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April 6, 2011

Orlowski & Okonski win Polish Indoor offroad champs

Last weekend saw the Polish Open Indoor Off-Road Championships take place on the big carpet track located on the International Kielce Fair. Over 50 drivers race in 2WD and 4WD modified classes and 2WD and 4WD junior Tamiya classes took part. In the Modified 2WD class top qualifier, Tamiya TRF201 driver, Michal Orlowski took the race win giving TRF201 first indoor championship title in Poland. Second place went to Piotr Blazucki with Kuba Wawrzkiewicz in 3rd, both drivers running the Associated B4. In the modified 4Wd class Piotr Okonski, driving the TRF511, won the championship in front of another two Tamiya drivers Blazej Orlowski and Maciek Brzozowski in 3rd.

View the 4wd podium here

April 6, 2011

Alberto Garcia wins at CARTT Championships

Last weekend saw another round of the competitive CARTT Championships held at Fuencarral track in Spain. Following qualification, it was Serpent/Pro-Line driver Alberto Garcia who took TQ followed by Juan Manuel Guillen and Roberto G. Rodero. The main final would be a true show, in the first minutes Alberto Garcia was leader, followed closely by Guillen, Rodero and Dani Pariente. However with 20 minutes to go, a marshall stopped Garcia’s engine and so the new leader was Juan Manuel Guillen, with a gap of no more than 5 seconds over Roberto G. Rodero and Dani Pariente. The three drivers started to change the lead and nobody was able to pull a gap from the other. Alberto Garcia rejoined the race in 4th position after losing more than 25 seconds and started his charge back to the front. With 10 minutes to go the three front running drivers continued to race very closely allowing Garcia to reduce the gap. With 3 minutes to go he was on the leaders and after three more laps, he was the new leader. The last lap was amazing, with Daniel Pariente and Alberto Garcia battling hard for the lead but it was Garcia that won the race, followed by Daniel Pariente, JuanManuel Guillen and Roberto G. Rodero.

View a video of the final laps here

April 5, 2011

Manuel Henriet takes Belgian Rd1 victory

The first race of the Belgian National season was hosted by MRCC on a carpet track on the last weekend on March and there were 52 competitors spread accross three classes, Efra, Superstock 10.5 & Stock 17.5. In the Efra class we saw the champion of last year Olivier Bultynck take TQ in front of local man Manuel Henriet and Thomas Stockman. The finals were very close with four drivers who were really fast. Nick Joosens was fast with his new Yokomo car, but also Manuel Henriet with his Schumacher, Thomas Stockman with his Xray and Olivier Bultynck with his Corally were all in with a shot at victory. We had three finals and three different winners. Olivier Bultynck took the first final, Manuel Henriet took the second final and Nick Joosens took the third final. The final result saw the overall win go to Manuel Henriet (Schumacher), with Olivier Bultynck (Corally) second and Nick Joosens (Yokomo) third.

View the full report here.

April 5, 2011

Ricardo Mendes wins Lisbon Regional Rd1

The opening round of the Portuguese Regional championships for 1/10th 200mm took place last weekend in Lisbon. In the semi finals it was Bruno Pereira who took the win in semi-final A, having battled for the top spot all the way to the last lap with Filipe Rodrigues. Ricardo Mendes won semi-final B followed by João Nascimento. In the final there was a big battle for the podium, with the positions changing every lap, Bruno Pereira ran out of fuel 2 minutes from the end and gave the first place to Ricardo Mendes, followed by João Nascimento in second with Filipe Rodrigues finishing in third less than 4 seconds further back, with the top 3 on the same lap.

Source: RC Team Zero [rcteamzero.webs.com]

April 5, 2011

Peter Jovanovic does double at Serpent Australia Tour Race

Factory Capricorn driver Peter Jovanovic debuted the new Capricorn 1/8 scale Lab-C801 at the John Grant Raceway in Morebank Sydney for the 2011 Serpent Australia Tour Race last weekend. Having only received the car two days before the event he immediately put the new Italian car in the TQ and also put his Capricorn Lab-C01 Touring Car in TQ for the sedan class. In the final Peter drove a faultless race with both cars and took the win in the 1/8th class from Ric Bartolozzi in 2nd and Cory Ventouris in 3rd, while in the sedan class it was Alex Kouzis that ended the race in 2nd and Aaron Lee in 3rd.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

April 4, 2011

Maifield & Tessmann top ROAR Nats Warmup

Thunder Alley is host to the 2011 ROAR 1:8 Nationals. This last weekend was the warm-up for the prestigious event. Thunder Alley is one of the most popular tracks in Southern California. Traction is always good, its friendly on tires when wet, elevation changes are always a plenty and jumps are always big. I had a quick chat with owner, Rob Jackson, and he said this layout was all his son’s work, Levi Jackson. The track was completed in 26 hours with features such as a center straight away and a massive 27ft step-up double.

Continue reading the report and view photos & videos here

April 1, 2011

Durango dominate Russian Indoor Nationals

The Russian National Indoor Championship race took place last weekend in Crocus Expo, Moscow. The indoor carpet track drew more that 150 entries spread over the various classes. Team Durango’s Denis Zuykov dominated the 4WD Buggy Modified class with his DEX410 Spec 2010 taking the TQ and win. Second place in 4WD modified was Dmitry Malyshko, who qualified 3rd position for the final. In 4WD stock the class was dominated by Markin Michael with his new DEX410R, while in the new Expert SC-10 4WD class it was won by Dmitry Malyshko with the new DESC410R, who having started from second place won all finals.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

March 30, 2011

KO Propo America Mini-Z Grand Prix III – Announcement

KO Propo America have announced that the Mini-Z Grand Prix III will be held on May 7, hosted by Inside Line Racing in Cupertino, CA. The location of the event will be the Vallco Mall in Cupertino, California. The past two years has drawn about 100 drivers from across the US and this year they expect the same. Some of the best Mini-Z racers in the country will be attending to show their skills and the enjoyment of Mini-Z racing. For more information visit the official event site here.