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May 6, 2008

Bloomfield takes Truggy Nats double

Bloomfield takes Truggy Nats double header

The opening 2 rounds of the UK Truggy Pro Nationals was run last weekend at the Herts Nitro Model Club under sunny and warm conditions. In Saturday’s round 1, Team Losi driver Darren Bloomfield grabbed the TQ spot ahead of team mates Simon Willets and Jon Hazlewood. In the finals it was a race between the three Losi drivers, with Bloomfield having to make an extra stop in the finals. Coming out of the last pitstop, Darren grabbed the lead from Jon and was able to take the win, with Jon in 2nd and Simon in 3rd. Sunday’s 2nd National round was TQ’d once more by Bloomfield, with Mike Cradock in 2nd and Tommy Chung in 3rd. In the final Darren was leading until lap 12 when he ran out of fuel and this left Tommy to take over the lead but was being pressured heavily by Hazlewood. A fast recvovering Bloomfield moved his way back to the front where he regained the lead and went on to win from Tommy Chung in 2nd, while a mistake near the end saw Jon drop to 3rd.

Source: UK Truggy Pro [uktruggypro.com]

May 5, 2008

Rick V wins Dutch 8th Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the Dutch 1/8th scale Nationals took place last weekend at the Groningen track in the north of the country under sunny and dry conditions. Qualifying saw Mugen racer Rick V. take the pole postion from Daniel vd Drift in 2nd and John Ermen in 3rd. In the final Rick V. once again had the pace and could build up a lead over eventual runner up John Ermen with Rick Veenma taking the final podium spot. In the Nomac class it was strong performance by Jordy Blok who took the win in front of Jefrey Rietveld in the 2nd spot and Dennis van Lammeren in 3rd.

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May 3, 2008

Günsel wins German Regional Rd4

Thomas Günsel wins German Regional Rd4

The fourth round of the German 1/10th 200mm Championship took place in Nürnberg last weekend and in qualifying it was Xray NT1 racer Thomas Günsel that took the TQ, also setting a new lap record. At the start of the final, pole man Günsel and his team mate Dirk Wischnewski both had engine problems forcing Dirk to retire and dropping Thomas back to 5th, 2 laps down on early leader Michalel Heinrich. Thomas managed to catch the leader and with 7 minutes to go, took the lead and with it the win, finishing with Heinrich in 2nd and Christoph Pietsch in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 2, 2008

Gonzalez wins Barceloneta RCS race

Gonzalez win Barceloneta RCS opening race

We received a brief race report from the opening of the newly resurfaced Barceloneta RC Speedway that now features a new larger layout. Kyosho team driver Geovannie Gonzalez took the TQ spot by 7 seconds, but unfortunately the rain came down before the finals and the race was cancelled, so the results were taken from qualifying giving Gonzalez the win ahead of Team Magic racer Miguel Daumont in 2nd place, while 3rd place went to Xray driver Fernando Mendez.

Barceloneta RC Speedway in Puerto Rico will host the CopaLatina race on July 18th, 19th & 20th, go here for more information.

May 2, 2008

Tebo takes Gas Truck National Title

This year’s ROAR Gas Truck National Championship was held at the world-famous Nitro Pit facility just outside of Phoenix, AZ. Attendance was a bit low for this event; however, most of the top U.S. drivers showed up to contest the National titles up for grabs. Team Associated’s Jared Tebo led the field in qualifying, taking the TQ position in the Gas Truck category. Tebo, the 4-time defending National Champion, got off to a rough start at the beginning of the 45-minute main event that gave Associated teammates Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri an advantage. With a four-second lead just over six minutes into the event, Maifield bobbled and sat upside down long enough to experience a flameout that he could never fully recover from. This handed the lead over to Mike Truhe who was being hounded by Jared Tebo and Ryan Cavalieri. As the wind picked up, the jumps became treacherous for the light vehicles and Cavalieri dropped back while Tebo and Truhe battled for the race lead. With approximately ten minutes left in the main event, Tebo took over the lead and held off the hard charging Truhe to claim his fifth consecutive Gas Truck ROAR National Championship.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

May 1, 2008

Buenos Aires Metropolitan Champs

Round 2 of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Championship 1/8 circuit took place at “Hernan Matticoli track” last weekend, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This new track, which was built two months ago, is considered to be one of the best tracks in South America. Sebastián Recio, the Argentine Sirio and Kyosho pilot, took the pole position followed by team mate Juan Pablo Glovic in 2nd place. The race followed the same pattern as qualifying and in the end the win went to Recio, while Glovic took 2nd with 3rd place going to Adrián Frigerio.

April 30, 2008

Herfried Pucher wins in Austria

We received a brief report from Motonica on last weekend’s first Austrian Championship race that was held at the Kirchberg track, host of this years European 1/8th ‘B’ Championships. The race was won by Herfried Pucher driving the P8.0R, less than a lap ahead of Serpent driver Harald Hofer in 2nd while 3rd spot went to Kyosho racer Thomas Sutrich, who was a lap further back. Herfried had the following to say about the race:

The season starts pretty well! The new car is even 2/10 faster then 2007. I arrived at the track on Saturday morning. Due to the fact, that I know it well, I just started with some testing program regarding shock oil and spring configurations, to stabilize the rear! The car was fast from beginning, and the biggest advantage was, that I could manage very constant laps!

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]

April 30, 2008

Wayne Walker claims Australian title

The 2008 Australian Gas off road Nationals were held last weekend in Maryborough near Melbourne, in the south of the country. The event attracted a capacity entry and following the semi finals, it was Joshua Pain that line up on pole position for the start of the main final, with Losi driver Andrew Gillott just behind in 2nd. At the end of a gruelling 1 hour long final, Mugen driver Wayne Walker, who had started from last on the grid, took the win and National title by 25 seconds from 2nd placed Zac Ryan, driving a HongNor, while in 3rd spot it was Andrew Gillott.

Image: Rick P [rickp.net]