Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker has taken victory in A-Main Leg 1 here at the 10th Anniversary DHI Cup after a thrilling climax to the opening race. Initially it looked as though Top Qualifier Christer Andersson was checking out and that the big battle of the race would be for second but in the final minute the Associated driver caught a dot flipping his TC5.
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Having just signed a new contract with Team Associated last week Finnish star Christer Andersson has opened his new term with the American company in the best way possible by claiming the Top Qualifier spot at the opening international touring car race of 2010, the 10th Anniversary DHI Cup. The 18-year-old claimed his third consecutive international pole position start when he backed up his Q2 and Q4 TQ runs with second in the final qualifier behind Ronald Volker. His third time to qualify for the A-Main of the prestigious Danish event, Andersson said he is really pleased with the result which he sees as just reward for the hours of development work he has put into the TC5 over the past 12 months.
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Defending DHI Cup Champion Marc Rheinard has upped the pace here in qualifying to claim the third round and move to the top of the Qualification Ranking with two heats remaining. The German was pleased with the 19 laps in 5:04.658 result but feels his Tamiya, which is fitted with 4 turn Speedpassion motor, is too easy to drive. Although very consistent he feels that his 416X can be quicker and so he plans to lower the camber link, something he hopes is the right direction to take.
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Formula One may have lost its Iceman but 190mm Touring Car racing hasn’t and in the opening round of qualifying here at the 10th Anniversary of the DHI Cup it is Team Xray’s Teemu Leino who has set the pace with a 19 lap run in 5:07.111. Leino, who prefers to do his talking on the track, described his run as good and other than looking over his 5.5T Team Orion motored T3 chassis, plans no changes for the next round.
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Having struggled in early practice, defending DHI Cup Champion Marc Rheinard put himself back in the driving seat by setting the fastest run in the final practice session here today in Odense, Denmark. The World Champion said his Speed Passion powered Tamiya TRF416X was much better than earlier, all thanks to a simple change of tyre additive. Originally drivers were scheduled to have just four rounds of practice today followed by the first round of qualifying, but race organisers decided that due to the reseed that competitors should be given a chance to practice in their new heat order and the qualifier, run exactly like a heat, was declared a practice run.
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After three rounds of free practice for the 2010 DHI Cup it is Team Xray’s Teemu Leino who is at the top of the time sheets here in Odense with his Orion powered T3 recording a best lap time of 16.559. The former European Champion says he has done little with the set-up on his car and is just waiting for the traction levels to come up on the brand new carpet. Asked about the track design for the 10th Anniversary of the famous Danish race, the Finn said that it was very tight compared with last year but it was the same for everyone.
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RMV Deutschland, importers for Mugen off road cars in Germany, have announced the first official Mugen Seiki Nitrocross Cup 2010. The event will be run from the 21st to the 23rd May at the Stoppelhopser Oberhausen e.V. track in Germany. This will be a big nitro off road event open only to Mugen cars for drivers with various skill levels in both nitro 1/8th Buggy and 1/8 Truggy class.
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We have gotten word from IFMAR confirming the dates for this year’s World Championships. The big news is that the World Championships for 1/10th Electric touring and 1/12th scale in Burgdorf, Germany have been moved to a week earlier and will now start on the 27th of June with the 1/12th scale and continuing through to the 4th of July with touring car. The dates for the other events stay the same confirming that the 1/10th 200mm Worlds in Houston, Texas will take place from the 22nd of July through to the 1st of August, while the 1/8th Buggy Worlds in Pattaya, Thailand will be held from the 7th of November until the 14th.
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