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March 28, 2011

Nelson Lee wins Rd1 of Singapore Nationals

We received a short note from Singapore that Shepherd/Novarossi racer Nelson Lee has won the first round of the Singapore RCMC National Series. The season opener got underway last weekend and will be the first race out of 8 in total. During qualifying Nelson placed his Novarossi powered Velox V10 on the second place of the starting grid, behind TQ Erwin Luhur. After the final the result was the other way round, with Nelson crossing the finishing line first, 1 lap ahead of second placed Erwin.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 28, 2011

Noise restrictions force Euro 1/10th B track change

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EFRA have today confirmed that the European 1/10th scale ‘B’ Championships, due to be held from the 2nd to the 7th of May in Heemstede, The Netherlands has been relocated to another track in the south west of the country due to newly enforced noise restrictions at the track. These restrictions have seen 1/8th scale on road unable to run at the track at all and it now seems to have affected the 1/10th scale class as well. The new host for the event will be the MAC De Baanbrekers track in Rucphen, who have hosted some major championships in the past. To view the full statement click here (PDF).

March 27, 2011

Volker & Dankel take 2011 LRP TCM titles

Pole sitters Ronald Volker and Eric Dankel have both converted their top qualifying spots at this year’s LRP TCM in Eppelheim into wins, with 3 perfect A-mains each. In the modified class Ronald took all 3 A-mains by relatively small margins to secure the overall title, with 3 time World Champion Marc Rheinard claiming the runner up spot with 2nd place in both the 2nd and 3rd legs after a disastrous first leg that saw him retire just after the halfway stage. Completing the podium was ETS Rd4 winner Juho Levanen taking 2nd in leg 1 and backing it up with a 3rd in leg 2. In the pro stock class no one could come close to Eric Dankel who won leg 1 by a 9 second margin, leg 2 by over 4 seconds and leg 3 again by 9 seconds to cap off a perfect weekend for the German driver. Taking the runner up spot was Daniel Wohlgemuth, who recovered from a first lap retirement in the first final to come back and take 2nd in the remaining finals. Double ETS winner Martin Hofer completed the podium in 3rd with a 2nd and 3rd place finish in leg 1 and 2.

View the final results here

March 26, 2011

Ronald Volker & Eric Dankel secure LRP TCM TQ

Ronald Volker will start tomorrow’s LRP Touring Car Masters from pole position having dominated qualifying in Eppelheim today. The Factory Yokomo/LRP driver secured the top spot with one round still left to run, with a perfect score to line up ahead of current World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd and last weekend’s ETS Rd4 winner Juho Levanen in 3rd. Also taking pole position in dominant fashion was Eric Dankel, the Xray/LRP driver carried forward his form from his previous two ETS outings by easily taking the top spot in the first 4qualifying rounds, securing the top starting spot with one round left to run. Daniel Wohlgemuth will line up 2nd after topping the final qualifier with Tim Wahl in 3rd. Sunday will see triple mains for all the A-finalists, with double mains for everyone else and you can follow the coverage over at the official event site here.

March 26, 2011

Contact RC sign Michele Romagnoli & Stefano Pregnolato

Contact RC have announced the addition of two top international drivers to their team line up for 2011. Michele Romagnoli was 5th at the 1/8th European Championship in Locorotondo last year and finalist of the last pre Worlds in Miami. After testing Contact Tyres he decided to use their tires from now and at the World Championship in Miami in a couple of weeks time. Another young Italian driver Stefano Pregnolato has also joined the Contact team. The 2009 Italian 1/8th scale champion in the Senior class, he is now very well settled in the very competitive Italian EFRA A class making the A final in the final Italian Championship race in Bologna last season. The new guys join the already strong line up of USA Champ Paul Lemieux, European Champ Robert Pietsch, Simon Kurzbuch, Jerome Renaux and US star DJ Apolaro.

Source: Contact RC [racing-cars.com]

March 25, 2011

Krakonos 24 hours endurance race

During the weekend of the 19th to 20th March was held 24hr race with 1/10 electric 2wd GT cars on carpet in sports hall in Rtyne v Podkrkonosi, Czech Republic. Cars were powered by 21,5T motors and had to use controlled LRP CPX tires. Only 4 sets of tires were allowed to use during the whole race. Eight teams with six drivers and one mechanic attended this premier year. With 5098 laps won Dodo Team & Ovci farma. Second team RC Blansko was 85 laps back and the third team RC Team Rychvald was only 17 laps behind. The winning team achieved distance more than 630 kilometers.

View the final results here

March 24, 2011

Dominik Mayer joins team Xray Germany

SMI Motorsport have announced that 17 year old Dominik Mayer has joined team Xray Germany for the upcoming seasons. The former Shepherd driver will be using the brand new RX8 along with the new Orcan GT7MH-Power engines, new Orcan 25+ Fuel and ATS-Tires and will compete at several qualification runs for the German Nationals (1/8 and 200mm), the German Nationals (1/8 and 200mm) as well as the 1/8 EC-A in Luxembourg.

Source: SMI Motorsport [smi-motorsport.de]

March 24, 2011

Team Titan R11 semi painted 1/8th bodies

Team Titan have released 2 new semi painted versions of their R11 1/8th On-Road racing body. Coming in yellow/blue and pink/blue, the rear of the body remains clear to allow you to personalize it to your own taste. Made from high quality 0.9mm thick polycarbonate, it is supplied with a new type body stiffener which features two longer versions that can support the rear of the body better. EFRA Homologated (#31522).

View the other body here