November 4, 2010
The 4th and final round of the 2010 South African On Road Gas Nationals took place at the TRAP facility just outside the city of Pretoria recently. Taking TQ in the 1/8th scale class, the only driver to run 18 laps in the qualifiers, was current SA Champion Wayne Joelson driving his Novarossi powered Mugen Seiki MRX4X. The final, which had to be shortened to 40 minutes due to threatening weather, saw Wayne take victory by 5 laps ahead of team mate Faizel Salie in 2nd and Serpent driver Dave Wiseman in 3rd, a lap further back. This results sees…
October 4, 2010
The 7th Annual African Cup for On Road Gas cars was held the last weekend of September at the TRAP facility outside Pretoria. Temperatures were in the mid 30 degrees Celcius and with a 1 hour final, this race would be the toughest in Africa. Current South African Champion Wayne Joelson with his Novarossi powered Mugen Seiki MRX4X finished 1st for the 4th consecutive year, with second place going to his team mate Steve Munslow, with EDAM driver Arnold Vermaak in 3rd. Thanks to Wayne Joelson for the update….
September 25, 2010
The 8th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale Nationals was a second visit to the Brooklands circuit in Kent. With all the main players present, it would become a very competitive race weekend. Team Serpent had again Mark Green and winner from the previous round Kyle Branson present to help the team in their quest for the championship. Team Shepherd also had Neil Diver present to help team leaders Pete and Andy Hastings. The Irish racers were again present to increase the competition. The Mugen Team still awaiting the release of the MRX5 chassis had to contend with the MRX4X…
June 9, 2010
…Marcus Lindner (SE) Serpent 966 – 183 laps 45:02.209 3. Christofer Hedlund (SE) Shepherd Velox – 179 laps 45:07.391 4. Bengt Andersson (SE) Serpent 966 – 176 laps 45:14.674 5. Patrik Johansson (SE) Mugen MRX-4X – 174 laps 45:11.653 6. Antti Ollinmäki (FI) Mugen MRX-4X – 170 laps 45:11.050 7. Stefan Andersson (SE) Serpent 966 – 158 laps 43:40.250 8. Hans Lyxell (SE) Kyosho – 64 laps 17:23.966 9. Niklas Johansson (SE) Serpent 966 – 33 laps 8:55.184 10.Magnus Bengtsson (SE) Mugen MRX-4X – 25 laps 6:20.352 Full results can be found here. Thanks to Joakim Taxén for the report….
June 2, 2010
Mid May saw drivers from all around South Africa attend round 2 of the National Championship in East London. In the 1/8th class Wayne Joelson driving a Novarossi powered Mugen Seiki MRX4X who was top qualifier and went on to win the 45 minute final by 5 laps. Second place was Steve Munslow while in third place overall was James Brauns making it a Mugen Seiki 1-2-3. In the 200mm Nitro Touring Class, Rowan Bower with his Mugen Seiki MTX4R won the 30 minute final from the TQ position, setting a new lap record. Second place was Dave Wiseman with…
May 28, 2010
…predecessor. MSE: Robert, where have to done your testing? Robert Pietsch: Shortly after I received the first prototype of the MRX5 I completed one day of testing on my home track at Rosenheim, Germany. Afterwards I traveled to Italy to continue the test program under perfect conditions at Fiorano for two more days. MSE: How does such a test program of a new car like the MRX5 proceed? Pietsch: First I started with the MRX4X to get lap times as a reference. Then I did a shake down run with the MRX5 to check whether the car was trimmed out…
March 10, 2010
Thunder Valley Raceway (TVR), played host to round 1 of the 2010 South African National Gas Championship. Current 1/8th scale National Champion Wayne Joelson with his Mugen Seiki MRX4X powered by Novarossi Flash .21 & Matrix Tires was the only driver to run 19 laps, taking the Top Qualifier spot. Sunday’s 45 minute final saw temperatures close to 32 degrees. After leading from the start and having built a one lap cushion on the field after eight minutes, Wayne ran out of fuel around the fifteen minute mark. Now a lap down he managed to take back the lead in…
December 16, 2009
…1. Andy Báez (Mugen MTX4R) – 1788 2. Juan C. Rodríguez (Mugen MTX4R) – 1783 3. Fernando Méndez (Mugen MTX4R) – 1712 4. Jesús Rivera (Xray NT1) – 1708 5. Norberto Rodríguez (Xray NT1) – 1656 6. José Nieves (Mugen MTX4R) – 1631 7. Félix Ortíz (Mugen MTX4R) – 1626 8. Emilio García (Serpent 720) – 1624 9. Javier Malavé (Kyosho RRR) – 1594 10.Edgar Tirado (Serpent 733) – 1580 1/8 Final Standing 1. Andy Báez (Mugen MRX4X) – 1791 2. Fernando Méndez (Mugen MRX4X) – 1774 3. Carlos Fuentes (Kyosho Evolva) – 1742 4. Pedro Alvarado (Kyosho M3) –…
