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September 30, 2009

Stefan Mesker wins back to back Benelux titles

Stefan Mesker from the Netherlands has won the Benelux Championship for the second year running. In the final round, held on the grass at Vlijmen, Mesker won leg 1 and finished second to team mate Bruno Heremans in leg 2 to lock up the series win. Heremans went on to win leg 3 to take the race. Going into this final round the Championship was up for grabs between Stefan and his X-6 Squared and Wouter Wynans’ B4. Stefan had three wins in the first four races, while Wouter had won race 5 & 6 plus a string of second place finishes. Heremans TQ’d easily at Vlijmen, with Wynans 2nd and Mesker 4th, but Stefan asserted himself in leg 1. In leg 2, pole-sitter Heremans led most of the race, and the battle for second between Wouter and Stefan was for the Championship. There were several position changes as they battled back and forth, but in the end Mesker took second and with it a bucket of ice water on his head.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.om] / Image: RC-Offroad.be

September 29, 2009

Drake does the double at 2009 Horizon Shootout

Team Losi are reporting on the 2009 Horizon Shootout was held at J-Tech Racing and Fun in Tilton, Illinois this past weekend amidst the rain drops early in the weekend, but the weather finally broke and the racing began. During Friday’s practice rain out Losi drivers Adam Drake, Billy Fisher and Mike Truhe were on-hand to answer questions, lend advice and offer setup suggestions to anyone in attendance. One round of controlled practice and two rounds of qualifying set the stage for the mains with Billy Fisher TQing both Truggy and Buggy while Dakota Phend TQed the Electric Buggy class. It was the Drake however who took the win in the both classes, beating Fisher to the truggy win by just over a second, and the result was the same in buggy, with the gap slightly larger, while Derek Weatherholt took the 3rd spot in both classes. The 12 minute electric buggy class was won by Alex Sturgeon from Ben Burtle and Dave Henry.

Click here for the final class results

September 29, 2009

Jason Branham joins the Reedy team

2009 ROAR 1/8th National finalist and multi-time ROAR Regional and R/C Pro Regional Champion, Jason Branham has joined the Reedy team. Jason will be using the recently crowned ROAR & BRCA National Champion 121 VR engine along with Reedy batteries and accessories. Having just received his engines late last week, Jason broke in the engines and headed to the track. His initial comments were nothing but praise.

I’m amazed with the power the motor makes. It’s very smooth…with the Factory Team 2035 pipe and header I thought the motor was going to explode down the straight! I was also impressed with how crisp the motor runs and how smooth it idles.

Jason brings an impressive resume to the Reedy team and looks to finish the year strong with events planned at the Texas State R/C Pro Series, R/C Pro Finals, the Nitrocross World Championships mixed in with local racing at Mike’s Hobbies & Gulf Coast Raceway. If you’re in the area and have a Reedy engine, don’t hesitate to stop by Jason’s pit, introduce yourself and ask for a pro tune.

Source: Reedy [rc10.com]

September 28, 2009

Jared Tebo sweeps 2009 Reedy Truck race

The 2009 Reedy Truck Race of Champions was held this past weekend at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. Scorching temperatures hit the San Fernando Valley all week long even reaching triple digits at some points. Kyosho’s Jared Tebo made the trip out to defend his Factory Modified Truck title he won last year. This would also be the first year Tebo would run in the Factory Truggy class with his ST-RR. Jared went on to TQ 3 out of the 4 rounds in the Factory Modified Truck class with his Kyosho RT5 guaranteeing him the top spot on the grid. Tebo went on to win A-Main 1 and A-Main 3 to take the Factory Modified Truck Championship ahead of Ryan Cavalieri in 2nd and Ryan Maifield 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

September 27, 2009

Renaud Savoya wins Final round in France

The 5th and final round of the 2009 French National buggy Championships, which was run in Bezeril in the South of the country, is now in the bag. Current European Champion Renuad Savoya TQ’d the race, ahead of brothers Jerome Aigoin and Yannick Aigoin, but didn’t fair so well in the semi finals, eventually starting the main final in 9th, while Jerome Aigoin would start from pole position. The 1 hour final saw Savoya back on the pace and he brought his Mugen home in first, 5 seconds ahead of Losi racer Yannick Aigoin in 2nd, with Jerome Sartel taking his Xray to 3rd spot.

Image: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

September 23, 2009

Villalba & Cano win Spanish EP Buggy Nats Rd3

The third of the four round Spanish electric buggy nationals was hosted this past weekend by the Club Automodelismo de Parla some 20 minutes from the centre of Madrid. The race saw a record attendance with almost 100 drivers lining up in the two categories 4wd and 2wd. On Saturday the 4wd event was held under partly cloudy skies and saw three drivers battle it out for the victory, with one win a piece from each of the three finals. After some confusion following the last leg of the final the win went to Andalusian driver Zacarias Villalba driving a B44, who won thanks to a faster time in his first place run. Second place went to Alberto Cano (ZX5-FS) from Madrid who also had a 1-2, but a slower winning time, while in third place was Roberto Garcia (Tamiya) who also had a win, but only managed third as a second result. The 2wd event was held on Sunday under perfect weather conditions. It went on to be a complete domination from Alberto Cano with is X-6 who took 4 of 5 qualifying rounds, and all three finals. In second was local driver Daviz Delgado (X-6) and in third was veteran David Bustos driving an ancient XXX-CR, who drove himself up all the way from 7th on the grid.

Click here for more photos and a video of the 3rd 4wd A-main

September 21, 2009

Drake wins Buggy class at R/C Pro West Rd3

The 3rd round of the R/C Pro West division was hosted by Hemet R/C Park last Saturday. It was Adam Drake who put his Novarossi powered Losi 8ight 2.0 on the pole in the Pro Buggy class followed by Losi / Orion’s Mike Truhe. Adam and Mike used Losi’s soon to be released Green compound Eclipse on the rear and XBT’s on the front. The final was a great battle between Drake and Truhe, with both drivers swapping the lead many times, but it was Drake who was able to come out on top. Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri took 3rd, two laps down on the winner.

September 21, 2009

Borja Hernandez takes Round 4 in Spain

The 4th and final round of the Spanish 1/8th scale buggy National Championship, has taken place yesterday at the Valladolid track. With the overall championship already won by Robert Batlle who won 3 from the first 3 rounds, everybody was wondering if he could make 4 from 4 in his last GRP Engine powered race. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to do it, as the final was really hotly disputed, and 4 drivers have made it to the 1st position during the race; Robert Battle who had some mechanical problems, Richi Gómez, Daniel Vega, and the winner, Borja Hernández. Carlos Pineda has completed a great weekend finishing on 2nd place, spite he has raced about half of the final race with the broken rear wing, Richi Gómez completed the podium.

Click here to see the final standings