November 23, 2006

Massimo Fantini wins the ‘Trofeo dei Campioni’

Trofeo dei Campioni

Last weekend saw former European Champion Massimo ‘Max’ Fantini win the ‘Trofeo dei Campioni’ race held at the Mini Autodromo RME Cassino, Italy. The event was attended by 130 racers in 2 classes and in 1/8th scale saw Serpent driver Fantini win in a lights to flag battle ahead of Kyosho racer Danielle Ielasi, Mimmo Calce finished in 3rd. In 1/10th scale it was Raiola Carmine that took the win ahead of Spiniello Mario in 2nd with Sicorello Angelo rounding off the podium in 3rd

Check out the full report (in Italian), results and photos here.

Source: Pista RME [pistarme.com]


November 23, 2006

RC Pro Series Nitro Off Road awards Banquet

RC Pro Series Nitro Off Road awards Banquet

The title says it all, the RC Pro Series had their awards banquet for the Nitro Off Road Series and here are the photos. As you can see Tebo and Taylor were there, amongst others, but i don’t see Adam Drake in any of the banquet photos, so lucky we already have a picture of him with his championship winning trophies.

You can view all the images here, here & here.

Source: RC Pro Series [rcprosites.com]


November 23, 2006

Kyle Branson impresses as SDD driver

Kyle Branson

Serpent have a report on their site on Kyle Branson, the Serpent Driver Development programs youngest driver. The 13 year old seems to have had a busy and successful season traveling the world and racing.

His first venture onto foreign asphalt was the Dutch 1:10 GP at Heemstede as preparation for the European Championships. This preparartion would stand to Kyle as he successfully defended his European Junior crown in the difficult wet conditions. From there it was on to Australia no less for the 2006 IFMAR 1:10 World Championships in Brisbane.

You can read the full report here.

Source: Serpent [mytsn.com]


November 21, 2006

Lamberto Collari wins the 2006 Trofeo Novarossi

Trofeo Novarossi

OK, i know this race took place over 3 weeks ago but it was an important race and the event report only just showed up on the Novarossi website. The Trofeo Novarossi is an annual event and a celebration of all things Novarossi and even all the factory staff are bused to the event to join in on the festivities. This year it took place at the Gubbio track in Italy and as it turned out Novarossi’s returning prodigal son Lamberto Collari won the event ahead of Euro B champion Andrea Cristiani and Worlds finalist Walter Salemi in third position.

You can view all the results and more pictures from the event here.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]


November 21, 2006

Adam Drake takes RC Pro Series truck and buggy titles

Adam Drake

More RC Pro Series news, this time its the turn of the off road guys or in this case, guy, as top international racer Adam Drake took the title in both the Buggy and Truck classes. In the 1/8th buggy class, he edged out Futaba Nitro Challenge winner Taylor James and Chad Bradley to the title whilst in 1/10th truck Adam beat Kyle Skidmore and Cody King to the series title.

You can view the final 1/8th buggy standings here and 1/10th truck here.

Image: Neo-Buggy [neo-buggy.net]


November 21, 2006

Jeremy Cupps wins the Nitro Onroad National Finals

Nitro Onroad National Finals

Last weekend the RC Pro Series had their final gas on road race at the Gulf Coast Raceway, a race that was TQ’d by Paris Memorial winner Scott Kimbrow but won by Dave Campbell. This result didn’t affect the final outcome of the championship however which ended with Mugen racer Jeremy Cupps taking the National title ahead of fellow Mugen racer Terry Brown with Kyosho team racer Scott Kimbrow ending his campaign in third.

The event also played host to the Expert Sedan Nationals that was TQ’d and won by Ron Atomic (best super hero name ever) who also claimed the overall national title too.

You can view the full results here (PDF).

Source: RC Pro Series [rcprosites.com]


November 20, 2006

Fredy Andres wins Rd7 of Carioca Championships

Fredy Andres

Fredy Andres has won round 7 of the Carioca Championships that were held last weekend in Brazil. The penultimate round of the championships Fredy won the pro buggy class driving a GS ahead of Helio Mattos with a Thunder Tiger in 2nd with Kyosho racer Ricardo Queros in 3rd. The last round of the championship takes place next week and all three classes are still wide open after 7 races.

You can view the top 3 placings from the other classes as well as some more photos here.

Source: RB Racing Team [rbracingteam.com.br]