Monday, September 29, 2008
Gilliland wins Merlin Fuel Ulster GP Categories - Events, Gas, On Road, Racing - comments closed
Ballymoney in Northern Ireland played host to the Merlin Fuel Ulster Grand Prix yesterday with nitro cars making a successful return to the once popular nitro venue. Organised by the UMCC, the inaugural Nitro GP attracted a quality entry including former Irish National 1:10 200mm Champions Chris Steele & Stephen Hayes, and British Championship race winner Mark Gilliland. In qualifying it was Steele with his Murnan Modified RB powered Kyosho that claimed TQ honours from Gilliland’s Xray. In the final the pair had a thrilling battle for the lead, swapping positions lap after lap, but a small error by Steele was eventually enough to allow Gilliland to break clear and take the victory. 2007 Irish Champion Hayes, also driving an NT1 completed the podium. Following the success of the event it is planned to make the Ballymoney circuit a regular fixture on the 2009 Irish National Championship calendar.
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We received a brief report from the South German Championships that were held last weekend in Greuthof, which was won by super quick female racer Sabrina Lechner. The young German IDM / Kyosho team driver drove a tactical race starting from 4th position. After 10 minutes she managed to move up to 3rd spot and could take the lead at the 20 minute mark when the top 2 drivers pitted. Sabrina maintained her lead to take the 2008 1/10th South German title in front of Mugen racer Armin Baier in 2nd and Patrick Nähr driving an Xray in 3rd.
Source: Scuderia-Fun-and-Drive [scuderia-fun-and-drive.com]
Friday, September 26, 2008
Gilioli is Italian Classic Champion Categories - Gas, National, On Road, Racing - comments closed
With popularity in 1:8 Classic on the up we bring you news of the 2008 Italian Classic 2WD National Championship which was held recently at Riccione where Motonica driver Nicolas Gilioli claimed the title. Driving his Novarossi powered P8 Classic, Gilioli, who qualified third for the 45 minute final, won by 3 laps from the Mantua Intrepid of Massimo Poldi with Top Qualifier Alessandro Pala completing the podium with his Max powered Motonica a further lap adrift.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Filipe Costa is Portuguese Champion Categories - Gas, National, On Road, Racing - comments closed
The final round of the Portuguese 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals were run last weekend at the large Coimbra in the centre of the country. Only 37 drivers turned up for this race and it was Mugen racer Bruno Coelho that took the pole position from fellow title contender Filipe Costa racing an Xray. In the race Filipe held back just to secure the title and finished 3rd behind the battling pair of Jose Pequito and Bruno Coelho, who finished in that order. The result gave Costa the National title ahead of Coelho and Pequito in the standings.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Kyle Branson wins BRCA 200mm Title Categories - Gas, National, On Road, Racing - comments closed
The 8th round of the British 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals were run over the weekend at the Cotswold track under dry and sunny conditions. With many quick drivers in attendance it was Serpent racers Mark Green and Kyle Branson that took the first 2 spots in qualifying, with the latter heading the championship standings entering into this final round. In the final, the top 2 qualifiers shot off into the lead battling it out at the front until Kyle was able to get to the head of the field, where he stayed to take the win from Green in 2nd and Xray driver Robin Hammet 3rd. This win was enough to secure the 14 year old Serpent SDD/Sirio driver the 2008 National title.
Source: 3hobby [3hobby.net]
Monday, September 22, 2008
Atsushi Hara is Buggy World Champion Categories - Gas, International, Off Road, Racing - comments closed
Our partners Neo Buggy are reporting that after a long hard week in Charlotte, North Carolina, that Atsushi Hara has been victorious and claimed his 2nd World title. Racing the all new Hot Bodies D8, the Japanese driver, who is more famous for his touring car racing, upset the expected US domination by moving to the front pack from halfway distance in the hour long and then slowly picking off the competition one by one to take the lead. Despite some hard battles with Mike Truhe, the American couldn’t regain the lead and Hara would win by just over a second, with Losi driver Truhe in 2nd and European Champion Renaud Savoya from France taking 3rd, some 15 seconds further back.
Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]
Jacobs takes Rd6 Van Lierop takes title Categories - Gas, National, On Road, Racing - comments closed
The AMCA track in Apeldoorn played host to the 6th and final round of the Dutch 1/10th scale 200mm National Championship at the weekend and despite looking like it could rain it thankfully held off. Qualifying for the NK class saw Xray pairing of Daan Jacobs and Maarten van Lierop take the top 2 spots with Sander Borghoff and Koen Guerds rounding out the top 4, while in the Nomac class it was Jurmin Etnel that took the pole with Matthieu Hesterman taking TQ in the 1/8th Promo class. In the NK final it was Daan Jacobs in control, and despite an early mistake he was able to regain the lead and win by 2 laps from Maarten van Lierop who only had to stay in touch to take the National title, while Niels Pourchez once again took 3rd spot. In the Nomac class the finishing results mirrored the qualifying standings with Etnel taking the win ahead of Ricardo Van Dam in 2nd and Ingeborg Gommers 3rd, while in the 1/8th Promo class victory went to Matthieu Hesterman ahead of Ruud Knoester and Sjaak van der Wind.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Chaussard wins 1/10 French Nats Rd5 Categories - Gas, National, On Road, Racing - comments closed
While the 1/8th boys were racing in Niort, the 5th and final round of the 1/10th 200mm French National championship was underway in Manspach, close to the German Swiss border. Qualifying saw Xray driver Arnaud Chaussard take top honours in the Elite class while in the National class it was another Xray driver Jean Baptiste Geneau on top. The Elite final saw the 2008 title being decided between Chaussard and Basile Concialdi, with the former never threatened throughout the race, only dropping out of the lead at 35 minutes when he changed tires. By the end of the race Concialdi had run out of tires and dropped to 3rd behind Mickaël Pontal who took 2nd while Chaussard wrapped up the title in fine style by taking the win. In the National final the win went to Anthony Bruyer, finishing 3 laps clear of 2nd placed Aurélien Gouriau, while the final podium spot went to Bruno Turbot.
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