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November 14, 2009

PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup 2009 Finals

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Embedded above is a nicely edited video from the PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup 2009 Finals that took place in Barcelona, Spain from October 30th to November 1st. The event attracted 82 of the best Mini-Z drivers from around the World, with competitors from Spain, USA, Germany, UK, Mexico, France, Portugal, Sweden and Holland. The 2WD Mod class was won by Alejandro Candel Laveda, 2WD Stock went to Jose Carlos Mesquita Pequito, AWD Mod saw the win for Jacob Feinstein, AWD Stock belonged to Hodei Urra, F1 Stock winner was Jose Alberto Martins de Carvalho, Pan Car Mod saw another win for Jacob Feinstein and finally Pan Car Stock victory was taken by Andreas Megerlin. More photos and videos, as well as the full results, can be found here.

November 13, 2009

Atomic Mini-Z Championship report

The Atomic Mini-Z Championship 2009 was held last weekend in Hong Kong and attracted drivers from around the world with the best drivers from 8 countries coming together to battle for the title. Racers came from China, France, Spain, USA, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and of course from host country Hong Kong with around 50 drivers in total for this exciting race. The race format consisted of qualifying on Saturday, with the finals taking place on Sunday. The modified class was won by Chung Wai Kit, while in the Kyosho class it was fellow Hong Kong driver Joel Leung that took the victory.

Click here for the final results

November 12, 2009

Chad Due & Steven Just win 2009 Electric Fall Classic

This past weekend Leisure Hours Raceway presented the 2009 Electric Fall Classic and with over 140 entries this year, it would prove to be another great event. In the competitive 2wd Modified class it was Chad Due, driving his JConcepts equipped Factory Team RC10B4, who was able to TQ with the only 18 lap run of the day. Using TQ honors, Chad was able to jet away from the field and secure the top spot on the podium. 4wd Modified again saw Chad Due, driving his Factory Team B44, taking the TQ honors. In the main however unfortunate circumstances took Chad out early leaving local Wisconsin driver Steven Just, also equipped with JConcepts, to cruise to victory lane.

Source: JConcepts [jconceptsracing.net]

November 11, 2009

Denney wins Intermediate Truck at Sidewinder Shootout

JConcepts are report that Arizona native, Tanner Denney, clearly had his race face on while attending the 2009 Sidewinder Shootout last weekend. Tanner, driving his JConcepts equipped RC8T, was in prime position throughout the A-main but it was his consistency, dynamic driving ability combined with the JConcepts Punisher body, Cross Hairs tires and Mono wheels that gave him the edge and propelled him to success. Tanner adds the Sidewinder Shootout to his already lofty resume of success with JConcepts.

Source: JConcepts [jconceptsracing.net]

November 11, 2009

Mark Green wins Gulf Coast Grand Prix

Last weekend saw the Gulf Coast Grand Prix take place in Houston, Texas the host track of next year’s 1/10th scale IFMAR World Championships. The event attracted the US Xray team and the Serpent factory team, which had Mark Green and Michael Salven make the trip over from Europe for the event. In qualifying it was the Xray pairing of Paul Lemieux and Ralph Burch that took the top 2 spots with Paolo Morganti and Mark Green taking 3rd and 4th on the grid for Serpent. The 733 drivers may have struggled earlier in the event but by the final they were on the pace and in the final Green was pushing race leader Lemieux hard early on until he finally got passed, Paul would later crash taking himself out of the race. Behind Mark, who was setting the quickest laps of the entire weekend, the order changed as Salven hit a back marker and Scott Kimbrough came in for tires allowing Burch, who didn’t plan a tire change, to move up to 2nd spot. This strategy appeared to be working but later in the race the car became undriveable as his tires went and he was forced to make a stop for a new outside rear tire, a further crash would see him end up in 5th. Mark Green would take the win by 2 laps from Serpent team mate Paolo Morganti in 2nd, with Scott Kimbrough taking 3rd spot for Kyosho.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 11, 2009

Florida State Series Rd3 report

This past weekend was the 3rd round of the Florida State Series and it was held at the Kissimmee track in Orlando Florida and DJ Apolaro gave us the following report. This race was different since the track owner had many many changes to the track and it was new for all the racers. No one racer had any advantage, as no racers have been allowed to use the track since the renovations. It was a new layout, fresh sealer and all records were to be new for this weekend.

Continue reading the report here

November 11, 2009

Drake and Fisher take RC Pro National titles

Adam Drake has been in contact to tell us about last weekend’s RC Pro finals held last weekend in Alvarado, Texas, which we already briefly touched on with a report from the buggy class. The event played host to nearly 300 drivers from around the US and Team Losi had a great weekend with Adam Drake TQing three out of four rounds in 1/8th buggy and 1/8th truck while Billy Fischer TQ’ed the 1/8th Electric class. The Drake won the 60 minute 1/8th truck final and finished 2nd in buggy behind Ryan Cavalieri and there results were enough to crown Adam Drake the 2009 RC Pro International Champions in Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy, while Billy Fischer took the 1/8th electric title.

Click here to see the other National winners

November 10, 2009

David Ehrbar wins Czech Grand Prix

Last weekend saw the Czech Grand Prix take place in Hrotovice with 90 racers in attendance along with some top international drivers too. In qualifying it was Toni Rheinard who stuck it on pole position ahead of David Ehrbar with new Tamiya driver Steen Graversen lining up in 3rd, with race organiser Michal Bok and Dennis Fadtke rounding out the top 5. In the finals Toni took the win in the first leg by just a second ahead of Steen, with David having to settle for 3rd spot. In the second leg David took the win, following a touch between Toni and Steen that opened a gap and allowed Ehrbar to take the lead, setting up a last leg battle for the overall title. In the final leg Toni set off and built up what looked to be an unassailable 3 second lead, but a crash together with slow marshalling lost the Tamiya driver his lead and once again David was there to pick up the pieces. This leg win secured Xray driver David Ehrbar his first International win ahead of Toni Rheinard in 2nd and Steen Graversen in 3rd spot. In the stock class it was Xray racer Zdenko Kunak that took the win from Rene Klöckner in 2nd driving a Tamiya and Jakub Plechac in 3rd for Hot Bodies.

Click here to see the stock podium