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April 26, 2010

Francesco Tironi wins Rd1 in Italy

Something we missed last week, but the 1st round of the Italian 1/10th scale 200mm Championships took place in Gubbio the weekend before last and in the expert class it was current World Champion Daniele Ielasi, with the new Velox V10, that took the pole position. In the race however, Mugen Sirio driver Francesco Tironi won the final by a lap, while in 2nd place was former European champion and Team magic driver Dario Balestri, with 3rd place going to NT1, Max power racer Guido Barbera. Good performance in F1 class for the F.V.S.S. driver Mattia Collavo with 3rd place after a good race.

Source: F.V.S.S. [fvssrc.com]

April 26, 2010

Flying start for Dylan Rodriguez at RC Pro West

We received a quick update that team Mugen driver Dylan Rodriguez goes 1, 2, 3 at the R/C Pro West opener last weekend at Hemet Raceway. Dylan TQ’d and won Electric buggy and TQ’d all three rounds of Truggy, but had mechanical problems in the main and settled for 3rd and wrapped up a great weekend by finishing 2nd in Pro buggy.

April 26, 2010

Tobias Hepp wins 1/8 opener in Western Germany

Round one of the 1/8 nitro Western German Championship saw Tobias Hepp taking full points for the qualification of the German Nationals which will be held in September in Roetz in Southern Germany. The 16 years old Hepp achieved his victory in class 1 in front of Steven Cuypers and Frank Schewiola while 15 years old Jean-Pierre Roenicke with his victory in class 2 making it a day for the youth.

Continue reading the full report here

April 25, 2010

Fabio Boero wins Rd1 in Italy

The Italian 1/8th buggy Nationals got underway this weekend at the Valley Sporting Club in Alberobello in the very south of the country. Reigning champion Riccardo Rabitti managed to TQ the event with his Picco powered Losi, ahead of Mugen/Reds Racing driver Fabio Boero, with multiple Champion Davide Tortorici in 3rd. Things would go badly for Rabitti in his semi final, a number of problems in his race saw him lose too much time and so failed to bump into the main event. Fabio Boero would start from the pole position for the hour long race, with Carlo Jacopini lining up just behind him. In the race itself, it was Riccardo Perin that took the early lead, while behind it was Jacopini in 2nd being chased by a hard recovering Boero who had lost a lot of time on lap 2. Just before the half way point Perin hit trouble, and with Boero up to 2nd he was able to pounce and take the lead, which he held on to until the end. Davide Tortorici took 2nd place, passing Fabrizio Teghesi a few laps before the end, demoting the Kyosho driver to 3rd spot by the flag.

View the final results here

April 25, 2010

Peter Harder takes victory in Danish opener

The opening round of the Danish 1/8th off road Nationals took place this weekend with nice sunny weather in Hillerød on the challenging NXC track north of Copenhagen. Peter Harder with his Novarossi powered Xray 808 took a strong victory leading from early on to win by 3 laps from Losi driver Silas Høgholt Pedersen, with HongNor driver Tim Culmsee completing the top 3.

Click here to see the final results

April 24, 2010

Short Course Nationals – Announcement

The organisers of the 2010 Short Course Nationals to be held at R/C Madness in Enfield, CT were in touch to promote their event which takes place from the 9th to 11th of July. As the name suggests, the race is only open to short course vehicles by encompasses 7 classes including Slash spec, 2wd stock, 2wd open, 4wd electric small block, 4wd electric big block, mini short course open and finally 4wd nitro open. Registration is now open and you can find the entry form here.

April 24, 2010

Short Course Nationals – Announcement

April 23, 2010

Shasa Lackner joins Hot Race Tyres

Italian company Hot Race Tyres have signed front running Swiss driver Shasa Lackner to run their tires in both 1/8th and 1/10th scale for the 2010 season. The Motonica driver, who just signed for Team Magic in 1/10th scale, used the tires to great success, winning the opening round of the Swiss 1/8th scale Nationals in Lostallo last weekend.