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March 17, 2008

Marc Fischer wins 1/12th German Nats

Marc Fisher wins 1/12th German Nats

The 1:12 German Nationals were held last weekend in Oldendorf, Germany and it was top Team Corally driver Marc Fischer that TQ’d and won the Modified National title with his SP12X. After coming home 2nd in leg 1 he took the win in the 2nd A-final by 5 seconds and in the 3rd A-final by 7 seconds to take the title ahead of Markus Mobers and Steven Weiss. In the stock class is was another Team Corally driver Jan Asmer that won the National title, beating TQ man Andre Efler to 2nd with Mike Niemann claiming 3rd.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

March 17, 2008

K-Factory Diff Oil range

K-Factory have released a range of differential oils that have been produced from the finest grade lubricants. The easy opening tubes offer precise and spill-free application and are clearly labeled for easy identification. Each 40 ml tube is color coded and is available in the most popular weights.

Source: K-Factory [kfactoryracing.com]

March 17, 2008

Team Azarashi Cracker Prototype

Japanese company Team Azarashi have shown the first pictures of the Cracker prototype, which is a new 2WD body shell that the company is developing. The release date is not yet decided, but their Team is working hard to get it to production following some positive testing and when released it should fit to Team Associated RC10B4 and the Kyosho Ultima RB5.

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March 17, 2008

Johannessen wins Norwegian Indoor Nationals

Xray have a report from the Norwegian Indoor National Championships that were run last weekend for 1/10th Mod & 19T Touring and 1/12th scale at a venue in Stevneplassen, Skien. Modified qualifying saw Xray driver Helge Johannessen that claimed the top spot with 3 straight wins in the heats to line up in the A-main in front of Adrian Berntsen and Rune Karlsen. Helge got a clean start in all three finals with Adrian behind but his Xray team mate hit a curb in all three finals giving him the gap needed to take the Championship ahead of Adrian with Kyosho racer Rune Karlsen in 3rd. The 19T class was won by another Xray driver Anders Theodorsen ahead of TQ Markus Alvestad, racing a Kyosho, who came home 2nd and Kjell Gunnar Guttormsen in 3rd with a Tamiya.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 16, 2008

Jilles Groskamp takes ETS Rd2 win

Modified top 3

The curtain has come down on the second round of the inaugural European Touring Series in Vejle, Denmark, and it was Jilles Groskamp and Nicolai Nielsen that leave Vejle in Denmark with the main silverware. The weekend produced plenty of thrilling race action but in the end it was those that set the pace in qualifying that ruled the finals. Groskamp overcame strong pressure from his Tamiya team mates in the finals to score an important victory over Marc Rheinard n 2nd and Viktor Wilck in 3rd. In the Pro Stock class it was TQ man Nicolai Nielsen that won the overall in front of Palle Hornum and an unfortunate Rasmus T. Callesen in 3rd.

Go to the ETS site for a full report from the finals day.

March 15, 2008

Tamiya on pole, Groskamp overnight TQ

Groskamp takes first Qualifier

A Tamiya is guaranteed to start the second round of the Muchmore backed ETS in pole for tomorrow’s Modified A mains, but which driver it will be will not be decided until tomorrow morning’s final qualifier. As today’s action comes to a close it is Jilles Groskamp who holds the overnight TQ but victory in the final heat today for team-mate Marc Rheinard means the German has the chance to deny the Dutchman the No.1 starting position.

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March 15, 2008

Groskamp officially joins Speed Passion

ETS Rd 2 - Groskamp joins SpeedPassion

Jilles Groskamp will officially represent Speed Passion for the remainder of the racing season. In the pit area here at the 2nd round of the Much More backed ETS, the top International Tamiya driver confirmed to us that he has agreed a deal with Speed Passion to supply him with motors for the rest of the year. Jilles has run the Hong Kong made motors since the beginning of the season but only inked a deal at the TITC in Thailand 2 weeks ago that will also see the Dutch driver race Speed Passion at this year’s World Championships.

March 15, 2008

ETS Series – Scotty Ernst Interview

ETS Series - Scotty Ernst Interview

We are here at the 2nd round the Much More backed European Touring Seres that takes place this weekend in Vejle, Denmark and during a break in preperations we managed to sit down with one of the ETS organisers Scotty Ernst to talk about this exciting new series.

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