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September 10, 2009

Mikael Fransson does double at Swedish Champs

The Swedish Championship in 1:8 Track and 1:10 NT was held at the huge Örebro track last weekend. Around 40 drivers attended and it proved to be a very competitive race. In the 1:8 class Mikael Fransson showed great form with his Mugen MRX4X working absolutely perfect. He managed to take TQ around 5 seconds in front of local driver Stefan Andersson. In third place it was Marcus Lindner and in fourth it was Serpent driver Bengt Andersson. Alexander Hagberg made an interesting start in this class and finished fifth after qualifying.

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September 10, 2009

Ty Teesman takes RC Pro Canada Nats

The first RC Pro Canada National Championships were held this past weekend in Edmonton, Alberta. Over 120 racers made the trek to compete for the championship titles. Mother nature wreaked havoc late Sunday afternoon forcing the cancelation of the last 3 mains. Ty Tessman put on a dominant performance TQ’ing and winning both Expert Buggy and Expert Truggy, securing himself the National titles in those classes. Jason Poirier took home the title in 1/8th Open Electric, Kyle Dickson in Intermediate Truggy, Lawrence Barney in Intermediate Buggy and Dave Cole in Extreme Truck.

Thanks to Gary Fliegel for the report.

September 10, 2009

81 entries at the German 1/10 nitro Nationals

81 drivers have entered the German Championship of the 1/10 200mm nitro class which will be held the upcoming weekend on the beautiful track at Tuerkheim in the south of Germany. Free practice started on Wednesday and lots of competitors were already present to take the opportunity for lots of track time. The weather was sunny with a blue sky at low twenties – and that it more or less what the scale community can expect for the rest of the week. So everything is set well for an exciting challenge for the German 1/10 nitro crown.

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September 9, 2009

Mark Green wins BRCA 1/8th Rd7

Round 7 was again back to the Halifax track in Yorkshire after a 5 week break to allow for the World Championship in Lostallo. The weather forecast for Saturday was for dry conditions but like always the UK forecast was wrong and the majority of the day was a wash out which allowed time to discuss what had happened at the Worlds with our racing colleagues. The Forecast for Sunday was for rain showers but this proved again to be wrong and a good days racing was the result.

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September 8, 2009

Bultynck & Logie win Belgian Nats Rd5

The fifth round of the Belgian Nationals was held in Roeselare on the track of RCR. There were 32 entrees and the weather forecast was that it would be a sunny day but in the morning we saw a cloudy sky. In the EFRA class Thomas Stockman was very fast in the first and the second qualification, but in the third qualification it was Benoit Thomaes who was the fastest man on the track and took the pole in front of Thomas Stockman, Nik Weyers, Manuel Henriet and Olivier Bultynck. The first final was a very close race with Benoit Thomaes in the lead, in front of Thomas Stockman and Olivier Bultynck, who had a splendid start. Stockman and Thomaes crashed into each other and Olivier Bultynck took the lead in front of Manuel Henriet and Thomas Stockman. Manuel Henriet was pushing hard but it was Olivier Bultynck who took the win. Thomas Stockman came in as third and Nick Joosens as fourth.

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September 7, 2009

Chrissi Krapp and Alex Stocker take German titles

The German Electric outdoor touring car Nationals were held last weekend at the Weser-Ring in Hann. Persistent rain destroyed the event for some national top drivers but the event was run regardless and in the Modified class, 16 year old Chrissi Krapp took TQ with a brilliant last heat, lining up ahead of Vice World Champion Ronald Völker with Steven Weiss 3rd. Winning the first two A-mains with his Team Orion powered Kyosho Stallion Shin edition, Chrissi once more demonstrated the form that gave him 8th place overall during this summer’s European Championships. Yokomo team driver Ronald Völker took the runner up spot with Xray driver Steven Weiss taking the final podium spot in 3rd.

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September 5, 2009

BRCA 1/12th Nationals – Entry open

The organisers of the 2009/2010 BRCA 12th Nationals have been in touch, to notify everyone that the entry form is now available to download. With only a month to go until the first round, the class has seen a lot of popularity already this year. You can enter for one event or the complete season but please enter as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. More details can be found by visiting the BRCA website here.

September 3, 2009

2009 TCS North American Finals

The 2009 TCS North American Finals are over and Tamiya have 3 new champions going to Japan. They are Timmy Valles of the GT-1 class, Lee Passehl of the GT-2 class and Michael Monaghan of the Mini class. Timmy Valles was able to clinch his title in the first 2 in the best of 3 A-Main races as was Lee Passehl, though it wasn’t easy. Timmy had to contend with Joe Glover and James Arluck as both of them were in the hunt to challenge Timmy. In the case of Lee Passehl it was Oliver Clipper and Orlando Sherman that brought their best A-Game to date. Both had cars and great setups to stay close enough to Passehl to give him good scare. In the end it was Lee that kept a cool head and can now be nicknamed the ICEMAN. In Michael Monighans’ case, it came to the third Final A-Main to decide his fate. His nerves in the first main caused him to drive a little erratic and he finished second in the first main.

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