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September 28, 2010

Villegas wins in Madrid, Cabezas wins title

The last round of the Spanish 1/8th National Championship was held in ARCA track, near Madrid last Sunday. The main candidates for the overall title were Carlos Peracho and Nacho López after previous race in Valladolid where Oscar lost most of the chance due to an inopportune belt breaking while he was leading the race. So Oscar had to win the race and expect his main rivals to finish below 4th. Oscar Cabezas was top qualifier in the 4 rounds, follwed by main rivals, Carlos Peracho and Nacho López.

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September 28, 2010

Okonski & Zeljas take Polish titles

Last weekend the Polish nitro on-road championships took place in the small city of Pacanow. Good weather all weekend made for a nice atmosphere between drivers and so it was a good event for everyone. In the 1/10th scale class it was Serpent driver Robert Okonski that took the title ahead of the Shepherd pairing of Blazej Orlowski and Robert Motyl in 2nd and 3rd. The 1/8th scale title went to Rafal Zeljas in front of his Shepherd team mate Marcin Marczyk, with Serpent racer Norbert Rekawek completing the podium.

View the 1/8th podium here

September 28, 2010

Dustin Evans takes RC Pro Mountain Division Rd3

Team Losi Racing are reporting that their drivers Dustin Evans and Matt Chambers attended the final round of the RC Pro Series Mountain Division held at Dirtworks R/C in Burlington, CO. Through qualifying Dustin was on his game and took the overall TQ spot for the main with Matt startng 2nd. The main event would prove to be an interesting battle between the two Losi team mates. At the start Dustin led with Matt in 2nd until a mistake coming on the straightaway allowed Matt to take over the lead. Matt and Dustin stayed close through the first pit stop with Matt leading until he ran out of fuel just before the second fuel stop. This allowed Dustin a comfortable 2 lap lead over Matt who held onto 2nd despite the problem. With 15 minutes to go, Dustin had a problem with a front tire and had to come into the pits for a replacement. This allowed Matt to make up valuable time and get back to within 5 seconds of Dustin. A few small bobbles allowed Matt to take over the lead until a shorter fuel strategy had him pit an extra time. Dustin would cross the finish line first with Matt in second about 10 seconds back and another Losi driven by Chris Peralta rounding out the podium in 3rd. Chris Peralta took the overall win in Expert Buggy and Expert Truggy for the RC Pro Series Mountain Division.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

September 27, 2010

Robert Pietsch & Klaus Lechner take German titles

Robert Pietsch has become German Champion in the 1/8 nitro class 1 category. With this success the Mugen factory driver has given the new MRX5 chassis, which at long last will hit the market in the next few days, a second title following the European Championship in Italy three months ago. German Champion in class 2 was Klaus Lechner racing a Serpent 966.

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September 27, 2010

Sandro Sammarini wins Trofeo Max Power Sprint

The Trofeo Max Power Sprint took place last weekend at the Riccione track in the east of the country, close to San Marino. Qualifying saw Serpent/Max driver Sandro Sammarini fastest, who along with team mate Alessandro Bracci, were the only two drivers to record 27 laps. In the finals it was again Sandro who was the fastest, never relinquishing the lead on the way to the win with a 4 lap margin. Behind there was a close battle between Bracci and Manuel Tordi, but by the end it was Bracci who would take the runner up spot, 1 lap ahead of Tordi in 3rd.

Source: RRR [roadracericcione.com]

September 27, 2010

Cavalieri wins buggy at Thunder Alley Gas Champs

The Thunder Alley Gas Champs took place last weekend at Thunder Alley RC Raceway in Beaumont, CA. In the 1/8th expert buggy class it was Losi racer Mike Truhe who would start the double header finals from pole position but on both occasions it was Team Associated man Ryan Cavalieri that took the win to secure the overall. In leg 1 RC won from Cody King in 2nd and Josh Wheeler in 3rd, while in leg 2, with a smaller victory margin it was again Cody in the 2 spot while Mike Truhe took 3rd. So in the overall results it was RC ahead of King in 2nd and Truhe in 3rd.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

September 27, 2010

Patrick Belltrallo takes title with Rd6 win in Luxembourg

The 6th round of the Luxembourg 1/8th scale nationals was held last weekend on the fast LMCC track. Qualifying was hit with rain and the first tree rounds took place in wet conditions, with the 4th round run in dry conditions so this would be important for the grid position. It was Patrick Belltrallo who took the pole position in front of Dirk Richard, Tom Maquel, Christophe Deliege, Jacques Libar, Laurent Libar an Jerome Hirtziger. The 30-minute main final saw Motonica racer Patrick Belltrallo cross the finishing line in first position, followed by team mate Tom Maquel in 2nd and Jacques Libar with a Serpent in 3rd. With this result, Patrick Belltrallo was crowned the Luxembourg 1/8th scale national Champion for 2010.

Thanks to Raymond Libar for the report.

September 25, 2010

Niclas Brunsberg joins Team Serpent

Serpent have announced that Top-level Swedish driver Niclas Brunsberg has joined Team Serpent to run the Cobra S811. The former Kyosho driver has been testing the Cobra buggy intensively at tracks he knows very well and was impressed with the handling, steering and traction the car offers. Serpent Distributor HP from Sweden, with owner Klas, will be working intensively with Niclas, and Klas will also be his mechanic at the big races. Niclas will join Billy Easton and other Serpent Cobra drivers in November when he competes at the World Championships in Thailand.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]