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June 21, 2010

Mattia Pesenti wins Rd3 in Switzerland

This last weekend saw the 3rd round of Swiss 1/8th scale on road Championships run in Herblingen and we received this report from Mattia Pesenti. We arrived at the track on Friday at 12 and it was wet, but it dried very fast so at 3pm we could practice and I had a very good feeling with my Motonica. Unfortunately Saturday morning the rain came again and so I had to setup my car for the wet. I lost the first qualifier but in the second round I did a very good time placing me in 3rd position and as the rain stopped so the track become faster. However I couldn’t do better in the 3rd round but in the last one I put on different tyres and I was really fast and managed to take the pole position.

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June 21, 2010

Jörn Neumann wins 2010 Hessencup

The 4th round for the 2010 Hessencup was held in Bischofsheim from last weekend and attracted 75 drivers. Saturday was controlled practice and 1 round of qualifying with another 2 rounds for Sunday. LRP driver Jörn Neumann took TQ, followed by Alex Hardt in 2nd and Tim Bremicker in 3rd. In the extended 40min main final Jörn took the win with his LRP car, in front of Associated driver Tim Bremicker in 2nd, 1 lap back, with 3rd place going to Gerhard Frank 2 laps back driving a Kyosho.

June 20, 2010

2010 BeNeLux championships – Announcement

Model Race Genk vzw. in Belgium have been in touch to tell everyone about the BeNeLux championships which will be organized on their new track in Genk from the 24th to the 25th of July. This race is driven in 2 classes, 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm, following EFRA rules for the technical specifications and the race organization. The all new 287 meter long track is built to an internationals spec and so features all the facilities you should expect from such a venue. Entry is now open and you can find out more information here.

June 17, 2010

Ty Tessmann dominates RC Pro Rd1 in Alberta

Pro-Line are reporting that this past weekend Worlds warmup TQ Ty Tessmann competed in round 1 of the Alberta RC Pro Series held in Grande Prairie, Alberta. He was able to top qualify in both the expert buggy and expert truggy and would go on to win both classes to complete a dominant weekends racing.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

June 17, 2010

Sotiropoulos wins ELME Greek National Cup

The ELME Greek National Cup for 1/8 On Road took place last weekend at the Montelodromio Track in Patra. In qualifying it was Serpent racer John Sotiropoulos that took the pole position winning all 4 rounds of qualifying to line up ahead Kyosho driver Vangelis Totomis in 2nd and John Doukakis in 3rd fro Motonica. In the final it was Sotiropoulos who would come out on top by 2 laps ahead of Totomis in 2nd with another Serpent driver Antreas Makrigeorgios in 3rd.

Thanks to Kostas Nikolaou for the report.

June 16, 2010

Kyle Branson wins Rd4 of British Nationals

For the fourth round of the BRCA 1/10th 200mm National championship it was held at Snetterton circuit in Norfolk and Kyle Branson sent us this report. The weather was good however the traction was not so great at the start, but with around 60 cars there on saturday the grip soon came up. It was Mark Green and Kyle Branson who were setting the fastest laps through most of Saturday, my car was good for most of the day with a few little adjustments making it a little better. Sunday morning was cooler and it looked like there was a hint of drizzle during the day, however this wasnt the case as within an hour the sun was out. In round 1 Mark took TQ, I made a mistake which ruined my run of getting 25 laps, with me in second and John Zottl in third. In the second round Mark was still on TQ just ahead of me in second, I couldn’t improve on my time due to having a problem. In the last round I managed to improve and get TQ just under a second ahead of Mark in second and Joe Kerry in third.

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June 16, 2010

Barry Baker takes coast-to-coast wins for O’Donnell

O’Donnell are reporting on their coast-to-coast adventure which began at the incredible RC Excitement facility in Fitchburg, MA, for the first annual O’Donnell East Coast Championship. During qualifying, East Coast factory O’Donnell team driver Mike Wilder showed that having the home track advantage does pay off. He piloted his brand new Z01-B SG buggy to the TQ position over West Coast superstar and factory O’Donnell driver Barry Baker. Not to be outdone, Baker went on to take the TQ spot in e-buggy with the Z01-E SG and the TQ spot in truggy as well, with his Z01-T SG. In the main events, however, Baker put on a driving clinic with the new line of SG vehicles from O’Donnell racing to claim victory. The following day, it was back on a plane to the West Coast for the annual O’Donnell West Coast Championships at the world-famous Revelation Raceway in Montclair, CA. During qualifying, O’Donnell Fuel driver Dylan Rodriguez lay down the TQ in both buggy and truggy. When the main events rolled around, it was a whole different story. The top spot changed hands throughout the race. In the end, O’Donnell factory driver Barry Baker, fresh off of his truggy win out East, let them know who the boss was as he piloted his O’Donnell Z01-T SG to victory over his O’Donnell teammate Mike Moralez.

Source: O’Donnell [odonnellracing.com]

June 16, 2010

Darren Bloomfield wins Bittydesign contest 2010

Last weekend saw the second running of the Bittydesign contest in Barco di Bibbiano in Italy. With 180 entries, and 130 actual drivers, the race saw drivers from Spain, Czech Republic, Germany, UK, Switzerland, Austria and of course Italy, with official factory team Losi drivers like Ricki Rabitti and Darren Bloomfield present, as well as top Spanish driver Richi Gomez in attendance. With a DJ set, awesome trophy girl, free cocktail party and giveaways donated by the event sponsors, this is not your standard race. The racing saw a cool race format which is aimed at being as spectacular as possible with the top drivers having to qualify through Superpole as well as a last chance qualifier just like in US supercross. The A-main was a great race to see, with the front runners putting on an amazing show. After 45 minutes it was Bloomfield that took the win, with Rabitti in 2nd place, 20 seconds behind. Gomez took 3rd position after a race with lot of spectacular passes. Everyone agreed that the event has been a great success, and there has already been some international rumors for next year.

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