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September 20, 2012

Maifield & Evans preparing to ‘Clash’ in Mississippi

The main honours at the sixth running of the annual JConcepts Clash is set to be a ‘clash’ between Associated’s Ryan Maifield and Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans with the duo running head to head in 1:8 Nitro Buggy, 2WD Electric Buggy and 2WD Short Course at the unique and famous US off road event which caters for both 1:8 nitro and 1:10 electric classes. With all five previous Clash events having been held in Florida and outdoors, for 2012 the event has undergone two key changes. The first of these was moving it away from the East Coast where JConcepts is based over to the state of Mississippi with the second and more significant change being to run indoors at the Flowood Indoor RC Park where they have created an impressive large track for the unique event.

View our complete event coverage here.

September 20, 2012

Victor Pelaez Olivares wins Spanish GP nats Rd4

The fourth and final round of the Spanish nitro on-road nationals took place in Parla. The championship would be decided between Jonnhy Pastor and Victor Pelaez Olivares. Both drivers had to skip Friday’s practice meaning they only had two hours of practice on Saturday morning. Victor Pelaez quickly proofed to be the fastest driver on the track but come the qualifiers both Victor and Jonnhy struggled and at the end it was Iñaki Pahissa who took TQ followed by Victor. Going into the finals it was clear that all drivers needed a good tyre management to make the 30 minutes final without tyre changes. As the A final started Iñaki and Victor were able to hold their positions and after dropping down to fourth place Victor shifted into second gear and took the lead after a couple of fast laps. He was able to control the pace in order to save tyres and while other drivers started to struggle with the black gold Victor (Serpent) cruised to victory with Iñaki Pahissa (Xray) in second and Rodri Pahissa Lopez (Serpent) in third position.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 19, 2012

Torsten Müller wins German 1/8th champs

The German 1/8th nitro on-road champs took place at the Dormagen track with 67 drivers in two classes attending. The event started with wet practice sessions on Thursday and Friday. Come Saturday the weather became better and the qualifying sessions took place in dry weather conditions. In the 45 minutes final a fight arose between Torsten Müller undo Michael Kammer with the better end for Torsten who at the end got German 1/8th class 2 on-road champion 2012.

Source: Power-Save-Racing [power-save-racing.de]

September 18, 2012

Wayne Joelson takes SA title with Rd4 win

This past weekend Round 4 of the South African Gas On Road Nationals too place at the TRAP facility near Pretoria and it attracted over 70 entries for both Nitro Touring & 1/8th categories. Heavy rainfall on Saturday night would make the Sunday finals tricky with tyre strategy & setup. In the 1/8th category, Wayne Joelson, back from the recent Novarossi Cup event held at Fiorano in Italy, was Top Qualifier and would go on to win the 45 minute final, securing another South African Championship. He was closely followed by Willie Noordman also driving the Mugen Seiki MRX5, with Faizel Salie in 3rd.

Source: PTA [pt-a.co.za]

September 18, 2012

Lamberto Collari wins 3rd & final round in Italy

Last weekend saw the third and final round of the Italian 1/8th on road Championships held in Cassino and still in with a shot of the title was Lamberto Collari, Alessio Mazzeo and Andrea Pirani. Already from Thursday things were going well for the multiple World champion, Collari very very fast with his Novarossi powered Capricorn, going on to take the TQ spot ahead of Alessio Mazzeo with his Max powered Serpent in 2nd with Dario Balestri (Motonica/Novarossi) 3rd and Nicola Marrone (Sepent/Max) in 4th. The final was hard fought but Collari would lead away followed by Balestri, Carmine Raiola and Francesco Tironi. Balestri would have to retire with steering problems and Raiola too had mechanical problems. Collari would win just ahead of his Capricorn team mate Tironi in 2nd with Alberto Picco (Mugen/Picco) 2 laps further back in 3rd.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com] / Image: Gabriele Nepitella

September 16, 2012

U.S. Nitro Worlds Warm-Up – Announcement

A number of premier nitro off-road drivers will make their way to Chico, California next month (October 18th- 21st) as A Main Hobbies hosts the U.S. Nitro Worlds Warm-Up at the recently completed Silver Dollar R/C Raceway. The action promises to be fast and furious with team drivers from Kyosho, Mugen Seiki, Team Losi Racing, Team Associated, Hot Bodies, Durango, JQ, and A Main Hobbies expected to compete in preparation for the upcoming 2012 Nitro World Championships in Argentina. To sign up simply log onto RCSignup.com here and register.

September 16, 2012

Delaunay wins Rd5 as Christiany takes French title

The 5th and final round of the French 1/8th Classique championship took place on the brand new Ingrande track last weekend. There was very good weather but the track conditions were not very good and so it was quite difficult to find the right set-up. Local driver Romain Delaunay found the perfect setup and put his Motonica on pole position ahead of Serge Christiany in 2nd and Julen Mathieu in 3rd. The beginning of the 45 minute final was difficult for Romain Delaunay and ended up at the back of the field but he fought back and took over the lead at the half way point in the race. Both Serge and Romain changed rear tires during this final and that is the order it would finish as Delaunay took the win 2 laps in front of Christiany in 2nd while Jean-François Rouanet was 3rd. This result gave Serge Christiany the French National title.

Thanks to Jeff Rouanet for the report.

September 16, 2012

Christophe Louis takes French 1/8th Elite title

The final round of the French Cup for 1/8th scale was held on the Amiens track, which while is not technical is very demanding for engines with 70% max power. The National title was already won by Ramella Pairin in the 4th round but in the Elite class Christophe Louis and Anthony Abisset were still in with a chance of taking the title. In the National qualifications it was Maxime Tenet, Stéphane Bertrand and Faisal Affejee taking the top three places. In the Elite class it wasn’t until the 3rd round of qualifying when Richard Volta, back after a one year break, set the pole position time. For other drivers the 3rd round was also quickest at temperatures improved, with Romain Picard taking second place, followed by Anthony Abisset and Christophe Louis who were only 0.3 seconds apart.

Continue reading the report here