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October 3, 2009

2010 Snowbird Nationals – Update

The organizers of the 2010 Snowbird Nationals were in contact again to let everyone know that the 16th annual ‘Speed Week’ racing schedule is now posted. Featuring the first ‘RC Racing Golf Tournament’ and the first pre-race ‘Pool Party’ with band this year, both help kick off a great week of racing action. The ‘birds are 115 days away and the r/c world is counting down. Over 15 event sponsors are locked in and coming with their teams with more details to be finalized soon. Be sure to reserve your rooms now. Expect classes to be posted any day.

Check out the schedule at the official Snowbirds site here.

September 30, 2009

Caipang wins KSA National Race 2009

The 3rd Annual Ramadan National race took place in Riyadh, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last weekend. The electric touring car race saw Alessandro Caipang Jr take the top qualifying spot with his Speedpassion powered Serpent S400. The finals went Alessandro’s way as well and he could win from the Tamiya pairing of Rolando Binas and Mike Messina.

September 30, 2009

Nordman & Ausfelt takes Norwegian National finals

Last weekend saw the final round of the Norwegian Nationals for 1/10th 2WD and 4WD buggy held in Oslo “Hvervenbukta”, Norway. In 2WD PerErik Nordman showed he was on the pace as he took TQ honors after putting a fast round together in the first round of qualifying. As the track got slower through the day due to the surface being really soft, PerErik’s time proved unbeatable. The finals was extremely exciting as the track conditions made it really hard for the drivers to put a 7 minute run together without mistakes. After plenty of exciting racing in the finals with leaders changing throughout the 7 minute heats, PerErik took the overall win ahead of Ole Steen Karlsen and Kjell-Gunnar Guttormsen.

Continue reading the report here

September 30, 2009

Stefan Mesker wins back to back Benelux titles

Stefan Mesker from the Netherlands has won the Benelux Championship for the second year running. In the final round, held on the grass at Vlijmen, Mesker won leg 1 and finished second to team mate Bruno Heremans in leg 2 to lock up the series win. Heremans went on to win leg 3 to take the race. Going into this final round the Championship was up for grabs between Stefan and his X-6 Squared and Wouter Wynans’ B4. Stefan had three wins in the first four races, while Wouter had won race 5 & 6 plus a string of second place finishes. Heremans TQ’d easily at Vlijmen, with Wynans 2nd and Mesker 4th, but Stefan asserted himself in leg 1. In leg 2, pole-sitter Heremans led most of the race, and the battle for second between Wouter and Stefan was for the Championship. There were several position changes as they battled back and forth, but in the end Mesker took second and with it a bucket of ice water on his head.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.om] / Image: RC-Offroad.be

September 26, 2009

Andy Lam wins Chinese Mini TC Open race

Atomic RC are reporting on the 2009 Chinese Open race for 4WD mini touring cars that was held recent in Zhong Shan. Andy Lam took the pole position following qualifying and carried through that speed to the final by taking the win, driving the Atomic VM-II. The runner up spot when to Hong Kong driver Derek Hung, while the final podium spot went to China’s Wong Hoi Fung.

Source: Atomic RC [rcatomic.com]

September 23, 2009

European Pan Series – Announcement

The organisers of the Xceed backed European Pan Series, Markus Mobers from Germany & Vesa Yli from Finland, were in contact to announce their new 1/12th scale series. Created to promote racing with pan type cars, this series hopes to allow this category grow bigger and stronger and is a response to the growing popularity of the 1/12 scale class together with its bigger brother World GT. The 2009/10 EPS series kicks of in Germany in October (2-4), before moving to Belgium in November for round 2 and finally to Holland for the season finale in January 2010. Entry is currently open and you can find more information about the series by visiting the official site here.

September 23, 2009

Stockman & Vekemans take final Belgian National

The final race of the Belgian Electro season was held at the beautiful ‘De Baanbrekers’ track in Rucphen. In the EFRA class the Champion Olivier Bultynck had already been crowned last race but everything was still possible for the third place. Following qualification, it was Nick Joosens who took the pole in front of Thomas Stockman and on third place Olivier Bultynck. The first final saw a very nice battle between the three first drivers on the grid, Nick Joosens was very fast on this nice track and took the win in front of Olivier Bultynck and Thomas Stockman. In the second final it was Thomas Stockman who attacked very strong on leader Nick Joosens and could take the lead after Nick made a mistake. Meanwhile it was Manuel Henriet who took second place in front of Olivier Bultynck. The third final would be a hard battle, everything was still open and from the start it was again Thomas Stockman who attacked Nick Joosens and took the lead in front of Olivier Bultynck with Nick dropping back to third spot. Thomas Stockman would hold on for the win and Nick Joosens recovering to second in front of Olivier Bultynck. Thomas Stockman became the overall winner, TQ Nick Joosens was second and the new Champion 2009 Olivier Bultynck took the third step on the podium.

Continue reading the report here

September 23, 2009

Marco Zambon wins 2009 Italian UISP title

Team Durango have announced that their new DEX410 has won the Italian UISP 2009 Championship. In the final round of the series, their team took the top 4 positions in the final, with Marco Zambon winning ahead of Francesco Martini, Davide Carbone and Andrea Nerone. This result was enough to give the car the overall title with Zambon taking the Championship ahead of team mates Andrea Nerone and Davide Carbone who completed the top 3.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]