Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Ström & Fransson winnen Zweedse Kop Rd2 Categories - Gas, On Road, National, Racing - add a comment 
De 2de ronde van de Zweedse Kop voor Nitrospoor dat vond vorig weekend binnen bij het spoor Växjö in het zuidoosten van Zweden plaats rent. Praktijk van de zaterdag werd in werking gesteld in aardig weer en in de 1/8ste schaalklasse was het jonge Kyosho bestuurder Niklas Johansson die TQ' D voor Mugen racer Mikael Fransson met Marcus Lindner in derde voor Kyosho. In de 1/10 schaalklasse was het Kyosho bestuurders Alexander Andersson en Roland Ström die de twee eerste kwalificerende plaatsen namen die door de bestuurder Tommy Bergfeldt worden gevolgd van het Serpent. Alle def. werden gehouden op Zondag en ondanks het die droog is, was het eerder koud, rond 6 graden. 1/8ste def. was een opwindend ras met de bestuurders die voor verschillende strategieën toe te schrijven aan van de brandstofconsumptie en band veranderingen opteren. Uiteindelijk nam Mikael Fransson wint gevolgd door Marcus Lindner, die zeer dicht bij het verslag van de spooroverlapping, met 3de vlek loopt die naar de bestuurder Christoffer Hallborg gaat van het Serpent. In 1/10ste schaaldef. had het drama dat op het beginnende net als hoogste bepalend woord Alexander Andersson is begonnen met zijn versnellingsbak los komen. Dit maakte het voor Roland Ström gemakkelijk, die een gecontroleerde en stabiele race aan de geruite vlag dreef, eisend voor racer per-Ola Hård van het Serpent win, terwijl de 3de vlek naar jonge bestuurder Edwin die Sunesson ging een Kyosho rennen.
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De 3de ronde van de Britse 1/10ste schaalIngezetenen vond vorig weekend in Mendip in de droge omstandigheden, na sommige vochtige praktijkzittingen plaats over Zaterdag. Het kwalificeren ging de manier van jonge racer Kyle Branson van het Serpent, die een poolstandpunt tegen een halve seconde voor Groene het Teken van de teampartner innam. Belangrijkste def. vertrok met een dichte slag tussen voorzijde 2, ziend lood Kyle voor de eerste 5 minuten, slechts dalend aan tweede voor één overlapping terwijl het gaan voor brandstof, onmiddellijk herwinnend het lood bij het weggaan van de kuilsteeg. Deze orde bleef het zelfde tot het Teken problemen had en onderaan het gebied daalde, welke toegestane Kyle om aan een 2 overlappingsoverwinning te kruisen, zijn eerste Ingezetene wint, voor 2de geplaatste Robin Hammet met zijn van de het teampartner van de Röntgenstraal Klok derde van Gareth.
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Schuitmaker wins Rd2 Dutch 10th Nats Categories - Gas, On Road, National, Racing - add a comment 
The 2nd round of the Dutch 1/10th scale Nationals was run last weekend at the super fast Baanbrekers track in Rucphen in the South West of the country. Saturday’s practice was interrupted by rain and this meant that many drivers had problems getting a setup for the cars for Sunday’s race. Qualifying on Sunday was run in the dry and in the National class it was newly signed Xray racer Daan Jacobs that took the pole position just ahead of local racer Pedro Rombouts in 2nd, with Serpent pairing of Ruud Schuitmaker and Remy Moller rounding out the top 4. The Nomac class was TQ’d by Ricardo Dam, 2 seconds ahead of Ingeborg Gommers, while in the 1/8th Promo class Peter van Koningsveld took a clear pole position ahead of Matt Hukkelhoven in 2nd. The National final saw a close race with Daan and Ruud continuing their battle from round 1, but unfortunately Daan ran into some problems leaving Ruud to pull out an advantage and take the win from Kyosho racer Jurgen Geerligs in 2nd, 6 seconds back and Remy Muller in 3rd, a further 1 second back. In the Nomac class, it was Xray driver Jurmin Etnel that won, by just over a lap from Ricardo Dam in 2nd and Peter Verkerk in 3rd, 4 laps back. The 1/8th Promo class was won by Paul Conradi, who came through from 5th on the grid to win by 5 laps ahead of Peter Ende, with Niels Reijnders in 3rd.
