Jilles Groskamp (17/5:16.582) holds the overnight pole here in Luxembourg after the Dutch ace, who is in search of his first EFRA European title, set a new fastest time in the second round of qualifying. The factory Tamiya/Speedpassion driver described the run as perfect as he made best use of the cooler track conditions to head home Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker (17/5:17.977) who TQ’d the slower opening qualifier.  Very happy with his overall performance today the ‘Warm Up’ race winner said everything had worked perfectly and it is was good to end the opening day holding the provisional pole.

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Groskamp holds overnight pole in Luxembourg

Last Sunday saw the second round of the Campeonato Argentino de 1/8 Roar run at the Hernan Matticoli track in Buenos Aires. Mugen Sirio driver Sebastián Recio was the winner followed by Agustín Cutini and Juan Pablo Golobic. It was a great race and fastest in this second round was Recio, who set a new track record of 19.55 seconds, breaking the previously held record of 19.90 by Chris Tosolini, set back at the Copa de Las Americas.

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SpeedWorld / Sorex USA have been in touch to tell us about their new SJ-R black pre-mounted tires/wheel. Working closely with JACO, they have produced a black version of the company’s popular Prism wheel which will be available in 24, 28, 32 and 36R versions. Another new produc is the set of 12 rubber tire holders, each holding a full set of rubber tires, and which comes supplied in a handy carrying case that holds them all in one place.

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SpeedWorld SJ-R black pre-mounts

East Coast Bodies have released this radical looking new 1/8th scale on road shell. This new P908  body is apparently the result of 2 years of design and testing to improve and enhance every detail and claims to improve the overall performance of the car. East Coast have also developed 3 type of new 1/8 on road rear wing in order to provide more optional rear grip, high speed and something in between.

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East Coast Bodies P908

Round 5 of the Irish Nationals took place in Dublin last weekened and in 1/8th scale qualifying it was Shepherd driver Ian Campbell that took the TQ spot for the final ahead of Austin Elliot and Michael Byrne, while in the 1/10th scale class it was Chris Steele that would start on pole ahead of Chris Lawlor and Thomas Ward. The 200mm A final saw Chris Steele hold his lead throughout, but 2nd place man Chris Lawlor retired when his transponder failed on lap 39. 3rd place qualifier Thomas Ward retired from the 30 minute final on lap 49, allowing Darren Gibb and Robert Boylan to take the remaining podium places. The 1/8th A final saw Ian Campbell set the fastest lap of the race, finishing in 1st ahead of 3rd place qualifier Michael Byrne, with John Delaney coming up through the field to finish 3rd overall. From 2nd on the grid, Austin Elliott was holding his position until he retired on just lap 21 with an electrical problem.

Thanks to Ian Campbell for the report.

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Yokomo team driver Ronald Volker (17/5:17.928) has TQ’d the opening qualifier here in Luxembourg after an extremely close first round. The 2008 Top Qualifier took the round on the final lap after pace setter for most of the run Viktor Wilck dumped on his 17th lap. Volker said his LRP powered BD5 suffered with understeer at the beginning but got easier to driver as the run progressed.

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