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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]

March 27, 2010

F1 RCGP 2010 Round 2 report

The 2nd round of the F1RCGP was held in the well known Yatabe Arena Circuit at Ibaraki last month. The world’s biggest indoor RC circuit attracted big names like multiple World and National Champion RC legend Masami Hirosaka, National Champion Shinnosuke Adachi and National finalist Takashi Kato, Kazuki Endo and Takao Mizumizo.

Continue reading the report here

March 25, 2010

Rob Betts wins big at ROAR Region 1 Champs

Kyosho America are reporting on the ROAR Region 1 championship was held at LIR at the beginning of March. The event had a great turnout with Kyosho cars dominating the event. In Mod truck, Andrew Parente was able to TQ putting in 21 laps in round 2. It was the only 21 lap run of the weekend in the truck class. At the tone Parente made a bobble that allowed Rob Betts and James Schlick to get past. The three of them set off on a six minute battle where they ran nose to tail for most of the race. In the end, Rob Betts came home with the wind and the championship! James finished second and Andrew finished third. The three of them crossed the line within 1.2 seconds of each other, giving Team Kyosho 1, 2, 3 win.

Continue reading the report here

March 25, 2010

Daniel Vega wins Rd5 of Central Spain regionals

The past weekend in Azuqueca de Henares in Guadalajara, Spain Team Agama Racing, Team Orion and Aka Tires won the fourth race of the Spanish center regional series. Daniel Vega Frias won the A main, starting the final from tenth position due to a battery problems in the semifinal. Using the new Agama A8-Evo, it worked perfectly throughout the event, showing the potential of this new brand.

Source: SIIM [silcarimport.com]

March 25, 2010

3h race at Oberhausen cancelled

The 3-hour race for 1/10 scale nitro touring cars which was supposed to be run the upcoming Saturday at Oberhausen in Western Germany has been canceled. Following the insufficient number of entries the organising MRC Alstaden Oberhausen had no other option than to refuse this long distance race. Nevertheless, in case of a lively interest it is still possible to held the event later this year. Furthermore this cancellation means that the opening of the 2010 nitro on road season is postponed for one week only. At the Easter weekend (03/04 April) the first round of the Nitro West Masters, open for 1/8 and 1/10 nitro cars, will take place at Oberhausen.

Source: Nitro West [nitro-west.de]