15.04.2016   9 comments

By Bruno Eliazord. VRC PRO Reporter & Pro Driver.

Here we are at Lostallo for a flash report about the 5th round of the 1/8 nitro sportscars spec championship. 73 drivers came from 14 different nations to enjoy this race. After the qualifying round, let's see immediatly the main final start grid in club class :

1/ Nuno Lourenco / 19 laps / 07.20.388
2/ Benjamin Krings / 18 / 07.02.512
3/ Scott Dickson / 1 / 07.14.770
4/ Alejandro Puga / 17 / 07.18.226
5/ Paulo Machado / 17 / 07.24.202
6/ Jodie Grein / 16 / 07.10.716
7/ Shigeto Oki / 16 / 07.13.262
8/ Steven Stevenson / 16 / 07.18.590
9/ Gary Climie / 15 / 07.02.248
10/Uwe Roesler / 15 / 07.11.450

From the beginning, Benjammin Krings has decided to challenge Nuno Lourenco who has started from the first spot. Together, they have a great battle, and soon they stretche the gap with the other, but Nuno Lourenco is fast as usual, and more consistent than Benjamin Krings. So little by little, he
take the keeps for sure until the end. Benjamin K... read more

31.03.2016   4 comments

By Bruno Eliazord, VRC Pro reporter & Pro driver

Here we are at SPL1 track in Tokyo, for a « flash report » about the 1/8 sportscars spec round 4. 66 drivers from 14 nations came to compete on the oldest permanent tracks in Japan.


Club Class Main Final :

Let's check immediatly the starting grid after the qualyfing round :

1/ Benjamin Krings / 22 laps / 07.08.018
2/ Nuno Lourenco / 22 / 07.17.084
3/ Jodie Grein / 21 / 07.13.614
4/ Carl Huxford / 21 / 07.20.624
5/ Schott Dickson / 20 / 07.13.296
6/ John Veal / 19 / 07.07.282
7/ Paulo Machado / 18 / 07.08.352
8/ Gary Climie / 18 / 07.11.000
9/ Ryan Joyner / 18 / 07.19.610
10/ Mario Unverzagt / 17 / 07.06.782

Benjamin krings take a good start from his 1st spot, but Nuno Lourenco take a even better start. He goes far away in the front in the frist laps. After two laps, he already overtake Gary Climie and Mario Unverzagt, who run in the last spots. Benjamin Kring is far behind but he is still second. Nuno Lourenco makes consistent laps a... read more

22.03.2016   12 comments

By Bruno Eliazord. VRC PRO Reporter & Pro driver.


Don't wait for the week end to join us here at Sao Paulo de Brasil for the 3rd round of the 1/8 nitro sportscar spec championship !!! 65 drivers representing 13 nations came from all around the world to compete.
This track is special for at least two reasons. Firstable, in 2004, there was the 1/10 nitro world championship, with the win of Adrien Bertin in front of Josh Cyrul, and Takaagi Shimo (who had made no tire change during one hour), after an unbelievable battle ended by a magnificent overtake of Adrien on Josh at the second corner after the straight line. In second, this track is famous because of its layout quite difficult to describe. Some says it's « weird », some says « It's easy », but the fact is that nobody is indifférent to this unusual track. And be careful with all the dust out of the apex, the black driving line, or you will finish in the grass, or in the metal barriers !


Let's see what happened during the qualifying :

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11.02.2016   15 comments

Report by Bruno Eliazord. VRC PRO Reporter & Pro Class Racer.

Hi everybody, we are here at Fort Myers Raceway in Florida, where the sun is shinning, the surfers are riding the waves, and girls are so beautiful.
More seriously, it was the second round of the 1:8 nitro sportscars spec championship, where 61 racers came, representing 16 nations, which make each VRC race a real world event !
The track is very fast, but with sharp turns, and a difficult part in front of the rostrum, where you have to turn early before the corner if you want to be fast without touching the unforgiving metal barriers. In real life the club organize the Winternats, and in 2008 the Roar 1/10th scale fuel on-road.

Now let's have a look at the qualifications :

Club class : on 13 drivers, « Mugen MRX 5 » from Germany is first with 32 laps / 7.01.854. Carl Huxford from United Kingdom is second with 31 laps / 7.00.742, and Jodie Grein from USA is 3rd with 29 laps / 7.21.866.The seven other drivers of the t... read more

09.02.2016   9 comments

Bruno Eliazord. VRC PRO Reporter & Pro Class Racer.

WELCOME here in Boss Speed (reverse mode), for the first round of the 1:8 nitro sportscars spec championship season 2016, where many things happened !
The track is located in Tokyo, and has already organized big events in real life, like the 2014 JMRCA All Japan Championship 1/10th GP Open Class. The layout is small, technical, and you need to be very precise in your driving if you want to be fast.

No time to loose, let's talk about the qualifications, where 99 racers came from all over the world, representing not less than 18 nations. The Spec class is famous on VRC PRO, because it's a good way to make the first steps in this driving simulator. Drivers had 7 minutes to show their skills, with a pit stop, knowing that the entry of the pit lane was tricky, because of the two tires made for slowing down the speed of the cars. A bad pit stop, and you loose everything.

In club class, on 19 drivers, Carl Huxford from Unired Kingdom took the f... read more