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October 11, 2010

Henrik Christensen takes Danish 1/8th title

The last round of the Danish 1/8th scale nationals was run at GRRC club in Grewe. The track has a technical challenging layout and some rain on Friday & Saturday did not help drivers to get used to it. Unfortunately the weather forecast also effected the numbers of entries so only a few racers showed up. On Saturday afternoon championship leader Christensen showed that he aims for the 4th victory in the running season by taking the pole-position in front of fellow Shepherd-Novarossi racer Jon Pedersen with John Jessen in third position. The 30 minute long final was run on Sunday afternoon and the temperatures were really cold but it did stay dry throughout the final. From the start Henrik had some problems with the engine so after 4 min Jon Pedersen went in front of Henrik Christensen and John Jessen. Henrik’s chances of another victory was destroyed following a 10 minute long pit stop after being hit by a another driver. Jon Pedersen never looked back for the rest of the race and with this result, he had enough points to secure himself the overall 2nd place in the championship. Although he had some problems, Christensen had enough points to defend his championship lead, claiming the Danish National 1/8th Scale Championship title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 11, 2010

HobbyPro Open – Announcement

The organisers of the Hobbypro Open 2010 were in touch to tell us that the event will be held on the 6th – 7th of November at the TRC Track in Hong Kong. Open to 3 classes, 1/8 On Road, 1/10 Touring and 220mm Touring, qualifying will have 4 x 7 minute runs. Top International drivers Daniele Ielasi and Robin D’Hondt will attend this races and more than 100 drivers from Asia are also confirmed in attendance, with other drivers from the rest of World welcome.

More information can be found here.

October 10, 2010

Video – IFMAR Worlds Pattaya testing

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Having brought you some updates earlier in the week, testing has continued at the trick Pattaya track in Thailand, host of next months IFMAR 1/8th scale buggy World Championships. The videos, by RC Blood, show Renaud Savoya, Adam Drake, Jared Tebo and Mark Pavidis in action.

View the other videos here

October 7, 2010

Danish National title for Martin Lissau

The last round of the Danish 1/10th scale nationals was run at GRRC club. The track is very nice but hard to drive without any mistakes. Shepherd driver Martin Lissau arrived at the track already on Friday, but as the conditions were not the best there was not much practice action. On Saturday 4 rounds of qualifying were scheduled. Martin Lissau took the pole-position with his Velox V10 in front of Claus Ryeskov and Martin Hansen. The 30 minutes final was run on Sunday afternoon. The temperatures were really cold and Lissau had some difficulties to find the correct engine setup. He took a time-out to adjust the engine and had to start from the last position of the grid. But already at the first pitstop he was back in front and never looked back for the rest of the race. With this result Lissau had enough points to secure himself the Danish 1/10th scale nitro championship title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 6, 2010

Testing underway in Pattaya

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This week sees a large scale test underway at the host track for next month’s 1/8th scale buggy World Championships in Pattaya Thailand. A large group from the US team are present as well as racers from Asia and Europe, getting to grips with the new track layout. Team Associated team manager Brent Thielke sent us some track shots and also included a video showing some on track action.

View more track images here

October 6, 2010

Francesco Tironi wins Rd3, takes Italian 200mm title

Last weekend saw the 3rd and final race of the Italian 1/10th 200mm Nationals take place on the Leno track in the north of Italy, just east of Milan. Mugen/Sirio driver Francesco Tironi dominated and took the victory at the end of the 60 minute A-main. 2nd spot went to Xray/Max driver Walter Salemi, with Xray/Sirio racer Luca Redaelli in 3rd. In the F1 class, Claudio Codazzi (Xray/REDS) took the win followed by Marco Zagni (Xray/Max) in 2nd, who took the class title, and in 3rd Michele Scaglioni (Xray/Sirio). In the F2 class, the young 12 year old Michele Adami (Xray/BOSS) was victorious in front of Lorenzetti Mattia (Shepherd/IDM) and Biagio Verbicaro (Xray/Sirio).

View more photos from Rd3 here

October 5, 2010

Tamiya USA sign Lee Martin to run TRF801X

Following the announcement last week that Ryan Lutz had left their team, Tamiya America have today announced the signing of World class off-road ace Lee Martin. In a partnership with Tamiya America, Inc. he will pilot the TRF801X at the upcoming IFMAR 1/8 Off-Road world championship being held at Pattaya, Thailand on November 7-14, 2010 as well as other major events around the globe. Lee, a well known driver from Great Britain, has already achieved great success piloting Tamiya’s newly released 1/10 TRF201 2WD buggy and the TRF511 4WD buggy. Sweeping the recent 2010 Euros by firmly establishing the TQ position in qualifying and winning both the 2WD and 4WD classes, expect to see a lot of Lee stateside as he pilots Tamiya’s state of the art R/C platforms in the coming months and into next year. Lee Martin had this to say about the deal:

After much success with my Tamiya 1/10th vehicles, I cannot wait to begin racing for Tamiya America, Inc. in 1/8th scale as well. The TRF801X shows great promise and I’m really looking forward to getting behind the wheel and hopefully achieve some great results at the coming World Championship and future races! I would like to thank David Jun and Tamiya America, Inc. for this opportunity and also thank Horizon UK and David Spashett for the help throughout the year until my move to the Tamiya Team.

Source: Tamiya [tamiyausa.com]

October 5, 2010

AKA sign German Champion Tim Bremicker

US based tire manufacturer AKA have added another top name to their driver roster with the signing of current German National Truggy and 2008 Buggy Champion Tim Bremicker. The German driver, who has joined the Associated Factory Team this year, has completed a deal that sees him join a team which includes current US National Champion Jared Tebo, US front running driver Cody King and top European drivers like Jerome Aigoin, Miguel Matias and Davide Tortorici to name a few. Tim will be running the complete line up of AKA tires on his Associated Factory Team Cars for 2011 and the rest of the 2010 season. Tim had the following to say:

I’m very happy to join the AKA Racing team and would like to thank AKA’s German distributor KYOSHO Deutschland for their trust in me. I can look back to a long relationship with them in the past and I’m proud to be a part of this team again. Testing the tires in the last couple of weeks was a pleasure and I can’t wait for the upcoming season to race and support the team as well as AKA’s and KYOSHO Deutschland’s customers with my know how and experience.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]