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May 6, 2009

Rick V wins Dutch 1/8th NK Rd2

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Dutch championship run, this time it was on the very bumpy track of REAL80 in the far north of Holland, in Groningen. The first laps of training on Friday showed high wear on the tires but during the weekend a layer of rubber was put down which helped reduce the wear. The weather forecast was not looking good, with rain predicted n finals day and so people had to take care with the possibility of rain. On Sunday the first 2 rounds of qualification were in good weather conditions but after wards it started to rain but during the sub finals the rain stopped and during the first main final of the day the track was drying up. In the NK class it was round 1 winner Rick V taking the pole with a stunning 22 laps in 5:16.456 followed by Jordy Block, Rik Veenma and Daniel vd Drift. In the final which took place on a dry track, it was again RickV taking the lead until the finish of the race finishing 2 laps ahead of Rik Veenma while on 3rd spot was Arie Manten.

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May 5, 2009

Mike Truhe wins Astra Nitro Cross

Just after signing his contract with Team Orion, American super star Mike Truhe has won the first race using the CRF US Spec engine. Taking part at the Astra Nitro Cross race in the Slovkov/Czech Republic, he won in front of Losi team mates Adam Drake and Martin Bayer.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

May 5, 2009

2009 CanAm Challenge & Midwest Series Rd1

Celebrating its 40 year anniversary, the Midwest Series is the oldest on road racing series in the world. To start their 2009 season, the first event was held in Toledo, Ohio (USA) host to this year’s ROAR US Open Nationals in September. With over 80 entries and picture perfect weather, the One Eighth Racers of Toledo hosted an outstanding event. Consisting of 8th open, 8th Masters, 1/10th Touring, and GT classes the Top qualifiers were Bobby Flack (Xray) in 1/10th Touring, Mike Cooper (Kyosho) in GT, Eli Ezrow (Shepherd) in 1/8th Masters and Josh Cyrul (Shepherd) in 1/8th Open.

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May 5, 2009

Darmadi wins Indonesian Regionals Rd3

Last Sunday saw the 3rd round of the Indonesian regionals take place at the huge WTC RC track in Jakarta. The final saw Kyosho driver John Agus start on pole, but problems for him later in the race meant he wouldn’t finish. At this point it was Jammin driver Darmadi who was leading and he eventually managed to pull out a laps advantage, over a minute, by the end of the race on eventual 2nd placed finisher Wijaya H driving a Kyosho, with Indra L rounding out the top 3, a lap further back.

Source: HongNor [hongnor.com.tw]

May 5, 2009

Merlin Depta wins German Nats Warm-up

Last weekend saw the warm-up race for the German nationals take place in Hildesheim. With 24 drivers and dry, almost warm weather conditions, everyone was looking forward to a nice race. Jens Stark TQ’d the event with is Max powered 966 in front of Stefan Hanauer, Steven Cuypers and his father Jürgen Stark. After the qualification Serpent driver Merlin Depta was in 6th, starting from position 1 in his semi-final. After finishing 1st, he was also able to help his friend Thomas Plöger in the pit, who finished 3rd and would also take part in the main final too, also with a 966. After 30 minutes Merlin finished the race two laps ahead of Tobias Hepp and Jens Stark, completing the all Serpent podium.

Thanks to Merlin Depta for the report.

May 4, 2009

Freddy Südhoff takes European 1/10th ‘B’ title

Following qualifying on Friday and Saturday for this year’s European 1/10th scale ‘B’ Championship in Austria, Sunday say the main finals get underway to decide who would claim the 2009 title. At the start of the 45 minute final Gerhard Kandelhart and Freddy Südhoff got off to a clean start and started to make gap on the rest of the field, also having the advantage of only needing to refuel every 6:45. Around the 13 minute mark Freddy managed to get passed Kandi to take the lead and began to pull a gap and at this time the leading pair had a lap advantage on the rest of the field. Later in the race Rico Kröber, who was in 3rd, started to decrease the gap to Kandi and managed to unlap himself to get back on the lead lap and following some quick laps he managed to catch Kandi again once more, this time for position with 3 laps to go. Going into the fast sweeper, the pair touched and Kandi went off and flamed out, something which would lose him the podium position, dropping to 4th by the time he restarted. This incident moved Daan Jacobs up to 3rd behind Kröber in 2nd, with Freddy Südhoff clear up front to take the European title.

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May 2, 2009

Gerhard Kandelhart TQ’s 1/10th Euro B

This weekend sees the European 1/10th 200mm ‘B’ Championships take place in Aigen, Austria. With 112 drivers present from 17 different countries, qualifying got underway yesterday in perfect conditions after some rain earlier in the week threatened to put a dampener on the whole event, however in the evening a thunderstorm did manage to interrupt the opening ceremony. Today it was again very sunny with clear skies, and a lot of spectators around the track watching, as the final qualifying sessions to determine the starting order for the finals got underway. With 4 rounds each to set your quickest time, pole position went to former European Champion Gerhard Kandelhart from Austria driving an Xray NT1, the only driver to get 25 laps, in front of top electric racer Freddy Sudhoff from Germany also with an Xray. Kyosho managed to place a car directly into the final with Rico Krober in 3rd also from Germany, while the final direct qualifying spot went to Dutch front runner Daan Jacobs in 4th, also with an Xray.

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April 29, 2009

King & Cavalieri clean up at JBRL Rd1

Team Orion team mates Cody King and Ryan Cavalieri cleaned up at the opening round of the JBRL series this past Sunday. Cavalieri saw some issues in qualifying, but sorted it out and bumped all the way from the bottom main to win truggy from King in 2nd and Pavidis in 3rd. King took the exact opposite route, TQ’ing both classes and capturing the buggy crown from team mate Cavalieri, with Ryan Lutz taking 3rd. With 340 entries for a one day event, it was a miracle they finished before midnight.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]