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December 16, 2008

Caribbean Winter Cup report

We received a report from the Caribbean Winter Cup that took place at the Barceloneta RC Speedway in Puerto Rico, last weekend. Mugen driver Mike Swauger and Paolo Montanti from Serpent made their way to Puerto Rico for this race and proceeded to take the top qualifying spots, with Paolo TQ in the Sedan class and Mike TQ in 1/8th scale. Both drivers also established a new track records in their respective classes. In the 1/10th A main, Paolo took the win followed by Kyosho team mates Jose Colón and Pedro Alvarado. Prior to the beginning of the Outlaw and 1/8th mains it started to rain, so the races were stopped and the results were taking from the final starting order. This gave the TQ-win in 1/8th scale to Mike Swauger, in front of Paolo Monganti in 2nd and local Mugen driver Andy Báez in 3rd. In the outlaw class, Edgar Tirado who took the win, followed by Javier Malavé and Carlos Fuentes.

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December 16, 2008

Robin D’Hondt moves to Motonica

Italian company Motonica have announced that Belgian driver, and former European finalist, Robin D’Hondt has joined their team. The former Serpent driver and current Belgian National Champion will be driving the soon to be released P81 in 2009 and as well as running the National series will contest the World Championships in Lostallo.

Source: Motonica [fastom.com]

December 14, 2008

Yuichi Kanai takes FS Cup win

The main finals of the FS Cup in China, took place today and in the buggy A-main it was Yuichi Kanai driving the Kyosho MP9 that took the win from Ishima driver Raphael Robert in 2nd and SH driver Chen Wu Zhong in 3rd. Top qualifier Joseph Quagraine was less fortunate in the race, suffering a breakage after only 20 laps. In the truggy race, Team Nanda driver Roy Wu won the race from Team Energy driver Deng Yu Zhen in 2nd, with his team mate Luo Shao Qi in 3rd.

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December 13, 2008

Joseph Quagraine is TQ for FS Cup

The FS Cup takes place this weekend in on the renewed FeiTeng track located in Guangzhou China, and following a tough qualifying today, it is Joseph Quagraine driving for Ishima that has taken the TQ spot for tomorrow’s race. JQ lines up ahead of former World Champion Yuichi Kanai in 2nd for Kyosho, with Romain Valter taking 3rd spot. In the truggy race it is SH driver Chen Wu Zhong in the TQ spot followed by Nanda racer Roy Wu in 2nd and Sam Poon 3rd. We will bring you the results from tomorrow’s finals as we get them.

Source: RC Fans [rcfans.com]

December 12, 2008

Ryan Maifield dominates Fawl Brawl

Last weekend some of the fastest racers from the East Coast gathered in Myrtle Beach, SC for the 7th annual Fawl Brawl at The Badlands R/C Supercross. The track started out very slick for qualifying on Saturday, but by the final mains on Sunday the groove came in and it was the Badlands that we have come to expect. In buggy qualifying, local Losi driver and track favorite Travis Dupree showed that he would not back down easily on his home turf. Travis TQ’ed 3 out of 4 rounds using qualifying points, but during the last round of qualifying Ryan Maifield hit his tire set perfectly and went on to best Travis’s fastest run by 2 seconds as the temps dropped and the track slowed down. Brandon Melton took second for the round and Chris Pace took fourth. The last round success of the team gave great confidence going into the main as all 3 drivers were comfortably in the main with Ryan 2nd, Brandon 4th, and Chris 6th.

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December 10, 2008

Robert Batlle joins Team Associated

2007 European Champion and 2008 IFMAR World Championship finalist, Robert Batlle has signed on to represent Team Associated and Factory Team products. Formerly racing for Hobao, Batlle brings an impressive resume to the Team and now at the controls of the Factory Team RC8, looks to take the next step in his career. Batlle joins BRCA Champion Neil Cragg as a top racer for Team Associated in Europe and will also work closely with Craig Drescher of England. Upon learning of Batlle’s signing Drescher had this to say, “I don’t know Robert very well on a personal level, but his results are very impressive and I look forward to working with him to build the Associated name in 1/8th European racing”. Batlle will also be working with Team Associated’s Spanish distributor Fasol to increase the exposure of Team Associated and Factory team products across Europe. When asked what he is most excited about in joining the 23 time World Championship winning team, Batlle had this to say:

I want to drive for a top team and working with Team Associated brings that. I am really anxious to start the 2009 season leading towards the 2010 World Championships. Thank you for this opportunity and I hope to win many championships with Team Associated.

First on the list for Batlle is The Dirt Nitro Challenge hosted by the famous Nitro Pit in Wittmann, AZ. Here he will join fellow Team Associated IFMAR World Finalists Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri in kicking off the season’s major events.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

December 9, 2008

Truhe & Drake victorious at Toys for Tots

We already mentioned the Toys for Tots race at Thunder Alley last weekend, but thanks to Adam Drake we have further details on the other classes run at this charity race. In the 1/8th Pro Buggy it was Losi driver Mike Truhe all the way, having TQ’d the class he went on to win from Jared Tebo who placed 2nd. In the 1/8th Electric buggy, a class making its debut at this event, it was Losi 8ight E 2.0 driver Kevin Gahan that took the top spot in qualifying but in the race it was Adam Drake that took the victory with his Xcelorin powered Losi. In the Intermediate buggy, Eddie Laret TQ’d and won the class, with fellow Losi driver Robert Wickham taking top honours in Intermediate truggy.

December 9, 2008

Lemke is Monstertour series Champion

Lemke is 08 Monstertour series Champion

Kyosho have been in touch to tell us that their German team driver Frank Lemke has recently won the 2008 Monstertour.info event series. Winning multiple tour stops and podium places with his Team Orion CRF engine powered Inferno ST-RR gave Frank the ability to win the overall ranking in this years series. After the tour series wins in 2006 and 2007, this years success brings both parties their third consecutive title in the Truggy class of the Monstertour.info series.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]