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September 12, 2010

Fukuda retains his Japanese 200mm title

This year’s Japanese 1/10th 200mm National Championships were run this weekend under sunny Autumn skies at the Hokusei Circuit in the Mie Prefecture. The race was run for both the Open and Sports classes and it attracted more than 90 drivers to the event. In the open class it was the star of the Worlds in Houston, Serpent driver Takumi Matsuda that took the pole position ahead of Serpent team mate Yuya Sahashi, with former World Champion and defending 2 x time National Champion Keisuke Fukuda in 3rd and World Championship runner up Takehiro Terauchi in 4th. In the 40 minute final it was Fukuda who would emerge the winner by 12 seconds ahead of Matsuda in 2nd, with Yuya Sahashi taking 3rd spot a lap further back. In the sports class it was Adati Hirokazu that took the win from 2nd on the grid in a close battle with pole man Huzii Takuya, the pair finishing less than 4 seconds apart after 40 minutes. Sakai Makoto completed the podium in 3rd.

View the sports class finalists here

September 10, 2010

Stockman & Vekemans win Belgian Nats Rd6

Round 6 of the Belgian Electric touring car championships was run last weekend at the large MRCL gas track, which had recently been renewed. Great weather for the race day and following qualifying in the EFRA class it was Nick Joosens that took the pole position ahead of newly crowned champion Olivier Bultynck. Leg 1 of the finals saw Olivier pressure Nick into a mistake and could take the lead but a coming together with a back marker took Olivier out of the race and Thomas Stockman could take the win. Leg 2 saw the win go to Bultynck after Nick made a small error, with Stockman in 2nd. The final leg and there was problems for the front pair and so Stockman could again take the leg win to claim the overall victory from Rico Claeys in 2nd and Nick Weyers in 3rd. In the Superstock class it was Geoffrey Vekemans who took the pole position and he could convert into the overall win with leg 2 and 3 victories. Stephane Roufosse took 2nd place overall with Werner Broeckx in 3rd. In the Stock class the win went to Michel Mahieu from Jannick Rommens and Lorenzo Vandepoele.

View the other podiums here

September 10, 2010

Mark Green wins Rd7 of British 200mm Nationals

Kyle Branson sent us this report on the 7th round of the BRCA 1/10th scale national series that was held last weekend at Adur, just on the coast of Brighton under mostly dry conditions. On Saturday the traction was quite low at the start but got a little better during the day. My car wasnt too bad but there was room for improvement. Johnathan Dobney was the fastest at the end of the day with a 15.25 second lap with myself and Mark Green following closely. On Sunday the weather was to change, it was raining very lightly for a while and so the first two rounds were wet or damp which was never going to produce the TQ time as for sure it would dry. In the third round it was Mark who took TQ ahead of Johnathan in second and John Zottl in third. I made a mistake and pulled the wishbone out. In the fourth round It was John Zottl who took TQ ahead of Matthew Cook and Joe Kerry in second. After a couple of minutes the pin fell out of my wishbone ending my last run but I still managed to get 9th from a dampish run and a place in the A-main. In the final Mark was leading, with John Zottl in second and myself following closely in third. John and I had a coming together causing trouble for both of us. Neal King was not too far behind and drove a good race to come second behind Mark with Adam Catchpole taking third. The last race of the season will be at Colchester in a few weeks.

Thanks to Kyle Branson for the report.

September 9, 2010

Adam Drake wins Nitro House Labor Day Open

Team Losi Racing is reporting on last weekend’s Nitro House Labor Day Open race at Revelation Raceway in California. With extremely hot weather, temperatures were 105+ degrees, Losi Racing managed to get five drivers in the 1/8th Expert Buggy final. Losi/Novarossi team driver Adam Drake started from second on the grid, behind pole man Colby Poh, but quickly moved into the lead and won the 30 minute final by four laps over second place Jeremy Kortz, with Ricky Racer taking 3rd.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

September 8, 2010

Hupo Honigl is 2010 German Champion

This year’s German 1/8th off road National championship was once again held over 2 rounds, the first in Sand am Main, host of the 2011 European championship. Jorn Neumann dominated the final with his LRP car with Durango team driver Hupo Honigl taking 2nd spot with the DNX-408 prototype. The 2nd round in Fischach was run last weekend and it was Pro-Line driver Honigl that dominated this race with a near perfect run in the final, with Daniel Reckward taking 2nd. This result gave the Austrian driver the German title for 2010 ahead of LRP driver Patrick Feschtschenko in 2nd and his team mate Jorn Neumann in 3rd.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

September 8, 2010

Charlie Ware wins BRCA 4wd Juniors

The annual BRCA Junior/Veterans & F2 championship took place at the fabulous Coventry multi track facility next to Coventry Airport last weekend. Reigning champion and hot favourite Greg Williams took pole in every round with Charlie Ware hot on his wing to qualify 2nd on the grid. With 3 legged A finals this was going to be close. In leg 1 on the 2nd lap Greg went wide and Charlie saw the gap and nipped past to take the lead which he held until the flag with Greg only 1/10th of second behind him. The 2nd leg saw Greg and Charlie trade places until Greg showed his off road experience and held on for a convincing leg win. 3rd and final leg and all to play for. With Greg and Charlie both hoping for a win they seemed to forget about Ashley Caunt and let Ashley take the lead and win with Charlie 2nd and Greg 3rd. With all 3 driver tied on points it was down to best leg win, with Charlie taking the win with a time which would have won the F2 final. Charlie now joins an illustrious band of drivers who have won the event before him including Neil Cragg, Darren Bloomfield, Tom Yardy, Tony Truman but to name a few.

September 8, 2010

Billy Easton wins ROAR Region 4 race

Serpent are reporting on last weekend’s ROAR Region 4 race at RC International Speedways track in Florida, where they got a total of four S811 Cobras in the final and claiming a 1-2 result after the long 45 minutes race. It was Associated driver JR Mitch who started on pole but Billy Easton would dominate the final in style from the start winning by 5 laps from his team mate Sean Kersten in 2nd place, Ryan Eckert took third spot a further lap back.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 8, 2010

Bradley enjoys first Buggy win at Irish Nationals finale

The sixth & final round of the Irish 1:8 Off Road National Championships took place at the all astro turf surface Navan Nitro Nuts over the weekend where outgoing Truggy Champion Bradley Baird ended his debut season in Buggy with his first National race victory in the class. Having TQ’d the event the teenager suffered a flame out on the start line leaving him last but a superb recovery saw the Associated driver battle his way back up through the field. Setting the fastest lap of the race he finally took the lead when the Xray of Barkley Abernethy suffered an engine cut during the penultimate round of fuel stops to win by 2/3rd of a lap. Also driving an Xray, Alan Scroggie completed the podium bringing to a close another successful season of 1:8 Buggy racing in Ireland which saw Losi driver Michael Todd successfully defend his title.

Continue reading the report here