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October 22, 2007

New York State Championship report

New York State Championship

We received a report from the recently held New York State Championships that were was run by the Fanatic Remote Racerz of New York, who were able to not only build the club to a level of racing that the Region needed but are able and willing to build our sport of RC in general and do what is necessary and make any and all sacrifices to make sure that our sport survives and succeeds. The NYSC as it was dubbed pulled out some of the fastest guys in the Region that were able to make the attendance for the day. The day moved at a pace like no other and proved to be a formidable tuning day for all combatants for the title of State Champ.

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October 22, 2007

Cabezas is Spanish 1/8th National Champ

Serpent are reporting that team driver Oscar Cabezas has secured back to back Spanish 1:8 National Championship titles with the defending champion securing the 2007 crown in the season finale at Valencia over the weekend. Driving his Mega powered 960, the Serpent Driver Development team member TQ’d for the event but suffered a scare at the start of the final when he was collected by another car dropping him down the order and out of a title winning position. Aware that second place would be enough to put the title out of reach of his nearest rivals, Cabezas regained his composure and as the fastest car on the track the young star worked his was back up through the field and into that vital second place. Once in this position he held station with mature driving knowing the result would be enough to secure him the 2008 crown.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 21, 2007

Morashi wins JMRCA Sports Touring nats

The 2007 Japanese EP Touring Nationals for Sports class was run this weekend at the Kawaba RC Plaza under mixed weather conditions. Qualifying saw the pole position go to Yoshiaki Takahashi but in the final it was Morashi that was on the pace, taking the win in the first 2 legs of the A-final to take the overall title with one leg of finals left to be run. The runner up spot went to pole man Takahashi with two 2nd positions, with the final podium position going to Mitsuo Yoshida in 3rd.

Click here for the final results.

Source: Extreme RC [blog.goo.ne.jp/rc-extreme]

October 20, 2007

DHI Cup 2008 – Entry details

DHI Cup 2008

We received confirmation that entry for the 2008 DHI Cup will open on Wednesday the 24th of October, at 19:00 CET. It is with great pleasure, that the team behind the DHI-Cup has announced a three year deal with Odense Congress Centre to host the DHI-Cup. It means that they will have perfect surroundings for this race, with 3000 m2 floor, large tribunal for viewers and visitors, along with a great cafeteria. The track itself will have a size of 22 by 35 meters, and will be on a brand new carpet perfect for racing. New for this year is will be open practise on friday with qualifying beginning on friday evening. Red RC will be present to report live from the event but we will be bringing you more details of our coverage in the near future.

To enter the event, go to the official site here.

October 19, 2007

Juho Levanen wins the ISW

Juho Levanen wins the IWS

Juho Levanen has won last weekends International Speed Weeks run by the rc car club MCC Kastellaun and located in the indoor racetrack RC Car Minidrom. Qualifying saw the pole position go to Kyosho racer Steen Graversen with Xray racer, and Euros TQ, Steven Weiss with his team mate Alexander Hagberg in 3rd. In the race however it was Team Associated racer Juho Levanen that came out on top after the triple A-mains with 2 wins ahead of Graversen in 2nd and newly crowned French National Champion Cyril N’Diaye in 3rd.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]

October 18, 2007

Region 1 Regional Championship report

We received this brief report from the recent Region 1 Championships hosted this year by NERCAR, one of the oldest and most revered RC Clubs in the region. The day was one that started with promise for many and the placement of only a few in the main show. After the lengthy day it proved that two racers from the Region would hold the title of Regional Champion, Mr. Alex “Total Control” Frank for the 1/8 scalers and Jamie “Mr. Consistency” Carrado for 1/10th scale.

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October 14, 2007

Lamberto Collari is World Champion

Final Podium

Lamberto Collari is the new 1/8th scale IFMAR World Champion, giving him an amazing 8th World Title. The race started clean for most racers except for Andrea Cristiani who had to pit for a new tire as his had come off from the wheel, this left him over a lap down behind the leaders. Early on, the race was turning into a 2 man race between pole man Massimo Fantini in the lead and Collari in 2nd position with Collari putting a lot of pressure on his fellow Italian. With this kind on continued press it looked inevitable that Collari was going to make the pass, which he did just after the 10 miunte mark to the cheers of the huge crowds present to witness this spectacle. Once passed he just checked out and easily pulled a gap.

Read the rest of the report here.

October 13, 2007

Massimo Fantini is World Champs TQ

Massimo Fantini

With rain causing the cancellation of the 5th and 6th rounds of qualifying, its Massimo Fantini who will line up first for the 1 hour long main final on Saturday. We talked to the Serpent 960 driver, and owner of Max engines, and he is very confident going in to the final, “To be honest we were very confident because my team mate Fabio and Andrea went for testing on the track and said the car works very good and also the engine. We had a big advantage for the 5 minutes we had almost no problem to run the qualification without any additional refueling stop. I could push stronger in the heats and the car was good and the important thing is making no mistakes and i was able to make the top qualifier in all the rounds”. When asked about his chances for the final he said “we are checking our strategy and to be honest we are quite confident, the only thing is the final is very long and anything can happen, also the other competitors are strong, so i need to be cool and make no mistakes”. “I was already in the main final of a World Championship several times and what it is, is hardcore racing”.