Mugen Spain are reporting a good first race of the season for them, taking the win at the Silla round of the Levante Championships. It was new signing Borja Hernandez, driving the MBX-6 that scored the victory on his race debut, closely followed home by his team mates Dani Bernabe and Bryan Baldo in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Mugen Spain [mugen.es]
Vintesete, importers for Xray in Portugal, have been in touch to tell us about their 2010 multi round Xray Trophy series. Comprising of 7 two day events for both 1/8th off road and separately for gas on road, these fun series are open to any brand of car and have a focus on fun, while keeping the race costs low. Trophies will be given to the top 10 at each race day with trophies and prize money for the top 10 in the overall series.
More information in Portuguese can be found here (PDF) for offroad and here (PDF) for on road.
Source: Vintesete [vintesete.com]
Mugen Seiki Spain have announced that after 7 years with Kyosho they have managed to sign front running Spaniard Adrian Perez Mayoral for the 2010 season. Winner of 2 races of the Spanish Championship, runner up at Spanish Nationals, winner of 2009 Spanish Endurance Championship, 7 times winner of the Levante Championship and winner of the EFRA race in Monsummano in Italy, Adrian joins recent Mugen signings Borja Hernandez and Bryan Baldo Cecilia. He will power his Mugen MBX-6 this year with Ninja engines and Byron Fuel.
Source: Mugen Spain [mugen.es]
The first Annual Southern Nationals and RC Expo at the Ike Hamilton Expo Center in West Monroe, LA on September 10th, 11th & 12th. The race features a ‘Dash for Cash’ for the A-main Pro Buggy qualifiers and for visitors there is the latest products to see such as planes, cars, trucks and rock crawlers at the RC Expo with Rock Crawling and Flying Demos throughout the weekend. 150 full service RV hookups for $20 per night, Pit stalls with lockable gate available with electricity for $10 per day, a hotel on site as well as full row of restaurants within one mile of facility. If you are interested in getting involved with this event please email matthewsistrunk@yahoo.com or visit here for more information.
Maxy’s fuel have announced the signing of Paul Lemieux to their team. Regarded as one of the top drivers in the World and a main finalist in many World Championships events to date, the multiple National Champion is aiming for the World title this year when the event takes place in Houston during the summer, having come so close in Portugal in 2008.
Source: Maxy’s Fuel [maxysfuel.com]
RB have announced the signing of 16 year old Portuguese rising star Ricardo Monteiro to their team. Placing 3rd in the junior ranking at last year’s Euros in Austria, he finished 2nd in the Portuguese Cup behind Miguel Matias and 4th in the Portuguese Nationals in 2009. Ricardo, who also just switched to Losi will attend all the important races in Portugal as well as the Euro A and B, the former taking place in his home country this year.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
The organisers of the 2010 IFMAR 1/8th scale buggy World Championships in Pattaya have launched the official event site ahead of next months warm up race that takes place from the 8th to the 14th of February. The site is your usual event affair, outlining most of the relevant information you need to know for your trip to this important race.
You can view the official event site here.
Having covered the racing from the West German region in depth last season, we plan to do the same this year and to get things underway we have the full regional calendar for 2010. A total of 14 races will be held in the 2010 season in Western Germany in the 1/8 and 1/10 nitro on-road classes. The Western German Championship 1/8 (class 1 and 2) will be held in four rounds as well as the Western German Championship 1/10 (200mm). Both are the qualification for the German Nationals, like the regional series’ in the South, East, North and also Mid-Germany.
