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April 6, 2009

Karlsen takes Norwegian Stock Nationals

This past weekend saw the final race in the Norwegian national series take place in Spydeberg. The track presented was large and had a nice flowing layout, and it was an open race for the championship with several drivers in with a chance to take the title in all the classes. In stock, Jarle Karlsen (Xray), who has been the fastest driver this season, was once again the man to beat by dominating qualifying and taking all 3 finals to win in front of Roger Larsen (Xray) in 2nd and Leif T Stensrod (Tamiya) in 3rd spot. In 1/12th scale, Helge Johannesen (CRC) was the best driver this weekend, winning from Adrian Berntsen (Xray) and Lars Haugen (CRC), in 2nd and 3rd respectively, while in touring modified it was Adrian Berntsen (Xray) who was the fastest this weekend, followed by Helge Johannessen (Kyosho) in 2nd and youngster Petter Berntsen (Xray) in 3rd, who just started racing modified this winter after taking the step up from stock.

Source: Modellbil [modellbil.net]

April 4, 2009

Surikarn wins KM Cup Thailand

We received a brief report from the 2nd KM Cup that was held at KRT Track in Thailand last weekend, with 70 Drivers in attendance from Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, China and the Philippines. The race used a Chrismas tree format and following qualifying it was Xray NT1 driver Meen V that took the TQ spot on Saturday. Following the 60 minutes Grand final on Sunday, it was new Xray signing Surikarn that took the win from Meen in 2nd, 2 laps behind, followed by Pinsan in third, a further 4 laps back. The 3rd KM Cup will be held in Shanghai, China in 2010.

Click here to see the final results

April 3, 2009

Patrick Schaefer confirmed for BUMOD GP

The organisers of the Bumod Turkish Grand Prix, which takes place in Bursa, Turkey from the 4th to the 7th of June have been in touch to tell us that they have confirmed entry from top German racer Patrick Schaefer. The man behind the Shepherd brand will be competing in the event, alongside other well known gas racers such as Robert Pietsch and Dirk Wischnewski, and we are told that there are some other really big driver announcements to come in the lead up to the race. Entry is now open for this event and you are guaranteed a warm reception from the Turkish hosts, who will also arrange transport and help find the best accommodation. Red RC will also be present throughout the event bringing live reports each day on our Events page.

For more information about the event visit the official site here.

April 1, 2009

Christian Wurst joins Motonica for 2009

Christian Wurst has moved to Motonica for the 2009 season. The former European ‘B’ Champion joins Motonica Team Germany with Joerg and Uwe Baldes who are racing for the Italian brand since 2007. Wurst as well as the Baldes brothers are concentrating on the challenging Western German Championship and also some international races. Christian Wurst and Uwe Baldes will compete in the 2009 European Championship ‘B’ held in Cassino in Italy at the end of May, with the Motonica of Wurst powered by JP engines while Uwe Baldes continues with Team Orion CRF power and Jörg with Novarossi/Rex engines. During difficult weather conditions Christian Wurst gave Motonica´s all new P81 chassis a promising debut during round 3 of the 2008/2009 Western German Championship last weekend at Dormagen near Cologne. “The car feels fine from the beginning with lots of steering and a good overall car balance”, said Christian who managed to win the semi final but retired early in the final after spinning into the concrete wall. Uwe Baldes, who like Joerg still used the predessecor P8.0R in the race because of the weather, was also reporting about a positive first impression following his first laps with the P81 after the race on the Dormagen track.

March 31, 2009

Tommy Bergfeldt takes MSEC series title

The final leg of the 2008-09 MSEC series was run in Eskilstuna last weekend, on the beautiful Outokumpu track. This was the last race to be run on the Outokumpu track since its contract had expired, it’s been some great years on this excellent venue. In this deciding race it was a thrilling fight between DHI Cup Champion Tommy Bergfeldt and Edwin Sunesson from the first qualifying heat to the last final on Sunday. Tommy got the TQ spot with 0.6 seconds between him and Edwin, Kenneth Malkusson qualified 3rd, 5 seconds behind.

March 31, 2009

ROAR combine 1/8th & Sedan Fuel Nationals

ROAR combine 1/8th & Sedan Gas Nationals

While off road and electric on road seems to be flourishing in the USA, it seems that the gas on road classes are not as healthy, forcing the decision to not run 2 seperate nationals for sedan and 1/8th scale this year, but combine them into one event. ROAR President, Dawn Sanchez, together with the Executive Committee issued the following statement on the ROAR website regarding this matter.

Read the ROAR statement

March 31, 2009

Gianni Giorgio joins Team Xray

RC America/Xray have announced that Venezuela driver Gianni Giorgio has joined their team. Gianni will be running the Xray NT1 for the 2009 season in Venezuela and America and they will be looking forward to great race results and great team support from Gianni who has been racing for many years. Gianni’s first race out with the NTI saw him win and break the track record in Venezuela. Gianni had the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank R/C America and Xray for the opportunity they have given me to run the NT1 for the 2009 season and hope to help improve and promote the Xray/ MaxPower/Jaco to the best that I can, thank you ( Ralph Burch Jr. / Massimo Fantini / Jack Rimer).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 31, 2009

Schewiola wins eventful West German season opener

Serpent driver Frank Schewiola took a well deserved win in the season opener of 1/8 nitro on road in Germany, which was already round three of the 2008/2009 Western German Championship at Dormagen near Cologne. At the demanding track with its unforgivable barriers from concrete and real guard rails you really had to finish first to finish first, following the English saying. Frank Schewiola with his Mega powered Serpent did so as well as Tom Scheffler (Mugen/Mega) on second position did. Frenchman Alain Levy, a regular starter in Western Germany, took the third spot on the podium with his Mega powered Serpent. Others like Michael Salven, Karl-Heinz Meister, Tobias Hepp and Chistian Wurst didn´t manage to come through the 30 minutes finale and hit the wall of shame on the same place.