June 24, 2013

Koudelka & Novotny wins 2nd Olomouc Cup race

Koudelka & Novotny wins 2nd Olomouc Cup race

The 2nd round of Olomouc cup took place last Saturday and Kaja Novotny gave this report. “Again it was a rainy morning and the start of the race was delayed. Practice was possible but nearly nobody wanted to drive their car on the wet astroturf, so my first qualification was my first drive on the track. After qualifications in 4wd I took TQ with a 2-1-1 while in 2wd, with issues with my speed controller, finished sixth with a 3-2-5. TQ in 2wd went to local driver Tomas Koudelka with his DEX210. For the 2WD finals we did some changes, put some weights on the rear and finished second overall with a 3-2-2. Tomas Koudelka didn’t give anybody a chance and won all three finals with the new RDRP +11mm chassis. In 4wd I finished first in all three finals with Marek Schiller (DEX410) second and Tomas Koudelka (DEX410) third overall on the podium.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]


June 24, 2013

Thomas Holmesland wins Rd2 in Norway

Thomas Holmesland wins Rd2 in Norway

Last Sunday saw round 2 of the Norwegian Nationals for electric modified touring at Sørlihavna. It was a rainy day and the weather prognoses was really bad. In the qualifiers the rain hit the track really bad, with the arranging club postponing the start by one hour, in hope of better weather. That did not come, and people started prepping the car for the wet. After the wet qualifiers the standings where pretty random.

Continue reading the report here


June 24, 2013

Plöger wins German Pro10 championship warmup

Plöger wins German Pro10 championship warmup

The warm up for the German championship in Pro10 took place in Hildesheim at the AMC Hildesheim last Sunday. The day started wet but from the first qualifying heat the track was dry. After three rounds of qualifying Thomas Plöger was TQ followed by Marc Lorenz and Rene Fischer in 2nd and 3rd. The first A-main was won by Tobias Weist, who started from 5th Position, followed from Frank Büsener and Gero Holzberg. The last two finals saw wins for Thomas Plöger, securing him the overall victory, while in 2nd Position was Tobias Weist followed from Frank Büsener in 3rd, who started from the 8th Position.

Thanks to Frank Büsener for the update.


June 23, 2013

Markus Hellquist is 1/10th Nordic Champion 2013

Markus Hellquist is 1/10th Nordic Champion 2013

Having covered 1/8th and 1/10th Electric from last weekend’s Nordic Championship in Oslo, Norway we now have the report from the 1/10th 200mm class. The race was originally a 2 days event, with qualifying on Saturday and the finals running on Sunday. Saturday gave great weather but the weather forecast for Sunday was indicating over 30mm of rain. After an extended driver’s meeting it was decided that the race was to be changed to a 1 day event, with the last final running half past nine in the evening. This was not a problem since the sun is up almost until midnight in Oslo.

Continue reading the report here


June 23, 2013

Jerome Aigoin retains French title with Rd4 win

Jerome Aigoin retains French title with Rd4 win

Kyosho/Novarossi driver Jerome Aigoin has successfully defended his French 1/8th offroad buggy title today after winning the 45 minute A-main at Rd4 of the championship in Longvic, close to Dijon. Qualifying would set the tone for the rest of the race with Jerome making his intentions known early taking the top spot ahead of Xray driver Renaud Savoya in 2nd with Yannick Aigoin (Associated) and Jerome Sartel (Agama) completing the top 4. The Semi finals would see the main contenders getting through to the main event, with Yannick having problems eventually lining up 9th. In the final Jerome Aigoin would come out victorious, with over a lap on Jerome Sartel in 2nd, with Edouard Hugon completing the podium in 3rd a lap further back. Savoya and fellow former European Champion Yannick Aigoin had troubled races and would end up 11th and 12th respectively.

View the final results here


June 23, 2013

HNMC Grand Prix – Announcement

HNMC Grand Prix - Announcement

The organisers of the HNMC Grand Prix, which takes place from the 24th to the 26th of August, has been in touch to tell us about their race meeting. Run at the well known Herts Nitro Model Club, host of the first round of this year’s BRCA Nationals, the race is open to 1/8th Buggy (120), E-Buggy (30) and Truggy (16), with the race proper getting underway on Saturday with practice and 1 round of qualifying, with 5 more rounds of qualifying on Sunday before a full schedule of finals on the bank holiday monday. Entry is now open and more information can be found here.


June 23, 2013

Pedro Rombouts wins Rd3 of Dutch Nationals

Pedro Rombouts wins Rd3 of Dutch Nationals

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the Dutch 1/10th Nationals held at the Rucphen track. With a disappointingly low turnout it was round 2 winner Julius Kolff (Serpent) who would take the TQ spot with his first run of the day and while other drivers improved their times throughout the day, they couldn’t beat his original time. The first 10 minutes of the main saw a good battle between Julius and Pedro Rombouts (Xray), the pairing running closely with Pedro taking the lead after a quicker first fuel stop before the battle continued. Unfortunately Julius ran into engine troubles and lost 2 laps before getting back on track still in 2nd. The battle for 3rd was between Roy Bakker (Capricorn) and Ruud Schuitmaker (Edam) with the positions changing due to pit stops but eventually Schuitmaker would have a an issue 2 minutes from the end which would end his race. The final order was Rombouts taking the win ahead of Kolff in 2nd and Bakker 3rd.

Source: Nomac [nomac.nl]


June 22, 2013

ElectroChamps 2013 report

ElectroChamps 2013 report

ElectroChamps 2013 took place with great success for the third year in a row in Athens, Greece last weekend. Racers from all over the country came to compete in the yearly event that sets the National standards for electric off road. On Saturday it was 2wd time and John Papanikolaou, last year’s double Champion had some problems in qualifying but managed to save the day giving his Kyosho RB6 the win. Dimitris Amaxas had another great race starting from TQ with his mid motored C4.1 and managed second position with Nicolas Floudas and his super smooth TLR22 completing the 2wd podium.

Continue reading the report here