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September 28, 2010

Villegas wins in Madrid, Cabezas wins title

The last round of the Spanish 1/8th National Championship was held in ARCA track, near Madrid last Sunday. The main candidates for the overall title were Carlos Peracho and Nacho López after previous race in Valladolid where Oscar lost most of the chance due to an inopportune belt breaking while he was leading the race. So Oscar had to win the race and expect his main rivals to finish below 4th. Oscar Cabezas was top qualifier in the 4 rounds, follwed by main rivals, Carlos Peracho and Nacho López.

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September 28, 2010

Okonski & Zeljas take Polish titles

Last weekend the Polish nitro on-road championships took place in the small city of Pacanow. Good weather all weekend made for a nice atmosphere between drivers and so it was a good event for everyone. In the 1/10th scale class it was Serpent driver Robert Okonski that took the title ahead of the Shepherd pairing of Blazej Orlowski and Robert Motyl in 2nd and 3rd. The 1/8th scale title went to Rafal Zeljas in front of his Shepherd team mate Marcin Marczyk, with Serpent racer Norbert Rekawek completing the podium.

View the 1/8th podium here

September 27, 2010

Robert Pietsch & Klaus Lechner take German titles

Robert Pietsch has become German Champion in the 1/8 nitro class 1 category. With this success the Mugen factory driver has given the new MRX5 chassis, which at long last will hit the market in the next few days, a second title following the European Championship in Italy three months ago. German Champion in class 2 was Klaus Lechner racing a Serpent 966.

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September 27, 2010

Sandro Sammarini wins Trofeo Max Power Sprint

The Trofeo Max Power Sprint took place last weekend at the Riccione track in the east of the country, close to San Marino. Qualifying saw Serpent/Max driver Sandro Sammarini fastest, who along with team mate Alessandro Bracci, were the only two drivers to record 27 laps. In the finals it was again Sandro who was the fastest, never relinquishing the lead on the way to the win with a 4 lap margin. Behind there was a close battle between Bracci and Manuel Tordi, but by the end it was Bracci who would take the runner up spot, 1 lap ahead of Tordi in 3rd.

Source: RRR [roadracericcione.com]

September 27, 2010

Chris Kerswell joins Serpent

Serpent have confirmed that current European 1/12th scale Stock Champion Chris Kerswell has joined their team for the 2010/11 season to run the company’s S120L car. Having won his European title with the V-Dezign car in the UK earlier this year, Chris is aiming to defend his title at next years Euros as well as compete at the British nationals as well as the Ardent Raceway winter series and selected EPS series races. He had the following to say:

Serpent cars have always been well designed and engineered. The S120L has looked good at every meeting I’ve seen it at and with more developments already in the pipeline it was an obvious choice.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 27, 2010

Patrick Belltrallo takes title with Rd6 win in Luxembourg

The 6th round of the Luxembourg 1/8th scale nationals was held last weekend on the fast LMCC track. Qualifying was hit with rain and the first tree rounds took place in wet conditions, with the 4th round run in dry conditions so this would be important for the grid position. It was Patrick Belltrallo who took the pole position in front of Dirk Richard, Tom Maquel, Christophe Deliege, Jacques Libar, Laurent Libar an Jerome Hirtziger. The 30-minute main final saw Motonica racer Patrick Belltrallo cross the finishing line in first position, followed by team mate Tom Maquel in 2nd and Jacques Libar with a Serpent in 3rd. With this result, Patrick Belltrallo was crowned the Luxembourg 1/8th scale national Champion for 2010.

Thanks to Raymond Libar for the report.

September 26, 2010

Ronald Volker retains Japanese National title

The JMRCA Japanese electric touring car nationals took place this weekend at the Ichirino RC Plaza to the East of Tokyo. Weather was mixed over the course of the event and after 7 rounds of qualifying in the Super Expert class it was 1/12th scale World Champion Naoto Matsukura that took the TQ spot ahead of reigning Japanese and European Champion Ronald Volker in 2nd, with Takehiro Yamauchi in 3rd. In the finals, it was Volker who surged through to the front to take the win in both leg 1 and 2 to retain his Japanese title, with fellow Yokomo driver Daisuke Yoshioka taking 2nd place and young Xray driver Takayuki Inoue coming through from 7th spot on the grid to take 3rd overall. In the Open class it was a win from pole position for Akio Sobue, winning for the first 2 legs of the 3 leg finals to win the title with one leg left. Masayuki Kawata took 2nd spot ahead of Satoru Takagi in 3rd.

Click here for the open class podium

September 26, 2010

Belgian Nats win for Stockman & Vekemans in Rd7

The 7th round of the Belgian electric touring car nationals was in Roeselare last weekend at the very fast RCR track. Qualifying was hit with rain and the first two rounds took place in wet conditions, with the 3rd round run in dry conditions and this would be important for the grid position. In the EFRA class it was Olivier Bultynck who took the pole in front of Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens, Rico Claeys and Nicolas Delise. Leg 1 saw Olivier Bultynck out after only 2 laps, and so it was Stockman that tool the win ahead of Nick and Rico. No problems for Olivier in leg 2 and he went on to win from Nick in 2nd and would set up the 3rd leg as the decider. In leg 3 the Olivier took off in the lead followed by Nick Joosens but the pair touched on lap 9 leaving Stockman through to the lead where he would win and take the overall in front of Nick Joosens in 2nd and Rico Claeys in 3rd. In the Superstock class it was another dominant performance by Geoffrey Vekemans who won from the pole position once more finishing in front of Pasquinel Neys in 2nd and Werner Broeckx in 3rd place. The Stock class was taken by Michel Mahieu, with Michel Robijn 2nd and Christophe Couckhuyt 3rd.

View the other class podiums here