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July 8, 2009

Yannick Aigoin tops first timed practice

Yannick Aigoin is the pace setter here in Austria after the first full round of timed practice followed by another former European Champion Miguel Matias. Aigoin described the run as OK but he would like more steering on his Losi and will try a lighter oil in his front diff for the final timed practice. Portuguese ace Matias, who briefly topped the time sheets having knocked Jerome Aigoin from the No.1 spot, said he was pleased with his Ninja powered GS Racing CLX which is a completely different car to that which he used at the Warm Up.

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July 8, 2009

Adam Skelding joins Team Durango

Team Durango UK have announced the appointment of Adam Skelding as the Team Driver’s Manager for Team Durango UK. Adam has many years’ experience in RC racing and engineering and he will be a valuable asset to the team. Adam will be attending all of the remaining national events in the UK, and will welcome any questions you may have about Team Durango.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

July 8, 2009

Jerome Aigoin sets early Euros practice pace

Practice 2, which is being timed over 5 minutes is underway and it is French driver Jerome Aigoin with his Kyosho/Sirio combination who has set the early over defending Champion Renaud Savoya. Aigoin, who completed 7 laps in 5:29.506, said his Inferno MP9 was working well and other than changing from the soft compound AKA Cityblock tyre to the medium version he will leave the car as is for the next run.

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July 8, 2009

Nydegger takes Rd4 in Switzerland

Last weekend saw the 4th round of the Swiss 1/8th scale Nationals held in Sitterdorf. A nice track with little grip, it was Shasa Lackner who started of fastest in qualifying, taking the first 2 rounds and setting a new lap record of 14.404, and the only one doing 29 laps in 7mins. In the third round Marco Mueller took the pole position away from him and in the last round, Mattia Pesenti took 3rd with a 29 Lap wun with a new lap record of 14.402.

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July 8, 2009

Logie & Bultynck win Belgian Nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Belgian Championships went to the marvellous Marchienne-au-Pont track, near Charleroi, with sunny weather greeting the drivers for most of the two days. In the Superstock class it was Nick Logie who won in the first two qualifications and took pole, followed by championship leaderGeoffrey Vekemans with Marc Tebaldi in 3rd. The first final was a walk over for Nick Logie, despite making a little mistake he could take victory in front of Marc Tebaldi and Renaud Gysemberg. The second final was very close with Nick taking over the lead closely followed by Marc Tebaldi with the pair battling till the end with Nick winning once again. The third final, which was not necessary for Nick who had already wrapped up the overall, saw him make a little mistake that allowed Marc Tebaldi to take the lead and go on to win in front of Stephane Roufosse and Nick Logie. Nick Logie was overall winner in front of Marc Tebaldi and Renaud Gysemberg.

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July 7, 2009

Rain returns causing Euros practice to be cut short

It was like a scene from Wimbledon as club staff ran across the track with huge covers here in Austria as the forecast rain arrived early causing race officials to postone practice for groups 13, 14 and 15 til the morning. Some of the big names in the postponed groups included 2004 World Champion Guillaume Vray, quick Czech Martin Bayer, Italian Riccardo Perin, Bergonzoni factory driver Raul Peris and reigning European Junior Champion Elliot Boots.

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July 7, 2009

Team Epic Dual 1600 packs for mini Slash

Team Epic have released this pair of two hi-end Intellect 1600mAh NiMH battery packs for the Traxxas mini Slash and mini Revo. Higher capacity than stock packs for longer run times the 2 packs allow more run time as you can charge one while running the other or run both at the same time with the optional Traxxas dual pack adapter for 14.4 volts of super power. The packs come pre wired with Traxxas connectors so they are true plug and play.

Source: Team Epic [teamepiconline.com]

July 7, 2009

Steven Weiss wins German Regionals Rd1

The first qualification round for the German Championship, middle and west division, was held at the Motodrom Raceway in Andernach last weekend. There were 57 racers entered for the race, with 17 in the Modified class including Marc and Toni Rheinard, Marc Fischer, Yannik Prümper and Steven Weis, and 40 in the Stock class. The conditions were very good for this race and following qualifying it was Team Xray driver Steven Weiss who won 3 of the 4 Heats to take the Pole Position in the Modified class. In the A final Steven Weiss continued his domination, taking two straight wins to take the overall win ahead of the Tamiya Driver Yannik Prümper and Corally Driver Marc Fischer.

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