| High
Fives at Hamburg 02-02-2002 |
This weekend 5 teams will
contest the 5th edition of the Hamburg 24 hrs on the 5 lane 49m
track of the Hamburg Renn center. Special feature in this North
German classic are the tire stops that are influenced by the ...weather!
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| New
Le Mans Series in Southern Germany. 01-02-2002 |
On Sunday 26 a new race
series started in the Munich area, the Bavarian Le Mans Series.
The BMLS is an independent organistion using several club tracks
in Southern Germany.
2 more races are scheduled until May, but extra events are in the
pipeline.
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| Quick
Pits stop saves Belgium round, LMS returns to St Niklaas!!
28-01-2002 |
On Jan 25 the LMS was
suddenly faced with the unavailability of the Speedlines track.
All off a sudden the Belgium round needed some serious attention.
But in times off need you see who your true friends are. On Jan
26 a friend called us in to the Pits for some quick repairs. In
no time the LMS was back on track with a new location for the March
09-10 race.
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| Trackowner
forbids Speedlines to host LMS race. 25-01-2002 |
On
Jan 10th the LMS O.C made an firm agreement with both Speedlines
and Mr. van Rossem (who owns the Speedlines track) to host the 1st
round of the 2002 Le Mans Series.
Unfortunately a row on Jan 23rd over personal posts between Mr.
van Rossem and a individual on the Dutch forum made Mr. van Rossem
specifically forbid the Speedlines club to use the 8-lane IMCA track
for the LMS race.
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more |
| Speedlines
Belgium to host 1st round of 2002 LMS. Posted 09-01 Updated
16-01-2002 |
After
a succesful try-out of the Diepenbeek 8 laner the LMS O.C has come
to an agreement with the Speedlines club to host the 1st round of
the 2002 Le Mans Series. More details on the provisional program
will be posted this week, for starters here are some first impressions
off the track.
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| First
Draft LMS Technical rules 04-01-2002 |
Although the final version of the
rules may differ in textual form, most important issues have been
set. We thought it best to give all of you the change to read about
the changes as soon as possible so you can start building your 2002
cars.
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Forum update....oops!!...Sorry 04-01-2002 |
Webmaster Willem had something special
planned for 2002; a new and improved forum with more features, better
security for passwords and attachments in the post. Unfortunately
a small problem arose during the update....
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Season opener not in Germany but 2 weeks later in Belgium
04-01-2002 |
LMS 2002 season
will start 2 weeks later than originally planned and in a different
country. The Opening race has been moved 14 days to the weekend
of 09-10 March. If all goes well the LMS will kick off at a new
track in Belgium.
read more |Click
here for the 2002 calendar |
|
Spanish win European Plafit Championship. 14-11-01 |
The Nov 3 EPC was held
during the Spanish Nationals at Igualada Spain. With more than 700
pilots in various classes ranging from 1/32 rally to 1/24 Dragracing
the Spanish nats are one of the biggest slot events in southern
Europe.
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Click here
for the EPC image gallery |
| DT Racing
wins Open German Plafit Championship. 08-11-01 |
During the last weekend
of October the Deutsche Plafit Meisterschaft
was held under the new EPC rules on the high speed 8 laner at Mörfelden.
So high was the level of competition that in a closely contested
Final, DT Racing team from Seligenstadt won the German Plafit Masters
with a mere 9 sec.
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| Group
C a must in DPM? 07-11-01 |
With the high level of
racing and the best German Modelracers of the new Millenium present
, the only down note of the DPM event was that almost all teams
opted for cars from the last Century...
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| LMS
Gears up for the final race; 20-10-01 |
For the second year the
last race of the 1/24 LMS will be held at the Mini Race Club Leeuwarden.
On their six-lane Carrera track, 12 teams can contest in this Endurance
classic..
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| Busy
times for (Inter)national 1/24 Plafit racers. 14-10-01 |
With the season coming
to a close, Modelcar racers all over the world gear up for the final
races of their Championships. In Europe the last trimester of the
1/24 Modelcar season is packed with no less than 4 major Plafit
events....
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more
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| The
Reasoning behind the Plafit "Pro" Excel chassis "
23-09-01 |
Plafit's "new"
Pro chassis line stands to be homologated in the LMS tech rules
from Jan 2002. Kurt Petry of H+T gives background information on
how and why the new Pro racing line was developed.
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more
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| No
place like home 11-09-01 |
Round 3 of the Le Mans
series was the opening race for Kamp Linfort's brand new Carrera
six laner. After 8 months of hard work, Special Frank's team baptised
the track with champagne.
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| Franky's
"High Five" 11-09-01 |
With their home win the
Kamp Linfort crew makes a jump in the classification from 12th to
5th and is now back in the race for 3rd.
Click
here for the Championship classifications & Round 3 Race Results
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| Control
Tyres; a step forward 28-07-01 |
As of round 3 all teams
will be on the same rubber compound with equal specifications and
preparation.
A step forward in the fairness of the competition
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more
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| Tyres
Test report 28-07-01 |
Four months of extensive
testing with several compounds, on different tracks and surfaces.
Looking for a compound that would perform well without any special
preparations or grip additives, all the tyres were tested straight
out of the box.
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| Bison
Powerboost for LMS 28-07-01 |
LMS sportscars stand to
gain an extra 10% more power as Plafit's MK3 Bison motor will be
intruduced as the new control engine for the LMS Championship.
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| Suzuka
in Kamp Linfort 28-07-01 |
Kamp
Linfort's New Carrera 6 laner copies Suzuka layout, but that's not
all that's new on the eastern front.
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