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April 20, 2009

Sabrina Lechner wins South German Rd1

The opening race in the 1/8th scale southern Germany regionals was run at the weekend in Bamberg, and following some damp weather on Saturday that prevented any testing from getting done, the track eventually dried on Sunday for race day. Qualifying went to way of Belgian Motonica racer Robin D’hondt, who was very quick and could take pole position from Serpent/IDM driver Sabrina Lechner in 2nd, Dominik Mayer 3rd and Maximilian Vogl 4th. Pole man Robin started very quickly but after only 4 laps touched a board and was out of the race, which left Sabrina up front where following some further lead changes could take the win ahead of Dominik Mayer and Maximilian Vogl.

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April 20, 2009

Pete Hastings wins BRCA 1/8th Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th scale nationals was held at Brooklands yesterday and with 43 drivers, both new and old faces, in attendance it was a very enjoyable start to the season. In Qualifying, it was Mark Green setting the pace yet again, but this year the performance advantage is very clear to see using his new Novarossi engines. The fight for second was very close and would eventually be determined by which driver could make 5 minutes run time. With this being the case, Andy North just beat Pete Hastings by 0.02 of a second. In the final, Mark Green pulled out a big lead with the chasing pack of Andy, Pete and Neil Diver also pulling out a lead over the mid field. At 13 mins, Andy North went off whilst in a strong 2nd place due to a battery pack support bracket working loose and up front Mark Green had a battery failure, all of which promoted Pete into a comfortable lead which he maintained to the finish. The 2nd spot went to reigning champion Tim Wood, with Neil Diver in third after drive belt issues close to the end prevented a 2nd place finish.

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April 20, 2009

Ronald Volker retains German Indoor title

This years German indoor touring car Nationals were held last weekend in Althenstett. With 114 drivers in attendance split between stock and modified, qualifying for mod saw Hot Bodies/LRP driver Ronald Volker take the win in all rounds to line up first for the finals ahead of Xray driver Freddy Südhoff, while Christopher Krapp for Kyosho and current World Champion Marc Rheinard for Tamiya completed the top 4. In the finals Ronald was unchallenged and went on to win the first 2 final legs to retain his indoor title won last year with one leg left to run. Young Christopher Krapp took the runner spot, with Marc Rheinard rounding off the podium in 3rd.

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April 17, 2009

Acciari & Salvatore win Italian Regionals Rd1

LRP are reporting on the opening race of the Italian Buggy Regionals which was held recently on a completely new track close to Roma, the Latina track. The racing was split into two classes, F1 and F2, and a total of 61 drivers from both classes joined the event. In the F1 class it was LRP driver Riccardo Acciari that set the pace from the start securing the TQ spot after winning the 1st and 2nd round by a huge 15 second margin to 2nd placed finisher. In the final Riccardo had a flame out at the start and found himself in last place by the end of lap 1. After only 10 min of the final he had managed to overtake every driver in the A-main and caught the leader. By the end of the race Riccardo and his S8 BX crossed the finishing line with a clear 2 lap lead. In the F2 class it was also a dominant performance from the LRP S8 BX by Ruggiero Salvatore that showed great skill in the F2 class by also both securing TQ and win.

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April 16, 2009

Arnaud Chaussard wins French 10th Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the French 1/10th scale 200mm Championships was held last weekend in Herrlisheim close to the German border. Qualifying in the Elite class went the way of Kyosho man Mikael Pontal, with Thomas Desmaries the only driver able to challenge him with his Mugen in 2nd, while in the National class it was Anthony Bruyer that came out on top, the only driver to take 19 laps in this class to start ahead of Xray team mate Arthur Leclercq. In the Elite final, pole man Pontal lead the way from Desmaries who had a rear belt failure early on putting him out. Pontal lead until some problems at the 20th minute that let Xray driver Arnaud Chaussard through to the lead, and who was also making one less stop than everyone else. Arnaud would hold on for the win from the Kyosho pairing of Jacky Mouton in 2nd and Nicolas Bougnoteau in 3rd, the top 5 finishing on the same lap. In the National class it was pretty straight forward for pole man Bruyer, who had to wait till the 4th minute before taking the lead, from where he could easily win from Ayrton Auge in 2nd and Arthur Leciercg in 3rd.

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April 15, 2009

Adrien Bertin wins French 8th Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the French 1/8th scale Nationals was held last weekend in Concarneau in the very north west tip of the country. Great weather on all days of the race greeted the 43 drivers and following qualifying it was round 1 winner Adrien Bertin that took the top qualifier spot in the Elite class ahead of Stéphane Bouche in 2nd and Stéphane Riccobono 3rd, while in the National class it was Gérald Colinet who was quickest ahead of Arnaud Mathieu. Following the semi finals, the Elite final saw an early battle between Team Orion engine man Bertin and Bouche, with the latter having the initial advantage until refueling strategies came into play and Adrien could retake the lead to eventually go on to win for Kyosho by a lap from Shepherd driver Bouche in 2nd and Serpent man Antony Abisset in 3rd, 3 laps further back. In the National class the order started as Mathieu, Colinet, Bertherlot and Gaschet and would remain that way until the 19th minute when Mathieu had an engine problem and had to retire. The order stayed steady until the final laps as a close battle begun between Colinet and Bertherlot, with the pole man coming out on top to win for Serpent from Mugen driver Bertherlot in 2nd and Velox racer Gaschet in 3rd.

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April 12, 2009

Vekemans & Bultynck take Belgian Nats Rd1

The first race of the season 2009 Belgian TC Nationals was held last weekend at the MRCC indoor carpet track in the little town of Chatelineau near Charleroi, and there were 47 drivers in attendance. In the Superstock class, which uses 10.5 LRP/Nosram brushless motor their were 30 participants and after qualification, it was the new man Geoffrey Vekemans who took the pole position. In the first a-main leg Geoffrey Vekemans led from start till finish, Stephane Roufosse came in 2nd and Cédric Gils 3rd. The second final was won by Alain Sonval, who started fifth on the grid, and running in the lead after a crash from Geoffrey Vekemans. Nick Logie took 2nd and Geoffrey Vekemans 3rd. Geoffrey Vekemans took the 3rd leg in front of Stephane Roufosse and Alain Sonval, which gave Geoffrey, in front of Alain Sonval and third place Stephane Roufosse.

April 8, 2009

Recio wins Argentinean 1/8th Nats Rd1

Last weekend saw the opening round of the 3 round Argentinean National Championship for 1/8th scale on the Córdoba track, the host of the 2007 IFMAR World Championships. A nice sunny day, qualifying saw Kyosho/Sirio driver Sebastián Recio, take the top qualifying spot for the final and he was able to carry through that pace to the 45 minute final to win in front of Agustin Cuttini in 2nd place and Guillermo Sanmartino in 3rd spot.

Thanks to Roxana Palazzo for the report.