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May 9, 2009

Schumacher Indoor Winter Series season review

Winter was creeping up on us very quickly after a great summer outdoors a few of the Newbury RC club members put a suggestion forward for there to be some Indoor off-road racing on the Fridays the touring cars were not racing, this seemed like a great idea to the committee. With great enthusiasm Richard Saunders one of the clubs off roaders took him self off to MK-RACING to talk to Marc Knight the owner about how we could get some support in the way of prizes, after some pulling of strings Marc At MK Racing managed to get some tyres from Schumacher Racing and put in a few sets him self giving the club 12 sets of Schumacher mini pin tyres to give out as raffle prizes. The Schumacher indoor winter series was born.

May 8, 2009

Christian Wurst to use LMI Racing products

LMI Racing have agreed a deal with Christian Wurst to use their products for the 2009 season, including the new Blitz R09 body shell. The former European ‘B’ Champion, who races for Motonica, will this year compete in the West German Regional races as well as International races too, competing at the European ‘B’ Championship in Cassino, Italy as well as the World Championship in Lostalla, Switzerland.

Source: LMI Racing [lmi-racing.com]

May 8, 2009

Valentino Rossi catches the RC bug

It seems that Moto GP World Champion Valentino Rossi has gotten the RC car bug and was once again spotted at the Riccione track in Italy yesterday, following 2 previous reports last month. Fresh from his win in Jerez at the Spanish Grand Prix, the ‘Doctor’ got his hands on his Max powered Serpent 966, with help from none other than 2 former European Champions Massimo ‘Max’ Fantini and Fabio Domanin as well as Vice World Champion Andrea Cristiani. Stefano Armagni, Denis Pazzaglini and Pasquale, the regular pit man of Fantini, were all on hand to ensure that the car was working well. Perhaps we may see Valentino at some up coming races, if his schedule allows it.

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May 7, 2009

Team Durango success at German Regional races

Team Durango have been in touch to tell us about their latest race victories of the soon to be released DEX410 4WD electric buggy. As reported earlier this week they not only won the 4WD Stock class at last weekends North German regional race in Burgdorf but also finished first and second on the Potsdam race track near Berlin. Durango designer Gerd Strenge finished second in the Modified class while TD team driver Mirko Morgenstern secured himself the race win in the East German regional race. Both used Speed Passion motors, speedos and LiPo batteries to power their rides. In the South of Germany Team Durango team driver Martin Achter won on the very competitive 4WD Modified class over Ralf Missel and Bernhard Bachmann. All of them used the pre-production prototype of the DEX410 buggy who is undergoing the final testing stages as we type.

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May 7, 2009

LRP Micro Madness Report

Last weekend saw the inaugural running of ‘LRP Micro Madness’. This new event on the micro off road calendar took place at the popular High Wycombe club, which features a permanent track and pitting area inside a converted warehouse unit in Buckinghamshire, UK. The event was sponsored by SMD and LRP and attracted a healthy entry of 46 drivers. Most of the UK’s top micro off road drivers were in attendance including the top 3 drivers from the 2008/9 BRCA nationals.

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May 6, 2009

Adam Drake drops in on Novarossi

Novarossi were in touch to tell us that yesterday they had a visit from one of USA’s finest off-road drivers, Adam Drake, who dropped by after the Astra Nitro Cross race. During his stay at the Novarossi World S.r.l. headquarters, The Drake discussed many subjects with the Rossi/Barchi family and also received a private tour around the factory by its founder, Cesare Rossi. Afterwards Adam was visibly impressed by the effort and time that goes into making high end competition engines.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

May 6, 2009

Adrien Bertin makes it 3 from 3 in France

The 3rd round of the French 1/8th scale National Championship took place in Evry at the MRTE track near Paris. Nice weather greeted the 62 drivers in attendance and following qualifying it was winner of the first 2 rounds, Adrien Bertin who tool pole in the Elite class ahead of Stéphane Bouche in 2nd, while in the National class Gérald Colinet was the man to beat in front of Jérémy Becht. In the 45 minute Elite final the front pair took off ahead of the rest of the field, but a mistake in the chicane by Bouche saw him crash shifting the engine and in doing so damaging the gears, he would rejoin but way down the order. Meanwhile Adrien stormed ahead at the front to take his 3rd win in a row, 2 laps ahead of Romain Picard in 2nd and Stéphane Riccobono in 3rd. In the National class Damien Thirion got through to the front and was never challenged, winning by a lap from Serpent team mate Gérald Colinet in 2nd, with Jèrome Berthelot taking 3rd, 2 laps back.

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May 6, 2009

GP 2009 IC Sweden – Announcement

The organisers of the this years Swedish 1/10th scale EFRA GP that takes place in Göteborg, have contacted us to help announce the event. The race will take place on the 3rd to 5th of July this year and will be held on the Väst-8 track, hosts of next years European Championship for the same class. Run of course to EFRA rules, the event is open to a maximum of 120 drivers and you can register, as well as find more information about the race, on the official event site here.