August 1, 2008

Champion tops final practice at Euros

Ronald Volker

Practice for the 2008 EFRA European Championship for Electric Touring Cars is over and it is defending Champion Ronald Volker who is officially the fastest man around the Nitro 15 track as we get ready for the first of five qualifying heats. The Hot Bodies/LRP team driver produced 17 laps in 05:06.832 in the last of the 6 practice runs the drivers have had to prepare for the event. The German was again at the controls of his newer Cyclone TC for the run switching only to a Jaad 3.5 degree rear mount and has now nominated this chassis for the big event. Although it doesn’t count for much Volker said it felt good to top the practice.

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July 31, 2008

Rheinard tops Opening Day at Euros

Marc Rheinard action

At the end of the opening day of the 1:10 EP Touring Car Euros it is German ace Marc Rheinard and his Tamiya that top the time sheets here in Vila Real. Rheinard knocked a second off his opening timed run to remain fastest of the 145 runners while team-mate Viktor Wilck who was the next fastest in P4 jumps up into second. The German ran a new car for the final run of the day which he said felt different to the chassis he used in the earlier runs. The second car had more traction but was pushing more and so he remains undecided as to which chassis he will nominate for the start of qualifying.

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July 31, 2008

Rheinard tops first timed practice

Rheinard tops first timed practice

Tamiya driver Marc Rheinard has topped the time sheets for the first of the timed practice runs here at the 2008 Euros in Vila Real, Spain. Posting a time of 17 laps in 05:10.830 the German was 2/10th faster than fellow countryman and defending champion Ronald Volker over the 5 minute run. The 2008 European 1:12 Champion, Rheinard said his TRF416 was pretty good but he will run a fresh car in the last run of the day.

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July 31, 2008

Euros 1/10th Second Practice update

Elliot Harper

Second practice for the 2008 EFRA 1:10 EP Touring Euros has been run here in Vila Real but with no official timing the picture of who is doing what is still uncertain as drivers continuing to still settle themselves in. Elliot Harper, winner of the Warm-Up Race back in June, says it is a lot hotter and as a result the track characteristics are very different now. The emerging UK talent, who just took his first British National win two weeks ago, says his Nosram powered Xray is working well but with the extra heat it is going off slightly at the end of the run. Harper will make a few changes to fine tune the car for the first of the two timed runs this afternoon.

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July 31, 2008

Euros 1/10th – Practice update

Jilles Groskamp

Drivers have had their first official practice run at the 2008 EFRA Euros here in Vila Real with most drivers reporting an incident free run. Jilles Groskamp suffered the biggest drama of the morning when he lost a front wheel off his Tamiya. ‘I adjusted the front camber just before my run and when I put on my front wheels I tightened the nuts by hand and then afterwards forgot to do them up properly. It was a novice error but then I am a novice driver.’ With all four wheels on his car, the Dutch racer said his car felt pretty OK.

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July 30, 2008

Hodapp takes victory at JBRL Rd5

Hodapp takes victory at JBRL Rd5

Kyosho and Slingshot Batteries have been in contact to report victories in Modified 2WD and Truck classes at round 5 of the series at Freedom Park in Camarillo, CA. Hodapp piloted his Kyosho RB5 to the win from the 3rd spot on the grid. Patience paid off for Hodapp as he followed the leaders for the first half of the race and then seeing a passing opportunity Hodapp made his move and never looked back as the rest of the field battled for precious series points. In the truck class, Hodapp started from the 2nd qualifying position with his prototype Kyosho truck and he again played it safe and followed the leader for several laps until his chance came a few laps into the main event. Once in the lead position, Hodapp never looked back crossing the line and taking the victory first time out with the truck.

Source: Slingshot [slingshotbatteries.com]

July 27, 2008

Vuga is European 1:8 Champion

Vuga is European 1:8 Champion

Jernej Vuga is the new 2008 EFRA 1:8 Onroad European Champion after a thrilling final lap of the championships here in Valencia, Spain. The former Euro B Champion took the victory in dying moments of the very last lap as a very unfortunate Daniele Ielasi, who lead for most of the race, went off on the third last corner due to a flat receiver battery.

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July 27, 2008

Defending Champion Out at Euros

Lamberto Collari out

Big news from Spain is that defending champion Lamberto Collari is out after suffering a middle layshaft failure during the Semi Final A, which means that by 16:30 this evening we are guaranteed to have a new European Champion. The Italian star lasted just 4 minutes into the final having progressed from the 1/4 finals.

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