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September 8, 2009

Griffiths wins CARS AMC Shootout Rd4, Stiles takes title

V-Dezign duo Andy Griffiths and Mark Stiles took a dominant 1-2 finish at the final round of this years Action Model Centre Supported Summer Shootout Series at Chesterfield last weekend. Andy Griffiths dominated qualifying with his Carpet Ripper car, setting the fastest time in all five qualifying rounds, while Mark Stiles was a little slower to get on the pace, but eventually put in a solid run to line up second on the grid, 3 seconds behind Andy. Mick Farrell lined up 3rd driving a Hot Bodies C12X.

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September 8, 2009

Bultynck & Logie win Belgian Nats Rd5

The fifth round of the Belgian Nationals was held in Roeselare on the track of RCR. There were 32 entrees and the weather forecast was that it would be a sunny day but in the morning we saw a cloudy sky. In the EFRA class Thomas Stockman was very fast in the first and the second qualification, but in the third qualification it was Benoit Thomaes who was the fastest man on the track and took the pole in front of Thomas Stockman, Nik Weyers, Manuel Henriet and Olivier Bultynck. The first final was a very close race with Benoit Thomaes in the lead, in front of Thomas Stockman and Olivier Bultynck, who had a splendid start. Stockman and Thomaes crashed into each other and Olivier Bultynck took the lead in front of Manuel Henriet and Thomas Stockman. Manuel Henriet was pushing hard but it was Olivier Bultynck who took the win. Thomas Stockman came in as third and Nick Joosens as fourth.

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September 7, 2009

Chrissi Krapp and Alex Stocker take German titles

The German Electric outdoor touring car Nationals were held last weekend at the Weser-Ring in Hann. Persistent rain destroyed the event for some national top drivers but the event was run regardless and in the Modified class, 16 year old Chrissi Krapp took TQ with a brilliant last heat, lining up ahead of Vice World Champion Ronald Völker with Steven Weiss 3rd. Winning the first two A-mains with his Team Orion powered Kyosho Stallion Shin edition, Chrissi once more demonstrated the form that gave him 8th place overall during this summer’s European Championships. Yokomo team driver Ronald Völker took the runner up spot with Xray driver Steven Weiss taking the final podium spot in 3rd.

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September 5, 2009

BRCA 1/12th Nationals – Entry open

The organisers of the 2009/2010 BRCA 12th Nationals have been in touch, to notify everyone that the entry form is now available to download. With only a month to go until the first round, the class has seen a lot of popularity already this year. You can enter for one event or the complete season but please enter as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. More details can be found by visiting the BRCA website here.

September 4, 2009

Cavalieri & Hartson clean up at Surf City Classic

Hosted by Orange County R/C Raceway in beautiful Huntington Beach, California the 2nd Annual Proline Surf City Classic boasts a $4000 cash payout for the four major classes. A victory in the 1/8th Pro Buggy, 4wd Pro Buggy, 2wd Pro Buggy or 2wd Pro Truck sends winner home with $500 in cash, second takes $300 and third nets $200. Not too bad, so much so that it brought out a few top racers from across the country including Ryan Cavalieri, Jared Tebo, Jeremy Kortz, Steven Hartson and Frank Root just to name a few.

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September 3, 2009

Paul Bradby joins Team Nosram

Nosram have signed top UK and international offroad racer Paul Bradby to their international racing team. Paul is one of UK´s leading electric offroad racers for the last couple of years in both 2wd and 4wd class. Paul´s recent international success includes multiple European Championship A-mains with vice-European Champion title in 2wd last year in Italy as well as finishing in the A-main in the 4wd class at IFMAR Electric Offroad World Championship last year in Japan. Paul made his debut with Nosram at last month’s European Championship in Bilbao, Spain where he made the prestigious A-main in the 4wd class and finished in 6th place. This is what Paul had to say about the switch:

I’m really pleased to be joining Nosram. I know they have a good history of success and hope to add to that in the future. I’ve been really impressed with the performance of the Pure motors and Pearl Speed Controls. They’re extremely tuneable which helps ensure you can find the perfect setting for any track condition.

Source: Nosram [nosram.com]

September 1, 2009

Groschel & Beck take German Buggy titles

The German National EP buggy Championships were held last weekend for the Modified and Stock classes in Leipzig. The event started on a dusty and loose track, with grip being difficult to extract. After qualifying in the Modified class, it was Benjamin Groschel that had dominated proceedings with his Durango DEX410, taking TQ in three of the five rounds securing pole position with Yokomo driver Joern Neumann in 2nd another Durango, that of Martin Achter in 3rd. In the Stock class it was Durango driver Ebi Beck that took three of the five rounds of qualifying to lock out his pole position for the main event.

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August 31, 2009

F1 RCGP Round 7 report

Round 7 of the F1 RCGP was held at the famous Tamiya Circuit last month. The Tamiya circuit is located just in front of the Tamiya Headquarters at Shizuoka and was opened in 1978. No drivers were able to make a run on the practice day due to heavy rain but the weather recovered on the race day.

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