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June 18, 2008

Ralph Burch wins Capitol Classic

Xray have a report from their team driver Paul Lemieux on last weeks Capitol Classic race held at the 301 Raceway in Maryland. With rain early on in the week limiting track time, by Thursday the weather had improved and racers could fine tune their setups. Qualifying saw Ralph Burch take pole position ahead of fellow Xray driver Josh Cyrul in 2nd and Vincent Jackson in 3rd. In the final there were no surprises as Burch got a jump on the rest of the field and stretched out a lead, helped by early problems for Cyrul and Mike Blackstock. Serpent racer DJ Apolaro was having a good battle together with Chris Tosolini for 2nd until issues forced him to retire, leaving Chris alone in 2nd. The race ended this way, as Burch won by a comfortable margin ahead of Tosolini in 2nd, with Jimmy Deprez taking 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 17, 2008

S. Bouche wins French 1/8 Nats Rd4

Stéphane Bouche wins French 1/8 Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the French 1/8th scale National Championship was hosted last weekend by the CMB club in Ferrière aux Etangs. Weather was fine for most of the event but the rain eventually came just before the finals, but the track had dried by the time the Elite final took the track. In Saturday’s qualifying for the Elite class it was European B Champion Richard Volta that took the pole position followed by Stéphane Bouche and Romain Picard, while in the National class it was local Serpent racer Gérald Colinet that claimed the top spot from Romain Baehrel and Philippe Cima. The Elite main saw Volta, who could claim the National title, disappear into the lead at the start and by the middle of the race had a 2 lap advantage, but it wasn’t to be as he had a technical problem that dropped him out of contention. This left Bouche in the lead, from where he went on to win by a lap from Laurent Pageneau in 2nd and Picard Romain in 3rd, completing an all Shepherd Velox podium. In the National class final, a wet track meant conditions were tricky for the racers, but pole man Colinet was able to translate his top qualifying form into a race win, taking the flag 4 laps in front of Philippe Cima in 2nd place and Philippe Regolle in 3rd.

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June 17, 2008

Eric Dankel wins German South Rd6

The 6th round of South regional qualifiers for the German Championship was held last weekend in Türkheim. Perfect weather greeted all the racers, meaning drivers could test a lot and find the ideal setup for their cars. In the qualifying heats Erik Dankel, driving a Velox put on a great show, setting a new track record of 12.1 seconds on his way to pole position ahead of Andreas Hammerl in 2nd and Jan Dankel in 3rd. At the start of the final Erik could hold his first position and as the race progressed he could increase the gap at the front to 2 laps at the 20 minute mark. Erik went on to win the race from Philip Erbele in 2nd with Norbert Mayrhofer in 3rd, and the Shepherd racer now also takes the lead in the series with 3 wins.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

June 17, 2008

Ström & Johansson win Swedish Cup Rd3

The 3rd round of the Swedish Cup took place at the fast Skanska Ring in Örebro last weekend. After a couple of weeks with very warm and sunny weather it had now become cooler and more unstable. However the outlook for the weekend was not too bad, although Friday afternoon’s training was more or less cancelled due to rain. Four qualifying rounds were completed on Saturday in dry conditions. In the 1/10th 200mm class it was Kyosho driver Roland Ström who TQ’d in front of Alexander Andersson and Per-Ola Hård, while in 1/8th scale it was fast Kyosho driver Niklas Johansson who set the pace and made the TQ ahead of Serpent drivers Bengt Andersson and Christoffer Hallborg.

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June 16, 2008

Van Lierop wins Rd3 Dutch 10th Nats

The 3rd round of the Dutch 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals were held last weekend at the MACH circuit in Heemstede, close to Amsterdam. Qualifying for the NK class, saw Xray driver Maarten van Lierop claim the pole position by less than a tenth of a second from Pedro Rombouts in 2nd, while round 1 winner Daan Jacobs and round 2 winner Ruud Schuitmaker rounded out the top 4. In the Nomac class qualifying it was Jurmin Etnel that took a clear pole position while in the 1/8th promo class Mark Hellenbrand had a close battle with Paul Conradi for the top spot. The NK final saw Van Lierop take an unchallenged win, following problems for Remy Moller and Daan Jacobs, which left Serpent racer Ruud Schuitmaker to take up the challenge but ended up in 2nd, a lap down on the winner, while Jurgen Geerligs took 3rd for Kyosho. The Nomac class saw a close battle between the top 3, who all finished within a lap of each other, with Ricardo van Dam taking the win ahead of Ingeborg Gommers in 2nd and Ricardo Hofmeijer 3rd. The 1/8th Promo class saw the win go to Paul Conradi who ended the race with a 3 lap advantage on Peter Ende in 2nd, while Mat Hukkelhoven was 3rd, 4 laps further back.

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June 16, 2008

Pekka Koivula wins Rd2 Finnish Nats

Xray are reporting on the recent 2nd round of the Finnish gas touring car Nationals that were held at the large Hyvinkää track. After the four rounds of qualifying it was Tony Raikas who was on pole position, only 0.8sec ahead of the Xray pairing of Pekka Koivula in 2nd and Daniel Kalves in 3rd. At the start of the main Koivula had a crash which dropped him down to last, while Raikas took off into the lead. At the 15 minute mark Koivula had worked his back to the front and passed Teemu Saarinen and Daniel Kalves for the lead. In the end Pekka had managed to pull out a 4 second gap and take the win from Saarinen in 2nd and Raikas in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 16, 2008

Marc Fisher wins 1/10th at Türkheim

Last weekend saw the Southern German regional qualifiers take place at the Türkheim track. The 1/10th scale 200mm class qualifying saw Marc Fisher, racing the new GM car, take the pole position ahead of Mugen racer Mirco Thalheimer in 2nd and Sabrina Lechner in 3rd, in her first outing with the Kyosho chassis. In the main final, it was again Fischer who was untouchable as he went on to win comfortably ahead of Lechner in 2nd and Mugen racer Armin Baier in 3rd.

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June 16, 2008

Lee Martin wins European ‘B’ title

The European ‘B’ Championships for 1/8th scale buggy were run last weekend at the USBRC’s track in Bergerac, France. Qualifying saw a close battle between Associated driver Lee Martin and Losi racer Darren Bloomfield, both from the UK, as well as Czech driver Martin Bayer. In the end it was Lee that took an easy pole position ahead of Bayer, who managed to claim the spot from Bloomfield in the last round of qualifying, demoting Darren to the 3rd spot. Following the semi’s, the final saw Lee and Darren immediately shot off into the lead of the 45 minute race. Darren worked his way passed Lee in the early stages, but problems following the first refuelling dropped him down the order and gave Lee some breathing space at the front. Darren would eventually work his way back to the front, managing to come from 10th to take 2nd in the last 5 minutes of the race. Lee Martin took the win, and the European title, ahead of Bloomfield in 2nd, 2 laps back, with French racer Romain Soret in 3rd, 1 lap further back.

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