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November 30, 2008

Swauger takes Sao Paulo Champs Rd6

We received a brief report from the 6th round of the Sao Paulo Championships that took place at the Carrefour Track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, last weekend. Mugen factory driver Mike Swauger made his way to Brazil from the US for this race and proceeded to take the top qualifying spot. This series sees everyone run a semi final and Mike was easily able to place 1st, which would give him the pole position for the main final, however prior to this it started to rain and so the race was stopped and the results taking from the final starting order. This gave the win to Swauger, ahead of his team mate Henrique Winik in 2nd, with Serpent racer Flavio Elias in 3rd.

Thanks to Davi Antunes for the report.

November 26, 2008

Ricardo Carnadi wins at Jakarta ITC

Team Shepherd Indonesia driver Ricardo Carnadi dominated the end of the year race at the Jakarta International Twin Circuit. With the help of his new Velox he TQ’d and won the race by 5 laps ahead of the 2nd placed finisher. During the 45 minute final he lead the race from the very beginning, only briefly giving up the lead, which he regained and went on to take the win. Ricardo will drive the Velox in 2009 as well as become an ambassador for Team Shepherd Indonesia where he will help all Indonesian drivers and mechanics with technical and setup questions about the car.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 13, 2008

Andy Báez wins Puerto Rico Nats Rd11

The 11th round of the Puerto Rico Championship (ACRCPR) was held last weekend at the Barceloneta RC Speedway track and it was Andy Báez who came out on top. Qualifying in 1/8th scale went the way of previous rounds where Mugen driver Andy TQ’d and won the 30 minutes race, taking an easy victory ahead of the Kyosho driver Pedro Alvarado, with Emilio García driving a Serpent 960 in 3rd. In the 45 minute 1/10th scale final there was a race long battle between Mugen team drivers Andy and Fernando, with Andy holding on to the victory to win by over a lap from Méndez, while Edgar Tirado took 3rd with his Serpent 720. In the outlaw class it was Jose Salas who came home 1st after Javier Laureano (TQ) lost time due to a crash finishing 3rd behind Mugen team mate Carlos Desakato in 2nd.

Thanks to Zobeida Ocasio for the report

November 8, 2008

Shimo is Japanese 1/8th Champion

Takaaki Shimo claims Japanese 1/8th title

The JMRCA 1/8th scale Japanese On road Nationals took place last weekend in Keitune. Qualifying saw Mugen racer Keisuke Fukuda take pole position from Yasushi Takashi with Yuya Sahashi 3rd. The 45 minute final however saw problems for the pole man, who retired after 11 minutes giving Kyosho team driver Takaaki Shimo the lead which he extended to 1 lap over Yasushi Takashi by the end to take the title for the new M3.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

November 6, 2008

Chris Doughty wins BRCA Micro Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the BRCA Micro National series took place at the WRCC track recently and it attracted the biggest ever entry at a Micro Nationals event. The finals were run over 2 mains, both of which counted, with any ties on scores decided by fastest single race time of either final. Mark Styles with the LRP Shark-18 took the win in the 1st final with Chris Doughty in 2nd place, while at the end of the 2nd action packed final Chris Doughty found himself in 2nd position again but this time with Mark Styles in 3rd place and this meant that both Chris Doughty and Mark Styles had same total points. In the end a tie had to decide the winner and thanks to a very quick 2nd main, Chris Doughty took the win with Mark Styles in 2nd place, while Chris Bottle took 3rd.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

November 4, 2008

Susanto & Wong win 2008 Borneo Cup

The 2008 Borneo Cup for 1/8th scale off-road buggies & truggies took place recently in Malaysia. In the buggy class it was HongNor driver Sunny Wong that took the TQ spot setting a new lap record, but it was his VP Pro team mate and Losi driver Edy Susanto that took the win in the final with Sunny in 2nd and Mugen driver Daniel in 3rd. In the truggy class, Sunny was able to claim the win ahead of Nanda driver Lim Kok Beng in 2nd, while Hobao racer Wong Yoke Meng took 3rd.

Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]

November 3, 2008

Peter Jovanovic takes 3rd Australian title

LRP are reporting on the 2008 Australian 1/10 Nitro On-Road Nationals were held at the Brendale track in Brisbane recently, host of the 2006 IFMAR World Championships. The race attracted over 120 drivers split into 1/10th Touring cars, 1/8th On road and Pullstart class and it was LRP team driver Peter Jovanovic who was setting the pace already from the first practice rounds through to the first qualifying rounds. With the last qualifier run in the late evening when the traction on the track increased significantly, he dropped to 2nd on the grid as Jesse Davis came through to take the TQ spot. After problem before the start of the final, that forced Peter to start from the pitlane, he was able to work his way into the lead by lap 20. From there on it was just a matter of getting the car through the finish line and with the softer LRP VTEC tyre going the distance without any changes or problems, Peter won the final by over a lap and a half to claim his 3rd National title in a row.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

November 2, 2008

Atsushi Hara retains Japanese 1/8th title

The 1/8th scale Japanese Nationals tool place at the Mugen Seiki owned track in Chiba this weekend, thankfully under dry conditions. Qualifying saw Hot Bodies driver, and 2wd World Champion, Hayato Matsuzaki take pole position with 3 round wins from Mugen man Kenji Osaka in 2nd, both of whom took the 2 direct final placings while current World & Japanese Champion Atsushi Hara placed 3rd and had to race in the semis. The Semi Finals saw Hara easily win, with a time 26 seconds faster than the winner of the semi B, Kyosho driver Kazua Tanaka and both of these would line up in 3rd and 4th respectively in the final. The 1 hour long final saw Hara get to the front early where he controlled the pace keeping a safe distance to 2nd placed runner and team mate Matsuzaki with Osaka and Kawamoto spending the majority of the race in 3rd and 4th. Hara would take the win by 12 seconds from Matsuzaki in 2nd, while Kenji Osaka took 3rd a further 15 seconds back.

Source: Hot Bodies [hb-buggy.jugem.jp]