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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.

May 6, 2009

Rick V wins Dutch 1/8th NK Rd2

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Dutch championship run, this time it was on the very bumpy track of REAL80 in the far north of Holland, in Groningen. The first laps of training on Friday showed high wear on the tires but during the weekend a layer of rubber was put down which helped reduce the wear. The weather forecast was not looking good, with rain predicted n finals day and so people had to take care with the possibility of rain. On Sunday the first 2 rounds of qualification were in good weather conditions but after wards it started to rain but during the sub finals the rain stopped and during the first main final of the day the track was drying up. In the NK class it was round 1 winner Rick V taking the pole with a stunning 22 laps in 5:16.456 followed by Jordy Block, Rik Veenma and Daniel vd Drift. In the final which took place on a dry track, it was again RickV taking the lead until the finish of the race finishing 2 laps ahead of Rik Veenma while on 3rd spot was Arie Manten.

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May 6, 2009

Martin Christensen joins Capricorn team

Martin Christensen, former European and Nordic Champion as well as multiple Danish Champion, has been announced as a new addition to Team Capricorn. Eagerly looking forward to racing the company’s new engines and fuel, Martin’s credentials, personality, and drive to win made him an obvious choice to bring Capricorn the wins at nitro tracks around the world. Martin used Sirio engines in previous seasons.

Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]

May 5, 2009

Luxembourg EFRA GP / Euros Warm-up race

The organisers of the 2009 Luxembourg EFRA GP for electric touring car, the official Euros Warmup race, have been in contact to promote the event. Taking place on the 26th to 28th of June, 2 weeks after the previously mentioned International race, the event will be run as per EFRA rules. You will have the possibility by prior reservation to get ‘EC’ tyres at the track, but as there will only be a limited quantity, please use the registration form to make the reservation. Also note that due to paddock limitations the number of drivers for the GP is limited to 100 and drivers with an international EFRA license take precedence over non-EFRA licensed drivers at EFRA Grand Prix in event of over subscription.

For full information visit the event site here.