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September 2, 2008

Marco Müller is 2008 Swiss Champion

The 5th round of the Swiss 1/8th scale National Championships were held last weekend at the super big Lostallo track, host of next years 1/8th scale World Championships. Qualification saw Mugen racer Marco Müller take the TQ spot and he would carry this pace through into the final were he was able to take the win from Remy Hasler in 2nd and Thomas Henzi in 3rd, with Shasa Lackner taking the Junior prize coming home in 5th. This win was enough to secure Marco the Swiss National title for 2008.

August 31, 2008

Monte-Carlo Cup 2008

In partnership with EFRA, the FMM is organizing the First Monte-Carlo Cup on the 16th to 19th of October this year. Open to all racers with 1/8th scale flat pan chassis’, it is expected that the event will attract the best racers in this class from around Europe. The race is held on the La Turbie track, overlooking the bay of Villefranche, in the hills close the centre of Monte Carlo. Entry is open until the 22th of September and rules and entry forms are available on the event website.

August 28, 2008

Feller wins at South German Regionals

Last weekend on the small and technical Augsburg track was a round of the south German Nationals. The weather started off well on Saturday but before qualifying it started to rain and this continued through Saturday’s first 3 rounds. On Sunday things were dry but cold and after 3 more rounds of qualifying it was Xray driver Thomas Günsel on pole ahead of his team mates Sebastian Feller and Michael Heinrich. The final saw a good start for the top 2 qualifiers with Sebastian close to Thomas, but a few mistakes and a dead glow plug dropped the pole man out of the race, leaving Feller clear at the front to take the win from Thomas Schlee in 2nd and Hobao racer Klaus Kramer in 3rd.

Thanks to Sebastian Feller for the report.

August 27, 2008

Italian EFRA GP – Announcement

Italian EFRA GP - Announcement

We have been contacted by the people who run the Lamberto Collari Circuit in Cassino, Italy to tell us that they will be running a 1/8th scale EFRA GP next month. Taking place from the 19th to 21st of September it should be good practice for the European 1/8th scale ‘B’ Championships that will be held on the same track next year. A lot of top international racers will be in attendance, so be sure to get your entry in straight away.

More information about the event can be found here.

August 27, 2008

Tim Wood wins UK 1/8th Nats Rd7

Last weekend saw round 7 of the BRCA 1/8th scale championships held at the Halifax track and it proved to be very evenly matched racing with no one driver having a clear speed advantage. Qualifying, which saw the first 2 rounds run on a damp track, saw Mugen racer Andy North claim TQ ahead of Serpent trio Tim Wood, Richard Hicklin and Mark Green. The final was again a very close race with no more than 1/2 a lap separating the top 4 places. From the start, Andy North was slow away and struggled with cold tires in the early stages but was soon on the pace, while Chris Heath was again on a charge from 5th on the grid. After a slow start, Chris started to make back time and with him being able to cut out a fuel stop would be in contention at the finish but unfortunately for him he had a gearbox fail with 4 minutes to go while leading the race. This gave the win to Tim Wood just ahead of Mark Green in 2nd with Andy North taking 3rd.

Thanks to Andy North for the report and pictures.

August 27, 2008

Vitaly Romanov wins at Russian Nats

Another brief report from the Russian National Championships that were held in Moscow at the RC2 off road track recently, this time from the buggy class. The 45 minute A-main was won by pole man Vitaly Romanov, driving the Associated RC8, almost half a lap in front of 2nd placed Kyosho racer Nikita Pomogaev, while 3rd spot went to Mikhail Diachenko, also with the RC8.

August 27, 2008

ATS Tyres Trophy 2008

We received a brief report from last weekend’s ATS Tyres Trophy, which was held on the Lamberto Collari Circuit in Cassino. A great success, the event was attended by more than 100 drivers during the two days of the race including the new 1/8th scale European Champion Jernej Vuga as well as newly crowned 1/10th World Champion Daniele Ielasi. In 1/10th scale it was ATS top man Piero Torregiani that took the win from Giorgio De Felici in 2nd, with Alessio Forte taking 3rd, while in 1/8th scale Andrea Cristiani won from Jernej Vuga and Borrelli Ciro in 2nd and 3rd.

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August 26, 2008

Van Lierop wins Rd5 Dutch 10th Nats

Last weekend at the MBC de Sluis track, in the centre of Holland, was the 5th round of the Dutch 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals. Qualifying saw Xray driver Daan Jacobs TQ ahead of team mate Maarten can Lierop in 2nd, the qualifying sessions having to be extended by 2 more runs following some time keeping problems. In the NK final, pole man Jacobs encountered engine problems which dropped him down the order and gave Van Lierop an unchallenged win by 3 laps in front of second placed Niels Pourchez, driving a Serpent, while in 3rd spot driving a Kyosho was Sander Borghoff. In the Nomac class final it was a close battle between Ricardo van Dam and Ingeborg Gommers, with Ricardo eventually taking the win by 3 seconds, while Jeroen Jemmens rounded out the top 3, 2 laps back on the leaders.

Thanks to Ruben D’Arco for the report and pictures.