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September 17, 2013

AE Cup Offroad Championship Indonesia Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of the AE Cup EP 1/10 Offroad Championship was held in Jatibening-Jakarta, Indonesia. The race attracted a total of 33 driver who battled in the buggy and short course classes. The event saw triple five minute qualification rounds and triple seven minute A mains. In the 2WD class Wuzi Sevta took the win from Kris Heriyana and Rizky while Rama Tribudiman TQ’d and won the 4WD buggy class leaving Dimaz Arianto and Reza Sumendap behind. In 2WD short course Wuzi Sevta took the TQ and win from Rama Tribudiman and Dimaz Arianto. The 4WD short course class saw Jiriel K taking the TQ and win leaving Rizky and Haviedz in second and third position respectively.

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September 17, 2013

Green & Beal win at BRCA 10th on-road nats Rd8

Green & Beal win BRCA 200m nats Rd8

Round 8 of the British 200mm nationals was held at the Snetterton circuit last weekend. The weather forecast did not look good for both Saturday and Sunday but surprisingly the field managed to get through the event with only a couple of short showers. Unfortunately the track rarely gets used throughout the year so it was very slippery when drivers arrived on Saturday morning. It was well into the afternoon before the grip came up and it was at this point where the lap times got quicker and quicker right up until the end of practice. Mark Green was setting the pace fresh from his podium finish at the European Championships by getting down to 12.4 laptimes. Serpent teammates Joe Kerry and Alex Thurston were also very quick only 0.1 seconds behind Mark. At the end Mark took the TQ just 1.5 seconds ahead of Joe, with Alex a further 2 seconds behind. These three drivers were the only ones able to make 24 laps.

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September 17, 2013

Kevin Pignotti wins Modified at Italian nationals

The Italian electric on-road nationals was held at the Gubbio track last weekend. This year the championship would be decided in a single event with about 100 participants. The race started with practice sessions on Friday followed by two timed practice sessions and three of five qualifiers on Saturday with the remaining qualifying heats and finals on Sunday. In qualifying Francesco Martini (Xray) took the overall TQ followed by Alessandro Brunelli (Serpent), Kevin Pignotti (Associated) and Diego Macchioni (Xray). A main number 1 had Alessandro Brunelli taking the win in front of top qualifier Francesco Martini while disaster struck for both drivers in leg number two when they had a coming together resulting in 7th and 8th place finishes gifting Diego Macchioni the win from Kevin Pignotti. In the last A main both Francesco and Alessandro again had average runs meaning they would not be able to fight for the title. Kevin Pignotti took the win from Alessandro and Diego handing Kevin the overall win and the 2013 Modified class title. Alessandro was able to take the runner-up spot with Diego Macchioni ending up in third place overall.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 17, 2013

Truhe & McBride win at Pro-Line Thunder Down Under

The Pro-Line Thunder Down Under race was held at the Meakin Park Raceway last weekend. Organised by the father of Kyosho’s Kyle McBride plus some other locals the event was created to bring more international drivers to Australia to come and race and start getting RC more widely known in the region. This year the race attracted TLR/Pro-Line drivers Adam Drake and Mike Truhe who traveled from the US race with the locals. Friday started off with three rounds of qualifying and it was Kyle McBride who TQ’d the first two rounds in the nitro buggy and truggy classes. In the third round Kyle came 2nd to Adam Drake who like always was able to make 10 minutes on fuel. In the fourth round of qualifying Kyle was on top of the field in both classes again, handing him the overall TQ in buggy and truggy for this event.

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September 17, 2013

Boots & Sartel win at Noeux Les Mines GP

The Noeux Les Mines GP took place in France last weekend and it was Jerome Sartel who took the TQ honours in the 1/8th E-buggy class with Elliott Boots and Arthur Airaud in second and third respectively. In the finals Elliott made a clean sweep by winning the first and second leg handing him the class win early with one heat to go. The second place went to Jerome Sartel with Emeric Pierre completing the electric buggy podium. In the nitro buggy class Elliott Boots took the TQ honours from Jon Hazlewood and Ben Williams but come the 45 minute final Elliott suffered a flame out costing him many positions. In the end it was Jerome Sartel who took the win with Elliott fighting back to second position. Jean-Patrick Sartel finished third to complete the podium.

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September 17, 2013

Rene Fischer wins RC LeMans Series Rd6

The 6th round of the RC LeMans Series took place at the MCC Rhein Ahr track in Bad Breisig, Germany. Saturday’s practice session was pretty much washed away by the weather but come Sunday the clouds and rain made way for good weather. After the qualifying heats Tim Altmann took TQ in front of Marcel Ellissen and Tobias Weist who completed the top 3. In the finals Rene Fischer, coming from fourth on the grid, shifted to overdrive taking leg 1 and 2 to take the day’s win early. The final leg went to Tobias Weist who secured the runner-up spot. Frank Büsener completed the podium. Peter Plümacher and Jochen Essl took the B-final and C-final win respectively, the fastest youngster was Phillip Paul in 12th position.

Thanks to Frank Büsener for sending the report.

September 17, 2013

Laurent Libar wins Luxembourg 1/8 on-road nats Rd5

Laurent Libar wins Luxembourg 1/8 on-road nationals Rd5

Round 5 of the Luxembourg 1/8th nitro on-road nationals took place at the LMCC track in Luxembourg. Mixed weather conditions made things interesting and it was Jacques Libar who took the pole position in front of Alexey Yaramishyan and Laurent Libar. The 30-minute main final saw the Xray driver Laurent Libar cross the finishing line in first position, followed by his brother Jacques Libar with Xray in 2nd and Patrick Beltrallo with Motonica in 3rd. With this result, Jacques Libar also took the Luxembourg 1/8th nitro on-road national title for 2013.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 17, 2013

Kyosho Ultima RT6 2wd Stadium truck

Kyosho have released images of their soon to be released Ultima RT6 2wd Stadium truck. Seen in the hands of Jared Tebo in recent months the new truck has already claimed the 2013 National title. Essentially a truck version of the new RB6 buggy the chassis is hard anodised aluminium, it allows both mid and rear motor configuration and is compatible with various types of battery packs. Rear gull wing type lower suspension arms offer efficient grip while the proven RB6 steering crank system allowing linear controls is also included. Other items included are velvet coated big bore shocks, X-Gear Ball diff grease, hi-graphite grease and shock springs.

View more images of the RT6 here