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May 9, 2011

Darren Bloomfield takes BRCA Rd2 in Coventry

Round 2 of the British 1/8th scale buggy nationals took place this past weekend at Coventry in the midlands. The weather started out not very nice with rain leaving puddles around the track but the club did a magnificent job getting the track ready for racing. Qualifying would be difficult with unexpected showers at times and it was Associated driver Neil Cragg that would claim the top spot ahead of Durango driver Elliot Boots and TLR team driver Darren Bloomfield. Darren would show great patience in the main by following the front two runners around waiting for them to make mistakes. Moving into second around the half way point of the race he would have a lot of ground to make up to catch the leader with not much time left. Closing the gap to Boots with only a couple of minutes to go, a mistake by the young Durango driver would allow Darren to get by and take the win. Elliot Boots took second and Simon Willets 3rd.

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May 9, 2011

Joe Hwee wins Thunder Tiger Buggy Cup Rd2

Team JuC Racing Driver, Joe Hwee from Singapore has won round 2 of the Thunder Tiger Buggy Cup. Using a Hotbodies D8 Hara Edition and HB Beams tires, Joe qualified 2nd out of 60+ drivers and in the final managed to get the hole shot and overtook Top Qualifier David Lim driving a Kyosho MP9. Despite some challenge in the beginning, he managed to pull away from the field with the help of some fast fuelling by his pit crew and crossed the line at the end of the 45 minutes in first place.

May 8, 2011

2011 Midwest Nitro series Rd1 report

The third running of the Midwest Nitro series kicked off with round 1 at Leisure hours raceway in Joliet, Illinois. Despite poor weather relegating the event to the indoor track, that did not dampen spirits with a record 142 entries participating. Heated competition was found in all the classes. Pro Truggy started as a classic Jimbo vs. Sonny’O show as the two battled for top spot. With 5 minutes left in the main event Jimbo Kvidera, after retaking the lead from Ochoa, pits for fuel only to experience a spectacular fuel gun malfunction, leaving the top qualifier of the race a DNF with debris in his fuel tank. Letting Sonny Ochoa continue on with an easy win. Meanwhile Scott Shin, working his way through the field from a bump up starting spot, gains an impressive 2nd place. Kevin Bronner driving a solid race with only a couple bobbles late in the game which would drop him to 3rd.

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May 8, 2011

Robert Batlle takes Rd1 in Spain

The first round of the Spanish 1/8th scale buggy Nationals was held this weekend in Antas, Almeria in the very south of the country. Qualifying would see Mugen driver Borja Hernandez take the top spot ahead of reigning champion and fellow Mugen racer Robert Batlle in 2nd with Daniel Bernabe, Ivan Carmona and Andres Marcelino completing the top 5. Following the semi finals, the order up front was reversed with Batlle lining up on pole position for the 45 minute encounter with both drivers winning their respective semis. Robert would go on to win the 45 minute final, leading from start to finish, by nearly a lap in front of Ignazio Candel, with Bryan Bernabe completing the top 3. Despite running in 3rd for much of the race following a crash at the start, Borja Hernandez would end the race in 5th. Stopping one more time than his competitors for fuel, and a tire issue close to the end of the final, put an end to his podium chances.

Source: Merlin [merlinfuel.com]

May 7, 2011

Patrick Nähr wins European 1/10th 200mm ‘B’ title

The 2011 EFRA European 1/10th scale 200mm ‘B’ Championships was held this week at the fast and smooth Rucphen track in the Netherlands, a late venue change after the original host, the MACH in Heemstede, had problems with noise and were unable to run the event. Some 81 drivers from around Europe attended the event and with 4 rounds of qualifying, two on Thursday evening and two on Friday morning, it was Dutch National champion Pedro Rombouts that took the top qualifying spot with his Xray ahead of Shepherd driver Patrick Nähr in 2nd, the top 2 separated by less than a second and well clear of the rest of the field. Adam Catchpole took 3rd spot ahead of Daan Jacobs in 4th.

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May 7, 2011

Billy Fischer joins Viper R/C

Viper R/C Solutions have added Cactus Classic champion and Worlds finalist, Billy Fischer, to their expanding team of top level drivers. Working with Billy since before the 2011 Cactus Classic, his professionalism and attention to detail is a tremendous asset to their race and development teams and they “look forward to working with Billy for a long time to come”. Billy said “I’m very excited to work with Viper R/C Solutions for the 2011 season and beyond. The products are great, and there’s nothing easier than the ProGauge for their line of ESC’s. It makes adjusting your Viper ESC much easier to deal with!”

Source: Viper R/C [viper-rc.com]

May 6, 2011

Viper R/C signs Paul Sinclair

Viper R/C Solutions have announced that Paul Sinclair, Chief Engineer and Team Manager of X-Factory has signed to use VTX speed controls, and VST brushless motors and accessories. With many years of technical design work in the radio control industry, Paul’s experience will be of great benefit to the Viper team. He will be using Viper products in his X-6 Squared, X-60 and Prototype 4wd at all major off road events in the US and around the world. Already after an early shakedown test Paul reported “Love the throttle and brake ‘feel’, it was very easy to adapt to and drive. Just a nice power delivery, smooth and yet power out of the corners.”

Source: Viper R/C [viper-rc.com]

May 4, 2011

Adrian Bernsten wins 4th consecutive Norwegian Nationals

The 2011 Norwegian Electric touring Championship was held in Spydeberg recently, a venue that has played host to a lot of races during this indoor season and Adrian Berntsen sent us this report. For a long time before this event, it looked liked it wouldn’t be any Norwegian championship for the 1:10 Touring Car classes since there was only 10 drivers signed up for the race in each, while the Norwegian Federation rule was a minimum of 15 drivers signing up to make it a official Norwegian Championship. Luckily for both 1:10 Modified class and 1:10 Stock class, the Norwegian Federation allowed a minimum of 10 drivers to still make it an official Norwegian Championship. In the 1/12th scale class this was no problem at all, as approximately 30 drivers signed up, including three Swedish drivers who made their way across the border. This was because they were extremely satisfied with the arrangement of the Nordic Championship earlier this season.

Continue reading the report here