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February 18, 2009

Mike Haynes signs with Schumacher

Fresh from two wins and five A main showings at the Snowbirds, Schumacher USA have announced that Mike Haynes will join their racing tea. Already a Speed Passion factory team driver, Mike now makes Schumacher USA his one stop shop for both chassis and power. Schumacher USA representative Shawn Palmer stated that “Mike has done a tremendous amount of on-track testing and development for our Speed Passion ESC and motor line, and we’re certainly looking forward to his insights going forward with our on road chassis program as well. He is a wealth of information for his new teammates, and I know we’ll all benefit greatly having him on the team”. Mike works at his home track, 360 RC Speedway & Hobbies in West Babylon NY which is one of the most active racing facilities in the Northeast and recent host of a ROAR regional championship and he had the following to say about the deal:

I’m looking forward to running the Mi3.5 since there is so much to tinker with on it. In the past I have wished there was a fine adjustment for various items, and the Mi3.5 has just that, but for everything on the car! The rest of the team has already helped me out a great deal by providing information about the car and it will make the transition to Schumacher that must easier.

Source: Schumacher USA [racing-cars.com]

February 17, 2009

2009 Reedy Race of Champions

The organizers of the World famous Reedy Race of Champions were in contact to let us know about the 2009 running of the event that will take place from the 21st to 24th of May at Speedworld Raceway & Hobbies in Roseville, California. Won last year by Atsushi Hara, Speedworld is no question one of the premier facilities in the US and the organizing team are all very excited to bring the RROC back to this track. The race is open for 3 classes – 13.5, Modified and of course Invitational and for those looking to go, the best airport to fly into is SMF. They will have entries open early, and deadline will be early, so make sure you start planning now. We will let you know further information when we get it.

For more information about the track go here.

February 17, 2009

Czech EP TC Winter Championship Rd1

The opening round of the Czech EP TC Winter Championship took place last weekend in Trutnov, Czech Republic and was attended by 93 racers across 4 classes, Modified, Stock, 1/12th and 1/18th. The event also hosted the 2nd round of the Open Tour Trutnov series and this was won in both Stock and Modified by 14 times Czech champion Martin Korinek racing an Xray. In the Winter Championship Stock class it was Hot Bodies racer Jakub Plechac that topped the timesheets after qualifying and went on to win all 3 A-main legs to take the overall from Serpent racer Tomas Svoboda in 2nd and last years Winter Champion Vojtech Novicky racing for Xray in 3rd. In the Modified category there was a big fight between current Winter Champion Michal Bok racing for Xray and Summer Champion Zdenek Hamak with Hot Bodies, but in the third round of qualification it was Michal who was quickest and took TQ. In the finals, the first leg went to Zdenek, but in the second and third leg Michal was lucky and was able to take the overall with Zdenek finishing in 2nd, with the final step of the podium going to Jan Moravek. The championship continues in two weeks in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic and it will finish in Trebic in the middle of March.

Click here to see the Modified podium

February 17, 2009

Andrea Cristiani wins Trofeo AS Hobby Racing

Serpent team driver Andrea Cristiani is reporting on the Trofeo AS Hobby Racing that took place in cold conditions last weekend at the famous Fiorano track. Trying out his new Serpent 966 chassis for the first time the Vice World Champion immediately set the pace and had overnight pole position heading into Sunday. Following 2 more qualification rounds on Sunday, in which Andrea managed to destroy the lap record by 0.23 of a second, he secured the pole position. In the race he wasn’t challenged and led home a Serpent/Max 1-2-3 with Alberto Tedeschi taking 2nd and Sandro Sammarini 3rd, and got to take home a huge Ham for his troubles.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 16, 2009

Morganti & Apolaro take Winternats victory

Last week saw the 2009 Winternats run at the Ft Myers track in Florida, always the opening international gas race of the season. Qualifying saw Serpent racer Paolo Morganti TQ the 1/10th scale class while in 1/8th scale it was Mugen team driver Mike Swauger that had some serious pace in 1/8th scale to line up first. In Saturday’s finals it was Paolo Morganti that took the win in the 1/8th scale class with the new Serpent 966, finishing ahead of another Serpent driver Flavio Elias in 2nd , while Ralph Burch racing a Mugen took 3rd. In the 1/10th scale 200mm class it was again a Serpent win, this time for new ATS signing DJ Apolaro, who had a clear advantage of 3 laps over Xray driver Scott Rister in 2nd, with Chris Lefebvre a distant 3rd.

Click here to see the 1/10th scale podium

February 12, 2009

Jovanovic clean sweep at NZ Gas Nats

The 2009 New Zealand On road Gas Nationals took place last weekend at the Ruapuna Raceway hosted by the Canterbury Radio Control Car Club and in attendance were several Australians including Peter and Steven Jovanovic. In the 1/10th scale class it was Steven and Peter Jovanovic that took 1st and 2nd respectively both running Kyosho chassis’, while in 3rd place was Mark Harling with the Xray NT1. In 1/8th scale there was another dominant performance by the Jovanovics, this time with Peter taking the win from Steven, both driving Motonica, with Selywn Duthie taking 3rd place driving a Mugen.

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February 11, 2009

2008 RCMC Singapore Nats Prizegiving

The trophy presentation for the 2008 RCMC Singapore National Championships took place last weekend during the first round of the 2009 series. In the 1/8th Nitro On road series it was Tay Wui Kiat driving a Novarossi powered Motonica P8R that took the title ahead of Serpent racer Erwin Luhur in 2nd, while Shepherd driver Don Chng took 3rd. In 1/10th 200mm it was Philip Lee driving a Sirio engined Kyosho RRR that took the National crown in front of team mates Ben Seet in 2nd and Terence Chung in 3rd.

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February 11, 2009

Chris Lee wins Good Fortune Cup

This past weekend saw China’s premier 1/10th 200mm gas race, the Good Fortune Cup, take place and for the 15th anniversary of the event there was a big turn out, with drivers from Hong Kong, Macau and China taking part. After 2 days of qualifiers, it was Samuel Chiu from Hong Kong using the Xray NT1 and MAX engine that took the TQ spot from fast local driver Irvine Fong with a Novarossi powered NT1 taking 2nd. Unfortunately for Samuel, he couldn’t take the start having stripped his front belt in the warm up. At the 6th minute Chris Lee took over at the front, racing his new Capricorn powered NT1 and once up front he was able to extend his lead to nearly 3 laps, but a splash for fuel in the closing minutes resulted in a stop and go penalty and so the margin was only 1 lap at the end.

Thanks to Chris Lee for the report.