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August 27, 2013

Norwegian 1/10 200mm nationals – Report

The Norwegian 1/10th 200mm nationals was held at the Klepp RC clubs track in Kleppe near Stavanger in the South-West of Norway. The weather for the two day event was good with lots of sun and little wind, quite uncommon conditions for this part of the country. The race format saw five rounds of qualifying with the best result to count for the semifinals and the 45 minute main final. In qualifying Helge Johansen, driving a Serpent early set the pace. In the end he took TQ three seconds in front of fellow Serpent driver Werner Ersland and Xray driver Øyvind Stusdal.

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August 27, 2013

Jared Tebo & Elliott Boots win at Neo13

Tebo & Booth win at Neo13

The 8th running of the iconic Neo Race took place at the Harper Adams college in Shropshire last weekend. The now Summer event saw some changes compared to the previous years and the bank holiday weekend allowed for five full days of racing and loads of track time for the drivers. Run in Nitro Buggy and an Electric Buggy class the race attracted many international drivers including 4-times winner Jared Tebo, Kyosho’s Cody King, Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz, as well as virtually every of Europe’s top drivers. In the prestigious Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Jared Tebo who took TQ honours after winning three out of six qualifying rounds with team mate Cody King and Mugen’s Robert Battle lining up in second and third. Elliott Boots (Kyosho) completed the top 4.

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August 26, 2013

Jérôme Aigoin wins Coup de France

The Coup de France for 1/8th nitro buggies was run at the Loudun track and it was Kyosho’s Jérôme Aigoin who took the race win in the 45 minute final one lap ahead of his Brother Yannick (Team Associated) and Edouardo Hugon (SWorkz) who was down another lap. The top 5 are completed by Agama driver Jérôme Sartel and Jonathan Bacro (Serpent).

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August 26, 2013

Merlin Depta wins at RCCM Cup Rd2

The second round of the RCCM Cup took place at the Northern German Hollmoorring in Munster. The race was won by Serpent’s Merlin Depta who started from third position. Right after the start he quickly moved up in the running order eventually finishing the final four laps in front of Thomas Einbeck and Olaf Koch.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 24, 2013

FEMCA title a ‘Special win’ for Hara

FEMCA title a 'Special win' for Hara

8-days on from making the shock announcement that after 13 years of racing for HB the had left the team, Atsushi Hara claimed a ‘special win’ today as he became the FEMCA 1:8 Offroad Champion after a near perfect day at Fengtai Raceway in China. Racing as a privateer with a Mugen that he went out to a hobby shop and bought himself, the Japanese ace won the 1-hour final easily from Top Qualifier Dani Choi and Sheng Chie Huang who had a great battle towards the end of the race.

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August 24, 2013

Wurst & Lenaers are 2013 Western German champs

Christian Wurst and John Lenaers are the Western German 1/8th nitro on-road champions. Serpent racer Wurst took the title and the prestigious #1 start number for the 2014 season in class 1, Mugen driver Lenaers caught the title in class 2. The decisions about both titles were taken at the fourth and final round at Oberhausen that, for the first time in the 2013 season, was spoiled by rain. Enjoying a permanent #1 start number in 2013, Uwe Baldes entered the final race as the reigning champion and also as the leader in the class 1 ranking after three rounds, equal on points with Xray racer Claus Nauth, with Karl-Heinz Meister on the third spot. The initial position was clear, seven racers were able to fight for the crown in Oberhausen.

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August 24, 2013

Hara on pole for FEMCA final

Atsushi Hara is on pole position for the 1:8 Offroad FEMCA Championships after the Japanese ace convincingly won his Semi final in the faster time. A lack of clarity in the ruling meant there was a long wait before the grid was finalised with officials disagreeing on the interpretation of the rule. JMRCA representatives were adamant that the rule should see the pole position go to the winner of the odd Semi final as this was deemed the faster race as it contained the Top Qualifier. With Sheng Chie Huang beating Top Qualifier Dani Choi this would have but the Taiwanese driver on the pole for the 1-hour title deciding race. In the end a call to IFMAR’s Sander De Graaf saw the ruling interpreted as the driver with the fastest time from the 2 Semi finals getting pole position, Hara’s time being 2 laps faster than that of Huang.

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August 23, 2013

Bruno Coelho wins Portuguese Albufeira race

Xray’s Bruno Coelho has won the Albufeira opening race in the South of Portugal. The race for the 43 drivers started with three rounds of qualifying and no practice at all and in the end it was Bruno Coelho who took the overall TQ. The start of the main final was a bit of a disaster for the Xray driver who ended up at the rear end of the pack in the beginning but he moved his way back into the lead and brought home the win one lap ahead off S-Workz’ Antonio Peixe with Xray team mate Joao Ramos completing the podium.

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