Monday, April 28, 2008
Το Tosolini κερδίζει την ιταλική ανοικτή φυλή πρωτοπόρων Categories - Events, Gas, On Road, National, Racing - add a comment 
Το κρατημένο τελευταίο Σαββατοκύριακο στη διαδρομή Gubbio στην Ιταλία, ήταν η πρώτη ιταλική ανοικτή φυλή πρωτοπόρων για τα 1/10th να περιοδεύσει 200mm αυτοκίνητα. Χαρακτηρίζοντας διάφορους μεγάλους δρομείς ονόματος, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του κορυφαίου αμερικανικού δρομέα Chris Tosolini, να είσαι κατάλληλο είδε τον τρέχοντα ευρωπαϊκό πρωτοπόρο Dario Balestri υποστηρίζει τη θέση πόλων για κύριο τελικό μπροστά από την παράταξη Tosolini συντρόφων ομάδων Francesco Tironi στο 2$ο και Sirio 3ος. Η έναρξη τελικού είδε το άλμα Balestri στο μόλυβδο όπου έμεινε μέχρι 38 λεπτά όταν αναγκάστηκε να αποσυρθεί με μερικά τεχνικά προβλήματα, αφήνοντας Tosolini για να πάρει το μόλυβδο, από όπου έλεγξε το υπόλοιπο της φυλής για να πάρει τη διαιρεσμένη σε τετράγωνα σημαία 3 περιτυλίξεις μπροστά από Tironi στο 2$ο, με το τελικό σημείο εξεδρών που πηγαίνει σε Davide Gallesi, που δίνει σε Sirio και σε Kyosho μια πλήρη κλειδαριά από τα κορυφαία 3. Η φυλή ήταν επίσης μέρος της ιταλικής ειδικής κατηγορίας πρωταθλήματος και όντας το πρώτο ιταλικό σπίτι, ο Francesco Tironi πήρε τον τίτλο.
Χτυπήστε εδώ για περισσότερες εικόνες από το γεγονός και τα τελικά αποτελέσματα. (περισσότεροι…)
Ο 2$ος κύκλος των γαλλικών υπηκόων για τη 1/8th κλίμακα buggies κρατήθηκε τελευταίο Σαββατοκύριακο στη διαδρομή Viglain στο κέντρο της χώρας. Να είσαι κατάλληλος, ήταν Mugen δρομέας Renaud Savoya που πήρε το κορυφαίο να είσαι κατάλληλος σημείο μπροστά από το δρομέα Jerome Sartel ακτίνας X στο 2$ο, ενώ Kyosho ο οδηγός Jerome Aigoin πήρε 3ος μπροστά από τον αδελφό του Yannick Aigoin, οδηγώντας ένα Losi, στο 4$ο. Ήταν Sartel που κέρδισε ημι τελικό για να υποστηρίξει τη θέση πόλων για κύριο τελικό, μπροστά από τους αδελφούς Aigoin, με το Jerome που παίρνει το ανώτερο χέρι άλλη μια φορά. Σε τελικό υπεάρξε μια στενή μάχη μεταξύ του μετώπου που 3 οδηγοί με τη λήψη του Jerome Aigoin τελικά κερδίζουν από ακριβώς κατά τη διάρκεια ενός δευτερολέπτου από τον αδελφό του Yannick, ο οποίος ήταν 11 δευτερόλεπτα μπροστά από το Renaud Savoya σε 3ος, ενώ το άτομο Sartel πόλων μειώθηκε στο 4$ο, τελειώνοντας 1 περιτύλιξη κάτω.
Πηγή: RC MAG [rcmag.com]
Ο 2$ος κύκλος των ισπανικών με λάθη υπηκόων 1/8th κλίμακας οργανώθηκε το Σαββατοκύριακο στη Silla διαδρομή στη Βαλέντσια. Να είσαι κατάλληλο είδε round 1 winner Robert Batlle stamp his authority on the event by taking the top qualifying spot from Richi Gomez in 2nd and Borja Hernandez 3rd. After the semi finals it was Robert who would start from pole in the main final and with a clear track in front of him he could claim the lead from the start. The Hobao driver would eventually take the win at the end of the 45 minute final by only 6 seconds from the battling pair of Richi Gomez and Borja Hernandez, Gomez taking the runner up spot by just over half a second in front of Borja.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Christoffer Svensson dominates NXC 08 Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, International, Racing - add a comment 
Neo Buggy are reporting on a fantastic weekend for Christoffer Svensson at the Nordic Xray Challenge, who dominated the whole race from start to finish with double TQ, double pole position and wins in both the buggy and truggy classes. In the buggy main, Svensson took the lead from pole before dropping to 2nd on lap 2, and then retaking the lead before driving away. Hazlewood battled early on with Gustafsson, with Gus eventually opening a gap from Hazlewood, but was unable to fully catch a hard-charging Svensson. In the end Gustafsson was denied a worthy second place by clutch issues and this left Hazlewood in 2nd and Mikael Palsson in 3rd. In the truggy class Svensson started out front but was passed early by Hazlewood, and then proceeded to battle each other for a while, but fast consistent driving and good pit stops gifted Svensson the lead on lap 16. Hazlewood had 2nd place wrapped up until lap 38 where center diff issues forced him to retire and this allowed Henrik Nilsson up into 2nd and Niclas Brunsberg in 3rd.
Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]
The finals at this years Pre Worlds in Thailand have been run under dry conditions as the expected rains didnt show up. Leg 1 of the main final saw Masami Hirosaka take the win for Yokomo as early leader Viktor Wilck clipped a kerb which allowed following pair of Marc Rheinard and Masami through, though Marc went wide leaving Hirosaka into the lead and on to take the win. The 2nd leg saw a good battle at the front as Atsushi Hara worked his way to the front after some great passing moves, and the Hot Bodies racer continued to lead until 1 minute to go when his car shut down, allowing Wilck back into the lead followed by Rheinard and Serpent driver Billy Easton. This all meant the winner would be decided in leg 3 and it was Viktor Wilck that jumped straight into the lead with Hara in2nd, managing to get past Rheinard early on. This was how it stayed until again close to the end, when Hara had another shut down, leaving Marc up into 2nd and Hayato Matsuzaki up into 3rd. This result gave Viktor Wilck the overall win ahead of Tamiya team mate Marc Rheinard in 2nd, while Masami Hirosaka took 3rd after a tie break with Matsuzaki and Easton.
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
TC WC Warm-up - Viktor Wilck TQ Categories - Events, Electric, On Road, International, Racing - 1 comment so far 
Qualifying for this weekend’s Pre Worlds in Thailand has taken place and despite the rain coming down last night, and threatening to come down later on in qualifying, the organisers managed to get 5 rounds of qualifying in, with the best 3 counting. In the end it was Swedish Tamiya driver Viktor Wilck that has come out on top, ahead of his team mate, and former World Champion Marc Rheinard in 2nd. Next up was Atsushi Hara, quickest after controlled practice, he will start tomorrow’s triple mains from 3rd, just ahead of Hot Bodies team mate and 2wd buggy World Champion Hayato Matsuzaki in 4th. Notable drivers not to make the final are current World Champion Andy Moore who is sitting in 12th, and Kyosho driver Shin Adachi, who was 2nd quickest in controlled practice but only ended up in 14th after qualifying. Tomorrow will see all mains run, but unfortunately the weather is not looking so good.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
TC WC Warm-up - Controlled Practice Categories - Events, Electric, On Road, International, Racing - add a comment 
The Warm up event for this years Touring car World Championships in November is being run at in Thailand this week under mixed weather conditions. Following 2 rounds of controlled practice today, it was Hot Bodies racer, and former World Champion, Atsushi Hara from Japan that was setting the pace. Sitting 4 seconds clear at the top, Hara set his quickest time in the first of the 2 sessions and now sits nearly 4 seconds clear of Kyosho Factory driver Shin Adachi (pictured), who is currently in 2nd. The 3rd and 4th position are held by Tamiya team drivers Viktor Wilck and Marc Rheinard, while rounding out the top 5 is Masami Hirosaka, driving a Yokomo.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Kempeneers wins Belgian T1 Nats Rd1 Categories - Events, On Road, National, Racing - add a comment
We reported yesterday on the Belgian 200mm T2 class results and now we have the T1 results from the same day at the Rumst Track. Race day saw the qualifying take place under dry conditions and it was Jonathan Sanza that took the pole position from Jerome Renaux in 2nd and Maarten Kempeneers in 3rd. In the start of the race, the clouds started to darken but it continued to be dry until about 15 minutes in when it finally started to rain. As everyone went into the pits for a tire change, this left Kempeneers in the lead as he had decided to stay out a little longer to avoid the chaos in the pitlane. A quick pit stop later and the Kyosho driver was back on the track and could regain the lead and carry on to take the win as the wet conditions took their toll on the other racers. Jerome Reaux ended the race in 2nd, a lap back on the winner, with Manuel Henriet in 3rd, 2 laps further back.
Source: Kem Power [users.telenet.be/kempower2000]
