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July 7, 2009

Sun shines at Euros in Austria – for now!

The top off road drivers from across Europe are arriving to a sunny track here in Austria for the opening day of action at the 2009 EFRA 1:8 Off Road European Championships, but predictions are that things are going to get muddy for the rest of the week. Race organisers had a busy morning pumping the heavy overnight rain off the huge covers that have been in place for the last few days to protect the dirt track from what is turning out to be one of the Austria’s wettest Summers. Unfortunately the rain is set to return tonight and continue for much of the week.

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July 4, 2009

2010 Snowbird Nationals – Announcement

The organizers of the 2010 Snowbird Nationals were in contact to let everyone know that they have finalized all the details for next years event and that everything is official for the 16th running of this great event. Taking place from the 26th to the 31st of January, it will once again be held at the Radisson Resort in Orlando, Florida. The rules and classes are expected to be announced around October with the entry for the race opening in November. More information is on the official site now, with a new race site going live in the coming months.

Check out the official Snowbirds site here.

View the event’s promotional video here

June 30, 2009

Nordman & Svensson claim Nordic titles

Last weekend the Nordic championships for 1/10th 2WD and 4WD buggy was held in Stockholm, Sweden at the Skarpnäck race track. The field was mostly Swedish drivers but also had many Norwegians and Danish drivers in attendance. The 4wd class was dominated by Sweden’s PerErik Nordman, winning all 4 qualifying rounds and setting the best lap time, he TQ’d ahead of Mikael Johansson and Ketil Pettersen. In the finals PerErik stayed cool and could take home the first two finals from his TQ position and was able to claim the overall in front of Christoffer Svensson in 2nd and Mikael Johansson in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

June 29, 2009

Olly Jefferies wins Schumacher BTCC Rd4

Round 4 of the Schumacher BTCC series took place last weekend at the superb Cotswolds track. With a lot of racers present to avail of the track time ahead of the next round of the Nationals, it was Associated driver Olly Jefferies that took the pole position spot in the Modified class. In the A final Olly continued his domination, taking two straight wins ahead to take the overall win ahead of the Tamiya pairing of Chris Kerswell and Glen Doman in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

June 28, 2009

F1 RCGP Round 6 report

The 6th Round of the F1RCGP Championship was held recently at Crest Speed Way. This indoor carpet track allows drivers to concentrate on setting up the car without worrying about the weather conditions. The layout of the track had been changed a week ago and this was maybe part of the reason that most of the drivers were suffering from inadequate traction. For the GP Class, Team TRG was a new comer for this round bringing their brand new TRG 109 driven by works driver Atsushi Takeshita, while Team Futable F-1 Racing had switched to the Tech F125BR driven by the new partnership of Takatoshi Morita and David Tse.

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June 28, 2009

Morganti & Apolaro claim FORGASS titles

Maxy’s Fuel are reporting that after a long and joyful season of racing at the FORGASS state series in Florida, team drivers Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro claimed the big trophies at the Sour Grapes Race and Awards Dinner back in May, where after the points were calculated had Paolo Morganti claiming the title in the 1/8th scale class while DJ Apolaro took the title in the 1/10th sedan class. Both Serpent team drivers were using Maxy’s Fuel to power their machines trough the entire series helping to get the maximum performance and run time from their engines.

Source: Maxy’s Fuel [maxysfuel.com]

June 27, 2009

2009 Kyosho Masters Videos

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We briefly touched on the Kyosho Masters race, that was held last weekend outside Paris, France, last Sunday. For those who want to see the action, our friends at RC Mag have released some video footage from both the Elite buggy final (above) and the truggy finals (below). Check them out in the embedded players.

Click here for some truggy final action

June 26, 2009

Xray Asian Championship – Announcement

On the 15th to 16th of August, the ACO racing track in Fanling, Hong Kong will play host to the Xray Asian Championship Nitro Touring Challenge. Open only to racers with the 1/10th scale Xray NT1 chassis, using a Protoform body shell, your entry fee will not only let you take part but includes Tornado fuel for the duration of the event, a Dinner buffet on Sunday night and free transport to and from the track and the official hotel. Martin and Juraj Hudy will be present, not only to compete but will also be giving Tech talks and helping drivers with their cars throughout the weekend. Further details of the event can be found here along with details on how to enter.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]