September 18, 2009

Rebellion Race / Euros Warmup registration open

Rebellion Race / Euros Warmup registration open

Registration for this year’s Rebellion Race in Mäntsälä Finland, which doubles up as the warm up race for the European Indoor Championships, is now open. Entry is restricted to International competitors until the end of the weekend, with entry opening to National drivers on Monday. The race is limited to 110 racers only so to avoid disappointment be sure to get your entry in as soon as possible. Full information, including entry form, can be found on the new site of the event which can be accessed here.


September 16, 2009

US Open Fuel Championships – Announcement

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 16, 2009

Hupo wins Mod as CRC dominate 1/12th at IIC

Hupo takes Mod as CRC dominate 1/12th at IIC

More news from last weeks IIC which in 1:12th scale modified, saw Austrian racer Hupo Honigl take his CRC Gen-XL to a convincing win in the A-final. Hupo absolutely ran away with the win setting fast lap and running a string of laps that no other competitor could match. In fact, Hupo’s average top 20 fast laps were faster than any other driver’s single fastest lap. In the 17.5 turn 1:12th scale class Brian Wynn took his new Gen-XL to a T.Q. by almost 1 full lap and backed it up with the win . In the main, while Brian drove away from the field, a good battle ensued for second, which in the end went to CRC Michigan Mafia driver Jody Flipse. In the 13.5 turn 1/12th A-main, it was again a CRC sweep with D’Agnolo, Wynn, Calandra and Hönigl finishing 1-2-3-4. With Hupo’s 4th place finish, he won the “non-Advanced” speed control division.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]


September 15, 2009

Keven Hébert wins 13.5 Rubber class at IIC

Keven Hébert wins 13.5 class at IIC

The 5th Annual International Indoor Championship (IIC), presented by Scotty Ernst, was hosted over the weekend at the Riviera in the heart of the Las Vegas strip. With 90 entries in the class, Team Associated/Reedy’s Keven Hébert took his TC5R to the top qualifying position and eventually the A-main victory in the ultra competitive 13.5 Rubber Touring Car category. Hébert was on a mission to add to his impressive career resume by setting the fastest time each time he was on the track. With challenges from former World Champion Andy Moore, multi-time Reedy Race & National Champion Barry Baker, the young Associated star stood up to the pressure and claimed the top qualifying position. As the tone sounded for the main event, Hébert jumped out to a lead that would never be challenged.  Waiting in the cat bird seat, Hohnstein took advantage of a tangle between Moore and Baker and jumped in to second position. Three minutes later, Hohnstein had Moore all over his back door and never cracked; even making a clean pass back on the World Champion after a wide corner. With Hébert on a victory lap, all Hohnstein had to do was drive around traffic to claim the runner up spot with Mike Haynes 3rd.

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September 9, 2009

Jacky Mouton wins European 40 plus title

Jacky Mouton wins European 40 plus title

Last weekend saw the European 40 plus Championships take place in Madrid, Spain at the ARCA track. Qualifying saw French driver Jacky Mouton take the pole position and in the 45 minute final Jacky was able to take the win by 3 laps ahead of Luis Martinez, who was just 6 seconds in front of 3rd placed Jose Aldudo.

Source: Merlin [merlinfuel.com]


September 4, 2009

Dempsey does double at Irish GP

Dempsey does double at Irish GP

The inaugural Irish Grand Prix was held over the weekend at the St.Annes track in Dublin where Keith Demspey took double victory winning both the 1:10 Electric and Nitro categories. Heading the entry for the event hosted by the country’s main onroad club, ORCA, was reigning British Champion Kyle Branson who duly went onto TQ the 1:10 nitro class with his factory Sirio powered Serpent. Unfortunately rain arrived after the first round of qualifying and the remainder of the racing would be run on a wet track.

Continue reading the report here


September 3, 2009

Xray Asia Nitro Challenge 2009

Xray Asia Nitro Challenge 2009

The first Xray Challenge in the nitro class where only NT1 cars were allowed to start was held in the Hong Kong. The race was held on August 15-16, 2009 at the big track situated approximately 60km from Honk Kong City. Drivers from Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Macau, China, Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom, and Slovakia participated in this race whose main purpose was to have fun and enjoy racing. Juraj and Martin Hudy attended the race to provide support to all Xray NT1 owners at the race. In total, the race was attended by almost 120 NT1 drivers. This number was fantastic mainly because all drivers used only one brand of car. The race was organized by Honk Kong distributor World Model.

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September 3, 2009

Zac Ryan wins 2009 African Cup GP

Zac Ryan wins 2009 African Cup GP

The annual African Cup was held recently in SA with the host track being completed only a week before the event, ensuring that the local competitors didnt have any home track advantage. As usual practice was Thursday and Friday afternoon only with qualifiers on the Saturday and finals on the Sunday. This year Zac Ryan and Craig Laughton from Australia joined a total of 75 local drivers to test their racing talents against others in gas Buggy, Truggy and Monster truck classes.

Continue reading the report here


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