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November 3, 2009

LRP Islikon Masters – Stock report

The LRP Islikon Masters took place last weekend in Switzerland. The stock class saw TOP Photon driver Stephan Helbach take the TQ spot ahead of Xray racer Michael Koch in 2nd and another TOP, that of Florian Hauser, taking 3rd spot. The first final saw a good start for the pole man but he made a mistake further into the race and this allowed Michael to pass him and take the win. Making up for the mistake in the first leg, Stephan led from pole position and with no mistakes could take the win. This set up a showdown for the overall win in the 3rd leg and while Stephan got away cleanly, Michael was able to make the pass and could take the win and along with it the overall victory, with Stephan settling for 2nd, while Michel Grosjean took the 3rd spot. Florian Hauser made a very good race, was very fast but some mistakes cost him a secure 3rd position but he was able to secure the Junior title with 4th place.

Source: HS Online Distribution [hsonlinedistribution.com]

November 2, 2009

Lostallo 2009 – Ray Wood’s DVD now available

Ray Wood has released his long awaited ‘Lostallo 2009’ World Championships DVD. Featuring 120 minutes of high adrenaline on road racing action from the largest RC track in the world, Lostallo in Switzerland. The best drivers in the world were in attendance, Bertin, Collari, Pietsch, Swauger, Fantini, Cristiani, if you were a 1/8th ‘great’ then you were there. Including 7 days of race coverage together with beautiful scenery and racing of the highest caliber with multi camera coverage of the entire 60 minute Main Final as well as new super slow motion cam used for some amazing footage. All in awesome widescreen.

View a preview and order now at www.raywoodrcvideos.com.

November 1, 2009

Ronald Volker wins Japanese National title

The annual Japanese Touring car national race took place this year at the Kawaba RC Plaza in the centre of Japan to the North west of Tokyo in a city called Gunma. This outdoor track has played was a real challenge for the competitors and luckily the weather stayed dry for the weekend, unlike last weekends 1/8th buggy Nats. Making an appearance in the Super Expert class, coming all the way from Germany, was World Vice Champion Ronald Volker racing for his Japanese sponsors Yokomo. In qualifying it was Yokomo driver Takehiro Yamauchi that stuck it on pole ahead of Volker in 2nd with Hayato Matsuzaki making it three Yokomos at the front. In the 3 leg finals Ronald was able to make a clean pass on Yamauchi in both the first and 2nd final to take 2 wins and sew up the title with 1 leg spare. Takehiro would claim the runner spot, and highest place Japanese driver, with Matsuzaki taking 3rd. Ronald becomes the 2nd German to win the Japanese National title after World Champion Marc Rheinard took the win back in 2007.

Image: Xenon [xenon.ne.jp]

October 31, 2009

2010 IFMAR 10th & 12th EP Worlds moved to Germany

News coming out of the EFRA AGM that is taking place this weekend in Brussels, is that the 2010 IFMAR World Championships for 1/10th and 1/12th scale, that was originally planned to be in South Africa will now be held in Germany. The MAC Burgdorf club won the vote to hold the event and will now see it play host to some of the best drivers in the World next summer. Other dates that seem to be settled are the 2011 European A Championships for 1/8th off road will be held in Sand, Germany, while the 1/8th Track Euros will return to Luxembourg in 2011, after previously having had this event in 2004. We will bring you more updates as we get them.

October 30, 2009

Wayne Joelson is South African Champion

We received word from Wayne Joelson that he is the South African Driver’s Champion for 2009. The combination of Mugen Seiki MRX4X, Novarossi Flash .21 and Matrix Tires ensured Wayne won all three National events of the year in the famous Grand Prix city of East London, the coastal city of Durban & the final race in Johannesburg. Wayne was also victorious at the recent international event, The African Cup, held near the capital city of Pretoria. The 1 hour final is the longest and most grueling race in Africa, a race Wayne also won in 2007 & 2008. To complete a great year Wayne also represented South Africa at the IFMAR World Championship held in Lostallo, Switzerland. A 6th place position in the Quarter Finals resulted in 32nd place overall.

October 29, 2009

Guinness Certifies Nic Case’s Speed Record

Nic and his extended Schumacher Mi3.5 Streamliner took their place in the Guinness book of Records with his record breaking run (260.32 km/h) at the ISC Speed Run event in Rockingham NC last fall. This official certification comes just weeks before Nic and his extended Schumacher Mi3.5 will campaign again at the ISC’s Ultimate Speed Run at the Auto Club Dragway in Fontana CA. The Schumacher speed team will also feature Jerome Head with his Mi3.5 Race, and Shawn Palmer with his Mi3.5 Race and Mi4 entries.

Nic is very precise and complete in his preparation efforts, and his energy along with an encyclopedia of publicly shared speed running information has the Schumacher team running with a high level of excited anticipation for this event. And at the speeds we’re shooting for, the quality, precision and consistency of our Schumacher cars give us a huge competitive edge. – Schumacher USA Sales Manager Shawn Palmer

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

October 29, 2009

Ryan Maifield cleans up at 2009 SIGP

Competiton Hobbies in Tucson, Arizona considered one of the best facilities for R/C in the World, held the annual Southwest Indoor Grand Prix over the weekend of October 24-25. JConcepts driver Ryan Maifield utilizing the JConcepts orange Bar Codes in his Associated chassis’ TQ’d and won both the 2wd modified and 4wd modified classes in convincing fashion.

Source: JConcepts [jconceptsracing.net]

October 29, 2009

Czech Grand Prix – Entry still open

International touring car racer Michal Bok, who is one of the organisers of the Czech GP that takes place from the 6th to the 8th of November, has been in contact to let us know that entries for this race are still open. Having already attracted racers from all over the region as well as further afield, with multiple European Championship finalist Steen Graversen from Denmark set to make his Tamiya debut at this race, you too can still take part. In view of the fact that the third round of the Euro Touring Series will take place at the same venue in late January they have adjusted the rules in a such way that this event could also become a warm-up for the ETS race and consequently they are going to use Xenon Max 32 tyres for all classes and Speed Passion Competition 3.0 13,5T motors for the Pro Stock class.

For more information about the Czech GP, and how to enter, visit the event site here.