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July 20, 2008

Jason Shim wins Keningau Fun Race

We received a brief report from the Keningau Fun Race for 1/10th scale cars that took place last weekend in Malaysia. Top Qualifier from the heats went to Serpent S400 driver David Voo but with some technical issues at the track, it took some time before the finals could be run. The 2 finals that were run saw the overall win go to another Serpent driver, Jason Shim, who won from 2nd placed Hot Bodies driver Raphael Chiew, while KS Chu rounded out the top 3, also for Serpent.

July 18, 2008

Brazilian 540-J Class Rd4 report

The 4th round of the Brazilian 540-J Class took place last weekend at the AARC of ABC track in Santo André. With a record 15 drivers in attendance for this class, this was good news for the electric racing scene in São Paulo. The A-main saw a very clean and fair battle between HB Cyclone racer Adalberto Neri and Tamiya driver Artur Ueda that lasted until the very last heat, where Neri eventually took the win, with the 3rd spot going to Associated driver Alekimura just in front of Fernanda Landre racing an Xray. The B-main, again sae some great rookie battles in this category between Marcelo Acácio and Deivid, with the latte eventualy getting the upper hand.

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July 17, 2008

Recio wins Campeonato Clausura Rd1

We received a small report from the 1st round of the 1/10th scale ‘Campeonato Clausura’ that took place last Sunday, in Buenos Aires, Argentina under beautiful sunny conditions. The Pro category saw the win go to pole man Sebastián Recio, the Kyosho USA and Sirio racer winning from Carlos Hernández in 2nd place and Hernán Lebenbaun in 3rd place, all 3 drivers, along with Juan Pablo Golobic, will represent Argentina at this August’s 1/10th 200mm World Championships in Portugal. In the growing Light category, the winner was Juan Pavani followed by Francisco Veiga in 2nd place and Eduardo Cantamessi taking the 3rd spot.

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July 16, 2008

Clive Connolly wins 2008 Irish Nationals

Serpent are reporting on the 5th round of the Irish National Championships that saw Clive Connolly take the 2008 1/8 National Championship at the controls of his Serpent 960 ’08 despite one round remaining in the 6 round series. Starting from pole position Clive was able to cruise to victory, despite an early tyre stop, to win ahead of the Kyosho pairing of Colin Whelan and Austin Elliot. Also racing in the 1:10 200mm National race on the same day, Connolly used his IDM powered 720 ’08 to claim a great victory over the Xray of Eoin Doran in what was one of the best 1:10 Touring Car races ever seen at the Dublin track. The 1:8 and 1:10 victories on the same day gave Connolly his third consecutive double National victory of the season.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 16, 2008

Mike Blackstock rejoins Team Associated

Team Associated have announced the return of multiple National Champion Mike Blackstock to its Worldwide race team. After a 2 year hiatus from the Team, Mike returns to join his new on road team mates including Juho Levanen, Keven Hebert, Rick Hohwart and Craig Drescher. In 1/10th scale touring Car, Mike will be utilizing the newly released Factory Team TC5F and TC5R, while in 1/12th scale pan car he will drive the brand-new 12R5 as well as the 10R5 in 1/10th World GT. With over 10 National titles to his credit and multiple “A” main finishes at the IFMAR World Championships, Mike is looking to put his new Associated vehicles on the podium at the upcoming International Indoor Championships, that takes place in Las Vegas in August.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

July 14, 2008

Stefan Hanauer wins German 1/8th Nats

The German 1/8th scale on road Nationals were run last weekend in Ettlingen, and it was Kyosho racer Stefan Hanauer that took the title. With so many International drivers in attendance such as Michael Salven, Oliver Mack, Robert Pietsch and Andreas Hammerl, the level was very high and the competition tough. Qualifying saw Shepherd racer, and current German Champion, Robert Pietsch take pole position ahead of Mugen driver Oliver Mack, with Philip Eberle and Stefan Hanauer completing the top 4. In the final Hanauer was able to come out on top following some changes at the top and despite some late race pressure from pole man Pietsch, Hanauer could hold onto to his lead to win. Pietsch ended the race 2 seconds behind the Kyosho racer with Shepherd boss Patrick Schäfer claiming 3rd, just 7 seconds up on 4th placed finisher Andreas Hammerl.

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July 14, 2008

Josué Artiles wins Rd3 Spanish Nats

The 3rd round of the Spanish 1/10th scale Nationals took place last weekend at the Valladolid track in the centre of the country. The weather was good all weekend, apart from some light rain on the Saturday but not enough to effect the 77 racers in attendance. Pole position went to Xray racer Eduardo Escandón, the only racer to get 17 laps in qualifying to place ahead of Xabier Arana in 2nd, Merlin racer Oscar Cabezas in 3rd and Josué Artiles in 4th. The 30 minute A-main saw all change from the starting order, with Mugen racer Artiles taking the win by over a lap from Hugo Santos in 2nd and pole man Eduardo Escandon taking 3rd, just ahead of Serpent racer Cabezas in 4th.

Source: Merlin [merlinfuel.com]

July 13, 2008

Perez wins Rd3 Brazilian Nationals

Serpent are reporting on the 3rd round of the Brazilian Nationals where Ricardo Perez driving a Serpent 720 ’08 took the win. Saturday’s qualifying saw round 2 winner and another Serpent racer Henrique Winik TQ the event ahead of Flavio Elias and Perez. The finals on Sunday, which were held in very hot conditions, saw car no.1 of Winik in top form and he was able to run a lap time below the previous record. Unfortunately engine problems would rule him out of back to back victories, but team-mate Perez took up the lead where he would stay till the end to take the win. This moves him into the lead of the standings and bring him closer to becoming 2008 Brazilian Champion.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]