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September 21, 2009

Borja Hernandez takes Round 4 in Spain

The 4th and final round of the Spanish 1/8th scale buggy National Championship, has taken place yesterday at the Valladolid track. With the overall championship already won by Robert Batlle who won 3 from the first 3 rounds, everybody was wondering if he could make 4 from 4 in his last GRP Engine powered race. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to do it, as the final was really hotly disputed, and 4 drivers have made it to the 1st position during the race; Robert Battle who had some mechanical problems, Richi Gómez, Daniel Vega, and the winner, Borja Hernández. Carlos Pineda has completed a great weekend finishing on 2nd place, spite he has raced about half of the final race with the broken rear wing, Richi Gómez completed the podium.

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September 19, 2009

Copa das Americas – Announcement

The organisers of this year’s Copa das Americas, The America’s Cup, FEBARC have been in touch to promote this event for 1/8th scale and 1/10th sedan. The race is open for all drivers around the world and will take place in the capital of Brazil, Brasilia DF city, from October 30th through to November 1st. FEBARC want to invite all drivers from all countries to come to Brazil to take part in this big event which of course can be part of a bigger holiday that would include some nice places to visit, plenty of good international gastronomy, music shows, jets shows, automobile and motorcycle shows, lots of fun and of course good racing. Entry is now open and they have already confirmed World Championship runner up, and newly crowned US National Champion Mike Swauger. You can visit the official event site here.

September 18, 2009

Claudio Souto wins Rd5 in Portugal

The 5th round of the Portuguese 1/8th scale on road nationals took place last weekend in Maia to the North of the country, close to Porto. Qualifying went the way of Motonica driver Claudio Souto, in front of Mugen driver Mario Miranda, with Pedro Praça and Ricardo Costa rounding out the top 4. In the final there was no change to the qualifying order and Souto took the win from Miranda in 2nd with Pedro Praça taking 3rd with his Motonica.

Source: R3CS [r3cs.com]

September 16, 2009

Abernethy & Baird win Rd4 of Irish Nats

The fourth and final round of the Irish National 1:8 Off Road Championships took place at the Navan Nitro Nuts track last Sunday. With Losi driver Michael Todd having already secured the title with victory at the previous round in Galway from Barkley Abernethy and opting to sit out this encounter the big battle was was for third place in the championship between Derek McCloskey and Gary Baird. In qualifying it was 2008 Champion Mark Harron who took TQ honours with his Hot Bodies ahead of McCloskey’s Hong Nor and the Losi of David Curtis. In the Truggy category, the title was still up for grabs between defending champion Bradley Baird and Galway winner Christopher McCauley. Driving his Losi it was McCauley who got the upper hand in qualifying to take the TQ honours while Baird’s Xray would line up fourth.

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September 16, 2009

Swauger & Lemieux take ROAR Fuel titles

We are a bit late on this one, but the ROAR on road Fuel Nationals took place 2 weeks ago in Toledo and combined both the 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale 200mm classes. In the 1/8th scale class it was Ralph Burch Jr that took the pole position ahead of Scott Kimbrow, Paolo Morganti and Paul Ciccarello, while in the 1/10th scale class it was Paul Lemieux that took the pole position in front of Ralph Burch, Bobby Flack and Josh Cyrul. In the 1/8th scale final Mike Swauger was able to come to the front and take the win for Mugen, finishing a lap clear of Serpent driver Paolo Morganti in 2nd, with Paul Ciccarello a further 2 laps back in 3rd. The 200mm final saw a lights to flag victory for Lemieux, bringing his Xray home over 3 laps clear of Josh Cyrul in 2nd with Ralph Burch taking the final podium spot in 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

September 16, 2009

US Open Fuel Championships – Announcement

The organisers of the US Open Fuel Championships were in touch to tell us that the 4th running of the event will take place from the 3rd to the 6th of December. Open to Sedan and 1/8th which sees a Factory and Open class in each, the race will once again be held at the Kissimmee Raceway in Florida. For more information on the event, including details on how to enter, visit the events official site here.

September 15, 2009

Maxime Favrelle wins French 200mm Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the French 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals took place at the weekend at the Niort track in the west of the country. Maxime Favrelle won the race after taking the lead when Jacky Mouton made his tyre stop. Maxime kept the same set of Kronos tyres for the whole race and could take the win ahead of Arnaud Chaussard in 2nd and Basile Concialdi 3rd, giving the Xray NT1 the complete podium.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]

September 15, 2009

Bertin takes title in 1/8th French Nats

The final round of the French 1/8th scale on road Nationals were held last weekend at the Clermont Ferrand track, host of the 1999 1/8th World Championships. In qualifying it was Adrien Bertin who, fresh from his 3rd place at the Worlds in Switzerland, continued to set the pace in the Nationals by taking the TQ ahead of Sébastien Zatla, Christophe Aygon and Laurent Zatla. Adrien was untouchable in the main final and the Kyosho/Team Orion driver won easily from Kyosho/NR racer Laurent Zatla in 2nd after a great fight with Serpent/RB driver Stephane Riccobonno. This win gave Bertin the National title in the Elite class. In the National class it was Arnaud Mathieu that took the pole position and in the final he never gave up his lead, winning the race, while Gerald Colinet took the National title.

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