps during the first hour of racing, Team Alternative came back from 16th, and last position, to finish 5th, 68 laps down on the winning nitro car and managed to put in some of the fastest laps of the race. They only used two sets of Sweep Exagon tires throughout the entire race and the only mechanical problem was a rear bearing failure in the last hour.

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May 14, 2010

Sandro Sammarini wins Trofeo Mugen Seiki

Last weekend the Trophy Mugen Seiki race took place at the Riccione track in the centre of Italy. Qualifying in the 1/8th scale category saw the pole position go to Alessandro Bracci, ahead of Michele Romagnoli, Sandro Sammarini and Paolo Maggioli completing the top 4. In the final it was a clear win for young Serpent driver Sandro Sammarini by 3 laps ahead of Manuel Tordi in 2nd and pole man Alessandro Bracci taking the final podium step in 3rd.

Source: Road Race Riccione [roadracericcione.com]