Jérome Sartel has won the French Cup at the track of Viglain in front of Jonathan Barco and Yannick Aigoin. All three finished just 22 seconds apart after the end of the 45 minutes final. Fourth place went to Quentin Le Gall with Jean-Marc Lacheze in fifth position.
Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]
The 1st Round of the 8th Buggy Nationals where held in Osterhofen, Germany last weekend. There were 123 drivers that qualified for the Buggy Nationals. The weather forecast was perfect for the whole weekend. On Friday it was controlled practice with three 10 minutes runs and one 5 minute run. With the dust clearing off the line, everyone thought that the traction was going to get better, but it was the total opposite. It got very slippery and rough. Jörn tried a few different set-ups, to get things better for the conditions. After practice they found a good balance.
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Ty Tessman, the current ROAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truggy National Champion, added another championship to his resume, 2012 ROAR 1/8th Electric Buggy National Champion. Ty took his new Hot Bodies D12 platform, equipped it with the Tekno RC V4 Chassis and went on to completely dominate the competition. He TQ’d every round of qualifying and won the first two A Mains of the triple main format, allowing him to sit out A3. The balance of the Tekno RC chassis with the new suspension package of the D12 and Ty’s incredible driving ability was the exact combination for success against some of the best drivers in the world. Jesse Robbers and Tyler Vik also made the A Main using Tekno RC V4 chassis with their new Hot Bodies D12 platform.
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For the last race of the Belgian touring car season the drivers went to Genk. It was marvellous weather and everything was still open in the Efra and Stock classes. Thomas Stockman wanted to be the new champion and already had a splendid year in the nationals. But it was Olivier Bultynck who set the pace and took TQ in front of Nick Joosens and Thomas Stockman. Patrick Jongenelis an Gerrit Van Swijgenhoven took fourth an fifth place on the grid. Olivier was very fast at this track and was on the run for his fourth title in a row. In the first final Ollie went away from the rest and secured his win. Behind him Nick was in a fight with Thomas. Thomas took second place for a short time but Nick came back and took second place. Thomas came in as third just behind Nick.
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Thunder Alley have announced their 4th Annual Gas Championship held from September 22nd to 23rd. With the very unique format and a new Layout built by SiK Track Design / Levi Jackson, and limited amount of practice only on Saturday, the playing field is level for all racers that attend this race. Pro-Line & Byron has stepped up to help the non-sponsored driver by giving them a set (4) tires and fuel with their 1st entry. Additional Pro-Line wheels & tires also will be available at the track at a discounted rate for the racers. Look for International drivers again this year in attendance. Open to a multitude of 1/8th offroad classes, sign up is now open with more details here.
RC Depot driver Wayne Mah TQ’d and won the 1/8 Nitro Buggy class in the RC Pro Series Canada (Alberta division) finals held @ the “Clutch Nutz” track in Red Deer Alberta this past weekend. Wayne’s OS Powered Kyosho MP9 was unmatched throughout qualifying as well as the 45 minute long A-Main. 2nd spot was owned by fellow team driver Cory Drachenberg; also in an OS powered Kyosho MP9. In third place, driving for Pro-Line/PM Hobbycraft was Peter Tozser in a Reedy Powered RC8.2.
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The AMCA club in Apeldoorn are playing host to a 1/8th EFRA GP from the 21st to the 23rd of September this year. Run to EFRA rules, this event will also include a 40+ race for the ‘old guys’, and everyone participating must have an EFRA drivers license or valid national license. Already attracting some top driver don’t pass up the opportunity to race on one of the World’s finest circuits and to go up against some of the quickest drivers in Europe. Entry is now open and can be filled in here.
The Chinese On-Road Nationals were held this past weekend in Beijing, China, bringing together top drivers from all over China including Hong Kong. The three-day race included 1:10 Nitro Sedan and 1:8 GP On-Road as well as 1:10 Electric Sedan. FEMCA President Trevor Reid attended the event as guest of the Chinese Sports Federation’s RC Association. After 4 rounds of qualifying, JJ Wang took TQ in both the 1:10 nitro sedan and 1:8 GP on-road class. In the nitro sedan finals, JJ Wang battled Beijing’s Chen Yan Fu to take the National title with his Novarossi powered Mugen MTX5, Guo Yao Wei from Guangzhou took third with his Serpent 747. In the 1:8 class, JJ Wang driving his Mugen MRX5 dominated the field winning by 7 laps over second place Tommy Dai of Shanghai, Beijing’s top driver Chen Yan Fu came in third.
