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August 10, 2012

Savoya TQ’s penultimate qualifier

Xray’s Renaud Savoya has TQ’d the penultimate round of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Austria while great rival & defending champion Robert Batlle had his run to the 3rd fastest time struck off after his Mugen was deemed to be too wide in post race scrutiny something his Mugen team firmly dispute as the buggy was running the same set-up as yesterday when the MBX6R had no problems with passing through the box being used by race officials.

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August 9, 2012

Ronnefalk takes Q3, Bloomfield is overnight TQ

Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk ended the first day of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships with a TQ run in the third round but it is Team Losi Racing’s Darren Bloomfield who is the provisional overnight Top Qualifier in Fehring, Austria.

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August 9, 2012

Renato Tradardi Jr. wins AAPARTT Cup

The AAPARTT Cup was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the 2012 Off-Road World’s Track called Speed Paradise. The track is almost like on-road, with long straights and fast corners making it a high speed type, requiring a car with good steering in mid and high speed corners. Friday was practice day but the open rounds have been washed away by the weather. On Saturday the track started to become very dry so the organisers watered the surface to avoid the build up of dust. A round of 20 minutes of free practice was held just before the qualifying rounds started meaning only little track time before the qualifiers. In the finals Renato Tradardi Jr. starting from 10th in the grid worked his way up trough the field and swiftly closed the gab to the top four drivers. He then shifted into second gear and took the first place and the win with his JConcepts shoed Team Associated RC8.2 thanks to a fast and clean driving style.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 9, 2012

Boots fastest in Q2

Having thrown away any chance of a TQ at the first corner in the opening round of qualifying Team Kyosho’s Elliot Boots bounced back in style in Q2 to set a new fastest time by 2 seconds over Durango’s Joern Neumann with Kyosho’s other hot shot teenager David Ronnefalk, who also messed up his Q1 run, setting the third fastest time a further 8/10ths adrift. Just as the second round of qualifying came to an end it started to rain at the Fehring track but it would appear that it was just a passing shower although the skies remain very overcast.

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August 9, 2012

Euro Qualifying starts with TLR 1-2

Team Losi Racing, who despite being one of the main players in the 1:8 Offroad market have never before won the European Championship, got their 2012 campaign off to a strong start this morning in Austria as their drivers Darren Bloomfield and Miguel Matias topped the time sheets for the opening round of qualifying ahead of Mugen’s defending Champion Robert Batlle.

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August 8, 2012

Aigoin tops final Euros practice

Practice for the 32nd running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships has concluded with Jerome Aigoin topping the final controlled practice at the Fehring track in Austria. Last year’s Top Qualifier took his Novarossi powered MP9 to the only 9 lap run of the day making it a very strong start to the championship for Kyosho who topped yesterday’s free practice with David Ronnefalk and this morning’s damp practice round with Elliot Boots, who on combined points from today’s two controlled practices is top seed for tomorrow’s qualifying.

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August 7, 2012

Ronnefalk sets early pace in Austria

Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk is the early pace setter at the 1:8 Offroad European Championship as the Swede’s combined three fastest laps of the Fehring track put him top of the time sheets at the end of the first day of action in Austria. The reigning European Junior Champion headed a Kyosho 1-2 as Jérôme Aigoin set the second fastest time just ahead of TLR’s Darren Bloomfield.

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August 7, 2012

Dusty start to 1:8 Offroad Euros

There was a very dusty start to 32nd running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships as drivers took to the Fehring track in Austria today for the first of two free practice runs that make up the opening day’s action for the 5 day event. Forced to abandon the Main final at the Warm-up event back in April due to rain, conditions this time round are extremely dry with a constant cloud of dust hanging over the track. Having also hosted the 1:10 Electric Offroad European Championships just over 3-weeks ago, drivers who competed at those championship said brushes where left at each marshaling post so as the track could be cleaned after each run and this worked well and they are cant see why the same process could not be used this week. Instead the plan for now is to water the track at the end of each night but having been watered last night by the local fire brigade the hot conditions will most likely see any benefit quickly evaporate.

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