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November 25, 2009

Recio takes Argentinean Nationals with Rd3 win

Last weekend was the third and last round of the Argentinean Touring car nationals, which took place in Buenos Aires. Pole position for the race went to Sirio/SAC Proyect/Xray driver Sebastián Recio and he also would go on to win the race followed by Juan Pablo Golobic in 2nd with Juan Ignacio Matticoli in 3rd. With his win in this race Sebastián Recio took the title followed by Juan Pablo Golobic and Hernán Lebenban.

Thanks to Roxana Palazzo for the report.

November 24, 2009

Swauger and Fukuda win in Shanghai

The 2nd annual TRS Asia Nitro Open Cup was held in Shanghai, China. Drivers from 10 countries/region including China, USA, Japan, Holland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei and Korea competed at this winter event. After 5 rounds of qualifying, Mike Swauger from the USA was TQ in the 1/8 on road class, and Keisuke Fukuda from Japan was TQ in the touring class. Sunday’s “A” Main Final in the 1/8 on road class saw Swauger lead from start to finish winning the Championship, second place went to Jimmy Qian from Shanghai and 11 year old JJ Wang from Shanghai took third. In the 1/10 touring “A” Mains, a close fought battle between Fukuda, Meen Vejrack (Thailand) and Jilles Groskamp provided the crowd with some exciting racing. At the checkered flag, it was Fukuda who took the Championship with Meen Vejrack in second and Jilles Groskamp in third. Race organizers will be aiming to make next year’s race larger and more competitive.

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November 24, 2009

Cody King scores Pro Buggy win at KFC

Following on from the report we received on the truggy and brushless classes at the Kyosho Fall Classic, held at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA last weekend, today we received a report on the hotly contested buggy class. Kyosho team driver Cody King, driving his Team Orion powered Inferno MP9, TQ’d and won the highly contested 1/8 Nitro Pro Buggy class, taking the victory in front of Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri and Hot Bodies driver Travis Amezcua. Cody also finished 2nd in Pro Truggy and 3rd in Pro Electric Buggy, landing on the podium in all 3 classes he competed in making it a great weekend as Kyosho’s top driver at the event.

Click here for final results and more photos

November 23, 2009

Cristian Costanzo wins Motonica Race

Last weekend saw the Motonica Race held in Fiorano, Italy and on Saturday’s 1/10th scale 200mm race it saw the new Capricorn Lab-C01 claim the win. Having TQ’d the race Cristian Costanzo, would go on to win the A-main using his Novarossi powered Lab-C01 from Xray NT1 driver Walter Ossola in 2nd, with another Capricorn driver Victor Coggiola taking the final podium spot. Capricorn has 4 of their new cars at the event and all made the final with 6 of the 10 drivers in the main final using the company’s new hard light tires.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

November 23, 2009

Cavalieri wins Kyosho Fall Classic

The final race of the Revelation Racing Series took place over the weekend of November 21 & 22 at Revelation Raceway in Montclair, CA. This month’s event is the Kyosho Fall Classic and Ryan Cavalieri quickly ascended to the top spot in the Expert Truggy “A” main from his 2nd qualifying position. Clearly the class of the field, Cavalieri and his RC8T CE checked out from the competition and easily cruised to the victory.

Continue reading and watch a video from the truggy final here

November 23, 2009

Byron selected as Fuel supplier for 2010 Worlds

Byron Gen2 Race Fuel

IFMAR have announced that following a vote by their member blocs, that Byron 16% will be the official fuel of the 2010 IFMAR 1/10th scale 200mm World Championships in Houston, Texas. Along with Byron Fuel, Maxy’s was also up for consideration with the four member blocs giving 2 votes a piece for each brand. As per the rules, the decision fell to the IFMAR officials to make the casting vote and Byron was chosen.

Click here to read the full wording of the letter

November 22, 2009

Aigoin leaves the Arena as double Champion

Yannick Aigoin has completed a clean sweep at the 2009 Arena Offroad Meeting here in Italy by claiming victory in the main event heading home Riccardo Rabitti for a Losi 1-2 finish. Having had a bad start, which saw him drop to the back of the running order, the French racer worked his way up through the field to take the win adding to his earlier Truggy victory.

View our full event coverage here.

November 22, 2009

Rabitti on pole for Arena race

Italian National Champion Riccardo Rabitti will start the 2009 Arena Offroad Meeting from pole position ahead of Losi team-mate Yannick Aigoin. Aigoin took the win in the first of the Semi Finals but Rabitti’s win in the second produced a faster time to see him carry the number 1 on his Sirio powered 8ight for the 45-minute Main here at the ‘Arena of Cowboys’. Both Rabitti and Aigoin had to work hard for their wins. Aigoin saw his Novarossi engine cut on the start due to the idle being set too low and once restarted he had to work his way up through the field. Running one fuel stop compared with the two of young British talent Elliot Boots he eventually found a way passed the Mugen/RB driver who will line up fourth on the grid.

View our full event coverage here.