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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.

April 7, 2009

Rick V wins Dutch 1/8th NK Rd1

The opening round of the Dutch 1/8th scale season took place at the weekend on the fast Rucphen track in the south west of the country. The day started with some fog in the air which gave the engines a lot of power, and this made the first heat the quickest for many drivers. Rick V was on a super quick run, but he had to stop for fuel and this allowed John Ermen, who was driving more conservatively and so didn’t need to stop, take the pole spot by a second in front of Rick, with last years NOMAC Champion Jordy Block taking 3rd. In the main final John Ermen had to retire, and so Rick, who was leading at the time, won unchallenged by 2 laps ahead of 2nd placed Rick Veenma, with Jordy Block taking 3rd.

April 7, 2009

Rene Puepke wins German West 200mm Rd1

Mugen celebrated a fine 1-2-3 victory at the season opener of the Western German Championship in the 1/10-200mm nitro class at Oberhausen. In the 30 minutes final race it was Rene Puepke taking home the overall win and the maximum amount of points. After 132 laps he had a 2.5 second lead over fellow Mugen racer Sebastian Buerge. Former German Champion Teemnu Sarinen from Finland was a long time leader but lost the second gear at an early stage. At the end he was six laps down to take third spot on the podium.

April 6, 2009

Josué Artiles wins 1/8th scale opener in Spain

The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th scale National series was held last weekend at Club Pical Track in Valladolid. The race saw over 70 drivers registered and the sunny weather let the drivers enjoy a nice racing weekend. Following qualifying Sergio Montesinos got the TQ spot followed by Victor González, Oscar Cabezas and current Champion Josué Artiles. Oscar Cabezas had to fight against the clock to set up his brand new Motonica P81, having only received it a few days before the race. In the final Josué Artiles and Óscar Cabezas took the first and second position in the very first laps and the set a pace that no one else could follow. Both drivers were very close but the tire change was faster for Artiles, who won a few seconds to allow him to drive the rest of the race with some advantage. There was an interesting fight for the third place involving three drivers, which finally went the way of former Spanish Champion Victor González with Nacho López and Sergio Montesinos taking 4th and 5th respectively.

Source: Merlin Fuel [merlinfuel.com]

April 6, 2009

Kyle Branson takes BRCA 200mm Nats Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/10th 200mm National Championships was held last weekend in Snetterton and as usual the Saturday was to be used for practice. The day started badly for current Champion Kyle Branson, who had radio problems all day, which hampered his progress. On Sunday under great weather conditions it was the Sirio powered Serpent driver Branson, who TQ’d round 1 of qualifying by 1 second in front of Mark Green, while in the 2nd and 3rd rounds Kyle had problems with back markers and lost time. Despite this, his earlier time stood and he was still TQ by 1/100th of a second after 3 rounds but was to go quicker still in the final round to take the pole position by 1 second from team mate Green. The start of the final saw problems for Kyle, who didn’t clear his engine enough and stalled, dropping him a lap before he could get going again. He managed to unlap himself from everyone and worked his way up to 2nd spot, 1 lap down on then leader Mark Green. Kyle got his way passed Mark and proceeded to unlap himself and when a back marker spun in front of Mark he unfortunately was hit by 3 following cars while trying to avoid it. This broke his car and handed Kyle the lead, from where he would go on to win from Peter Watt in 2nd and Adam Walker Catchpole in 3rd.

Thanks to Kyle for the report.