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December 17, 2009

Alessio Mazzeo to use BOSS engines

Schepis Model in Italy have announced an agreement with former European B Champion Alessio Mazzeo to use their BOSS engine for the 2010 season. The front running Italian Serpent driver previously ran with JP and Max Power engines. Schepis Model had the following to say about the deal:

Mazzeo will replace team driver Giuseppe D’Angelo as official development driver – we thank Giuseppe for the activities carried out so far on our behalf. Our choice has been motivated by the fact that Mazzeo is in our opinion one of the best international drivers and, besides, he lives in our city, Messina. For this reason, the agreement will definitely help us in the process of testing and development of our engines.

Source: Schepis Model [schepismodel.it]

December 16, 2009

Andy Báez double National Champion in PR

The NOS Puerto Rico championship series come to the end last month and awards were presented at the Winter Cup last Saturday. After 10 races Andy Báez was able to have 6 TQs in the 10 races in the 1/10 sedan class and 5 in 1/8th scale. This gave him a 5 points advantage in the 1/10 class and 17 in the 1/8 at the end of the year, showing he is back to back one of the best drivers in the Island. Mike Swauger was in Puerto Rico to celebrate the victory with his team drivers.

Click here for the final championship standings

December 15, 2009

Maifield & Mitch win at JConcepts Clash

The 3rd annual JConcepts Clash kicked off at Lake Park in Lutz, Florida last weekend and JConcepts report that the competition was hot and heavy as drivers from all over came to the hottest off-road event in Florida. The event started off very slowly with consistent rain on Thursday, severely limiting the practice on the quick and technical track layout. As Friday came, the rains and weather disappeared but the conditions were still rather damp and the usually high bite surface was now a slick groove. Friday morning, drivers were eager to practice and attacked the track trying to find the hottest driving lines and setups.

Continue reading the report here

December 15, 2009

Arizona State Championship Series Rd1

Round one of the Arizona State Championship Series took place this last weekend at Arizona’s newest nitro facility. Expert Truggy saw Losi’s Casey Peck taking the TQ and win with Brian Kinwald in the second spot. Losi teammate Trevor Clement fought a great battle and came from a bad start to finish third. In the Expert Buggy class Trevor Clement TQ’d with his 8ight 2.0 buggy, but in the main Casey Peck and Mike Friery took a 1-2 finish. The Intermediate buggy class saw the Nitrotane-powered buggy of Losi driver Autie Bender able to take the main event win by a full lap over the competition, while in Intermediate truggy Danny Travino took down the field by 2 laps to take the top spot on the podium.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

December 14, 2009

Homestead RC Raceway to host 2011 1/8th Worlds

ROAR have made the announcement that Homestead RC Raceway, located in Homestead, Florida, will host the 2011 IFMAR 1/8 I.C. On‐Road World Championships. The track will undergo major renovations to ensure that all of the facility will meet the racers demands, with a focus on extending the race track to provide a longer racing line as well as a new driver’s stand that is higher, longer and able to accommodate up to 15 drivers.

Click here for the official statement

December 14, 2009

CML Winter Series Rd3 report

The 3rd round of the CML Winter Series at Frankley Model Car Club was run last weekend and the track started out damp and slippery. In those conditions National Champion Neil Cragg was untouchable, gliding his RC8B around the challenging Frankley track with a deft touch that left the opposition trailing in rounds 1 and 2.

Continue reading the report here

December 14, 2009

Huang Yi-Hou takes Taiwanese Nationals

The final round of the Taiwanese Nationals was held last weekend and attracted drivers from North and South of Taiwan. During race weekend the weather was perfected and high grip conditions meant all drivers could push their cars to the limit, making for some very close battles. Following qualifying the TQ spot went to Wu Zheng-Chung from South of Taiwan. Following the 30 minute Main Final, the top 3 drivers were on the same lap, with Huang Yi-Hou taking the win and the National title ahead of pole man Wu Zheng-Chung in 2nd, with Yeh Ton-Cheng taking 3rd spot. This race was also a Serpent Asia Tour qualifying race and the winner will be sponsored to attend the Serpent Asia Tour race next year in Hong Kong.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

December 13, 2009

Atsushi Hara dominates Buggy Part final

Current World Champion Atsushi Hara has won the Buggy Part final in Pattaya Thailand. Having won his semi final from pole position, he would start from the number 1 spot in the 1 hour long final, while big rival current European Champion Renaud Savoya had mechanical problems in his semi after 10 minutes and this ruined any chance of a good result, retiring soon after. A 10 minute delay prior to the start of the A-main called by Kenji Osaka meant he would start from the back of the grid, but from the off it was Hara who was always in command of the race with the only battles taking place for the lower podium positions. The order for a long time was Hara, Greg Degani and Joern Neumann, until the German driver had problems after 45 minutes and dropped back, allowing a recovering Osaka up to the 3rd spot. With 10 minutes to go Meen V. passed Osaka and took the final podium position 2 laps behind Degani in 2nd who was a further 3 laps behind race winner Hara.

Click here for the final results