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July 10, 2012

Double victory & title for Coelho in Portugal Rd4

Last weekend saw the 4th round of the Portuguese gas on road nationals at the Vila Real circuit where this year’s 1/8th scale European Championships will be held at the start of next month. The race saw Mugen Novarossi driver Bruno Coelho TQ and win both the 1/8th and 1/10th scale 200mm classes as well as retain both his national titles. The track was very abrasive and the tires could only last ten minutes, so Bruno had to drive very carefully and conserve tires in a race of tactics rather than out and out performance. The 1/8th scale main saw Coelho take the win by 2 laps ahead of Jose Pequito in 2nd and Jose Carlos in 3rd. In the 1/10th scale class the margin of victory for Bruno was 4 laps ahead of Mário Miranda in 2nd and Hugo Mendes in 3rd.

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July 10, 2012

Patrick Schäfer wins Rd4 in middle Germany

Last weekend the 4th round of the Middle German Championship took place in Kastellaun in the midwest of Germany. In total 22 drivers in different classes attended this event to score points for the championship. In the 1/10th class Patrick Schäfer had a great weekend with his Sonic powered Velox V10 “twelve” testing a new chassis and radio plate with a new battery mount for a standard 5-cell battery pack. After the first qualification heat on Saturday evening he was Top Qualifier 11 seconds in front of second placed Hartmut Rose. On Sunday morning it began to rain and there were no more try qualification heats. For the finals it stopped to rain and the track dried completely. Patrick Schäfer won the race in front of Hartmut Rose and Shepherd driver Sascha Vorgrümler in 3rd position.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

July 10, 2012

Mark Green wins Rd5 of BRCA 200mm series

The 5th round of the British 200mm championship was held at the excellent Cotswold circuit. The forecast for the weekend looked really bad with heavy rain predicted for both Saturday and Sunday. Current championship leader Mark Green faced some tougher competition at the front this meeting with the returning Kyle Branson looking very quick during practice. Much of Saturday’s practice was spent testing damp/rubber tyres under the wet conditions. Around 1 hour from the 6pm finish time the track was almost completely dry which caused a big rush of drivers trying to get out on track. They actually had to queue up for a space on the rostrum as everybody tried to make the most of the remaining time.

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July 9, 2012

DJ Apolaro & Kenny Ives victorious at Airtronics GP

The Airtronics GP race took place in California this past weekend and it was DJ Apolaro that took the TQ and win in the Sedan class with Kenny Ives taking the win in 1/8 scale. With tires and fuel playing a big role for this parking lot track, both DJ and Kenny were the only drivers able to pit at the 5 minute mark in the finals. DJ Apolaro would make a tire change in the Sedan final and still go on to take a convincing win with his Novarossi powered Capricorn C-02. In the 1/8 class Kenny Ives, after bumping up from the B main, was able to take advantage of the great fuel mileage given by the Kosmic Fuel and also no tire change strategy. Kenny would work his way to the top with consistent fast driving and sticking to his strategy. Chris Verano would make a charge back, but come up short, as Kenny was able make a pass on him and stay in front. Tires and fuel played a big role and Kenny made all the right moves, taking his Novarossi powered Capricorn C-801 to the winners circle.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

July 9, 2012

Hungarian Nationals Rd4 report

The 4th round of the Hungarian Nationals was held at the nice little track in Orosháza. The extreme temperatures were a hard challenge during the whole weekend, on Sunday it was around 39 degrees so it was a real test for the drivers, cars and engines. For Hungarian Shepherd Team it was a really successful weekend as they were able to take the 1st place in every category.

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July 7, 2012

Wayne Joelson wins South African Champs Rd3

The 3rd round of the South African Championships were held in the city of Durban, from 30 June to 1 July. The organisers saw a record entry in both 1/10th Touring and 1/8th scale, on the most technical track in South Africa. Reigning South African Champion Wayne Joelson driving the Mugen Seiki MRX5 won all qualifying rounds, and after an engine cut in the 45 minute final managed to take back the lead and win with minutes remaining.

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July 6, 2012

Oscar Cabezas wins Spanish championship Rd3

Oscar Cabezas has won the recent third round of the Spanish 1/8 on-road championship held Puerto de Santa María. Oscar (Motonica) was able to grab TQ after qualifying and also set a new track record. He also won his semi final and started from the pole position into the final in which he never looked back and that he won with one lap ahead of Lopez Nacho (Serpent) and Sergio Montesinos (Mugen).

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July 4, 2012

Luis Cortez & João Gaio win Rd4 in Madeira

Last weekend saw the fourth round of the Madeira regional track Championships. Race day was characterized by constant changing weather causing the drivers to constantly work on tire choice and the tuning of their cars. The day began with warm temperatures, making the first round of qualifying for the 1/10th 200mm class the fastest. Luis Cortez set the fastest time with 22 laps in 5 minutes and 21 seconds, followed by Luis Angelo and Mario Oliveira about 5 seconds.

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