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March 23, 2012

Mencarelli & Zamperetti win Santo Andre champs Rd 1

The first race of this years racing season in Santo André, Brazil, supported by Salvadori Racing, KM Racing and Novarossi recently took place. In the Sport class Fabio Mencarelli took the TQ honors and won a very tight 30 minutes final, fighting with KM driver Geandre Rollin until the last 30 seconds. Geandre was leading but could not hold the pressure and a mistake costed him the victory and also the 2nd place, which went to Flavio Fatinanzi who took the runner up spot on the very last lap, leaving Geandre on 3rd place eventually.

Top 3 results Sport class
1. Fabio Mencarelli – KM/Novarossi
2. Flavio Fatinanzi – Xray/Max
3. Geandre Rollin – KM/Novarossi

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March 22, 2012

Sidiropoulos wins Greek 200mm nationals Rd1

Under perfect weather conditions the first round of the Greek 1/10th 200mm nitro nationals took place at the Arena Racing Track in Aspropyrgos near Athens. Already in qualifying the Shepherd drivers Kostas Sidiropoulos and Bill Lykaris showed a strong performance with their Velox V10 qualifying themselves for the A final in second and fifth position respectively. In the 45min main final both Shepherd drivers had a great run with Kostas managin to take over the lead after 34 minutes when the leader suffered a stalling engine. At that time Bill moved to second position with a save distance to the 3rd placed Dimitris Dimitriou (Xray). This was also the finishing order giving Shepherd the first win of the season in Greece with the team making a 1-2 finish.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 22, 2012

Alessandro Bracci wins Trofeo Max Power

The Trofeo Max Power took place last weekend at he Riccione track in Italy supported by Massimo Fantini. The qualifiers were dominated by Alessandro Bracci (Xray/Max) and Stephen Massari (Serpent/Novarossi) with the battle going on also in the A final when also Massimiliano Bertozzi was able to keep the pace of both. Stephen then got a mechanical problem meaning the race win for Alessandro in front of Massimiliano Bertozzi and Massari.

Source: Road Race Riccione [roadracericcione.com]

March 20, 2012

DJ Park wins Korean season opener

The 1/8 buggy season in Korea kicked off last weekend at Banwol Park Raceway and about 70 drivers from all over the country joined the race. The temperature was still around freezing point but the competition was hot. A total of 3 JQ drivers, DJ Park, Sun-Young Hwang and Ryan Lee, made to the A-Main final and fought for that first spot. Sun-Young Hwang, who chose to drive THECar for 2012 showed great performance in the qualifying rounds, but a big crash from behind at the start of final caused him broken throttle linkage. 20 minutes into the final, it was all about DJ Park, Jae-Kyun Kim and Ryan Lee. They were constantly swapping positions, but it was DJ Park who took the charge and took the win for JQ with JaeGyun Kim driving a Kyosho in 2nd and Ryan Lee with another JQ in 3rd.

Source: JQ [jq-products.com]

March 18, 2012

JConcepts wins 4 classes at Psycho Nitro Blast

The 5th annual Insaniversary of the Psycho Nitro Blast was definitely one to remember. Located in Unadilla, GA the event features a 24-hour straight practice session carrying on from Thursday morning through Friday morning with a rock-star atmosphere that is second to none. Racers pack the drivers stand each year with hopes to tame the Psycho track while they put their hopes on the line in 3 rounds of qualifying which takes place around the clock. Checking in for a qualifier at midnight is of very little concern after visiting the Insomnia Coffee shop for a high-caffeine beverage or snack. The Psycho crew had everything to offer the racer who is living the dream for an entire weekend.

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March 15, 2012

Oscar Cabezas renews Enneti Tyres deal

Former multiple Spanish national Champion Oscar Cabezas has announced that he has renewed his contract with Enneti Tyres for the 2012 season. Oscar will run the company’s tires on his factory Motonica/Novarossi throughout this season’s National and International campaign.

Source: Enneti [enneti-tyres.it]

March 14, 2012

Simon Willetts joins Savox team

After choosing Pro-Line tyres and Byron fuel, Simon Willets completed his selection of CML distributed products by opting for the hugely popular range of Savox servos for his factory Mugen buggy. Simon will be using the SC1267 and SC1268 metal geared LiPo friendly units for his assault on 2012 National and International events.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

March 14, 2012

Contact Tyres breaking records in testing

Contact Tyres got in touch to tell us their drivers Dario Balestri, Simon Kurzbuch and Kyle Branson are in Italy this week testing at the famous Cassino track. The guys are putting in important mileage ready for the new season and so far things are looking good. Dario Balestri already made a new track record of 13.050 compared to the previous best seen at the track of 13.222 by Lamberto Collari. The guys will continue testing to provide better products throughout the week.

Source: Contact [racing-cars.com]