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May 31, 2010

Neumann wins Rd2 in West Germany

Last weekend saw the second round of the west German Championship, held at the Warbeyen Astroturf track. Qualifying was on Saturday with sunny weather, however the weather changed totally to rainy conditions for Sunday but racing was still possible thanks to the Astroturf surface. In the 1/8th Buggy class it was LRP factory driver Jörn Neumann who took TQ and the win in the 20 minute main followed by Carsten Keller in 2nd and Denis Madcek in 3rd. LRP teammate Moritz Gaul finished 4th overall.

May 31, 2010

EFRA 1/10 GP Italy – Announcement

The guys at the Black Tarmac track in Mesero, Milan in Italy were in contact to promote the EFRA GP that they will be hosting from the 17th to the 19th of September. Open for 1/10th scale 200mm chassis, it will of course be run to EFRA rules and use the familiar EFRA GP format. Entry for the event is open and you can sign up at the official event site here.

May 31, 2010

Thomas Mayer takes victory at Rd2 in Austria

Last weekend saw the second leg of the Austrian 1/8th Off road championships at the A-Team Graz race track. The first leg 2 weeks prior could not be run, because of a overflooded race track at MARC Exklusiv in Kirschschlag. Also last weekend the weather situation was changing several times between sunshine and rain, but good track preparation made the event possible. After qualifying it was Hupo Honigl on pole for Durango, with Kyosho driver Martin Karner in 2nd and Mugen racer Christian Payer in 3rd.

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May 31, 2010

Peter Harder wins Rd2 in Denmark

This weekend saw the second round of the Danish 1/8th off road Nationals take place at the tight and technical SOS track, south of Copenhagen. The weather forecast showed a lot of rain, but qualification was dry and due to a new and tight time schedule, that saw a 30 minutes final instead of the normal 45 minute one, it could have been worse. When the final stopped more heavy rain started. In the final Peter Harder picked up where he left off in round 1 by taking the win with his Novarossi powered Xray ahead of Martin Hansen for Kyosho in 2nd and Tim Culmsee with a HongNor in 3rd.

Source: North TQ [northtq.com]

May 31, 2010

Patrick Belltrallo wins Rd2 in Luxembourg

Round 2 of the Luxembourg 1/8th scale nationals was held this weekend on the fast LMCC track in Luxembourg. On Sunday it was dry but the track was still a bit slippery at some points due to the rain the night before, which caused one or two serious crashes. The 30-minute main final saw Motonica racer Patrick Belltrallo cross the finishing line in first position, followed by Jerome Hirtziger driving a Kyosho in 2nd and Libar Laurent with a Serpent in 3rd.

Thanks to Raymond Libar for the update.

May 30, 2010

Alberto Tedeschi is crowned European B Champion

Alberto Tedeschi has been crowned champion following an exciting race at the European 1/8th scale ‘B’ Championships in Monaco today. With saw some tough battles in all the finals, the race finally had its 10 starters for the 45 minute main final. The first semi finals started with a cloudy sky, but after lunchtime the sun came up and from those two races the following drivers bumped up, with both Sabrina Lechner and Maximilian Federmann coming from the quarter finals

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May 29, 2010

Andrea Lorenzi claims pole at Euro ‘B’ in Monaco

The final two rounds of qualifying have taken place at the European 1/8th scale B Championships in Monaco. After a wet night, the rain starting yesterday evening at about 20.00 hours, the track is dry again for round 3 of qualifying with the sky a little bit cloudy and temperatures about 20-24 degrees. No changes at the top as the laptimes are not fast enough to drive 30 laps at the moment. The only one coming very close in heat 10 was Andrea Lorenzi, driving 29 laps in 7.00.578.

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May 29, 2010

Tim Wood on provisional pole in Monaco

The European B Championships for 1/8th scale on road take place this week at in Monaco, at the FMM track in the hills above the principality. Thursday evening saw the opening ceremony take place and after 4 days of free practice all the teams entered the track in their National shirts under the sound of their National Anthem. 13 Countries have come to this event with drivers from Austria, Belgium, Germany, England, Ireland, France, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Poland, Russia and Monaco in attendance.

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