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March 6, 2010

Moore & Levanen continue domination at Euros

Saturday morning and the third round of qualifying, Marc Fisher kicked off the day with the fastest time in Pro Stock but frustratingly for the German he was two tenths off Andy Moore’s time from the previous day, so the Corally driver stays in second spot, Andy Moore had a poor run in round three but hangs on to top spot, while another strong run from Chris Kerswell sees the V-Design driver keep his top three position and is a serious challenger for top spot.

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March 6, 2010

No surprises as Stocker takes first Pro Stock qualifier

Day 2 of the Euro Touring Series has opened with the first round of qualifying for Pro Stock and at the top of the time sheet there was not great surprise, Alexander Stocker setting the pace with an 18 lap run in 5:13.375. The German described the run as ‘not too bad’ saying it was a safe run with extra caution required due to the huge increase in traction since their final practice run yesterday evening. The current championship leader, Stocker said he likes such conditions, a worrying fact for his rivals.

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March 5, 2010

Levanen & Moore on overnight pole at 12th Euros

The second and final of today’s qualifying rounds are in the bag and once again its Associated leading the way in the modified class. Olly Jefferies took advantage of a mistake by Juho Levenan to take the fastest time, however Olly’s time was half a second slower than Juho’s round 1 time, leaving him second over night behind the Finn, while third on the leader board is newly crowned European Indoor Champion Ronald Volker. Andy Moore continues to lead pro stock by virtue of his first round time, with Marc Fisher and Chris Kerswell completing the overnight podium.

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March 5, 2010

Rheinard tops opening qualifier in Warsaw

Chasing his third consecutive Euro Touring Series race victory, championship leader Marc Rheinard has got Round 4 here in Poland off to a strong start by topping the opening round of qualifying. Despite two moments during his run, the German ran 18 laps in 05:00.127 to TQ the opening heat from Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck who also had two bad laps on his way to setting a time of 5:00.569.

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March 5, 2010

Levanen & Moore top 1/12th Euros qualifying after Rd1

Following two more rounds of practice at the second day of the 2010 1:12th scale European Championships being run this weekend in the UK, qualifying has finally got underway. The first qualifying round saw Finnish driver Juho Levenan take the fastest time in modified ahead of his UK team mate Olly Jefferies. Simo Ahoniemi completed the top 3 for Corally. In the 10.5 pro stock class the locals have a Brit up front in the form of Andy Moore, the ex touring World champion heads up the field ahead of current European Stock Spec champion, Germany’s Marc Fisher driving a Corally. Chris Kerswell was third ahead of fellow brit Mark Stiles, both driving a V-Design Carpet Ripper, delighting team owner Vesa Yli who is here racing and on hand to assist. Today will see one more round of qualifying and we hope to bring you the results and more photos later on today.

March 5, 2010

Keven Hébert does double at Northeast GSS Rd4

Team Associated Factory Team driver Keven Hébert competed at the recent Northeast Grand Slam Series Rd4 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and had the following report. The fourth leg and season finale of the NEGS was held this past weekend in Oakville, Ontario, Canada at the famous Fastcats racing facility. Being the last race of the series, I had to make sure I would finish well since I had already missed leg two which meant that this leg would count no matter what. Friday was set aside for practice but early on I felt comfortable with both my 12R5.1 and TC5R. Having run on the track many times in the past, I knew what the track would be, like when the bite would increase.

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March 4, 2010

1/12th Euros – Practice update

Welcome to our coverage of this years 1/12th On Road European Championship from Hinckley in the UK. The first day of the championship was spent booking in and getting some familiarisation laps completed with most of the European 1/12th big guns are here including Juho Levanen, Markus Mobers, Mark Fisher, Ronald Volker and Alexander Hagberg, while providing the domestic challenge in the modified class are Andy Moore, Elliott Harper, Olly Jefferies and Chris Kerswell. A strong entry of Pro Stock drivers are also here and some of the top drivers are doubling up and contesting both classes. Updated.

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March 3, 2010

Polish capital awaits Euro Touring Series fourth round

Poland plays host to the fourth round of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series this weekend as it travels to a new venue, the huge Arena Ursynow, in the city of Warsaw. The final carpet race of the 2009/2010 season before the series move outdoors for Rounds 5 & 6, the second visit to the Polish capital has attracted over 200 entries including last year’s winners Yannic Prümper and Meik Niemann. Twelve months ago the two German’s notched up their first international race victories at the event, a special moment they will both be hoping to repeat again come Sunday.

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