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September 15, 2009

Bertin takes title in 1/8th French Nats

The final round of the French 1/8th scale on road Nationals were held last weekend at the Clermont Ferrand track, host of the 1999 1/8th World Championships. In qualifying it was Adrien Bertin who, fresh from his 3rd place at the Worlds in Switzerland, continued to set the pace in the Nationals by taking the TQ ahead of Sébastien Zatla, Christophe Aygon and Laurent Zatla. Adrien was untouchable in the main final and the Kyosho/Team Orion driver won easily from Kyosho/NR racer Laurent Zatla in 2nd after a great fight with Serpent/RB driver Stephane Riccobonno. This win gave Bertin the National title in the Elite class. In the National class it was Arnaud Mathieu that took the pole position and in the final he never gave up his lead, winning the race, while Gerald Colinet took the National title.

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September 15, 2009

Van Gastel wins Dutch 8th NK Rd6

The 6th and final race for the Dutch Nomac and NK Championships were held on the beautiful AMCA track in Apeldoorn. The weather was a bit cold and in the afternoon there were many short showers falling on a drying track which made the sub-finals very unpredictable. In the NK class it was RickV who decided not to drive because he is already Champion. Ilia v. Gastel took the pole position followed by John Ermen, Jordy Blok with surprising young driver Jeffrey Rietveld taking the 4th direct place in the final. In the final Ilia was unbeatable and drove his car with 2 laps ahead to the top place of the podium followed by John Ermen and Jordy Blok, both finishing on the same lap. In the Nomac class it was Gunther v. Staey taking the pole, with a better time than that from Ilia v. Gastel in the NK class, and was followed by Steven Cuypers, Robin d’Hondt and Richard Keur. In the final it was Worlds finalist Robin d’Hondt taking the win followed by Gunther v. Staey with Richard Keur 3rd.

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September 15, 2009

Kyle Branson takes BRCA title with Rd7 win

Round 7 of the BRCA 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals were held last weekend at the Cotswolds track and with good weather for the weekend the racers could concentrate on their setups on Saturday for Sunday’s event. In the first round of qualifying the track was a little off but Kyle Branson running the Serpent 733 managed to take TQ in front of Serpent driver Neal King, with Mark Green having problems in the first qualifying. In the second round Kyle was still on TQ just in front of Mark who managed to get a good run in, with the positions remaining the same after the 3rd round, but in the fourth Mark took TQ by 7 tenths of a second as Branson had problems in the warm up and was unable to start in time. In the final both Mark and Kyle got off to a good start with the youngster taking the lead on the first lap. After only 7 laps, Mark got tangled up with a back marker and broke his car, retiring on the spot. After 20 minutes Kyle had a 1 lap lead and just backed off a little to stay there for the remainder of the race, eventually winning by 2 laps ahead of Johnathan Dobney with Chris Slater in third. This win gave the Sirio back Serpent driver the British Championship ahead of Johnathan. There is one more national to be held at the end of the year in Halifax.

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September 15, 2009

Ryan Maifield win RC X-Fest V

For R/C racers Labor Day weekend in Minnesota has become R/C X-Fest weekend. For the 5th annual event 3 of the fastest drivers in the world converged in Cambridge, Minnesota for a weekend of excitement and no-holds barred entertainment. With an event known for a multitude of classes and special events, the R/C X-Fest has become something to remember for all participants. There is always something going on it seems during the X-Fest, like Powder-puff, Big Air Contest, Spud Run, Helicopter night fly, R/C Boat Demo and Mini X Off-road track rental are just a snippet of events available.

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September 15, 2009

Thomas Guensel takes German 200mm crown

Thomas Guensel is the new German Champion 1/10 200mm nitro. The Xray driver celebrated an impressive victory in the 45 minutes finale of the German Nationals on Sunday at Tuerkheim in the German State Bavaria. With an advantage of two laps the 26 years old Guensel saw the checkered flag in an exciting finale to take the valuable German scale crown. 18 year old Simon Balk and 41 year old Michael Heinrich completed the podium on second and third. The final was another outstanding success for Xray importer Bertram Kessler (SMI Motorsport) and his own engine line Orcan: The top five positions – with dethroned champion Dirk Wischnewski on four and Eric Dankel on five – went to Xray and the Orcan LR3 power unit, manufactured by Novarossi and all of them tuned by engine expert Michael Heinrich.

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September 14, 2009

Fukuda & Matsuda win Japanese 200mm titles

Last weekend at the Hokusei circuit saw the 2009 1/10th scale JMRCA National Championships run under changing weather conditions. Rain forced the cancellation of rounds 3, 4, 5 & 6 of qualifying, with round 3 being able to be run on Sunday morning before the finals. In the Open class it was Kyosho driver Takaaki Shimo that took the top qualifying spot ahead of former World Champion Keisuke Fukuda. The first part of the final saw positions remain unchanged at the front with Shimo leading from Fukuda, Terauchi and Furukawa. Later in the race Tadahiko Sahashi, who was recovering from a poor start, worked his way through the field and eventually took 2nd behind Keisuke Fukuda who took the win, with Shimo ending the race back in 3rd. In the Sportsman class, 13 year old Takumi Matsuda, driving a Serpent 733 took the win, just 0.2 seconds from M. Inagaki after 40 minutes of action.

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September 14, 2009

Giuseppe D’angelo wins Italian 200mm Nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Italian 1/10th scale Nationals took place last weekend in Riccione. In the expert class it was Mugen racer Giuseppe D’angelo that took the pole position and proceeded to win the main final by 2 laps ahead of Francesco Tironi in 2nd with Serpent driver Alessio Mazzeo, a lap further back. In the F1 class it was European Championship top 4 qualifier Biagio Spataro that won from pole ahead of Michele Scaglioni and Alessandro Bracci. The F2 class was won by Marco Zagni in front of Alessandro Pezzotta in 2nd and Simone Broxxa 3rd.

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September 14, 2009

Shasa Lackner wins Swiss 1/8th Rd5

Last weekend saw the 5th round of the Swiss National championship held on the most difficult and demanding track in Switzerland in Oey, Bern. In the expert class it was Motonica racer Shasa Lackner who dominated the event with his Motonica P81, taking TQ by more than 3 seconds from Marco Müller. In the main final Shasa took the lead right from the start and after 45 min took a perfect flag to flag victory by 2 laps from Müller, also setting a new lap record of 15,59sec. The position was enough to give Shepherd driver Muller the Swiss title.

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