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September 15, 2010

Polish EP Nationals Rd5 report

Last weekend saw the final round of the Polish National On-Road Championships run at the Automobilklub Polski race track in Warsaw. In the fastest ProStosck class, the race win went to Blazej Orlowski, with Michal Orlowski in 2nd and Andrzej Trella in 3rd. The championship title went the way of young Tamiya driver Michal Orlowski who finished in front of Kamil Rzepka in 2nd and Bartek Pochopien in 3rd. In the national 540 class the race win and the championship title went to Tamiya driver Maciek Chalas. Second place in the race and championship was Blazej Chlodzinski. The final championship podium spot went to Michal Fedor who was 4th in this race. In the junior class using the Tamiya TT-01 chassis, the championship title was won by young driver Maciek Kajko who is only 6 years old.

View the other podiums here

September 15, 2010

Richard Volta wins French 1/8th title

Last weekend the 5th and final round of the French National Championship took place at the BMRC track in Bourg-en-Bresse. In total the race saw 53 drivers in attendance divided into national class and elite class. Being the championship leader before this race Shepherd racer Richard Volta had the biggest chance to win this years national championship title in the elite class. Volta confirmed his intentions by taking the pole-position for the 45 minutes final with a gap of 4 seconds over Jérôme Papaconstantinos, clocking the fastest lap times of all drivers. During the final he took it easy as he only had to arrive on 5th place to take the title. Volta opened the door for Papaconstantinos and followed him with a save distance to cross the finishing line on 2nd place, gaining enough points to win this years French Elite National Championship title. On third place Stefan Riccobono arrived taking the runner-up spot in the National Championship.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 14, 2010

Eric Dankel crowned 1/10 nitro German Champion

Eric Dankel has been crowned as the 2010 German Champion 1/10 scale nitro. With his Orcan LR3 powered Xray NT1 he crossed the finish line at the one-event German Championship held at Leipzig just two seconds ahead of pole setter Robert Pietsch with his Novarossi powered Mugen MTX4-R. The podium was completed by 2009 champion Thomas Guensel with his Xray/Orcan.

Continue reading the report here

September 14, 2010

Alberto Picco wins Rd2 of Italian Nationals

The 2nd round of the Italian 1/8th scale National Championships were held last weekend at the Circuito Internazuinale L.Collari in Cassino in the south of Italy close to Napoli. Qualifying saw Michele Romagnoli take pole position ahead of Carmine Raiola in 2nd, Lamberto Collari in 3rd and Andrea Cristiani in 4th. In the 45 minute final it was Alberto Picco, starting from 6th position that managed to work his way to the front to take the win by 5 seconds from 9 time World Champion Lamberto Collari in 2nd, while Carmin Raiola took 3rd spot, less than 3 second further back. In the F1 class it was a win for Andrea Lorenzi ahead of Mattia Rinaldi, with 3rd spot going to Valerio Moccia, while in F2 it was Morgan Renzi who took the victory in front of Francesco Costa and Francesco Caminita.

View the final results here

September 14, 2010

Paolo Morganti wins Rd1 in Florida

The super competitive Florida race series started the 2010-11 Season last weekend at the newly paved and renovated Homestead RC Super Raceway host of next year’s 1/8th Scale Nitro Worlds in April. The 1/8th scale finals was a four car battle early on with Joaquin Desoto falling back a bit turning it into a 3 car battle. Sean Lue developed engine problems about halfway and so it was down to Paolo Morganti and Roniel Regalado. Morganti was clearly the fastest car but a tire stop and some unscheduled pit stops made for a very entertaining final as he pushed hard to reduce the gap. Morganti caught Regalado with about 5 minutes to go and never looked back. Desoto finished 3rd but was later found to be 15 grams too light, elevating Tony Rice to the final podium spot. TQ DJ Apolaro had problems and dropped out early.

Source: Serpent America [serpentamerica.com] / Image: Mike Myers

September 14, 2010

Chris Grainger confirmed 2010 BRCA Champion

It has been confirmed that Chris Grainger has won his second consecutive BRCA National Modified Championship with Schumacher and the Mi4LP. The BRCA have confirmed that no result in the final round at West London this weekend can affect Chris’ current series lead. Chris has 2 wins at Mendip and Aldershot this year backed up with 2 second places at Cotswolds and Halifax showing awesome consistency. With a best 3 races to count from 5 this can’t be beaten. The season so far has seen awesomely close battles between Chris, the Speed Passion powered car of Elliot Harper and fast charging Olly Jefferies, in what could be classed as the closest and most exciting season for many years. With the final round at West London remaining this coming weekend the rest of the Schumacher team are looking to add to their points. Currently 4 Mi4LP’s lie in the top 10 of the Modified Championship and an amazing 5 cars in the top 10 of the Pro Stock championship, with the overall title in that class still up for grabs.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 14, 2010

Ryan Maifield double win at RC X-Fest

For R/C racers, Labor Day weekend in Minnesota has become RC X-Fest weekend. For the 6th annual event, many of the fastest drivers in the world converged in Cambridge, Minnesota for a weekend of excitement and no-holds barred entertainment. With an event known for a multitude of classes and special events, the RC X-Fest has become something to remember for all participants. Ryan Maifield was in Minnesota to do business with his JConcepts equipped RC8B and RC8-E. Ryan was at the top of the field all weekend included TQing the E-buggy class and qualifying 2nd in 1/8th buggy. However, it didn’t come easy as the bumpy surface provided a challenge for the experienced driver from sunny Arizona.

Continue reading the report here

September 13, 2010

Hard & Lindner win 2010 Swedish Cup series

This past weekend the 2010 Swedish national nitro onroad cup had its final race in Eskilstuna. The cup started in May in Vaxjo, then followed by Orebro in June and Trollhattan in July and now the final race in Eskilstuna. Before the final race the two best out of three scores was to be counted with the fourth and final race being mandatory for all racers. Driven in semi dry conditions making everything very challenging and exciting, the 1/10th 200mm race was won by Niclas Nilsson racing a Max powered Xray NT1 borrowed from his friend Alexander Hagberg. In the 1/8th class the race victory was taken by Marcus Lindner racing his Novarossi powered Serpent 966. With the results added up it was Per-Ola Hard that won the 1/10th 200mm series, with Marcus Lindner taking the 1/8th series.

View the final series standings here