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June 29, 2009

Alberto Picco warms up for World title

The warm up race for this years big event, the 1/8th scale World Championships in Lostallo, Switzerland, took place at the weekend and was attended by a lot of big names, with racers coming from as far away as Japan and America, along with the usual batch of super quick European racers. Qualifying went the way of Bumod GP winner Robert Pietsch, who was 3 seconds clear of Mugen team mates Andrea Pirani in 2nd and Alberto Picco, another 3 seconds back, in 3rd, with Kyosho team driver Takaaki Shimo from Japan taking the last direct final spot in 4th. The Semi finals saw Andrea Cristiani win his race while in the other Semi it was Patrick Schäfer who was gifted the win after actual winner Daniele Ielasi was DQ’d due to an underweight car and Marc Vanni who finished 2nd was also DQ’d because the body was too high. This allowed Salven and Tironi to be able to bump up along with Cristiani, Bertin, Green and Schäfer, to join the top 4 in the one hour long final. In the race, Michael Salven was the first to hit problems, breaking his engine at the first corner, he would later rejoin with a newly installed motor, while Andrea Pirani would also break an engine after 14 minutes putting him out of the race. Meanwhile up front it was Pietsch leading but a very quick Alberto Picco was closing and when Robert’s motor flamed out the Italian could clear away out front, followed by Shimo in 2nd, while Mark Green would work his way up to 3rd and stay there till the end of the race. And that was how it would finish with Alberto Picco winning from Takaaki Shimo in 2nd and Mark Green in 3rd.

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June 28, 2009

Morganti & Apolaro claim FORGASS titles

Maxy’s Fuel are reporting that after a long and joyful season of racing at the FORGASS state series in Florida, team drivers Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro claimed the big trophies at the Sour Grapes Race and Awards Dinner back in May, where after the points were calculated had Paolo Morganti claiming the title in the 1/8th scale class while DJ Apolaro took the title in the 1/10th sedan class. Both Serpent team drivers were using Maxy’s Fuel to power their machines trough the entire series helping to get the maximum performance and run time from their engines.

Source: Maxy’s Fuel [maxysfuel.com]

June 28, 2009

Meen Vejrak wins KM Asia Cup Rd3

The 3rd round of the KM Asia Cup took place recently at the TRC race track in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. Although it was meant to be held on the facility’s brand new outdoor race track, the race was actually run indoor due to heavy rain on Friday that gave the organization a tough decision to make. The track itself was one of the biggest challenges for everyone, because of its slippery condition which made the right setup hard to find, not to mention the driving skill required for this type of traction. Usually traction will come up gradually as the race goes on, thus, traction in the finals would be higher than in qualifying, but this indoor track is totally different getting more slippery as the event went on.

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June 27, 2009

Papadakis wins Greek 1/5th Nats Rd3

We received a brief report from the 3rd round of the Greek 1/5th scale Nationals, a class we rarely cover, which took place last weekend at the FRT race track in Athens. The 30 minute final saw an exciting battle between all 8 cars, with the top spot being fought over between Dimitris Papadakis, FG team mate Kwstas Giannitsas and HARM racer Tasos Papadopoulos. In the end it was Papadakis who would take the win, setting the fastest lap of the race, with Giannitsas in 2nd and Papadopoulos taking 3rd.

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June 26, 2009

Xray Asian Championship – Announcement

On the 15th to 16th of August, the ACO racing track in Fanling, Hong Kong will play host to the Xray Asian Championship Nitro Touring Challenge. Open only to racers with the 1/10th scale Xray NT1 chassis, using a Protoform body shell, your entry fee will not only let you take part but includes Tornado fuel for the duration of the event, a Dinner buffet on Sunday night and free transport to and from the track and the official hotel. Martin and Juraj Hudy will be present, not only to compete but will also be giving Tech talks and helping drivers with their cars throughout the weekend. Further details of the event can be found here along with details on how to enter.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 24, 2009

Drake & Johnson clean up at O’Donnell Summer Champs

Revelation Raceway hosted the O’Donnell Summer Championships last weekend and the event attracted a large group of quality drivers taking part. Adam Drake was top qualifier in both the buggy and truggy expert classes and in buggy he was able to win the 40 minute race by nearly 17 seconds ahead of O’Donnell racer Steven Hartson in 2nd, and another Losi driver Matt Schreffler in 3rd. In the truggy main, The Drake didn’t have it all his own way and could only manage 2nd, 4 laps down on team mate Kyle Johnson, while Dylan Rodriguez claimed 3rd spot for O’Donnell. Robert Wickham won both buggy and truggy amateur class, the latter from TQ, driving his Losi 8ight chassis’.

June 23, 2009

Kyle Branson takes BRCA 200mm Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA 1/10th scale 200mm championships was run at the weekend at the Brooklands track. On Saturday the weather was dry all day but overcast, but on Sunday the weather was better with some sun around and not much cloud, however over the day it became a little overcast. In the first round of qualifying, current Champion Kyle Brandon TQ’d and held that until the last qualifier where he further improved and ended up TQ’ing by 5 seconds in front of Simon Wood. In the final Kyle got off to a good start, led the whole race and managed to win after 30 minutes ahead of Simon Wood, with Joe Kerry completing the top 3 and making it an all Serpent podium.

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June 23, 2009

Pedro Rombouts wins Rd3 Dutch 10th Nats

Round 3 of the Dutch 1/10th scale Nationals was run last weekend at the tight and technical Gouda track in the south of the country. Despite it being dry all weekend, a lot of drivers found it a challenge to get their setup right and so after qualifying it was Maarten van Lierop on pole in the NK class ahead of Arco de Jong in 2nd, Pedro Rombouts 3rd and Sander Borghoff in 4th, while Euro B podium finisher Daan Jacobs could only manage 5th. In the Nomac class Marc Meijer took the pole position in front Michael Behnert and in the promo class Dennis van Lammeren TQ’d ahead of Luigi Pili. The NK main final was missing Daan Jacobs who won his semi final but failed to pass post race scrutiny with a too wide car. In the main race itself there were some good battles throughout the field but in the end Pedro Rombouts could take his 2nd National win in front of van Lierop, who made some mistakes in the race, with Bas Geurds, who was on a 6 minute pit strategy moving up from 9th on the grid to take 3rd at the end. The Nomac class was won by Michael Behnert in front of Davy Geraets and Rik Meijeren, while in the Promo class Dennis could win from Alfred van Dijk and Dick Doom.

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