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September 28, 2011

DJ Apolaro wins ROAR Sedan Nationals

This past weekend we had the 2011 National Championship Race held at the ControlFreakz track in Chaplin CT and DJ Apolaro sent us this report. All the big players had come out to claim the prize and fight it out for the top spot. I was running both classes, as in the US they combine 1/8 scale and Sedan. What also makes it tough is they only qualify the top 4 into the final, which could mean a lot of driving to try and advance from a Semi or ¼ final.

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September 27, 2011

Riccardo Rabitti takes Italian National title

This past weekend, TLR and Horizon Hobby team driver Riccardo Rabitti wins his 3rd Italian National championship at the final round at Marigliano in Naples. Going into the final round there were five drivers in contention for the coveted Italian title. Riccardo started in the middle of the field for the 45min A-main. The Marigliano track was quite rigorous with many bumps and dusty condition. Riccardo stayed patient and drove an excellent final wining the last round and winning the Italian National Championship with his TLR 8ight 2.0 EU buggy.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

September 27, 2011

Dennenmoser & Käufler win Baden-Württemberg Cup

The ‘Baden-Württemberg Cup’ 2011 was dominated by TLR in both the buggy and truggy classes. Consisting of five rounds with two drop rounds, TLR/Horizon Hobby team driver Ralf Dennenmoser took the overall win in the truggy category whilst TLR/Horizon Hobby team driver Hannes Käufler dominated the buggy class. Ralf Dennenmoser clinched second place with his TLR 8ight 2.0 EU Buggy. Three wins for Hannes were enough to secure him the top spot after only four rounds while Ralf won the remaining two races, so together they won each round of the 2011 Cup series. Ralf was the man to beat in truggy, four wins meant he even had a win as a through-away result. To top things off, TLR drivers Pascal Sass took third overall in buggy and Andreas Ruepp second in truggy.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

September 27, 2011

Thomas Mayr takes Austrian title with Rd3 victory

The third and final leg for the Austrian Nationals in 1:8 Offroad was held last weekend at WMW Fehring track, EC-A track for 2012. The Championship standings after first 2 races meant that only 3 drivers could became Austrian champion, Dominic Bauer, Thomas Mayr and Andreas Scharinger. In Qualifying Dominic Bauer dominated winning 3 from 4 rounds giving the following qualifying result.

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September 26, 2011

Paolo Morganti wins 1/8 ROAR Nationals

Paolo Morganti was in great shape in 1/8 scale class at the ROAR Nationals held in Chaplin USA last weekend. Due to rain, qualifying was run over just 3 rounds and it was Morganti who took the TQ honors with his Serpent 966 ahead of DJ Apolaro, Chris Tosolini and Joaquin deSoto. In the final Morganti kept a very high pace, only giving up the lead a few times when he pitted for fuel. He would eventually take the win by 2 laps from Capricorn team mates Chris Tosolini and Joaquin DeSoto in 2nd and 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 25, 2011

Claus Ryeskov wins Danish 200mm title

Even after one of the worst summers in Danish history, all 5 race weekends of the 2011 Danish National 200mm Championships in Vejle, Næstved, Greve, Hillerød and Odense were run in dry weather. The last race of the championship, on a great track for 1:10 cars, was held in Odense with Claus Ryeskov top qualifier, even though Martin NO set the fastest lap time of the qualifying rounds. So the stage was set for an exciting feature race but unfortunately it did not materialise as Martin NO had motor problems within the first 8 minutes of the race. As a result of this, Claus Ryeskov ran a comfortable race with his Novarossi powered Xray and led from start to finish, while 2nd place went to Heinrich Weizer with some nice driving with a borrowed Xray from Claus. Claus Ryeskov won 4 out of the 5 championship rounds and took the title from Martin N.O Hansen driving a Serpent with and Xray driver Daniel Michaelsen in 3rd.

Thanks to Claus Ryeskov for the report.

September 23, 2011

Kody Numedahl wins Colorado State Gas Series

The Colorado State Gas Series is made up of five stops among the top Colorado tracks, which includes Colorado Fast Track, Dirt Works, Rat Raceway, Longmont and Thunder Valley. With National level drivers competing in the series, victory is earned, not given. Team Associated/Reedy driver Kody Numedahl drove his Reedy 121 VR-powered RC8B to the the overall series victory with consistent top finishes and smart racing. Also taking home titles with their Team Associated vehicles were Steve Folle with his RC8Be and Phil Turner with his RC8T.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

September 23, 2011

Hungarian Nationals Rd5 report

The last round of the Hungarian Offroad Championships took place on a newly built track inside a speedway facility in Debrecen recently. It is a US style loamy track with many jumps and tight corners. In Buggy class it was Toth Bence who TQ’d, winning 3 rounds of out 6 in front of Cseko Gergely and Gabnai Gergo. For the finals the track broke up quite a bit so it was real challenge to stay on your wheels without losing a lot of pace. Right after the start Bence and Gergely provided the show for those many speedway fans who visited with very fair and super close racing, continuously changing their position for the lead followed by Bruzsa Richard in a close third. After about 10 minutes Gergely dropped back because of driving errors while Bence and Richard continued swapping their position in front. Gergely was able to pit one less than his rivals and slipped back into the lead while they were out for their last pitstop at the 23 minute mark. This passing maneuver confused both Bence and Richard a bit, they were trying to catch up while racing with each other which resulted in many mistakes that let Gergely to open the gap on them. The race for 2nd remained open till the very last lap.

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