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March 23, 2010

Lamberto Collari takes victory at Euros Warmup

The warm up race for the 1/8th scale European Championships took place last weekend under cold weather conditions in the south of Italy at the Locorotondo track, host of this year’s main event. Qualifying saw Worlds top qualifier Robert Pietsch put his Mugen on pole position ahead of new Motonica signing Walter Salemi in 2nd, with 9 time World Champion Lamberto Collari in 3rd and Dario Balestri taking the final direct qualifying spot in 4th. In the final Collari drove a flawless race while Pietsch hit trouble, as did Salemi, allowing the Kyosho driver a simple run to the win. He crossed the finish line a lap in front of Dario Balestri, who had a fast closing Andrea Cristiani only 1.5 seconds behind. Belgian Serpent driver Ilia van Gastel set the fastest lap in the final with a 15.277, 6/100s quicker than pole man Pietsch.

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March 23, 2010

Joaquin Desoto Jr dominates Ipanema GT Worlds

Last weekend the Homestead RC Raceway in Florida, host of next year’s 1/8th World Championships, played host to the Ipanema GT Worlds. Qualifying saw Joaquin Desoto Jr dominate qualifying turning a 13 laps in 5:03, about 4 seconds ahead of 2nd place qualifier Joerg Schaedler. Desoto, driving a Novarossi powered stock OFNA DM-1 was the only driver to turn laps in the 22 sec. range. In the finals it was a close race between the Joaquin Jr and Schaedler, with Desoto leading the way. Different pit strategies and tire choices made the race interesting and exciting to watch with Joaquin going with harder tires for the final, making his car a little slower but very consistent in the long final. Good pitwork and smart driving allowed him to manage the gap to 2nd place without having to overheat the tires and he took the win by about a 12 seconds ahead of Schaedler in 2nd, with Mike Lyday taking the final step of the podium in 3rd.

March 22, 2010

Adrian Bernsten wins Rd5 to take Norwegian Winter Series title

The 5th and final round of the Norwegian national winter series was held in Moss, a city 50 km south from Oslo the weekend of March 14th and we received a report from European Indoor Junior Champion Adrian Bernsten. The race was held at Borg Miniracing clubs new permanent track and that meant that the drivers had an opportunity to do some pre-testing before the race. Due to the technical layout, I didn’t have a good feeling before the race, because I hadn’t managed the layout were well on earlier practice.

Continue reading the report here

March 22, 2010

Shasa Lackner wins Swiss TC Champs Rd1

Last weekend saw the opening round of the Swiss E10 TC Expert modified championships run in Einsiedeln. Competing in his first race ever in an Electric TC championship, the race was won by nitro specialist Shasa Lackner with his Corally PHI09, taking victory in the first 2 A-mains to seal the overall victory. Xray driver Mario Rigert was 2nd and Corally racer Marc Bösiger 3rd.

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March 22, 2010

13th Tamiya Asia Cup Singapore Champs

Last weekend, Stargek Singapore hosted round 1 of the 13th Tamiya Asia Cup Singapore Championships. The event was held in a tent outdoors, laid with carpet and proudly sponsored by West Mall and Stargek Singapore. On Saturday, it was the Tamiya ‘Fiat Abarth 500’ Challenge race, a 3 hour endurance race. Each team was handed a Tamiya XB Fiat Abarth 500 M05 to race and special rules included fixed interval of 30 mins for each battery change, compulsory driver change every 45 mins and no modifications to the XB cars.

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March 19, 2010

Amezcua wins Pro Electric at Silver State

Tekno RC are reporting that their chassis conversions scored another win in the Pro Electric 1/8th class. This time it was at the Silver State Challenge, where Travis Amezcua put in another great run with his Tekno equipped Mugen MBX6 buggy. Starting 3rd on the grid, he followed TQ Josh Wheeler closely all race. One mistake by Josh in the treacherous whoops section gave Travis a pass opportunity, once passed he held on and brought home the win in the 10 minute main event to become the Silver State Challenge Pro Electric 1/8th Champ. Also, in the Open Buggy class, Pres Ilog brought home the win in his Hot Bodies D8 buggy. Pres was rocking the Tekno RC LCG chassis and front and rear Tekno RC CNC shock towers. He almost completed the buggy/truggy sweep, but got caught for 2nd in Open Truggy.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

March 18, 2010

Cavalieri & Maifield Win Big In Vegas

Team Associated are reporting on the 2010 Silver State Nitro Challenge which moved from Boulder City Raceway in Boulder City, NV to down into the valley of Henderson just a short drive from the famous Las Vegas Strip. Also new for 2010 was the race promoter. World-famous track designer and event promoter Joey Christiansen brought his “Dirt” crew to transform the Silver Bowl track into a Supercross-style layout while taking into account the treacherous surface and weather conditions.

Continue reading the report here

March 17, 2010

Xray USA Challenge – Announcement

RC America, the US distributor of Xray and Hudy, in cooperation with Mike’s Hobby Shop will organize the Xray USA Challenge for 1/10 nitro and electric touring cars. The event is going to take place at Gulf Coast Raceway, TX on May 21st-23rd, the host track of the 2010 World Championship. With the US and European factory team in attendance, including Juraj and Martin Hudy, it will be a great event to discuss technical and set-up issues.

Full information on the event can be found here.