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October 22, 2010

Spanish Electric buggy Nationals Rd4

The fourth and final round Spanish National Series (SNS 2010) for electric buggies was hosted this past weekend by the Club Rueda Loca in León, in the north-east of Spain. The race saw a good attendance with almost 100 drivers signing up in the two categories, 4wd and 2wd. On Saturday the 4wd event was held under sunny skies and saw four drivers battle it out for the victory. Local B44 driver Miguel Santos took the win, in front of David Bustos in second with a Durango and Zacarias Villalba in third with another B44. The 2wd event was held on Sunday under perfect weather conditions. Yet again another local driver, Jona Reguera won, taking benefit in good knowledge of the difficult track. In second place, Associated driver Zacarias Villalba and in third Kike Fuciños with Kyosho.

View videos from the event here

October 22, 2010

ROAR finalises dates for 2011 Nationals

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Having previously awarded the different venues the various National Championships, ROAR have today announced the final dates for those races, which you can see below.

March 24-27 – On Road Carpet Nats @ Timezone Raceway
June 2-5 – Off Road 8th Scale Fuel Nats @ Thunder Alley RC Raceway
July 28-31 – On Road Paved Electric Nats @ Jackson RC
August 11-14 – Off Road 10th Scale Electric Nats @ Norcal Hobbies
September 8-11 – Off Road 8th Scale Electric Nats @ HobbyPlex Raceway
September 22-25 – On Road Fuel Nats @ Control Freakz

All dates have been added to our calendar section which you can visit here.

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]

October 21, 2010

Marc Esbri wins Spanish TC Nats Rd4

Last weekend saw the 4th and final electric touring car championship race at Spain’s Villareal track, host of the 2008 European Championships. Victory in the modified class went to Schumacher racer Marc Esbri ahead of the Tamiya of Vicente Eres, with another Schumacher driver Luis Coundes 3rd. In the stock class it was Xray driver Roberto Hernandez that took the win from the Schumacher pairing of Miguel Moreno and Salvador Gregorie in 2nd and 3rd.

View the final championship standings here

October 19, 2010

Bulgarian off-road nationals Rd4

The 4th and final round of the Bulgarian off-road nationals took place in Varna recently in cold, windy and wet conditions, proving an extreme challenge for all drivers. In the buggy class the fastest racer in qualifying was Mario Vutov followed by Sterian Folev and Kristian Vrajilov. The final started with Sterian Folev taking the lead but a little mistake knocked him to the back of the pack, while Mario Vutov had issues with his engine which flamed out 8 times during the 45-minute-long final. Sterian Folev and Kristian Vrajilov battled for the first place with Folev leading most of the time with Mario Vutov and Theodor Trunchev battling for third. At the end Folev lost concentration and Vrajilov swept through to win by 1.965 seconds. Folev needed to be in the top 5 in order to get the necessary points for the Championship and so with 2nd he became the National Champion. In the truggy class Mario Vutov was again fastest in the qualifications and in this class he also managed to win the final too. Borislav Ivanov, Sterian Folev’s teammate and top pretender for the title finished 2nd, which allowed him to keep the lead and also become National Champion.

View the truggy podium here

October 19, 2010

JJ Wang wins Gold in Shanghai

Every 4 years, the Shanghai Municipal Government holds a citywide race with drivers around Shanghai competing to win medals for districts they represent. At this year’s race, held at the Shanghai International RC Speedway this past weekend, it was Mugen driver JJ Wang winning the gold medal with his Murnan powered MTX4 representing the Changning district. In the EP open class, Wang Hai Feng took gold with his HB TCX representing the Huangpu district and fellow district driver Salton Dong winning the Tamiya TT01 stock class. Gold medal winners in each class not only win the title for the district they represent, but also receive prize money from the district government as a form of reward for their results.

Source: RC Fans [rcfans.com]

October 16, 2010

Stéphane Bouche wins Coupe de France

Last weekend the Coupe de France 1/8th scale on-road took place at the LMRC track in Limoges in the center of France. In total the race saw 136 drivers in attendance, the biggest participation for 10 years. Among them were Stéphane Bouche and recently crowned French champion Richard Volta racing for the French Shepherd team. On Friday and Saturday the weather was fine but on Sunday dark clouds covered the sky. Richard Volta was again in good shape and secured himself the pole-position, Stéphane Bouche was ranked on 10th position after qualifying. For this race there were no direct finalists and just 5 minutes before the start of the semi-finals the rain arrived so the conditions were really difficult for all the drivers. Bouche and Volta both managed to bump up to the final after a save 20 minutes drive. At the start of the 30 minutes long final Bouche had a tough battle for the lead with Sebastien Zalta who likes these conditions. After 10 minutes Bouche took over the lead and increased it lap by lap. At the end of the final, it was Stéphane Bouche with his Novarossi powered Velox V8 who took the victory 1 lap in front of Sebastien Zatla with brother Laurent Zalta finishing another lap down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com] / Image: Automodelisme.com

October 14, 2010

Peter Jovanovic wins Australian Sedan title

The 2010 Australian 1/10 On Road National Championships took place in Adelaide recently and it was a dominating performance by the Capricorn team that saw Peter Jovanovic 1st and Steven Jovanovic 2nd. During 4 days of practice and qualifying the South Australian track was producing massive wear and in the final tire strategies were going to play a massive part on the final result. Finals day saw Peter deciding not to change tires in the 45 minute main final, while Steven opted to change tires at the 25 minute mark. The decision to not change tires gave Peter the win over brother Steven, with Shepherd driver Jeff Hamon in 3rd.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 14, 2010

ROAR approves venues for next year’s Nationals

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American governing body ROAR have just approved the list of venues to host next year’s various National Championships. The dates have yet to be decided, something that will be done at a later date, so here is a list of the different classes and their host venues.

8th Scale Electric – Off Road: Hobbytown HobbyPlex, Omaha NE
10th Scale Electric – Off Road: NorCal Hobbies, Union City, CA
Carpet Electric – On Road: Timezone Raceway, La Center, WA
Paved Electric – On Road: Jackson RC, Jackson, NJ
8th Scale Fuel – Off Road: Thunder Alley, Beaumont, CA
10th/8th Scale Fuel – On Road: Control Freakz, Chaplain, CT

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]