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July 6, 2009

Frederik Suedhoff dominates West German Rd4

Xray team driver Frederik Suedhoff, crowned as the 2009 European Champion (B) early May, has taken the win when leading the pack at round four of the 2009 Western German Championship 1/10 scale nitro on-road in Bad Breisig in the south of the former capital Bonn. The podium was completed by Kyosho driver Bernd Rausch on second and Mugen racer Sebastian Buerge on third. Following an excellent practice session on Saturday race day started with sad news. In the drivers briefing race director Holger Schluss informed the total of 41 competitors that Dieter Weck, the nitro on-road chairman of the German rc racing association DMC, had passed away during the night because of a heart attack. In a minute of silence the RC community commemorated Dieter Weck who was a man in action and racer with all his heart.

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July 1, 2009

Andy Báez does the double at Rd6 in Puerto Rico

The sixth round of the Puerto Rico Championship was held at the Barceloneta R/C track last weekend. In the 1/8 scale class it was Andy Báez who was setting the pace in qualifying, taking pole position with the only 15 lap run of the day. In the 30 minute final Andy was leading ahead of Mugen team mate Fernando Méndez and Kyosho driver Pedro Alvarado when he had his front tire come-off twice, allowing Alvarado to take the lead. Some serious recovery laps by Báez allowed him take the advantage of Alvarado’s mistakes to be able to recover and go on to take the race win by 3 laps over 2nd place Fernando Méndez with Pedro Alvarado eventually dropping back to 3rd spot.

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June 29, 2009

Josué Artiles wins Rd2 in Spain

The 2nd round of the Spanish 1/8th scale National series was held earlier this month at the Club Autet Track in Almussafes, host of last years 1/8th scale European Championships. Once again the race saw 70 drivers registered and the hot sunny weather let the drivers enjoy a nice racing weekend. Following qualifying Oscar Cabezas got the TQ spot followed by local driver Nacho López, current Champion Josué Artiles and Sergio Montesinos. In the final Josué Artiles made a great start and overtook Óscar Cabezas, who was running with big tires so as to not have to change, and in the very first laps set a pace that no one else could follow and so could take the win from Cabezas. There was an interesting fight for the third place involving three drivers, which finally went the way of former Spanish Champion Sergio Montesinos with Israel Solís and Víctor González eventually taking 4th and 5th respectively.

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June 29, 2009

Savoya continues dominance of French Nats

Round 4 of the French 1/8th scale buggy Nationals was held last weekend in Pau in the South West of France. Qualifying went the way of current European Champion and Mugen racer Renaud Savoya, ahead of Losi man Yannick Aigoin in 2nd and brother Jerome Aigoin in 3rd spot for Kyosho. In the hour long final Savoya made the race his own, as he has done at the previous rounds, winning by over a lap from Yannick in 2nd, while Mugen driver Guillaume Vray took the final podium step in 3rd, 2 laps further back.

Source: RC Mag [rcmag.com]

June 29, 2009

Alberto Picco warms up for World title

The warm up race for this years big event, the 1/8th scale World Championships in Lostallo, Switzerland, took place at the weekend and was attended by a lot of big names, with racers coming from as far away as Japan and America, along with the usual batch of super quick European racers. Qualifying went the way of Bumod GP winner Robert Pietsch, who was 3 seconds clear of Mugen team mates Andrea Pirani in 2nd and Alberto Picco, another 3 seconds back, in 3rd, with Kyosho team driver Takaaki Shimo from Japan taking the last direct final spot in 4th. The Semi finals saw Andrea Cristiani win his race while in the other Semi it was Patrick Schäfer who was gifted the win after actual winner Daniele Ielasi was DQ’d due to an underweight car and Marc Vanni who finished 2nd was also DQ’d because the body was too high. This allowed Salven and Tironi to be able to bump up along with Cristiani, Bertin, Green and Schäfer, to join the top 4 in the one hour long final. In the race, Michael Salven was the first to hit problems, breaking his engine at the first corner, he would later rejoin with a newly installed motor, while Andrea Pirani would also break an engine after 14 minutes putting him out of the race. Meanwhile up front it was Pietsch leading but a very quick Alberto Picco was closing and when Robert’s motor flamed out the Italian could clear away out front, followed by Shimo in 2nd, while Mark Green would work his way up to 3rd and stay there till the end of the race. And that was how it would finish with Alberto Picco winning from Takaaki Shimo in 2nd and Mark Green in 3rd.

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June 28, 2009

Morganti & Apolaro claim FORGASS titles

Maxy’s Fuel are reporting that after a long and joyful season of racing at the FORGASS state series in Florida, team drivers Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro claimed the big trophies at the Sour Grapes Race and Awards Dinner back in May, where after the points were calculated had Paolo Morganti claiming the title in the 1/8th scale class while DJ Apolaro took the title in the 1/10th sedan class. Both Serpent team drivers were using Maxy’s Fuel to power their machines trough the entire series helping to get the maximum performance and run time from their engines.

Source: Maxy’s Fuel [maxysfuel.com]

June 28, 2009

Meen Vejrak wins KM Asia Cup Rd3

The 3rd round of the KM Asia Cup took place recently at the TRC race track in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. Although it was meant to be held on the facility’s brand new outdoor race track, the race was actually run indoor due to heavy rain on Friday that gave the organization a tough decision to make. The track itself was one of the biggest challenges for everyone, because of its slippery condition which made the right setup hard to find, not to mention the driving skill required for this type of traction. Usually traction will come up gradually as the race goes on, thus, traction in the finals would be higher than in qualifying, but this indoor track is totally different getting more slippery as the event went on.

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June 27, 2009

Papadakis wins Greek 1/5th Nats Rd3

We received a brief report from the 3rd round of the Greek 1/5th scale Nationals, a class we rarely cover, which took place last weekend at the FRT race track in Athens. The 30 minute final saw an exciting battle between all 8 cars, with the top spot being fought over between Dimitris Papadakis, FG team mate Kwstas Giannitsas and HARM racer Tasos Papadopoulos. In the end it was Papadakis who would take the win, setting the fastest lap of the race, with Giannitsas in 2nd and Papadopoulos taking 3rd.

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