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April 20, 2009

Pete Hastings wins BRCA 1/8th Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th scale nationals was held at Brooklands yesterday and with 43 drivers, both new and old faces, in attendance it was a very enjoyable start to the season. In Qualifying, it was Mark Green setting the pace yet again, but this year the performance advantage is very clear to see using his new Novarossi engines. The fight for second was very close and would eventually be determined by which driver could make 5 minutes run time. With this being the case, Andy North just beat Pete Hastings by 0.02 of a second. In the final, Mark Green pulled out a big lead with the chasing pack of Andy, Pete and Neil Diver also pulling out a lead over the mid field. At 13 mins, Andy North went off whilst in a strong 2nd place due to a battery pack support bracket working loose and up front Mark Green had a battery failure, all of which promoted Pete into a comfortable lead which he maintained to the finish. The 2nd spot went to reigning champion Tim Wood, with Neil Diver in third after drive belt issues close to the end prevented a 2nd place finish.

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April 20, 2009

New South Wales State Gas title report

Top drivers from Australia converged towards the John Grant International Raceway in Sydney’s west for a taste of what was to come later in the year for the National titles at this venue (Moorebank Raceway). The NSWRCRCC, invested their funds into track resurfacing and with the help of their committed members, exceeded the expectations of the racers attending. A new laid, silky smooth bitumen surface was kerbed with official sky blue transitions, uniform and inviting throughout the track. The false sense of being nursed by these delightful kerbs, revealed the wicked grass that seemed to pounce onto a shell and capture it within it’s stringy mesh. It was understandable, the club recently laid the grass, rain in Sydney also added to it’s volume, it was impartial to all scales without bias.

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April 17, 2009

Acciari & Salvatore win Italian Regionals Rd1

LRP are reporting on the opening race of the Italian Buggy Regionals which was held recently on a completely new track close to Roma, the Latina track. The racing was split into two classes, F1 and F2, and a total of 61 drivers from both classes joined the event. In the F1 class it was LRP driver Riccardo Acciari that set the pace from the start securing the TQ spot after winning the 1st and 2nd round by a huge 15 second margin to 2nd placed finisher. In the final Riccardo had a flame out at the start and found himself in last place by the end of lap 1. After only 10 min of the final he had managed to overtake every driver in the A-main and caught the leader. By the end of the race Riccardo and his S8 BX crossed the finishing line with a clear 2 lap lead. In the F2 class it was also a dominant performance from the LRP S8 BX by Ruggiero Salvatore that showed great skill in the F2 class by also both securing TQ and win.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

April 16, 2009

Jared Tebo wins Neo 09 race

Less than a week after his big win at the Silver State Team Orion/Kyosho/AKA factory driver Jared Tebo made the long trip over to the UK to compete against Europe’s best at the Neo 09 Race. The race format consisted of five 10-minute qualifiers with the point totals from 3 out of the 5 rounds to be used to seed the drivers into the semi’s. A 20-minute semi would then ran to advance the top drivers into the 45-minute A-Main. Tebo went on to TQ rounds 3, 4, and 5 to set the overall TQ and would then start first on the grid for the 20-minute Semi which he won by 10 seconds over 2nd place. For the 45-Minute A-Main JT would once again start from the pole position and at the start of the tone Jared got a good start and began to gap the field. After the first rounds of pit stops Tebo was still out front and looking good. With 7-minutes left to go in the main, Tebo came in for his last fuel stop and came out with close to an 8 second lead on UK’s Darren Bloomfield and never looked back. Jared went on to win from Losi driver Bloomfield in 2nd and Tamiya driver Ryan Lutz 3rd.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

April 16, 2009

Arnaud Chaussard wins French 10th Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the French 1/10th scale 200mm Championships was held last weekend in Herrlisheim close to the German border. Qualifying in the Elite class went the way of Kyosho man Mikael Pontal, with Thomas Desmaries the only driver able to challenge him with his Mugen in 2nd, while in the National class it was Anthony Bruyer that came out on top, the only driver to take 19 laps in this class to start ahead of Xray team mate Arthur Leclercq. In the Elite final, pole man Pontal lead the way from Desmaries who had a rear belt failure early on putting him out. Pontal lead until some problems at the 20th minute that let Xray driver Arnaud Chaussard through to the lead, and who was also making one less stop than everyone else. Arnaud would hold on for the win from the Kyosho pairing of Jacky Mouton in 2nd and Nicolas Bougnoteau in 3rd, the top 5 finishing on the same lap. In the National class it was pretty straight forward for pole man Bruyer, who had to wait till the 4th minute before taking the lead, from where he could easily win from Ayrton Auge in 2nd and Arthur Leciercg in 3rd.

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April 15, 2009

Adam Drake dominates Losi Winter series Rd4

Adam Drake touched base to let us know about the 4th and final round of the Losi Winter Series that took place last weekend at Revelation Raceway. The Drake TQ’d both the expert buggy and truggy with Losi 8ight and 8ight T and went on to claim the win in both classes. In the buggy class he won from Losi team mates Matt Schreffler in 2nd and Colby Poh 3rd, both drivers a lap down, while in truggy he won from Losi man Eddie Laret and Scott Wagner driving an Associated, both drivers unable to mount any serious challenge. In taking these wins, Adam wrapped up both titles.

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April 15, 2009

Daniele Ielasi confirmed for BUMOD GP

The organisers of the Bumod Turkish Grand Prix, which takes place in Bursa, Turkey from the 4th to the 7th of June have been in touch once more to tell us that they have confirmed entry from current 1/10th scale 200mm World Champion Daniele Ielasi. The former European 1/8th scale Champion will be running his IDM powered Shepherd Velox V8 in the event, alongside other well known gas racers such as Michael Salven, Jilles Groskamp, Robert Pietsch, DJ Apolaro, Patrick Schaefer and Dirk Wischnewski, with more driver announcements to come in the lead up to the race. Entry is now open for this event and you are guaranteed a warm reception from the Turkish hosts, who will also arrange transport and help find the best accommodation. Red RC will also be present throughout the event bringing live reports each day on our Events page.

For more information about the event visit the official site here.

April 15, 2009

Adrien Bertin wins French 8th Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the French 1/8th scale Nationals was held last weekend in Concarneau in the very north west tip of the country. Great weather on all days of the race greeted the 43 drivers and following qualifying it was round 1 winner Adrien Bertin that took the top qualifier spot in the Elite class ahead of Stéphane Bouche in 2nd and Stéphane Riccobono 3rd, while in the National class it was Gérald Colinet who was quickest ahead of Arnaud Mathieu. Following the semi finals, the Elite final saw an early battle between Team Orion engine man Bertin and Bouche, with the latter having the initial advantage until refueling strategies came into play and Adrien could retake the lead to eventually go on to win for Kyosho by a lap from Shepherd driver Bouche in 2nd and Serpent man Antony Abisset in 3rd, 3 laps further back. In the National class the order started as Mathieu, Colinet, Bertherlot and Gaschet and would remain that way until the 19th minute when Mathieu had an engine problem and had to retire. The order stayed steady until the final laps as a close battle begun between Colinet and Bertherlot, with the pole man coming out on top to win for Serpent from Mugen driver Bertherlot in 2nd and Velox racer Gaschet in 3rd.

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