May 25, 2010

Riccardo Rabitti wins Rd2 of Italian Nationals

Riccardo Rabitti wins Rd2 of Italian Nationals

The 2nd round of the Italian 1/8th scale buggy nationals took place last weekend in Sacile in the north east of the country. Current national Champion Riccardo Rabitti was fastest qualifier ahead of round 1 winner Fabio Boero, but after the semi finals it would be Davide Tortorici that would start the main final from pole position. In the final, Losi/Picco driver Rabitti would manage to break clear of the chasing pack close to the end to win by 12 seconds ahead of Mugen/Reds driver Fabio Boero in 2nd with Hobao/Sirio driver Davide Tortorici in 3rd, a further 13 seconds back.

Source: RC Revolution [rcrevolution.net]


May 25, 2010

German Nationals 4WD Warm-up report

German Nationals 4WD Warm-up report

Last weekend the warm-up race for the German 4WD electric off-road nationals took place on a 1/8 nitro buggy track near Berlin. A total of 25 drivers made it to the challenging track of the RoadRunner-Berlin club . This was quite a low outcome for this otherwise highly competitive class but it seems like it was a result of the bank holiday weekend. With 17 drivers in total the 4WD Modified class contained the most action and was won by Team Durango driver Andre Welker who switched to the DEX410 only days before the race. Second place went to very young Tim Walther (Team Durango DEX410) with Chris Kamman (Team Associated B44) in 3rd. The B-final was won by Hamburg-based Markus Bauer (Team Durango DEX410). The 4WD Stock class went to Eberhard ‘Ebi’ Beck with Alexander Matschuck and Dietmar Spieß (all Team Durango DEX410) in second and third place respectively.

View the stock podium here


May 24, 2010

Mark Christopher wins Halifax BRCA Sports GT round

Mark Christopher wins Halifax BRCA Sports GT round

Mark Christopher took a convincing FTD at the recent UK nationals shattering the existing track record at Halifax for the Sports GT class. His Team Dremel UK, Xray NT1 powered by Novarossi was the only car in the class to make the previously elusive 19 laps, which was achieved in each of the three qualifying runs. Mark also went on to win the final by two laps over fellow Team mate Richard Boult, both running Knack racing 220mm conversions on their NT1’s. The 220mm cars are increasing in popularity in the UK Nationals.


May 24, 2010

2010 Wave at OCRC Raceway report

2010 Wave at OCRC Raceway report

The JConcepts Wave race takes place in the heart of the R/C corridor, SoCal. One of the world’s premier indoor off-road facilities, ORCR Raceway has been chosen for 2 years in a row to host the event. With more than 100 indoor pit spots, as well as a fully stocked hobby shop and sizable indoor clay off-road track, the Wave’s venue and location are second to none.   California locals were well represented with Steven Hartson, Brent Thielke, Cody Turner, Frank Root and Chris Jarosz taking part in the event. Drivers traveling in from out of town such as Nor Cal’s Lloyd Dassonville, Arizona’s Tanner Denney and Florida’s Jason Ruona provided tight competition all weekend.

Continue reading the report here


May 24, 2010

Teddy Syach does double at Rd3 in Indonesia

Teddy Syach does double at Rd3 in Indonesia

The 3rd round of Indonesian 1/10 EP TC National Championship was held at Jakarta International Twin Circuit, Jakarta in sunny weather conditions. With 69 total drivers competed in stock and modified class it was a very big entry for an Indonesian RC EP race. In the Modified class, Bowie Ginting took the TQ spot with his Xray T3 followed by Teddy Syach with his HB Cyclone TC and Kris Heriyana placed his Tamiya TRF 416X in 3rd spot.

Continue reading the report here


May 20, 2010

Claus Ryeskov wins Rd2 of Danish Nats

Claus Ryeskov wins Rd2 of Danish Nats

Last weekend the second round of the Danish championship took place at the beautiful area of North Zealand. Saturday saw the track receive 24 mm of rain, so it was difficult conditions and on Sunday the track was still not completely dry, there was always a little drizzle. Qualifying saw Martin Lissau take TQ and for the final the track was almost dry, but there were still some wet spots. Some selected normal tires, others rubber and the start saw Lissau take the lead quickly mastering the wet track. Claus Ryeskov took it easy and drove sensibly staying on track and approximately 10 minutes before the finish Lissau’s rear belt was no more and Claus could take the win.


May 20, 2010

Mark Green continues winning form at BRCA Rd2

Mark Green continues winning form at BRCA Rd2

The second round of this years BRCA 1/8th circuit national championship was located at the famous Wombwell circuit, which is part of a large Karting complex. This track is loved by all the drivers since it contains a combination of slow and fast flowing corners which is a joy to drive when driven on the edge. The weather forecast did not look too good for Sunday, but thankfully it was a dry weekend. With time restrictions in place due to the noise levels, the Committee decided to run open practice with a lunch break. This made the track at times very congested with a lot of fast cars easily catching up the slower cars and damage was inevitable.

Continue reading the report here


May 20, 2010

Adam Drake wins ROAR Nationals warm-up

Adam Drake wins ROAR Nationals warm-up

Last week drivers from all over the US and Canada attended the 2010 ROAR 1/8th Nationals warm-up race at the Colorado Fast Track, including Jared Tebo, Ryan Cavalieri, Ryan Mayfield, Mike Truhe, Adam Drake, Taylor James, Travis Amezcua, Ty Tessman, Josh Wheeler, Jesse Robbers, Cody King, Dustin Evans, and Lars Johnson. The track is located at 6,200 ft above sea level and offered the drivers very technical and flowing layout. Defending ROAR National Champion Adam Drake took home the win for Losi/Novarossi in the 45 minute buggy final by one lap over Hot Bodies driver Ty Tessman and Ryan Mayfield for Associated.


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