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November 21, 2010

Walter Diaz wins ROAR Region 12 Championships

Last weekend saw the ROAR Nitro Sedan Region 12 Championship hosted by the Greater L.A. RC in the Artesia Transit Center. A very popular race, there were drivers from Las Vegas and Northern California in attendance. The track was on excellent conditions and the weather couldn’t be better in Southern California. The qualifiers on Saturday saw Kyosho Driver Walter Diaz set the overnight TQ, having some run time issues with 16 laps in 4:56, but in the final qualifier on Sunday it was a very close ending with Kyosho drivers Palazzola and Fisher having the exact same time and Diaz with a good pace, but once again was unable to finish due to run time issues. So the top 3 was Michael Palazzola who took the TQ honors, followed by Scott Fisher and Walter Diaz. The main was really close between these 3 drivers, Diaz took the lead in the first few laps and was followed closely by Palazzola, with Fisher running into some small problems that left him behind. Due to different pit strategies the lead of the race changed several times between Diaz and Palazzola, and it was with less than 1 minute to the end thay they were racing for the win. Unfortunately Palazzola had some problems when he tried to make a pass on a back marker that caused the end of his race with few laps to go. Walter Diaz could then cruise the last few laps to take the Victory ahead of Mugen driver Robbie Collins and Michael Palazzola in third to complete the podium.

Thanks to Walter Diaz for the report.

November 17, 2010

Ardent winter On Road series Rd2

The second round of the Ardent winter On Road series took place over the weekend, with the Schumacher team once again in attendance and looking for some good results. The series is run on the Sorex 28JB control tyres which can be run for many runs without deterioration in the performance which is excellent for the drivers and for sure adds to the popularity of the series. With a packed venue with 14 heats it shows what a good job John and his crew are doing in the area.

Continue reading the report here

November 17, 2010

Hung & Hang win Hobbypro Open

The Hobbypro Open was held recently in Hong Kong and with the weather not co-operating, it was raining on practice and qualifying days, all racing had to be completed on the Sunday. With 110 drivers in attendance across two classes, 1/8th on road and 1/10th 200mm on road, qualifying saw Daniele Ielasi take the TQ spot in 1/8th scale, while Hung Cheung Hang secured pole position in the 1/10th scale class. In the 30 minute main Team C driver Luk Chi Hung took the win by a lap from Lau Chi On in 2nd, with Ielasi in 3rd a lap further back. The 1/10th 200mm class final saw the pole man Hang take the win by a lap from Samuel Chiu in 2nd, only 3 tenths ahead of 3rd place, top electric touring car racer Ronald Volker who was making his gas class debut with Shepherd.

View the 1/10th finalists here

November 15, 2010

DJ Apolaro joins Capricorn

Capricorn RC have announced the signing of well known racer Florida based racer DJ Apolaro to their team. The former Serpent team driver had his first shake down at Kissimmee raceway recently and took the TQ and victory. He will drive the LAB-C01 with Novarossi power and will help with the development of their upcoming 1/8 car. DJ had the following to say about the deal

I would first of all like to thank Serpent for the long relationship we had and for the great racing over the years. Michael and Ronald have been great for this sport and I can not thank them enough. As for as myself and Capricorn, I look forward to the opportunity to show off the new and innovative ideas that Capricorn brings to the market of racing. They have done optionals for some time now and have their own car that has already proven to have great ability. That combined with the new 1/8 scale coming will be a great project for me to be involved with. I had a chance to race the LAB-C01 this past weekend for the first time and all I can say is WOW. I look forward to working with Patrizio and appreciate the opportunity that has been given to me by both Patrizio from Capricorn and Joaquin DeSoto from Desoto Racing.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

November 15, 2010

Dream-Team storm to victory at 3h race in Oberhausen

The 3-hour race held at Oberhausen in Western Germany saw a superior victory of the Dream-Team. When the 1/8 scale long-distance race was drawn to a close, the Serpent trio with Tobias Hepp, Frank Schewiola and Alain Levy had covered a distance of 454 laps – which is equivalent to 106 kilometer – to capture victory as one year ago. Team Odenthal Racing Parts S966 with Carsten Pruessmann, Ingo Odenthal and Ralf Vahrenkamp finished second but were already 52 laps down. With 360 laps third place went to 2-speed Racing Team with Sebastian Scheidweiler, Jean-Pierre Roenicke and Joerg Waeldle . So this team race turned out to give Serpent an impressive 1-2-3 victory.

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November 11, 2010

Speedzone sign Mark Smyka

Speedzone have announced that Mark Smyka will use their LiPo Packs to power his 1/12 scale cars for this and the upcoming 2011 on-road season. Mark is always a contender at every on-road event he attends and looks to add wins to his numerous local, regional and national titles using Speedzone LiPos.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]

November 11, 2010

Hepp & Buerge champions of Nitro West Masters

Tobias Hepp in the 1/8 nitro class and Sebastian Buerge in the 1/10 scale nitro class have captured the titles in the Nitro West Masters, a series of four races held in Western Germany. At the fourth and final round at Dormagen in the North of Cologne Serpent driver Hepp won the race and left no doubt in winning the 1/8 championship also. In 1/10 it was Mugen racer Benny Lehmann winning the race but third place was enough for Buerge to catch the Masters crown.

Continue reading the report here

November 10, 2010

BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals Rd1

After much anticipation and build up, the 2010/11 British 1/12th scale nationals got underway at Crewe on the last weekend of October. A tight and technical layout challenged the drivers, who included an overseas visitor in the form of Vesa Yli, designer of the V-Dezign chassis’. Mark Stiles sent us the following report.

Read the full report here