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September 21, 2009

Borja Hernandez takes Round 4 in Spain

The 4th and final round of the Spanish 1/8th scale buggy National Championship, has taken place yesterday at the Valladolid track. With the overall championship already won by Robert Batlle who won 3 from the first 3 rounds, everybody was wondering if he could make 4 from 4 in his last GRP Engine powered race. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to do it, as the final was really hotly disputed, and 4 drivers have made it to the 1st position during the race; Robert Battle who had some mechanical problems, Richi Gómez, Daniel Vega, and the winner, Borja Hernández. Carlos Pineda has completed a great weekend finishing on 2nd place, spite he has raced about half of the final race with the broken rear wing, Richi Gómez completed the podium.

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September 20, 2009

Tamiya Asia Cup 09 Finals

The Tamiya Asia Cup 09 Finals were held in Thailand last weekend, and it was a qualifying race for the Tamiya World Cup to be held in Shizuoka, Japan at a later date. In the GT 4wd World class, it was Chinese driver Wang Hai Feng that took the pole position and won the final race. Another Chinese driver JJ Wang took the TQ in Jr Stock class and proceeded to win the final.

Source: RC Fans [rcfans.com]

September 19, 2009

Copa das Americas – Announcement

The organisers of this year’s Copa das Americas, The America’s Cup, FEBARC have been in touch to promote this event for 1/8th scale and 1/10th sedan. The race is open for all drivers around the world and will take place in the capital of Brazil, Brasilia DF city, from October 30th through to November 1st. FEBARC want to invite all drivers from all countries to come to Brazil to take part in this big event which of course can be part of a bigger holiday that would include some nice places to visit, plenty of good international gastronomy, music shows, jets shows, automobile and motorcycle shows, lots of fun and of course good racing. Entry is now open and they have already confirmed World Championship runner up, and newly crowned US National Champion Mike Swauger. You can visit the official event site here.

September 19, 2009

Paul Lemieux wins Mod at 2009 IIC

The 5th annual IIC was held last week at the Riviera Hotel and Casino located at the heart of the famous Las Vegas strip. Every year the event draws competition from many different countries and this year was no different with almost 350 entries spread across all the classes. Timed qualifiers started Thursday morning and in Mod Rubber TC it was Paul Lemieux with his Xray T2’009 who TQ’d the first and second rounds, his time from round two would be enough to hold the TQ position ahead of Juho Levanen and Ronald Volker. Another Xray driver Drew Ellis took the top qualifying spot in the 13.5 Foam class. In the Modified final, Paul got the holeshot with Juho close behind, while Andy Moore had a good start and was up to 3rd. A mistake by the leader saw him drop back to 3rd, but as the top 2 battled it out Paul would make his way back to the front and go on to cruise to the victory in front of 1/12th Word Champion Naoto Matsukura in 2nd and Andy Moore taking 3rd spot. In the 13.5 Foam class Drew Ellis could take the win from fellow Xray driver Eric Anderson in 2nd and Larry Fairtrace 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 18, 2009

Claudio Souto wins Rd5 in Portugal

The 5th round of the Portuguese 1/8th scale on road nationals took place last weekend in Maia to the North of the country, close to Porto. Qualifying went the way of Motonica driver Claudio Souto, in front of Mugen driver Mario Miranda, with Pedro Praça and Ricardo Costa rounding out the top 4. In the final there was no change to the qualifying order and Souto took the win from Miranda in 2nd with Pedro Praça taking 3rd with his Motonica.

Source: R3CS [r3cs.com]

September 18, 2009

Rebellion Race / Euros Warmup registration open

Registration for this year’s Rebellion Race in Mäntsälä Finland, which doubles up as the warm up race for the European Indoor Championships, is now open. Entry is restricted to International competitors until the end of the weekend, with entry opening to National drivers on Monday. The race is limited to 110 racers only so to avoid disappointment be sure to get your entry in as soon as possible. Full information, including entry form, can be found on the new site of the event which can be accessed here.

September 17, 2009

Grainger & Bowden wins BRCA TC Season Finale

2009 saw the BRCA 1:10 electric section return to one of the longest established outdoor tracks in the UK, Mendip, this was the final round of the touring car national series and saw a victory for Chris Grainger. Chris had already secured this years title at the previous round and was under no pressure as he dominated the event with his Mi4. In qualifying Chris set pole position for the A final ahead of the Hot Bodies Cyclone of Ben Cosgrove and the Associated TC5 of Olly Jefferies. The three leg finals saw some great racing, Chris took victory in the first two legs while Ben took leg three, Olly Jefferies was second in all three legs and this left the finishing positions as Chris the winner ahead of Olly and Matt White who had a great weekend with his Schumacher Mi4. In the Pro Stock class championship leader Jon Bowden took FTD, Jon only needed a top three result to secure his title and did it in style with his Hot Bodies Cyclone, Jon won all three legs of the Pro Stock A final to be crowned 2009 Pro Stock champion, behind Jon on the day were Lee Price for Schumacher and a stunning drive from one of the UK’s young up and coming stars Zak Smith who finished third for Associated.

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September 16, 2009

Abernethy & Baird win Rd4 of Irish Nats

The fourth and final round of the Irish National 1:8 Off Road Championships took place at the Navan Nitro Nuts track last Sunday. With Losi driver Michael Todd having already secured the title with victory at the previous round in Galway from Barkley Abernethy and opting to sit out this encounter the big battle was was for third place in the championship between Derek McCloskey and Gary Baird. In qualifying it was 2008 Champion Mark Harron who took TQ honours with his Hot Bodies ahead of McCloskey’s Hong Nor and the Losi of David Curtis. In the Truggy category, the title was still up for grabs between defending champion Bradley Baird and Galway winner Christopher McCauley. Driving his Losi it was McCauley who got the upper hand in qualifying to take the TQ honours while Baird’s Xray would line up fourth.

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