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October 4, 2014

The Worlds according to Ruona – Worlds afterthoughts

Better late than never? I guess that is my theme for this entry as we all recover from the long world championship event. It seems everyone got sick after the event too which has led to a long recovery and hang-over. I ask my myself immediately following the 60 minute A-final event. So if you win on Sunday or in this case on Saturday, do you sell on Monday? That is why we are all there right? A promotion to help ignite sales of the product. Everyone should be lined up to buy all the latest product that was on the winning ride starting with the Hot Bodies D812….right?

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October 3, 2014

Alexander Naumov wins Russian 200mm nationals

This year’s Russian nitro on-road championships took place at the Zarechny track near Penza. Alexander Naumov took the TQ in the 200mm class after the qualifiers and in the final at first it was Vladislav Glebov who took the lead but a few laps later Alexander was able to overtake Vladislav to get into 1st place. Around halftime Alexander had extended his lead to 3 laps and with 10 minutes to go he slowed his pace to save on tyres on the very abrasive track. Despite running out of rubber in the closing stages Alexander Naumov took the win and the championship some 2 laps in front of Vladislav Glebov. Sergei Piskunov completed the podium in 3rd place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 2, 2014

Ben Sew takes Malaysia Day GP

The Malaysia Day GP was held at the KLIRCC track this past weekend. In the 1/8th nitro on-road class Serpent’s Jessel Leong took the TQ honours but in the final Serpent team mate Ben Sew came stroke back to take the win. Jessel came in 2nd while Haji Jursi (Serpent) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 1, 2014

Nacho Lopez takes final round of Spanish 1/8th nats

The final round of the Spanish 1/8th nitro on-road nationals was held in Elche. Serpent’s Nacho Lopez, who had a difficult season so far, was able to secure his 5th consecutive TQ in the qualifiers making him a hot candidate for the win. In the semi final Nacho suffered a flame out at the start, a stop-and-go penalty for bad refuelling and excessive tyre wear made his car hard to drive in the closing stages so he could only secure the 4th spot on the starting grid for the main final.

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October 1, 2014

Nejc Mihelic wins Austrian 1/8th on-road nationals

Last weekend saw the final round of the Austria 1/8th scale nitro on-road championships run at the Mac Amstetten track. Motonica team driver Nejc Mihelic had a splendid weekend by taking the TQ for the 45 minute final which he then dominated till the end to take the win. With the victory at the final round he also took the overall Austrian national championship title.

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]

September 30, 2014

Maifield moves from Novarossi to Team Orion for 2015

Maifield switches from Novarossi to Team Orion for 2015

It turns out the rumours floating around the paddock in Sicily were true with new TLR signing Ryan Maifield making the switch from Novarossi to Team Orion’s nitro factory team. The US driver, who started from pole position and lead last Saturday’s main final until a steering servo took him out of contention, joined their electric section earlier this year and will now also be using all Team Orion CRF nitro products in his cars from January 1st 2015. CRF team manager Adrien Bertin commented on Ryan’s decision as follows: “Drivers of the caliber of Ryan Mayfield have their choice of engines to run. It is with great satisfaction that we welcome Ryan in our team and admire his decision to run with Team Orion CRF engines. It is another confirmation of our successful product and team strategy.”

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

September 30, 2014

Francisco Rinaldi wins Argentine 1:8 on-road champs

Francisco Rinaldi wins Argentine 1/8th on-road champs

Francisco Rinaldi has recently won at the Argentine 1/8th nitro on-road championships. He took the win with his Novarossi-powered Serpent ride in front of Agusto Quinteros (Serpent/Novarossi) and TQ Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi).

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

September 30, 2014

Loran Whiting wins at US Midwest Series

The last round of the US Midwest Series took place in Toledo, Ohio. Racing started on Saturday with open practice, followed by three rounds of qualifying. On Sunday, one additional round of qualifying was run, followed by 30 minute finals for each main. In 200mm Sedan A-main Loran Whiting was able to take a solid lead some laps into the race after qualifying 3rd. Towards the end of the race, Loran failed to hear her dad/pitman call her into the pits for a fuel stop and flamed out at the end of the sweeper. But with a 2 lap lead and following a quick restart Loran kept her leading position. At the end she was able to take the win even with her car running out of rubber in the closing stages.

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