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February 8, 2010

Malaysian National Championships Rd1 report

It was perfect conditions here at the 1st Round of the hotly contested annual Malaysian National Championship held at the Taman Titiwangsa International Track organised by RCAC. This is the first stop out of the 4 rounds held throughout Malaysia and what a way to start it off by having it held right in the Capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. It was a huge turnout with more than 50 drivers participating in the event which includes 1/10th 200mm ‘Expert’ and ‘Novice’ class and 1/8th Scale. Weather and track conditions perfect, drivers and pit crews eager to start off the race and not forgetting the spectators which was slowly building up at the track.

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February 1, 2010

Yaniv Sivan does Israeli League Rd4 double

Last weekend race 4 of the Israeli Legaue took place at Rishpon racing track, north of Tel-Aviv. With top drivers from all over the country attending the race the 1/8th scale buggy class say an intense beginning to the final. Yaniv Sivan started from pole and with fast driving managed to open a gap on the rest of the field. meanwhile, Yaniv Levi from forth place advanced to second and Meir Azolay to third. The majority of the track was wet with high traction and the drivers put very fast laps and at the end Yaniv Sivan took the win followed by Yaniv Levi and Meir Azolay in 3rd. In the truggy class Ofer Rozen took the TQ, however it was Omer Asaig that started the race from pole. The first few rounds saw the pack running close together and all drivers were changing positions. After a few minutes into the race, Omer and Yaniv Sivan were neck and neck for a few laps but unfortunately Omer had to quit and so Yaniv could claim the double, with Or Levi 2nd and Ofer Rozen 3rd.

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January 30, 2010

AARCMCC 10th & 8th Victorian IC State Titles

This year’s Victorian Titles were run at the Melbourne Radio Control Circuit Racers facility over the weekend of the 22nd-24th January kicking off the start to 2010’s sanctioned event schedule in the IC on-road scene. Racers from as far as Sydney and Adelaide descended on the Lilydale track from Wednesday prior to the event to start cutting laps and working on their setups. Practice and the first round of heats begun on Friday in sensational conditions with Novarossi team drivers Peter and Steve Jovanovic battling it out for honours in both 1/10th and 1/8th scale right from the beginning. A battle that would continue throughout the weekend.

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January 28, 2010

Dennis Fadtke dominates Polish Nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Polish Touring car Nationals took place last weekend in Tarnow and attracted more than 100 drivers, despite the -24 degree temperatures outside. Inside it was a more acceptable 18 degrees and qualifying would go the way of Dennis Fadtke in both the modified and stock classes. In the mod finals, Fadtke would go on to win ahead of Morris Indovino in 2nd and Paweł Żelazo 3rd, and would do the double by taking the stock win in front of Blazej Orlowski and Maciek Brzozowski.

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January 26, 2010

Bickerstaff claims Irish Touring Car Series Rd1

The opening round of the 2010 Irish Touring Car Series took place in Bangor, Northern Ireland, over the weekend where it was defending Champion Alan Bickerstaff who claimed the win. Attracting a healthy entry, the event saw Bickerstaff put his Novak powered Associated TC5 on pole after a determined TQ run in the final qualifier. The opening Leg of the A-Main saw the Team Associated British Championship team driver lead early on followed by the Tamiya’s of Mark Gilliland and Keith Dempsey but 2 minutes in Bickerstaff came undone as he tried to pass a back marker. This handed Gilliland the race lead but with a minute left on the clock he ‘binned it’ allowing Bickerstaff back through to take the win with Dempsey completing the Top 3. In the second leg Bickerstaff had a straight run through to victory as Gilliland and Dempsey fought over second. Having held second for the early part of the race Dempsey could not hold off Gilliland who eventually found a way passed but it was too late for him to mount a challenge for the win meaning the podium was a reflection of the Top 3 starting order. Having started from the back of the grid John Matthews enjoyed one of his best ever performances to finish fourth overall.

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January 26, 2010

Harper wins first BRCA National for CRC

Last weekend the cream of Britains 12th scale racers made the trip down to Devon for round 4 of this years BRCA nationals at Plymouth. The Plymouth club always host a top notch event and as a result the meeting is always well attended despite being a drive of over 4 hours away for many. On Saturday in the stock class Elliott Harper took TQ and went on to comfortable win the A final by more than half a lap. This was the first time that a CRC car had won a UK national. Second went to Chris Kerswell driving a V-Dezign. Chris initially gave chase and attempted to challenge Elliott, but soon realised that he lacked the pace required and settled for a strong second place finish. The battle for 3rd was an intense one with several drivers all holding the position at various points in the race. Mark Stiles eventually came through from 8th on the grid to complete the podium for V-Dezign.

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January 21, 2010

Niko Cheng wins at Excellent Speedway

Last Saturday saw the first open race in Malaysia, held at Excellent Speedway in the north of country and saw over 70 drivers in attendance. In the 1/8th scale GTP class it was reigning national champion Niko Cheng driving for Shepherd who dominated the whole event. After 3 rounds of qualifying he claimed the TQ spot for the 35 min A final clocking the fastest laptimes of all drivers. At the start of the final he could pull away easily and was unchallenged for the whole race distance. He crossed the finishing line in first position with a gap of 7 laps on the second placed driver claiming the first victory of the 2010 racing season. With his brand-new Velox V10 Niko Cheng also participated in the 1/10 nitro touring class. After 3 rounds of qualifying he lined up in the starting grid on second position. At the start of the 40 min final he could take over the first position until the first pitstops. Unfortunately he dropped back due to some minor mistakes and finished on 8th position.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 17, 2010

Xray Trophy Portugal 2010 – Announcement

Vintesete, importers for Xray in Portugal, have been in touch to tell us about their 2010 multi round Xray Trophy series. Comprising of 7 two day events for both 1/8th off road and separately for gas on road, these fun series are open to any brand of car and have a focus on fun, while keeping the race costs low. Trophies will be given to the top 10 at each race day with trophies and prize money for the top 10 in the overall series.

More information in Portuguese can be found here (PDF) for offroad and here (PDF) for on road.

Source: Vintesete [vintesete.com]