Red RC » National

March 16, 2010

Adrien Bertin wins French 10th Nats Rd1

The opening round of the French 1/10th 200mm Nationals took place last weekend in Neuville de Poitou in the west of the country. Qualifying on Saturday, with the introduction of 7 minute heats, saw Nicolas Bougnoteau take the pole position in the Elite class with the new Capricorn LAB-C01, while in the National series it was Quentin Leroux at the head of the field. In the Elite main final it was a to be down to who changed tires or not and it was former World Champion Adrien Bertin who made the correct call to not change and he took the win 2 laps in front of Bougnoteau who did change, with Thomas Desmarie taking 3rd. In the National class, pole man Leroux led from start to finish, to win by 2 laps with Michaël Fouin in 2nd and Théry Persyn in 3rd.

Click here for the National podium

March 16, 2010

Tozser wins 2010 WCICS Touring Champs

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series (WCICS) is the longest running RC racing series in Western Canada consisting of 4 venues over the winter season in Alberta and Saskatchewan and is attended by most of the top racers from BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Montana and the Dakotas. The 2010 WCICS final event was hosted from March 12-14th by the CARCAR club in Calgary, Alberta, fielding 120 entries from across Western Canada.

Continue reading the report here

March 15, 2010

Abisset wins opening French 1/8th National

The opening round of the French 1/8th scale on road nationals took place last weekend in Beaumont Monteux in the south east of the country. Qualifying in the Elite class went the way of Shepherd driver Richard Volta, who after 7 minutes was 3 seconds in front of Serpent/RB driver Anthony Abisset, with team mate Stéphane Riccobono and Motonica driver Arnaud Mathieu completing the top 4. In the National class, Serpent racer Damien Thirion took the top qualifying spot in front of Mugen driver Eric Loge in 2nd, with Maxime Tenet and Jérémy Cassagne in 3rd and 4th. The elite final saw Volta lead away with Abisset in close pursuit, this order remained the same until Volta hit mechanical trouble and dropped out of contention allowing Anthony to take over at the front, who close to the end of the race had a close battle with team mate Riccobono, but a small mistake by Stéphane gave Anthony the breathing room to take the win, with Riccobono 2nd and Gérald Colinet in 3rd, giving Serpent and RB the complete podium. In the National class saw an early race battle between Loge and Thirion with the latter taking the lead and able to build up a gap before stopping just before the pits and allowing Loge back into the lead with Antoine Gaschet climbing up to 2nd, while Thirion recovered to take 3rd.

Click here to see the national podium

March 12, 2010

Carlos Peracho wins Spanish Nationals opener

Last weekend the first national race of the Spanish 1/8th On-Road Championship took place in Cerdanyola, close to Barcelona. The weather forecast was not very promising but only a little rain shower on Friday morning delayed the start of the free practice. Qualifying saw Oscar Cabezas, driving a Motonica, take the pole position ahead of Serpent driver Nacho Lopez in 2nd, with Shepherd drivers Carlos Peracho and Joaquin Villegas having a good run to take 3rd and 4th.

Continue reading the report here

March 10, 2010

Wayne Joelson wins South African Nats Rd1

Thunder Valley Raceway (TVR), played host to round 1 of the 2010 South African National Gas Championship. Current 1/8th scale National Champion Wayne Joelson with his Mugen Seiki MRX4X powered by Novarossi Flash .21 & Matrix Tires was the only driver to run 19 laps, taking the Top Qualifier spot. Sunday’s 45 minute final saw temperatures close to 32 degrees. After leading from the start and having built a one lap cushion on the field after eight minutes, Wayne ran out of fuel around the fifteen minute mark. Now a lap down he managed to take back the lead in the dying moments of the race to score a dramatic win over newly signed Mugen Seiki/Novarossi team mate Steve Munslow. Round 2 of the series takes place in East London on 15/16 May.

March 10, 2010

Miguel Matias dominates National Rd1 in Portugal

The opening round of the Portuguese buggy nationals took place at the weekend in Trofa and it was Miguel Matias who won the 1st and 2nd round of qualification to take the TQ spot. With qualifying locked up he decided not to run the last round and this allowed Ricardo Monteiro to won round 3 in front of Carlos Duraes and Rodrigo Luis. The first semi saw Miguel Matias continue his dominance by winning the race with Ricardo Monteiro 2nd crossing the line 8 seconds behind. Semi number 2 saw Carlos Duraes win the race easily with Bruno Boelho, Fernando Almeida and Tiago Aguiar 1 lap behind. In the main final it was again all about Miguel Matias from start to finish, winning by 2 laps along with the fastest lap of the final, with Carlos Duraes in 2nd and Ricardo Monteiro placing 3rd completing the all RB podium.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

March 8, 2010

Ginting & Suliandy win Indonesian Nats Rd1

The first round of 1/10 EP Indonesian National Championship was held on Sunter International Speedway in Jakarta and saw a total of 50 drivers competing in two classes, Modified and Stock 11.5. In Modified class qualifying, Bowie Ginting placed his Xray on TQ spot, followed by Teddy Syach with his Hot Bodies in 2nd place, 0.8 seconds behind Bowie with Kris Heriyana driving a Tamiya in 3rd place, 1 second further back. In Stock class it was again Bowie Ginting in the TQ spot, with Suwardi Suliandy driving a TOP Photon in 2nd and Dimas Ardian with a Tamiya in 3rd spot.

Click here for the rest of the report

March 8, 2010

Agustí Saltó wins Spanish National

JConcepts are reporting that Agustí Saltó has won at the Spanish Nationals in Montjuich, Barcelona, using Bar Codes in blue compound. The racing was very difficult with runner up Carlos Pineda, racing for Associated, proving to be very fast and putting pressure on Yokomo driver Saltó. Durango driver David Bustos completed the winners podium in 3rd.

Source: JConcepts [jconceptsracing.net]