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September 25, 2009

Polish Nitro On-road Championships

The final round of Polish Nitro On-road Championships was held last weekend in Pacanow with all titles still up for grabs. The event attracted the majority of best Polish racers from both nitro and electric classes despite it being wet and rainy throughout the whole weekend. After 4 rounds of qualifying it was Artur Dzierzecki who took the TQ with his Serpent 733 in 1/10th scale, while in National 1/10th Start class Jakub Franek, two times champion in electric classes who has swapped this year for nitro, came out on top. In 1/8th scale, excellent driver and multiple Champion Rafal Zeljas took pole position after 4 amazing qualifying heats. The fastest driver in National IC-8 40+ was Wojtek Bukryj.

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September 24, 2009

Austrian Gas On-road Titles decided

The 5th and final round of the Austrian 1/8th and 1/10th scale on road Nationals has been run at MAV Aigen, and with a win for Daniel Tomaschko the 1/8th scale series managed to have 5 different winners as well as 5 different top qualifiers throughout the season. In the 1/8th scale category it was Mugen Novarossi driver Michael Klausner that took the title, which due to his engine going lean meant he lost 3 laps and ended the race in 2nd, but it was enough to secure the title. Young Slovenian driver Mihelic Nejc took 2nd in the series. In the 1/10th scale TOP class it was Gerhard Kandelhardt that took his 5th win of the year for a perfect record that secured him the title, while in the Sports class, 4th place in the last race was enough for Christian Bartacek to take the crown ahead of 13 year old Kevin Eggerstorfer. Local 17 year old drier Stefan Eichbauer took the race win in the final leg.

Source: Hoeco [hoeco.at]

September 23, 2009

Stockman & Vekemans take final Belgian National

The final race of the Belgian Electro season was held at the beautiful ‘De Baanbrekers’ track in Rucphen. In the EFRA class the Champion Olivier Bultynck had already been crowned last race but everything was still possible for the third place. Following qualification, it was Nick Joosens who took the pole in front of Thomas Stockman and on third place Olivier Bultynck. The first final saw a very nice battle between the three first drivers on the grid, Nick Joosens was very fast on this nice track and took the win in front of Olivier Bultynck and Thomas Stockman. In the second final it was Thomas Stockman who attacked very strong on leader Nick Joosens and could take the lead after Nick made a mistake. Meanwhile it was Manuel Henriet who took second place in front of Olivier Bultynck. The third final would be a hard battle, everything was still open and from the start it was again Thomas Stockman who attacked Nick Joosens and took the lead in front of Olivier Bultynck with Nick dropping back to third spot. Thomas Stockman would hold on for the win and Nick Joosens recovering to second in front of Olivier Bultynck. Thomas Stockman became the overall winner, TQ Nick Joosens was second and the new Champion 2009 Olivier Bultynck took the third step on the podium.

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September 23, 2009

Marco Zambon wins 2009 Italian UISP title

Team Durango have announced that their new DEX410 has won the Italian UISP 2009 Championship. In the final round of the series, their team took the top 4 positions in the final, with Marco Zambon winning ahead of Francesco Martini, Davide Carbone and Andrea Nerone. This result was enough to give the car the overall title with Zambon taking the Championship ahead of team mates Andrea Nerone and Davide Carbone who completed the top 3.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

September 23, 2009

Villalba & Cano win Spanish EP Buggy Nats Rd3

The third of the four round Spanish electric buggy nationals was hosted this past weekend by the Club Automodelismo de Parla some 20 minutes from the centre of Madrid. The race saw a record attendance with almost 100 drivers lining up in the two categories 4wd and 2wd. On Saturday the 4wd event was held under partly cloudy skies and saw three drivers battle it out for the victory, with one win a piece from each of the three finals. After some confusion following the last leg of the final the win went to Andalusian driver Zacarias Villalba driving a B44, who won thanks to a faster time in his first place run. Second place went to Alberto Cano (ZX5-FS) from Madrid who also had a 1-2, but a slower winning time, while in third place was Roberto Garcia (Tamiya) who also had a win, but only managed third as a second result. The 2wd event was held on Sunday under perfect weather conditions. It went on to be a complete domination from Alberto Cano with is X-6 who took 4 of 5 qualifying rounds, and all three finals. In second was local driver Daviz Delgado (X-6) and in third was veteran David Bustos driving an ancient XXX-CR, who drove himself up all the way from 7th on the grid.

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September 22, 2009

Elliot & Lawlor win rescheduled Irish Nationals Rd3

Originally due to run back in May when heavy rain forced race organisers to postpone the event, the rescheduled third round of the Irish Onroad Nitro National Championships took place at the St. Annes track in beautiful sunny conditions on Sunday with the Kyosho’s of Austin Elliot and Chris Lawlor claiming their second wins of the season. In 1:8 it was Mugen driver Clive Connolly who took TQ honours. The multiple champion was in dominant form in the half hour final but 43 laps in, the rear pulley came loose on the leader’s car. This handed Serpent’s Michael Byrne the lead but in the closing stages of the race Elliot found his way through to take the win by half a lap. After losing almost 2-minutes in the pits Connolly rejoined the race to record a new lap record of 14.4 seconds with his IDM powered MRX-4R enroute to taking the final step on the podium.

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September 22, 2009

Báez & Tirado win Puerto Rico Nats Rd6

The eighth round of Puerto Rico National Championships were held in Barcelonta this past weekend. In the 1/10th scale class Mugen team driver Andy Báez, driving a MTX4R, was once again in top form taking the TQ spot and going on to win the 30 minute final. The battle was for the second position between Mugen team mate Javier Laureano and Kyosho driver Pedro Alvarado, but 4 minutes to the finish of the race and Laureano had a touch with another car, allowing Alvarado up into second position. In 1/8th scale Báez also took the TQ spot and was leading the whole race until the last 6 minutes when had some fuel issues while 2 laps in front. This dropped him down to 2nd and gifted Edgar Tirado the win driving a Serpent 966, with Carlos Fuentes driving a Kyosho took 3rd spot.

Thanks to Zobeida Ocasio for the report.

September 22, 2009

Fadtke takes victory at Polish Season Finale

The season finale of the Polish Nationals took place at the weekend in Warsaw and more than 50 drivers participated in the event, split into 4 classes. In the touring car spec class, despite Dennis Fadtke being assured of the title before the last race, there was a close battle between himself and Morris Indovino. Dennis won the first final leg ahead of Morris and Patrick Raczyński, while in the 2nd leg Dennis had some technical problem and Morris won from Patrick. The final and deciding leg was taken by Dennis with Morris 2nd and Patrick 3rd and that was also the overall result for the round. In the DTM junior class, Michael Orlowski took the win, while in the DTM class it was Filip Mutusik taking the win, and finally it was Andrzej Trella that took the Ladies and Gentleman class win. Once again President of the Polish RC federation Niko Triandafilidis put on another great race with a large raffle and lots of giveaways.