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January 28, 2009

Báez & Mendez win Puerto Rico Nats Rd1

The first race of the Puerto Rico Championship was held in Barceloneta this past weekend under perfect weather conditions. The sedan class saw the win go to Mugen Driver Andy Báez who also took the TQ, followed by Serpent driver Juan Rodríguez and Kyosho Team Driver Pedro Alvarado. The race was 40 minutes long and was exciting from the very beginning, with Andy and Juan constantly changing positions. Unfortunately later in to the race Andy lost his second gear, however quick work from his pit crew got the problem fixed and they managed to keep him in the lead. Later on in the race Juan hit problems giving Andy a comfortable lead and allowed him to take the win.

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January 28, 2009

Drake & Truhe clean sweep at Airtronics Winternats

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This past weekend saw the Airtronics Winter Nationals take place at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA with a lot of pro drivers in attendance. The expert buggy class saw a clear win for Losi racer Adam Drake ahead of Jeremy Kortz, racing the Hobao in 2nd, while Mike Truhe took 3rd spot less than 3 seconds further back. In expert truggy, it was the Losi 8ight T 2.0 show up front with Mike Truhe (video above) taking the win by almost a lap from team mate and top qualifier Adam Drake, while Travis Amezcua, racing the prototype Hot Bodies buggy took 3rd.

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January 13, 2009

Florida State Series Rd2 report

The JConcepts FSORS rolled into its second round at the East Coast RC Club after a massive first race with over 190 entries. The weather was in the 70s during the day and cooled off at night, but there wasn’t a cloud in the sky so the track saw plenty of sun. The Daytona crew provided a difficult layout with an abrasive surface which quickly grooved as cars hit the track. Saturday’s qualifying first round had former World Champion Billy Easton taking the top spot with a decent but beatable run. As the day progressed the track got faster and faster and by the second round the track was primed for a new TQ. Local young gun JP Tirronen posted the quick time until the last heat where JConcepts new signing JR Mitch threw down. JR used Cross Hairs to put a in a blistering 13 lap run taking the over all TQ. JR completed the sweep of qualifying by TQ’ing both rounds of 1/8th truck on the new Half-Ups Cross Hairs.

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January 13, 2009

Morganti takes FORGASS Rd5 win

The 5th round of the FORGASS Florida State series took place last weekend at the tricky Fort Myers track. In qualifying Serpent racer DJ Apolaro showed everyone the fast way around the track bumping his teammate Paolo Morganti from the top spot in the last round with a very fast 25 lap qualifier. The start of the A Final did not go well for the top qualifier, his engine flaming out as the cars were staging for the start meaning he had to start from the pit lane almost a full lap down. Paolo immediately took the lead and began to pull away from most of the field. Meanwhile DJ was on a mission and by the second round of fuel stops had worked himself into 2nd position where he stayed until 2 minutes remaining when he crashed heavily in the chicane, ending his race. This left Paolo unchallenged to the end, coming home ahead of Shepherd racer Scotty Gray in 2nd, while DJ managed to still take 3rd spot, such was his advantage at the time of the crash.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 6, 2009

Israeli National Championships Rd1

The opening round of the Official Israeli National buggy & truggy Championships took place last weekend at the Rishpon track in the centre of Israel. The weather was fantastic and the atmosphere was good, with top drivers from all over the country taking part in the event. In the buggy class it was Kyosho MP9 racer Yaniv Sivan that won by less than a lap from Nir Sivan, with Guy Rinkevich in 2nd, a lap down on the front pair. The truggy class saw a win for Nir Sivan by a clear 2 lap margin, ahead of Xray racer Meir Azulay in 2nd, while buggy winner Yaniv Sivan took 3rd, 7 seconds back. The junior buggy and truggy classes were taken by Omer Asaig.

Source: RC Zone [rczone.co.il]

January 5, 2009

Arizona Championship Series Rd5

This past weekend saw the 5th round of the Arizona Championship Series held at The Nitro Pit. A few big names showed up to get some practice before The Dirt Nitro Challenge to be held in February and it was Losi driver Billy Fischer that held off the competition to win both Expert buggy & truck classes. In the intermediate classes, Cody Rothe took the buggy win for Losi from TQ, while in the truck class it was Kyosho racer Troy Sears.

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December 28, 2008

Tim Bremicker joins Int’l RB Team

Tim Bremicker joins international RB Team

Having recently confirmed his move from Kyosho to Mugen for 2009, current German 1/8th scale buggy and truggy National Champion Tim Bremicker has officially joined the international RB Team. Tim raced with RB last season for the RMV Team and his move to the factory team carries forward this successful combination into the new season.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

December 27, 2008

Choong Yeol wins Korean Al Pro Rd2

The 2nd round of the South Korean Al Pro Series took place recently and weather throughout the event was very cold. The 1 hour long race was won by Xray and VP Pro driver Shin Choong Yeol, by a massive 5 laps ahead of Kim Jung Nyun in 2nd with Ho Hong Jung in 3rd, a further 4 laps adrift.

Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]