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The second round of the Irish On Road Nitro Nationals took place over the weekend at the St. Annes track in the Irish Capital of Dublin and it was returning young ace Dean Lacey who took top honours in 1:8 at the controls of his Serpent 960. Fellow Serpent driver Graeme Lougheed was the Top Qualifier but a startline incident ended his chances of victory. This allowed Lacey to take control and make the perfect return to sport after a 10 month absence as he claimed the win ahead of the Kyosho’s of Colin Whelan and Nico Azzariti. In the 1:10 200mm A Final Eoin Doran made it two out of two with his Xray as he headed home TQ Qualifier Chris Lawlor and Colm Gaffney who both were driving Serpent.
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The Dirt in Southern California played host to last weekend’s Pro-Line Max Challenge, and it was O’Donnell racer Jared Tebo that TQ’d and won both the pro buggy and pro truggy classes. Tebo was unchallenged in both finals, winning the buggy final by a lap from Losi racer Matt Castellano in 2nd and Mugen driver Bobby Tillman in 3rd, while in the truggy final Tebo managed once more to have a lap advantage, this time over Kyosho driver Levi Jackson in 2nd, with Losi man Matt Castellano claimed 3rd.
Source: RCCA [radiocontrolzone.com]
Richard Hicklin wins UK 1/8th Nats Rd3 Categories - Gas, On Road, National, Racing - add a comment 
We received a brief report from the 3rd round of the BRCA 1/8th scale Nationals, held yesterday at the Cotswolds track. Qualifying saw the first round TQ’d by Tim Wood by 4 seconds from Serpent team mates Richard Hicklin and Neil Diver with Mugen racer Andy North in 4th. Round 2, and Richard was flying and was about to TQ when he came into contact with Chris Heath’s Montonica, this left Tim still on pole from Andy North who was now only 1/2 second behind. Round 3 and it was Richard Hicklin that took TQ by 4 seconds over Andy North, with the only 20 Lap run of the day as Round 4 turned out to be slower for everyone.
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Iñaki Pahissa wins Rd2 Spanish Nats Categories - Gas, On Road, National, Racing - add a comment 
The 2nd round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm National Championships took place last weekend in Zaragoza. Qualifying saw the pole position go to the Mugen racer Josué Artiles ahead of Xray driver Eduardo Escandon in 2nd and Iñaki Pahissa in 3rd. The main final saw pole man Artiles lead for a long time until he ran into problems and this allowed Xray driver Iñaki Pahissa into the lead were he could bring his car home for the win, 1 lap ahead of team mates Víctor Pelaez in 2nd and Mikel Angulo in 3rd, a lap further back.
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Yaniv Sivan takes Israel League Rd5 Categories - Gas, Off Road, National, Racing - add a comment
Last weekend saw race number 5 in the Israeli League, taking place at the Hot Wheels racing track in North of Israel. The weather was fantastic and it was Yaniv Sivan that took the TQ ahead of Nir Sivan and Adir Zvoloni. The final saw and exciting race as Yaniv Sivan lost his first position on the first lap dropping to 7th and having to make a big comeback on the rest of the field. Yaniv Levi took the lead following Yaniv’s problems and was chased hard by Nir Sivan and Dotan Halevi. 10 mintues into the race Dotan took the lead, all the while being closed down on by Yaniv Sivan who was in 4th at this stage. When Yaniv Levi had clutch problems and had to quit, Yaniv Sivan could make his way up to to 2nd and closed the gap on the leader Dotan Halevi. At the last pit stop Dotan Halevi came out from the pit lane and had a flame out and despite a quick restart, Yaniv Sivan could take the lead. For the last 7 minutes, Dotan tried to close the gap but at the end Yaniv Sivan won the race followed by Dotan Halevi with Nir Sivan in 3rd.
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