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May 5, 2008

Rick V wins Dutch 8th Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the Dutch 1/8th scale Nationals took place last weekend at the Groningen track in the north of the country under sunny and dry conditions. Qualifying saw Mugen racer Rick V. take the pole postion from Daniel vd Drift in 2nd and John Ermen in 3rd. In the final Rick V. once again had the pace and could build up a lead over eventual runner up John Ermen with Rick Veenma taking the final podium spot. In the Nomac class it was strong performance by Jordy Blok who took the win in front of Jefrey Rietveld in the 2nd spot and Dennis van Lammeren in 3rd.

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May 5, 2008

Russian EP off road Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Russian electric off road Cup was run recently at the MRCmodels carpet track in Moscow. The first outdoor buggy event of the year, the race took place under good conditions and in the 2wd buggy class it was Dmitry Malyshko that look the win from his TQ, driving an AE RC10B4. Volkov Konstantin starting the final from 5th position and ended the race as runner up, while Plahotnik Ilya was 3rd. In the 4wd buggy it was again Malyshko Dmitry heading home a JConcepts 1-2-3 with Spiridonov Victor in 2nd and Larkin Roman, who was TQ, in 3rd. In the Stadium Truck, Golushko Alex took the win from TQ with Shpilev Lev in 2nd and Miheev Anton in 3rd. This years off road Cup will visit three different tracks, MRCmodels in Moscow, RC2 in Moscow and V2 Off-road in Chulkovo with the next round taking place on June 1st.

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May 3, 2008

Günsel wins German Regional Rd4

Thomas Günsel wins German Regional Rd4

The fourth round of the German 1/10th 200mm Championship took place in Nürnberg last weekend and in qualifying it was Xray NT1 racer Thomas Günsel that took the TQ, also setting a new lap record. At the start of the final, pole man Günsel and his team mate Dirk Wischnewski both had engine problems forcing Dirk to retire and dropping Thomas back to 5th, 2 laps down on early leader Michalel Heinrich. Thomas managed to catch the leader and with 7 minutes to go, took the lead and with it the win, finishing with Heinrich in 2nd and Christoph Pietsch in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 2, 2008

Gonzalez wins Barceloneta RCS race

Gonzalez win Barceloneta RCS opening race

We received a brief race report from the opening of the newly resurfaced Barceloneta RC Speedway that now features a new larger layout. Kyosho team driver Geovannie Gonzalez took the TQ spot by 7 seconds, but unfortunately the rain came down before the finals and the race was cancelled, so the results were taken from qualifying giving Gonzalez the win ahead of Team Magic racer Miguel Daumont in 2nd place, while 3rd place went to Xray driver Fernando Mendez.

Barceloneta RC Speedway in Puerto Rico will host the CopaLatina race on July 18th, 19th & 20th, go here for more information.

May 2, 2008

European Touring Series – Round 4

ETS Series

4For the 4th and final round of the 2007/2008 Much More backed European Touring Series, the action moves to Germany and the Andernach track, close to Koblenz in the West of the country on the 27th – 29th of June. The organisers wanted to end this inaugural season with a big celebration, so as per the usual format, the racing will be open for Modified and Pro Stock classes, and this will be the main event, but as a sideshow and to create a relaxed party atmosphere there will be some side events for the competitors such as cage soccer or beach volleyball, or both. Along with having the best drivers from Europe participating, they are also expecting to have former World Champion Atsushi Hara as well as country mate Shin Adachi from Japan in attendance, and from the USA they are hoping to have top racer Paul LeMieux competing.

Andernach, Germany

Pro Stock racers will receive the Speed Passion 9.5 Ultra Sportsman brushless motor included in their entry fee as well as 1 set of Much More control tires and a t-shirt, while Modified racers will also get the t-shirt as well as 2 sets of control tires. Entry closes on the 25th of June, but as a bonus for those that pay their entry fees prior to the 1st of June they will receive a great goodie bag containing lots of freebies from the event sponsors. As always the legendary Scotty Ernst will be doing the commentary, BBK will be handling the timing and Red RC will be reporting live from the event.

For more information about the event and where it takes place go to the Series page on our site here.

Racers can enter round 4 of the ETS by going to rcracecontrol.com.

May 2, 2008

Tebo takes Gas Truck National Title

This year’s ROAR Gas Truck National Championship was held at the world-famous Nitro Pit facility just outside of Phoenix, AZ. Attendance was a bit low for this event; however, most of the top U.S. drivers showed up to contest the National titles up for grabs. Team Associated’s Jared Tebo led the field in qualifying, taking the TQ position in the Gas Truck category. Tebo, the 4-time defending National Champion, got off to a rough start at the beginning of the 45-minute main event that gave Associated teammates Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri an advantage. With a four-second lead just over six minutes into the event, Maifield bobbled and sat upside down long enough to experience a flameout that he could never fully recover from. This handed the lead over to Mike Truhe who was being hounded by Jared Tebo and Ryan Cavalieri. As the wind picked up, the jumps became treacherous for the light vehicles and Cavalieri dropped back while Tebo and Truhe battled for the race lead. With approximately ten minutes left in the main event, Tebo took over the lead and held off the hard charging Truhe to claim his fifth consecutive Gas Truck ROAR National Championship.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

May 1, 2008

Daily News Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> NT1 wins the Cyprus Championship R5 – Link [teamxray.com]
> The 4th installment of the JQ Column – Link [neobuggy.com]
> S400 takes 1-2-3 in BRCA Opener – Link [serpent.com]
> TaeWan Kim wins Banwal Championship Race – Link [teamxray.com]
> Truck success for Serpent at Cotswold – Link [serpent.com]

Entry is open for ETS Rd4 in Germany, June 27th-29th

May 1, 2008

Buenos Aires Metropolitan Champs

Round 2 of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Championship 1/8 circuit took place at “Hernan Matticoli track” last weekend, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This new track, which was built two months ago, is considered to be one of the best tracks in South America. Sebastián Recio, the Argentine Sirio and Kyosho pilot, took the pole position followed by team mate Juan Pablo Glovic in 2nd place. The race followed the same pattern as qualifying and in the end the win went to Recio, while Glovic took 2nd with 3rd place going to Adrián Frigerio.