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May 6, 2009

Adrien Bertin makes it 3 from 3 in France

The 3rd round of the French 1/8th scale National Championship took place in Evry at the MRTE track near Paris. Nice weather greeted the 62 drivers in attendance and following qualifying it was winner of the first 2 rounds, Adrien Bertin who tool pole in the Elite class ahead of Stéphane Bouche in 2nd, while in the National class Gérald Colinet was the man to beat in front of Jérémy Becht. In the 45 minute Elite final the front pair took off ahead of the rest of the field, but a mistake in the chicane by Bouche saw him crash shifting the engine and in doing so damaging the gears, he would rejoin but way down the order. Meanwhile Adrien stormed ahead at the front to take his 3rd win in a row, 2 laps ahead of Romain Picard in 2nd and Stéphane Riccobono in 3rd. In the National class Damien Thirion got through to the front and was never challenged, winning by a lap from Serpent team mate Gérald Colinet in 2nd, with Jèrome Berthelot taking 3rd, 2 laps back.

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May 6, 2009

GP 2009 IC Sweden – Announcement

The organisers of the this years Swedish 1/10th scale EFRA GP that takes place in Göteborg, have contacted us to help announce the event. The race will take place on the 3rd to 5th of July this year and will be held on the Väst-8 track, hosts of next years European Championship for the same class. Run of course to EFRA rules, the event is open to a maximum of 120 drivers and you can register, as well as find more information about the race, on the official event site here.

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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