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October 13, 2010

Simon Ciudan wins Hungarian Nationals

The last round of the Hungarian Nationals took place recently in Pécs under extremely wet conditions. Because of the bad weather a lot a drivers refused to race, and only those who still had chance for the title decided to compete. After winning the last two rounds it was Shepherd racer Simon Ciudan who had the best chances to claim this years title. The final was started on a wet track and Ciudan took over the lead. As the conditions were really bad, he was the only driver to finish the race, winning with a huge gap over László Kiss-Orbán on second place and Kovács Tamás finishing third. With this victory Ciudan had enough points to win the Hungarian 1/10th Scale Nitro Championship by 8 points over László Kiss-Orbán on second place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 13, 2010

2010 Alabama Indoor Shootout

The JConcepts crew loaded up once again and headed out of town to attend the 2010 Alabama Indoor Shootout. With a fresh track layout and another new race event in the works Alabama has become a new home away from home for the JConcepts crew in 2010. The AIS crew constructed yet another outstanding track layout, design and with the incorporated elevation and super clay racing surface, consistency was second to none.

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October 13, 2010

Michal Jansa wins Rd6 in Czech Republic

The final week of September saw the 6th and final round of the Czech 1/10th scale sedan Championship take place in Brno, Bosonohy. The track was well prepared by the organizer and it had very good grip from the very beginning. Following qualifying it was Capricorn racer Michal Jansa who took the TQ spot ahead of his brother and team mate Pavel Jansa, with Michal Abrahámek in 3rd. The race saw Michal Jansa immediately pull away in the lead followed by his brother Pavel. Michal led the whole race and won ahead of Pavel in 2nd and Tomáš Cibulka in 3rd.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 12, 2010

Maxime Favrelle wins 200mm French Cup

The 1/10th scale 200mm French Cup took place at the weekend on the Marseille track in the south of the country. The track has a very technical layout and some rain on Sunday did not help the drivers to get more used to it. Xray/Novarossi driver Maxime Favrelle won the race after taking the lead from Mikael Derdrian in 2nd and Kevin Rasquin in 3rd. The result caps off a good season for Maxime, having also won 2 rounds of the French Nationals in the Elite class.

Source: RC Pro

October 11, 2010

Tim Wood & Kyle Branson make it 3 in a row

The 9th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale on road Nationals took place at the Cotswold circuit, which is now becoming a regular season finale to the BRCA Championship. The circuit is located within the Kemble Airfield complex, on the outskirts of Cirencester and is very technical with elevation changes and corners which are taken in second gear. The requirement of mid range engine power is essential at a circuit with these characteristics since it will allow you to use the power to help steer the car from the rear. The championship title was also to be decided with Tim Wood having a slender 3 point lead over Pete Hastings with John Carr in a strong third position. The weather forecast was for a dry weekend which was a surprise since October normally brings rain. With plenty of action on the track during Saturday practice, the grip steadily increased throughout the day and from looking at the relative pace of cars, Mark Green and Kyle Branson again looked by far the quickest. The pace of the championship challengers was very close which would make for an interesting race day.

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October 11, 2010

Henrik Christensen takes Danish 1/8th title

The last round of the Danish 1/8th scale nationals was run at GRRC club in Grewe. The track has a technical challenging layout and some rain on Friday & Saturday did not help drivers to get used to it. Unfortunately the weather forecast also effected the numbers of entries so only a few racers showed up. On Saturday afternoon championship leader Christensen showed that he aims for the 4th victory in the running season by taking the pole-position in front of fellow Shepherd-Novarossi racer Jon Pedersen with John Jessen in third position. The 30 minute long final was run on Sunday afternoon and the temperatures were really cold but it did stay dry throughout the final. From the start Henrik had some problems with the engine so after 4 min Jon Pedersen went in front of Henrik Christensen and John Jessen. Henrik’s chances of another victory was destroyed following a 10 minute long pit stop after being hit by a another driver. Jon Pedersen never looked back for the rest of the race and with this result, he had enough points to secure himself the overall 2nd place in the championship. Although he had some problems, Christensen had enough points to defend his championship lead, claiming the Danish National 1/8th Scale Championship title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 11, 2010

HobbyPro Open – Announcement

The organisers of the Hobbypro Open 2010 were in touch to tell us that the event will be held on the 6th – 7th of November at the TRC Track in Hong Kong. Open to 3 classes, 1/8 On Road, 1/10 Touring and 220mm Touring, qualifying will have 4 x 7 minute runs. Top International drivers Daniele Ielasi and Robin D’Hondt will attend this races and more than 100 drivers from Asia are also confirmed in attendance, with other drivers from the rest of World welcome.

More information can be found here.

October 10, 2010

Video – IFMAR Worlds Pattaya testing

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDUWomyV3Go&hd=1[/youtube]

Having brought you some updates earlier in the week, testing has continued at the trick Pattaya track in Thailand, host of next months IFMAR 1/8th scale buggy World Championships. The videos, by RC Blood, show Renaud Savoya, Adam Drake, Jared Tebo and Mark Pavidis in action.

View the other videos here