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October 28, 2008

Spiniello & Balestri win Novarossi Trophy

The 2008 Novarossi trophy was held this past weekend in Gubbio, Italy and it was Team Magic driver Mario Spiniello and Motonica driver Dario Balestri that took the wins in both 1/10th and 1/8th scale classes respectively. In 1/8th scale there was a great performance from Balestri, who starting from 5th on the grid, made a great start to get up to 2nd after lap one and only taking 2 more laps to pass Serpent racer Andrea Cristiani for the lead. Dario could hold onto the lead despite an extra fuel stop to win by less than 4 seconds from Cristiani in 2nd and Giordano Agostinelli in 3rd. In the 1/10th scale it was Giuseppe Musolino that started on pole but after 2 laps it was Spiniello who took over at the front where he controlled the race to the end, winning by over a lap. The final moments of the race saw a big battle between runner up Musolino and a recovering Raimondo Gilletti with less than a second seperating the pair at the end as they crossed the line.

October 28, 2008

Team Gazafond win Merlin Enduro race

Merlin Fuels are reporting on the Merlin Enduro Race which tool place at the GTBRCF track in Toulouse, France. This 6 hour endurance race is a tough test for cars, engines as well as drivers. Everything was perfectly organized by the GTB RC Club and the weather was great for racing. The endurance race was divided in two series of 3 hours each with a lunch break in between and heading into lunch it was Team Sapacepa in the lead by 10 laps from Team Fashion in 2nd, with Team Gazafond in 3rd. The break must have helped because at the completion of the 6 hour race Team Gazafond had managed to work its way up from 3rd to 1st, winning by a mere 2 laps from early leaders Team Sapacepa, while Team Fashion dropped to 3rd, ending up 71 laps down on 2nd.

Source: Merlin Fuel [merlinfuel.com]

October 28, 2008

Daniel Vega wins Madrid Champs opener

The 2009 Madrid Championships for 1/8th scale buggy got underway last weekend at the Fuencarral Track. With 90 drivers taking part at this opening round, it was former European Champion Daniel Vega driving a Mugen that led the final throughout to win from current Spanish EP Buggy Champion Alberto Garcia driving an LRP, with Xray driver Juanma Guillen in 3rd.

October 27, 2008

Tebo & Cavalieri win Reedy Truck ROC

The 2008 Reedy Truck Race of Champions was held last week at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. Temperatures reached the mid to upper 90’s all week long putting motors and batteries to the test in these extreme conditions. On Thursday there was a buzz going around the pits with last years defending Reedy Truck Race Champion and current World Champion Jared Tebo arrived to the track, but had a few less stickers on his truck. Jared was recently released from his motor/battery sponsor a few short weeks ago and didn’t have a power sponsor. A closer look at his truck showed he had a Team Orion Vortex Brushless Motor and a Team Orion 3800 LiPo Battery in his truck.

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October 24, 2008

Arthur Eelen wins Belgian Blackjack race

Last Sunday saw the annual Blackjack race held in Belgium. Open to 1/8th scale off road cars it uses a Reedy style format where there are only finals, 3 to be exact and all of them 21 minutes long, hence the race name. The length of the finals, astroturf surface and pit strategy tactics meant racing was very close. Arthur Eelen managed to take the win in the Truggy class driving his Associated RC8T ahead of Losi driver Kris Verlies in 2nd and Bas de Konink in 3rd with a HongNor.

Image: NBR [nbr-rc.com]

October 23, 2008

Cragg & Lowe win Worksop Indoor Rd2

Cragg & Lowe win Schumacher Indoor Rd2

oOple are reporting on the 2nd round of the Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters series held at the fantastic Worksop venue. With an expanded entry of 150 drivers split between 2WD and 4WD classes, it was even more hotly contested than the previous round. Danny McGee took the TQ in 2WD with the Losi XXXCR but after a tough and intense battle it was Neil Cragg that managed to take the win. Previous round winner Tom Yardy came in second and local hero James Helliwell 3rd. Four different drivers and four different chassis’ each won a round during 4WD qualifying – Simon Moss, Paul Bradby, Richard Lowe and Danny McGee. It was Worksop regular and indoor-specialist Richard Lowe that took overall TQ however. Unlike the exciting 2WD A-final, Richard stamped his authority early and never looked back, leading the race from start to finish with his JConcepts BJ4we to take an impressive win ahead of Grant Williams in 2nd and Nathan Waters 3rd.

Full report to follow on oOple.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

October 21, 2008

Drake & Fischer win Horizon Shootout

The 2008 Horizon Hobby Shootout was run recently at the JTec Racing and Fun facility in Tilton IL. In 1/8th Buggy it was Losi driver Mike Truhe that took the TQ but problems in the final allowed Adam Drake to take the win from Billy Fischer in 2nd and Josh Stough in 3rd. In the truggy class it was a clean sweep for the Drake, taking the TQ and win from Truhe in 2nd and Derek Weatherholt in 3rd. Raced on the dirt oval track, Billy Fischer too the win win in the 1/8th Late Model Dirt Oval class ahead of class TQ Adam Drake with Lee Morrison taking 3rd.

October 21, 2008

3 Amigos win Swiss Team Champs

The large and fast Lostallo track in Switzerland played host to a fun team race for 1/8th scale gas recently. The race would be run over an hour and a half and would comprise of teams of 3 drivers. The race was won by the 3 Amigos team that consisted of Shasa Lackner, Tom Knorn and Roland Slaepfer, ending the race 7 laps ahead of the 2nd placed team Ticino Express who had Mattia Pesenti, Erol Sehirtoy and current Champion Marco Müller.