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September 16, 2009

Swauger & Lemieux take ROAR Fuel titles

We are a bit late on this one, but the ROAR on road Fuel Nationals took place 2 weeks ago in Toledo and combined both the 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale 200mm classes. In the 1/8th scale class it was Ralph Burch Jr that took the pole position ahead of Scott Kimbrow, Paolo Morganti and Paul Ciccarello, while in the 1/10th scale class it was Paul Lemieux that took the pole position in front of Ralph Burch, Bobby Flack and Josh Cyrul. In the 1/8th scale final Mike Swauger was able to come to the front and take the win for Mugen, finishing a lap clear of Serpent driver Paolo Morganti in 2nd, with Paul Ciccarello a further 2 laps back in 3rd. The 200mm final saw a lights to flag victory for Lemieux, bringing his Xray home over 3 laps clear of Josh Cyrul in 2nd with Ralph Burch taking the final podium spot in 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

September 16, 2009

US Open Fuel Championships – Announcement

The organisers of the US Open Fuel Championships were in touch to tell us that the 4th running of the event will take place from the 3rd to the 6th of December. Open to Sedan and 1/8th which sees a Factory and Open class in each, the race will once again be held at the Kissimmee Raceway in Florida. For more information on the event, including details on how to enter, visit the events official site here.

September 16, 2009

Hupo wins Mod as CRC dominate 1/12th at IIC

More news from last weeks IIC which in 1:12th scale modified, saw Austrian racer Hupo Honigl take his CRC Gen-XL to a convincing win in the A-final. Hupo absolutely ran away with the win setting fast lap and running a string of laps that no other competitor could match. In fact, Hupo’s average top 20 fast laps were faster than any other driver’s single fastest lap. In the 17.5 turn 1:12th scale class Brian Wynn took his new Gen-XL to a T.Q. by almost 1 full lap and backed it up with the win . In the main, while Brian drove away from the field, a good battle ensued for second, which in the end went to CRC Michigan Mafia driver Jody Flipse. In the 13.5 turn 1/12th A-main, it was again a CRC sweep with D’Agnolo, Wynn, Calandra and Hönigl finishing 1-2-3-4. With Hupo’s 4th place finish, he won the “non-Advanced” speed control division.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

September 15, 2009

Keven Hébert wins 13.5 Rubber class at IIC

The 5th Annual International Indoor Championship (IIC), presented by Scotty Ernst, was hosted over the weekend at the Riviera in the heart of the Las Vegas strip. With 90 entries in the class, Team Associated/Reedy’s Keven Hébert took his TC5R to the top qualifying position and eventually the A-main victory in the ultra competitive 13.5 Rubber Touring Car category. Hébert was on a mission to add to his impressive career resume by setting the fastest time each time he was on the track. With challenges from former World Champion Andy Moore, multi-time Reedy Race & National Champion Barry Baker, the young Associated star stood up to the pressure and claimed the top qualifying position. As the tone sounded for the main event, Hébert jumped out to a lead that would never be challenged. Waiting in the cat bird seat, Hohnstein took advantage of a tangle between Moore and Baker and jumped in to second position. Three minutes later, Hohnstein had Moore all over his back door and never cracked; even making a clean pass back on the World Champion after a wide corner. With Hébert on a victory lap, all Hohnstein had to do was drive around traffic to claim the runner up spot with Mike Haynes 3rd.

Click here to see a video of the final

September 15, 2009

Kyosho Ultima SC – Sneak Peak

Kyosho have sent out a Sneak Peak of another new vehicle, following a previous sneak look at another new car last week. We have no further information on the new Ultima SC, but we can only presume from the SC and the silhouette of the car that this will be a new Short Course truck from the Japanese company, joining a host of other new entrants into this growing class. As it uses the Ultima name we believe it will be based heavily on the Ultima 2wd chassis and will therefore be a 2wd electric SC truck. We will keep you informed of any further information as we get it.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

September 15, 2009

Maxime Favrelle wins French 200mm Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the French 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals took place at the weekend at the Niort track in the west of the country. Maxime Favrelle won the race after taking the lead when Jacky Mouton made his tyre stop. Maxime kept the same set of Kronos tyres for the whole race and could take the win ahead of Arnaud Chaussard in 2nd and Basile Concialdi 3rd, giving the Xray NT1 the complete podium.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]

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.

Click here to see the National class winner

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.

Click here to see the Nomac podium