November 26, 2008

Cris Careca wins Paulista Mod Champs

We received a report from the final race of the Paulista Modified Championships in Brazil, which saw a closely fought battle between Cris Careca and Marcos Mayer. The first 3 finals saw the win going to 3 different drivers Cris Careca, Cesar Salvadori and Felipe Franceschi. In the last final, Cris Careca and Felipe Franceschi opened up a gap from Cesar Salvadori and Marcos Mayer, and with the Championship still open, the tension among the pilots was visible. Felipe Franceschi had problems with his car and had to retire leaving Cris to hold on for the win despite having some technical problems, to also wrap up the Championship from Marcos Mayer.

Thanks to Adalberto Neri for the report.

November 25, 2008

Drake & Nevin take Buggy wins at KFC

We have already heard about the truggy class at last weekends Kyosho Fall Classic, held at Revelation Raceway, but Adam Drake got in touch to fill us in about the buggy classes. The expert buggy class saw the TQ spot go to Associated driver Ryan Cavalieri but a dropped plug in the race allowed The Drake to take a clear lead and the win, by 1 lap from O’Donnell driver Steven Hartson, while Jim Pierce placed his Losi 8ight on the final podium step, taking 3rd. In the amateur buggy class it was Losi racer Chad Nevin that took the TQ spot, which he converted into the win, beating out his team mate Robert Wickham by 8 seconds, who took the runner up spot.

November 25, 2008

Hupo Honigl wins 2008 Offroad Meeting

This years Offroad Meeting, the annual Italian buggy and truggy race, took place this year for the first time indoors. Attended by a number of top international racers such as Borja Hernandez, Jerome Aigoin, Richi Gomez, Hupo Honigl, Fabio Boero, Davide Tortorici & Riccardo Rabitti, the buggy class was TQ’d by Kyosho racer Aigoin. The race itself, which by the look on the Hupo’s face was run in cold conditions, saw the Austrian LRP driver take the win by a lap in front of the Kyosho pairing of Fabrizio Teghesi and Jerome Aigoin in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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November 24, 2008

Ryan Cavalieri Leads RC8T sweep

Team Associated have sent us a report on last weekend’s Kyosho Fall Classic, hosted by Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA, which brought out a good mix of entrants and a fully stacked 14 heats of competition. Ryan Cavalieri took the TQ spot in both 1/8th truggy and 1/8th buggy with his RC8T and RC8 while also taking the TQ of their respective divisions were Scott Wagner in intermediate truggy and Chester Hoover in beginner truggy. Having already taken the TQ and victory for the RC8T in the beginner and intermediate Truggy classes with Hoover and Wagner, Cavalieri was primed to take the sweep for Team Associated. A rough start gave Levi Jackson the lead, however a few hero laps from Cavalieri brought him up to Jackson’s rear bumper and right by as Jackson bobbled on the triple. Never backing down his pace, Cavalieri went on to secure the sweep for the Team Associated RC8T.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

November 24, 2008

Levi Jackson moves to O’Donnell

Front running US off road racer, Levi Jackson, sent us a statement concerning his impending move from Kyosho, for whom he has run for 3 years, to new sponsor O’Donnell.

This past weekend at the Kyosho Fall Classic was a bittersweet weekend for me and my Dad! Both of my Kyosho vehicles were awesome as always! Finished 6th in buggy and 2nd in truck, that was the great part of the weekend. Here is the Tough part, this was the last race running as a Team driver for the Red Army. I have great opportunity to run for another rc car company with my debut race at Thunder Alley for the Toys for Tots race December 6th.

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November 24, 2008

Oscar Cabezas joins Novarossi team

Multiple Spanish National Champion Oscar Cabezas has signed for Novarossi. Leaving behind a successful run with Mega engines, the 1/8th European Championship direct qualifier, will use the Italian company’s engines to power his 1/8th scale chassis, the class he will focus on in the build up to the World Championships held next year in Lostallo, Switzerland.

Source: JB TRC Racing [jbtrcracing.com]

November 23, 2008

PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup Finals

Reflex Racing were in touch to tell us about their success at the recent PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup Finals in Las Vegas. 1/28 scale racing continues to grow around the world, and with this event very well attended, the Reflex International Team managed to score at least one podium in every class with their team drivers Jacob Feinstein and Lex Tyler sweeping the 2WD classes. Check out the Reflex Racing site for a full report and videos from most of the A-mains.

Source: Reflex Racing [reflexracing.net]

November 21, 2008

Team Orion confirm Stefan Hanauer

Team Orion have officially confirmed that current German National Champion Stefan Hanauer has joined their team, debuting with his new equipment already back in October. Having used RB products since 2004 he has now joined the Swiss team which is led by former World Champion Adrien Bertin. Stefan is well known for his experience on national and international level and will use the latest Team Orion products in his Kyosho Evolva M3. In close collaboration with designer Adrien Bertin and top Orion driver Ilia van Gastel, they will focus on next years World Championship on the company’s home turf in Lostallo, Switzerland.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

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