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June 22, 2010

RC Pro State Series Virginia Rd1

Round 1 of the RC Pro State Series for Virginia was a blast. The event was held at RC Pro Racing in Gloucester Virginia. The track had undergone a complete overhaul the prior weekend and had yet to be raced on. Some racers camped out overnight on Friday to get an edge on the competition. The new layout is dramatically different than the previous track with 80 tons of new dirt added. The layout can best be described as an easy to drive track but difficult to go very fast, nice and technical with some fast elements. Everyone loved the new layout and the compliments flowed all day. The track owner, Roger Burris, is a stable in the Virginia RC scene. He and his wife Tammy run the RC Pro Racing hobby shop and track.

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June 21, 2010

John Ermen wins Dutch Nationals Rd3

Last weekend the 3rd round of the Dutch nationals was held on the Raco track in Utrecht. Last year it was the 1st time after almost 20 years to race on this track again and Ilia v. Gastel set the first lap record of 13.937 sec. This time it was clear the track was a lot faster and so new lap records could be expected.

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June 21, 2010

Mattia Pesenti wins Rd3 in Switzerland

This last weekend saw the 3rd round of Swiss 1/8th scale on road Championships run in Herblingen and we received this report from Mattia Pesenti. We arrived at the track on Friday at 12 and it was wet, but it dried very fast so at 3pm we could practice and I had a very good feeling with my Motonica. Unfortunately Saturday morning the rain came again and so I had to setup my car for the wet. I lost the first qualifier but in the second round I did a very good time placing me in 3rd position and as the rain stopped so the track become faster. However I couldn’t do better in the 3rd round but in the last one I put on different tyres and I was really fast and managed to take the pole position.

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June 21, 2010

Jörn Neumann wins 2010 Hessencup

The 4th round for the 2010 Hessencup was held in Bischofsheim from last weekend and attracted 75 drivers. Saturday was controlled practice and 1 round of qualifying with another 2 rounds for Sunday. LRP driver Jörn Neumann took TQ, followed by Alex Hardt in 2nd and Tim Bremicker in 3rd. In the extended 40min main final Jörn took the win with his LRP car, in front of Associated driver Tim Bremicker in 2nd, 1 lap back, with 3rd place going to Gerhard Frank 2 laps back driving a Kyosho.

June 20, 2010

2010 BeNeLux championships – Announcement

Model Race Genk vzw. in Belgium have been in touch to tell everyone about the BeNeLux championships which will be organized on their new track in Genk from the 24th to the 25th of July. This race is driven in 2 classes, 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm, following EFRA rules for the technical specifications and the race organization. The all new 287 meter long track is built to an internationals spec and so features all the facilities you should expect from such a venue. Entry is now open and you can find out more information here.

June 17, 2010

Ty Tessmann dominates RC Pro Rd1 in Alberta

Pro-Line are reporting that this past weekend Worlds warmup TQ Ty Tessmann competed in round 1 of the Alberta RC Pro Series held in Grande Prairie, Alberta. He was able to top qualify in both the expert buggy and expert truggy and would go on to win both classes to complete a dominant weekends racing.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

June 17, 2010

Sotiropoulos wins ELME Greek National Cup

The ELME Greek National Cup for 1/8 On Road took place last weekend at the Montelodromio Track in Patra. In qualifying it was Serpent racer John Sotiropoulos that took the pole position winning all 4 rounds of qualifying to line up ahead Kyosho driver Vangelis Totomis in 2nd and John Doukakis in 3rd fro Motonica. In the final it was Sotiropoulos who would come out on top by 2 laps ahead of Totomis in 2nd with another Serpent driver Antreas Makrigeorgios in 3rd.

Thanks to Kostas Nikolaou for the report.

June 16, 2010

Kyle Branson wins Rd4 of British Nationals

For the fourth round of the BRCA 1/10th 200mm National championship it was held at Snetterton circuit in Norfolk and Kyle Branson sent us this report. The weather was good however the traction was not so great at the start, but with around 60 cars there on saturday the grip soon came up. It was Mark Green and Kyle Branson who were setting the fastest laps through most of Saturday, my car was good for most of the day with a few little adjustments making it a little better. Sunday morning was cooler and it looked like there was a hint of drizzle during the day, however this wasnt the case as within an hour the sun was out. In round 1 Mark took TQ, I made a mistake which ruined my run of getting 25 laps, with me in second and John Zottl in third. In the second round Mark was still on TQ just ahead of me in second, I couldn’t improve on my time due to having a problem. In the last round I managed to improve and get TQ just under a second ahead of Mark in second and Joe Kerry in third.

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