October 22, 2008

Flavio Elias is Brazilian 1/8th Champion

Flavio Elias is the 2008 Brazilian 1:8 Champion after he dominated the final round of the national championship over the weekend with record breaking performance driving his Serpent 960 08. Having just signed for Team Serpent Brazil, Elias was immmediately able to set a blistering pace in qualifying, TQ’ing the event with a record run of 19 laps in 5:09.437. Also setting a new outright track record with a lap time of 15.788 over the weekend, in the final Elias set yet another new record putting in 158 laps in 45:10.357 on his way to victory.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 22, 2008

Ian Haley joins VP Pro Racing

VP Pro Racing have announced that Xray factory driver Ian Haley from Australia has joined the VP Pro International Team. VP Pro are proud that Ian has decided to join their team, putting trust in their products, trust which is already paying off with Ian using his new tires to win the recent 2008 Proline Championships in Sydney.

Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]

October 22, 2008

Alex Cucalon wins Ecuadorian Nationals

The Copa Gobierno Provincial el Oro, or Ecuadorian Nationals, took place recently in Machala el Oro Ecuador and 40 drivers from around the country gathered at this technical track where engine performance and setup is very important. Qualifying saw Kyosho driver Pablo Saltiveri that the pole position but in the race it was Mugen driver Alex Cucalon that won by 2 laps from team mates Geovani Schweitzer in 2nd and Jorge Cucalon in 3rd.

October 21, 2008

Drake & Fischer win Horizon Shootout

The 2008 Horizon Hobby Shootout was run recently at the JTec Racing and Fun facility in Tilton IL. In 1/8th Buggy it was Losi driver Mike Truhe that took the TQ but problems in the final allowed Adam Drake to take the win from Billy Fischer in 2nd and Josh Stough in 3rd. In the truggy class it was a clean sweep for the Drake, taking the TQ and win from Truhe in 2nd and Derek Weatherholt in 3rd. Raced on the dirt oval track, Billy Fischer too the win win in the 1/8th Late Model Dirt Oval class ahead of class TQ Adam Drake with Lee Morrison taking 3rd.

October 21, 2008

DHI Cup 2009 – Entry opens tomorrow

Modified Class Podium

The organizers of the 2009 DHI Cup have once more been in touch to remind everyone that entry for this fantastic event will begin at 20:00 GMT (21:00 CET) on the 22nd of October (tomorrow). Taking place on the 9th to 11th of January in the same venue as last year, the Sport Arena in Odense, Denmark, this race is a must for all serious electric racers. This year modified class drivers will get 2 sets of controlled tires, while in Super Stock the drivers get 1 set of control tires and a handout GM brushless 9.5T motor. The control tire is Sorex28A with JB Foam inserts mounted on GM wheels. The Super Stock class has a limit of 100 drivers while in Modified it is 120 drivers, so be sure to get your entry in early to avoid disappointment.

Event site can be found here, while the entry page is here.

October 21, 2008

3 Amigos win Swiss Team Champs

The large and fast Lostallo track in Switzerland played host to a fun team race for 1/8th scale gas recently. The race would be run over an hour and a half and would comprise of teams of 3 drivers. The race was won by the 3 Amigos team that consisted of Shasa Lackner, Tom Knorn and Roland Slaepfer, ending the race 7 laps ahead of the 2nd placed team Ticino Express who had Mattia Pesenti, Erol Sehirtoy and current Champion Marco Müller.

October 21, 2008

Lars Hoppe wins German North Rd2

The 2nd round of the North German qualification regionals took place recently at the Munster track and it saw 23 drivers in attendance. Qualification saw Kyosho team driver Lars Hoppe take the pole from the Serpent drivers Merlin Depta, Lennert Skomia and Jürgen Hennemuth. In the race the positions of the top 3 never changed and Lars could take the win from Depta in 2nd and Skomia 3rd.

October 20, 2008

Ryan Cavalieri wins JBRL Truggy Rd7

Held at one of the most popular club racing facilities in the nation, Revelation Raceway hosted the 7th round of the JBRL Nitro Offroad series. Just shy of the TQ, Ryan Cavalieri started 2nd in the main event behind Kyosho’s Ryan Lutz. It was clear at the beginning of the race that it would come down to these two drivers as they steadily pulled away from the rest of the field. Lutz set a quick first few laps and opened up 3-4 seconds on Cavalieri but as the laps wore down, Cavalieri began to eat in to the lead and with 6 minutes down was less than 2 seconds behind the full-punched Lutz. Just last week at the R/C Pro West Round #3, also held at Rev Raceway, Lutz and Cavalieri battled it out in Truggy with Lutz taking the victory.  This time the tides would turn. An unfortunate engine breakage forced Lutz out of the race just before his first pit stop and this gave Cavalieri a 10 second cushion over Cody King and with such a large lead, Ryan’s pit guy chose to make two pit stops in the 15 minute final. As the time wore down, King stayed within 10 seconds of the lead and as Cavalieri came in for a quick splash and go at the 13 minute mark Cavalieri retained the lead and held off King for the win, with Adam Drake taking 3rd.

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