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September 7, 2010

Burch & Ciccarello win Great Lakes Challenge

The 12th running of the Great Lakes Challenge fuel on-road race was held the last week of August on the local club’s permanent track in Toledo, Ohio. Open to four different classes it attracted 140 entries making it the largest attended nitro on road race in the US this year. In the 1/10th Sedan class it was newly crowned World Champion Ralph Burch that took the win for Xray ahead of pole man Josh Cyrul driving the Shepherd and Andy Power in 3rd. Serpent driver Paul Ciccarello took the win from top qualifier Ralph Burch in the 1/8th scale 4wd open class, with Jason Conley finishing 3rd.

View the class podiums here

September 7, 2010

Eric Dankel wins Trofeo Novarossi

The Trofeo Novarossi race took place last weekend at the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter track in Fiorano. With a relatively low turn out of 65 drivers across 1/8th and 1/10th scale, there was nice weather and some great racing. In the 1/8th scale class it was Eric Dankel who took the TQ spot with his Novarossi powered Mugen. The German driver carried his pace into the final and won ahead of Christian Cavicchioli in 2nd and Andrea Lorenzi taking 3rd. In the 1/10th scale race it was Walter Ossola that was the top qualifier but problems in the race saw him finish well down the order. It was Manuel Antinori that took the victory with his Xray chassis in front of Mirko Fuganti in 2nd and Christian Costanzo 3rd.

View the final results and more photos here

September 6, 2010

Fabio Boero wins 2010 Italian title

The fourth and final round of the AMSCI 1/8 Off Road Italian championship was held last weekend at the D&R Dirt Race RC track in Castelnuovo Calcea, Asti. The final saw the fight between Xray driver Riccardo Perin and Davide Tortorici with his Hobao for first position with the former taking the victory. Fabio Boero, who had been sitting in 3rd place by the mid part of the race, brought his Mugen/Reds combination home to claim the final step of the podium and more importantly the 2010 Italian National title. Tortorici took 2nd spot in the final championship standings with Perin in 3rd.

Image: RC Gazette [rcgazette.smugmug.com]

September 5, 2010

Puepke & Vahrenkamp winner at Nitro West Masters Rd3

Round three of the Nitro West Masters saw René Puepke and Ralf Vahrenkamp winning the 1/10 scale and 1/8 scale nitro on-road classes held. The race was held by the MCC Rhein-Ahr at Bad Breisig, located at the river Rhine south of the former capital Bonn. Fortunately the weather was different to the forecast and all heats and finals were run under dry conditions following rain during practice on Saturday afternoon.

Continue reading the report here

September 2, 2010

Kyle Branson wins Rd7 of British 1/8th Nats

The 7th round of this years BRCA 1/8th scale on road championships was back at the Halifax circuit, and it was yet another well attended meeting with 56 drivers. Chris Heath and Mark Green both made welcome returns and with another strong contingent from Ireland, the competition would again be very strong at all levels of driver skills. With the occasional showers disrupting Saturday free practice, the track eventually dried just prior to the controlled practice in the afternoon. This gave all drivers the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the track and grip levels prior to serious controlled practice sessions.

Continue reading the report here

August 30, 2010

Eduardo Giardino wins Argentinean Nationals

This year’s Argentinean Championship race was held at the capital Buenos Aires recently. It was Argentinean Team Shepherd member Eduardo Giardino how claimed the 2010 national title with his Velox V8. The practice started already on Friday, the weather conditions cold and damp in the morning, but in the afternoon the traction came up and Giardino clocked some good lap times. On Saturday qualifying started and in the first round Giardino was very fast, but his transponder didn’t count correctly. The problem was solved for the second round and he had a good run which secured him the second position. Afterward nobody could improve so Giardino lined up second in the grid behind pole-setter Augustin Cutini. The 45 minute final was scheduled for Sunday afternoon. At the start Giardino defended his second position and tried to follow the leader. His strategy was not to change tyres and it worked out quite good and he could hold his second position. When Cutini had an accident, Giardino took over the first position and cruised to the end, winning by two laps over Adrian Frigerio in 2nd and Francesco Rinaldi in 3rd position.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 30, 2010

JJ Wang wins Guangzhou RCP Inaugural race

The brand new RC Passion racetrack in Guangzhou, China, hosted their Inaugural race this past weekend with close to 100 drivers attending. The event held three race classes, 1/10 EP Touring, 1/10 GP, and 1/8 On-road. With drivers coming from all over China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, it was one of the largest on-road races in China this year. Mugen driver JJ Wang, powered by Murnan Modified Novarossi, won the 1/8 on-road class, while Xray driver Samuel Chiu of Hong Kong won the 1/10 GP Touring class. Race Fuel was provided by Nitro X. Finally China’s top EP driver Wang Hai Feng won the 1/10 EP class with his HB TCX

Source: RC Fans [rcfans.com]

August 30, 2010

Yannick Aigoin wins Coupe de France

This year’s Coupe de France 1/8th buggy race was held in Viglain, south of Paris, close to Orléans. European Championship top qualifier Yannick Aigoin was to sit on the TQ spot following qualifying and he would carry forward that speed to the semi finals, to line up on pole position for the main final. In the 45 minute final Losi race Yannick would cruise to victory by 3 laps at the end from brother Jerome Aigoin with his Kyosho, with Julien Lattanzio driving a Mugen taking 3rd spot some seconds further back.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]