Thursday, June 5, 2008
Manuel Henriet wint Belgische Nats Rd3 Categories - Gas, On Road, National, Racing - add a comment 
Om 3 van de Belgische Ingezetenen vond bij het strakke en technische spoor Houthalen in droge en zonnige voorwaarden plaats. De T1 klassenkwalificatie ging de manier van Kyosho bestuurder Marten Kempeneers die omhoog voor de bestuurders van de Röntgenstraal Jerome Renaux, Jonathan Sanza en Steve Lambrech beëindigde, terwijl in de klasse van T2 het een andere Röntgenstraal was, dat van Cedric Gils die een poolstandpunt innam. Het begin van T1 def. ging de manier van Yerna Hugues die het lood voor de eerste 5 minuten nam, maar de problemen lieten vallen hem onderaan de orde. Dit linkerKempeneers in het lood hij waarop tot de definitieve 5 minuten hield toen een gebrek aan banden betekende werd hij overgegaan door de bestuurder Manuel Henriet van het Serpent die wint nam, terwijl Kempeneers op tweede voor Stephane Roufosee in derde hield. De klasse van T2 ging de manier van de poolman Cedric Gils die voor de medebestuurders Renaud Gysembergh en Vazza Donato van de Röntgenstraal won.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Recio wint de Kampioenschappen van Buenos aires Categories - Events, Gas, On Road, Racing - add a comment 
Wij ontvingen een kort rapport van de 3de ronde van het 1/8ste schaal Metropolitaanse Kampioenschap dat vorig weekend bij het spoor van Hernan Matticoli in Buenos aires, Argentinië plaatsvond. Het weer was goed en ondanks de zon die uit was het een beetjekoude is. Kwalificerende racer Sebastián Recio van zaagKyosho neemt een poolstandpunt van Juan Pablo Golobic in tweede in en het was Recio die wint in def. nam, die de vlag aan het eind van de 40 minieme definitieve 2 overlappingen omhoog op Gabriel Ianaca in tweede kruist terwijl Hernán Lebenbaun 3de vlek nam. Dit was de definitieve ronde van de sporen Openend Kampioenschap en het was Sebastián Recio die met de titel er vandoor ging.
De 5de ronde van de Zuidelijke regionale bepalende woorden van Duitsland werd in werking gesteld vorig weekend onder zonnige hemelen bij het spoor Amberg. Het kwalificeren voor de 1/8ste bestuurder Eric Dankel van de Herder van de schaalzaag eist de poolpositie van het in paren rangschikken Mugen van Philip Eberle en Armin Baier. The 30 minute final saw Dankel jump straight into the lead and by the 5 minute mark he had a 1 lap lead from where he could control to race to take the win ahead of Eberle and Baier in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]
We received this report from last weekends battle for the Nordic Championship in 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm that took place in Hillerod, Denmark. The Nordics is a yearly competition where drivers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland meet to race for the glory of being the Nordic Champion. Saturday saw 5 qualifying rounds completed in very nice, sunny and warm weather. In the 1/8th scale class it was Shephard driver Martin Christensen (DK) who set the pace and made the TQ spot before the Kyosho trio Marcus Lindner (SE), Niklas Johansson (SE) and Roland Ström (SE). In the 1/10th 200mm class it was Martin Lissau (DK) who TQ’d followed by Helge Johannessen (NO), Martin Christensen (DK) and young Norwegian drivers Adrian Berntsen, all driving the Xray NT1.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Marco Müller wins Rd2 Swiss 1/8th Nats Categories - Gas, On Road, National, Racing - add a comment 
Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Swiss 1/8th scale National Championships run in the west of the country in the town of Aigle. Qualifying saw the pole position go to Serpent racer Shasa Lackner, ahead of Novarossi team mate Marco Müller in 2nd, with Christophe Pethoud and Mattia Pesenti rounding out the top 4. At the start of the Final Shasa jumped straight into lead and started to pull away from Müller in 2nd place. Unfortunately for Lackner at the 35 minute mark he developed radio problems which caused him to crash his car, putting him out of the race. After this is was easy for Müller, who took the win ahead of Pesenti in 2nd while Andy Geisser claimed 3rd.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]
Clive Connolly put the disappointment off just missing out on making the Main Final at the Euro Bs in Austria last weekend behind him when he took a clean sweep of wins in the latest round of the Irish National On road Championships on Sunday. The Team Serpent Ireland driver completely dominated 1:8 taking the TQ with his IDM powered 960 before going on to take the win from the Kyosho of Austin Elliot. Youngster Sean Doyle completed the top 3 at the St. Annes track with his first podium finish of the season. In the 1:10 200mm, championship leader Eoin Doran took the TQ with his Xray NT1 with Connolly’s Serpent 720 lining up second on the grid for the half hour final. The pair enjoyed a great battle for the lead for the first half of the race until Doran ran out of fuel as he entered the pit lane for a scheduled stop. The time lost in restarting Doran’s car was enough to give Connolly the break he needed to take his first 200mm win of the season. Chris Lawlor completed the podium with his Serpent 720.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Rick V wins Dutch 8th Nats Rd3 Categories - Gas, On Road, National, Racing - add a comment
The 3rd round of the 1/8th scale on road Nationals took place at the weekend on the very fast Baanbrekers in Rucphen. The day started on a somber note with a 1 minute silence to remember Belgian racer Koen Joosens and a well known Dutch driver Raymond Soyer who was killed recently during his job as a fireman. Qualification on Sunday started on a wet track and only the 3rd run of heats saw dry track conditions, making this by far the fastest round. Only John Ermen was able to set a 23 lap qualification on his home track to take the pole position for the NK class while in the Nomac class Ronald van den Bergh was able to get the better of Jordy Blok to take the pole position. In the NK final John Ermen was the fastest man on the track but due to continued interference occuring in the same corner on the track he lost losts of time and could manage to take the 3rd place. The win went to round 2 winner Rick V racing a Mugen, 1 lap ahead of Kyosho driver Ilia Van Gastel in 2nd, with Serpent racer John Ermen a lap further back. In the NOMAC group it was Jordy Block that took the win, ending with an even faster time than Rick V who won the NK group. The Serpent driver took the win by 6 laps from 2nd placed Tim Bosman, while Jeroen Janken claimed the 3rd spot.
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Andrea Cristiani wins Trofeo Novarossi Categories - Events, Gas, On Road, Racing - add a comment 
Last weekend at the Fiorano track in Italy was the 2008 Trofeo Novarossi race for 1/10th and 1/8th scale, and it was attended by all the best Italian racers including Collari, Cristiani, Picco, Solaroli, Pirani, Balestri etc. The weather was perfect for the race and it was last years winner Andrea Cristiani, driving a Serpent, that took the pole position in 1/8th scale from Alberto Picco in 2nd, 4 seconds behind, with Stefano Solaroli in 3rd for Motonica and Lamberto Collari 4th for Kyosho. The final saw Cristiani go straight into the lead, avoiding the first lap bumping that saw some racers drop back. Setting the fastest lap of the race, 0.25 seconds faster than anyone else, Andrea was able to make a tyre change on his way to a dominant win, finishing 3 laps ahead of Picco in 2nd and Andrea Pirani in 3rd.
