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March 31, 2009

Tommy Bergfeldt takes MSEC series title

The final leg of the 2008-09 MSEC series was run in Eskilstuna last weekend, on the beautiful Outokumpu track. This was the last race to be run on the Outokumpu track since its contract had expired, it’s been some great years on this excellent venue. In this deciding race it was a thrilling fight between DHI Cup Champion Tommy Bergfeldt and Edwin Sunesson from the first qualifying heat to the last final on Sunday. Tommy got the TQ spot with 0.6 seconds between him and Edwin, Kenneth Malkusson qualified 3rd, 5 seconds behind.

March 31, 2009

Martin & Cragg win 2009 Players race

Our friends oOple have a detailed report on the three day ‘The Players’ race held last weekend in Worksop and was run to a Reedy style format for the top drivers who’d qualified earlier in the event. Neil Cragg set the early pace, winning all his 2WD and 4WD ‘Players’ races on Saturday but Lee Martin took the top spot away from Neil Cragg in 2WD with an impressive series of wins on Sunday to seal a well earned Victory. 4WD went down to the wire, with Associated’s Neil Cragg & Hot Bodies Adam Skelding on equal points going into the final round. By virtue of his faster time, Neil Cragg sat on top and only Skelding could steal the victory from him. It wasn’t to be however as the two were drawn in the same race and Adam simply couldn’t match Neils pace, as he went on to set an even faster time.

View the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

March 31, 2009

ROAR combine 1/8th & Sedan Fuel Nationals

ROAR combine 1/8th & Sedan Gas Nationals

While off road and electric on road seems to be flourishing in the USA, it seems that the gas on road classes are not as healthy, forcing the decision to not run 2 seperate nationals for sedan and 1/8th scale this year, but combine them into one event. ROAR President, Dawn Sanchez, together with the Executive Committee issued the following statement on the ROAR website regarding this matter.

Read the ROAR statement

March 26, 2009

BUMOD Grand Prix, Turkey – Announcement

Taking place from the 4th to the 7th of June, the 1st annual BUMOD Grand Prix will take place in Bursa, Turkey. What is building up to be a great event, the race is open to both 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale 200mm on road classes and will be held at the BUMOD track, the country’s premiere facility 1.5 hours south from the country’s capital Istanbul. Entry is now open for this event and you are guaranteed a warm reception from the Turkish hosts, who will also arrange transport and help find the best accommodation. French EFRA GP winner Robert Pietsch is confirmed, along with European 200mm B Champion and German National Champion Dirk Wischnewski along with front running German racer Dirk Stammler, with more top racers to be announced in the coming weeks. Red RC will also be present throughout the event bringing live reports each day on our Events page.

For more information about the event visit the official site here.

March 24, 2009

Robert Pietsch takes French EFRA GP win

The opening 1/8th scale EFRA GP of the year was held last weekend outside Paris in a town called Aulnay. The 81 drivers, split between 4wd Open and 2wd Classic, were presented with a fast smooth track and the weather, while cool, stayed dry. Qualifying for the 4wd class saw Mugen racer Robert Pietsch take the pole position in front of the Serpent pairing of World Vice Champion Andrea Cristiani and John Ermen, with another Mugen, that of Rick V. taking the final direct qualifying position in 4th. The 45 minute final started with Robert going straight into the lead, but a mistake behind from Cristiani saw him lose a lot of time in the pits to repair a broken crystal. Behind Pietsch the battle was between John and Rick, but then Ermen too had mechanical problems and had to join early retiree Walter Salemi in watching the race from the stands. With the top 2 positions locked out, the battle was for 3rd spot and this was between Shepherd main man Patrick Schaefer and French racer Louis Christophe with the German holding the 3rd spot, but a crash while passing a lapped car lost the Velox driver over a lap and allowed Louis into the 3rd spot to take the final podium place behind Rick V. in 2nd and Robert Pietsch in 1st, a lap clear up front.

Click here to see the final results

March 24, 2009

Surikarn takes 2nd Buggy Party win

The 2nd round of the Buggy Party series in Thailand was held at new RC Mania track last weekend with over 100 buggies in attendance. Following qualifying it was Meen V. that claimed the TQ spot, yet in the 40 minute final it was another victory for Surikarn C. The newly signed Xray factory driver took the win by 10 seconds ahead of his Xray team mate Meen V. with 2008 National Champion Yutthana D., driving a Hobao in 3rd spot. This is Surikarn’s 2nd win in as many races using his Xray XB808, powered by Nosram engine & tires.

March 19, 2009

Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series

Finishing off an exciting year of indoor carpet racing, the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series had it’s final stop at the CarCar RC club in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The series has had stops in Calgary, Edmonton and Lethbridge, Alberta, and Regina, Saskatchewan. There was over 100 entries for the 4 day event, with practice Thurs evening and Friday, and qualifiers and mains on Saturday and Sunday. We received the following report from the event.

March 18, 2009

Adam Drake dominates Losi Winter series Rd2

Team Losi’s Adam Drake took the win last weekend in both 1/8th buggy and truggy at round 2 of the Team Losi Winter series hosted by Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA. In the buggy class Adam won by less than a lap from pole man Andrew Kortz who finished 2nd, with Josh Wheeler in 3rd, while in truggy Adam won from pole position ahead of his team mate Kyle Johnson. Losi’s Bill Jeric was on hand to race and support the event and was not only able to TQ, but take home the victory with his Dynamite powered Losi 8ight 2.0 in the buggy beginner class.