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April 15, 2008

Richard Volta wins French 1/8 Nats Rd2

The second round of the French 1/8th scale on road Nationals was run last weekend in Avignon in the very south of the country. In Saturday’s qualifying for the Elite class it was round 1 winner Richard Volta that claimed the TQ spot from Stéphane Bouche and Richard Zatla, while in the National class the quickest driver during the heats was Serpent driver Mickaël Tequi, placing ahead of Romain Baehrel and Jérémy Becht. Following the Semi Finals the National class main final was run and it was a race long battle between Tequi and Baehrel, but a last minute pitstop meant the win went to Tequi, from Baehrel in 2nd and Arnaud Mathieu in 3rd. In the Elite class final Volta got straight into the lead but was hassled for the first half of the race by the chasing pair of Nicolas Guillot and Jérôme Papaconstantinos. Volta, driving a Shepherd Velox, eventually managed to pull out a gap and take the win, and following problems for Guillot, the Kyosho pairing of Papaconstantinos and Adrien Siefried finished in 2nd and 3rd.

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April 14, 2008

Domenico Calce wins Italian F1 Nats Rd1

The opening round of the AMSCI Italian 1/8th scale Nationals for F1 level drivers was run at the weekend in Bologna. Qualifying for the race was headed up by ATS shod Serpent racer Giordano Agostinelli with team mate Alberto Tadeshi in 2nd, and young Shepherd Velox driver Stefano Pregnolato in 3rd. In the race, Agostinelli was able to get straight into the lead but was to have some very tough battles but eventually dropped back to finish 4th while Pregnolato managed to work his way to the front thanks to some good driving, fast pit stops and some problems for the guys ahead. Near the end of the race, while still leading, the Velox driver developed some brake problems and this caused some frantic action by his pitman in his last stop which resulted in a stop and go for the young driver which lost him the lead to Serpent driver Domenico Calce, who took the lead and soon after, the win, with Pregnolato only 2 seconds back in 2nd and Alberto Tedeschi in 3rd.

Source: Automodellismo [automodellismo.net]

April 14, 2008

Velder & Eichhoorn win Brother Cup Rd1

The first round of the Dutch Brother Cup was run over the weekend under superb weather at the MVW in Purmerend and was open for Sportsman and Hobby classes. The hobby class was won by Jan Eichhoorn with Jan Wagemakers in 2nd and Robbert Walden 3rd, while in the Sportsman class it was Jordy Velder who took the win, while also setting a new track lap record, with Jeffrey Halsema the runner up and Wouter Bouwens in 3rd.

A full gallery of the event can be found here.

Source: Brother Cup [brothercup.eu]

April 14, 2008

Adam Drake wins JBRL Series Rd1

Adam Drake dominates SoCal SS Rd1

We got sent a brief report from last weekends JBRL series round 1 race that was run at Revelation Race in California. With an entry of 225 drivers, it was Losi racer Adam Drake that claimed the TQ in both the Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy classes and in the finals, the Drake was able to convert his good start position into a win in both classes. Runner up in the buggy class was team mate Mike Truhe with Kyosho team driver Ryan Lutz in 3rd while in the Truggy class the 2nd spot belonged to Cody King, just ahead of his Kyosho team mate Ryan Reece. The Open buggy and truggy class saw an equally dominant performance by Kyle Johnson, the Losi driver TQ’d truggy and won both classes. Completing the clean sweep for Losi was Chris Nelson, who won the 1/10th truck class running a Losi AD2.

April 14, 2008

Graham Alsop wins BRCA Nats Rd1

The first 1/8th scale BRCA National was held at the weekend at the very wet and muddy track in Ware, Herts. Qualifying saw Losi racer Darren Bloomfield take pole from last years Champion, and Associated team, driver Neil Cragg in 2nd, while Graham Alsop placed his Hyper 8.5 3rd on the grid. The main final was run in very wet conditions and quickly became a two horse race between Graham Alsop and Neil Cragg, the two swapping the lead for the first 25 minutes until Neil suffered a sliced tyre which cut the battle short. This left Graham to cruise to an unchallenged victory as Neil nursed his car home to 2nd and Bruce Thompson in 3rd, 2 laps back on the leading pair.

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April 12, 2008

Jeremy Cupps signs to Team XS Power

Team XS Power were in touch to tell us that top US gas racer Jeremy Cupps has signed to their company to run IDM engines for the following season. Team XS Power also wanted to report that they are now the exclusive importer for Shepherd Micro racing in North America.

Source: Team XS Power [teamxspower.com]

April 10, 2008

Cody King signs to Byron Fuel

We have received word that Kyosho America team driver, and USA Worlds team #8, Cody King has changed fuel suppliers, moving from Sidewinder to Byron Fuel. Cody had the following to say about the deal:

I will be running the new Byron GEN2 Pro Driver blend fuel this year at the Nationals and the Worlds. I am really happy to be running what I think is the most advanced fuel blend on the market, and also for a company with a rich tradition in the RC industry. I had nothing but good experiences with Sidewinder, so please allow me to thank Morgan Fuel for the last two years of flawless support.

April 8, 2008

Adam Drake dominates SoCal SS Rd1

We received a brief report from round one of the 2008 Southern California Saturday Series, that was held at Pro-Line’s track in Banning, CA. Team Losi racer Adam Drake TQ’d both the buggy and truggy classes and went on the win both as well. In the buggy class, he won from Kyosho’s Cody King in 2nd and Hobao driver Jeremy Kortz in 3rd, while in truggy, it was the Kyosho pairing of Levi Jackson and Ryan Lutz that rounded out the top 3.