It was like a scene from Wimbledon as club staff ran across the track with huge covers here in Austria as the forecast rain arrived early causing race officials to postone practice for groups 13, 14 and 15 til the morning. Some of the big names in the postponed groups included 2004 World Champion Guillaume Vray, quick Czech Martin Bayer, Italian Riccardo Perin, Bergonzoni factory driver Raul Peris and reigning European Junior Champion Elliot Boots.

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Rain returns causing Euros practice to be cut short

Team Epic have released this pair of two hi-end Intellect 1600mAh NiMH battery packs for the Traxxas mini Slash and mini Revo. Higher capacity than stock packs for longer run times the 2 packs allow more run time as you can charge one while running the other or run both at the same time with the optional Traxxas dual pack adapter for 14.4 volts of super power. The packs come pre wired with Traxxas connectors so they are true plug and play.

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Team Epic Dual 1600 packs for mini Slash

The first qualification round for the German Championship, middle and west division, was held at the Motodrom Raceway in Andernach last weekend. There were 57 racers entered for the race, with 17 in the Modified class including Marc and Toni Rheinard, Marc Fischer, Yannik Prümper and Steven Weis, and 40 in the Stock class. The conditions were very good for this race and following qualifying it was Team Xray driver Steven Weiss who won 3 of the 4 Heats to take the Pole Position in the Modified class. In the A final Steven Weiss continued his domination, taking two straight wins to take the overall win ahead of the Tamiya Driver Yannik Prümper and Corally Driver Marc Fischer.

A-Main Results
1. Steven Weiss – Xray
2. Yannik prümper – Tamiya
3. Marc Fischer – Corally
4. Toni Rheinard – Tamiya
5. Marcel Geiger – Xray
6. Jan Bohlen – Tamiya
7. David Ehrbar – Xray
8. Martin Kruse – Hot Bodies
9. Patrick Pasch – Corally
10. Pascal Schönrock – Hot Bodies

Thanks to Steven Weiss for the report.

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Steven Weiss wins German Regionals Rd1

The top off road drivers from across Europe are arriving to a sunny track here in Austria for the opening day of action at the 2009 EFRA 1:8 Off Road European Championships, but predictions are that things are going to get muddy for the rest of the week. Race organisers had a busy morning pumping the heavy overnight rain off the huge covers that have been in place for the last few days to protect the dirt track from what is turning out to be one of the Austria’s wettest Summers. Unfortunately the rain is set to return tonight and continue for much of the week.

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Sun shines at Euros in Austria – for now!

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The 4th round of the Dutch championship was held on the very small and tricky circuit of MBC de Sluis in Gouda. The day started with nice weather, and although the forecast did predict rain it stayed dry the whole day. In the NK it was surprising to see Joey Sorber taking the pole folowed by John Ermen, Rick V and Ilia v. Gastel. In the main final it was John who was kicked out after 2 corners from the start trying to overtake Joey Sorber. Joey was strong in the lead but had to retire after 20 minutes. Rick V, driving the SM engine, took the lead after 7 laps and despite a tyre change at 15 minutes that allowed John Ermen into the lead, he would go on to take the win. In 2nd place it was John Ermen with a damaged car due some accidents on the track, while 3rd spot went to Rik Veenma who was racing a steady race.

In the NOMAC it was a Belgian party. On pole it was Robin d’Hondt, who had some difficulties with the track during the training on Saturday, with Steven Cuypers in 2nd and Gunther v. Staey 3rd. Richard Keur took the final direct qualifying spot in 4th. In the final Steven took the lead, with Guther and Robin were fighting for the 2nd place and on the 4th place it was Daan Haling. Steven Cuypers eventually won folowed by Gunther v. Staey and Robin d’Hondt.

Thanks to Roelof Tooms for the report.

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Rick V wins Dutch 1/8th NK Rd4