France Nat. Championship

Last Sunday took place the 1st race for French Nat. Championship 1/8.

Heavy rain did not allow to celebrate the main final, so that the half-final result were taken into account.

Final results:

1/ Jérôme Aigoin – MP9 – Nova – AKA

2/ Robert Battle - MBX6 – Nova – ProCircuit – Merlin Advance

3/ Nicolas Vouilloz – Losi – nVision – ProCircuit

4/ Michel Farina – MP9 – Nova – AKA

5/ Nicolas Reynaud – MBX6 – Nova – AKA

6/ Julien Lattanzio – MBX6 – nVision – ProCircuit

7/ Jean-Marc Lacheze – RS911 – OS Falcon – 6mik

8/ Nicolas Rodriguez – Spirit - RB – ProCircuit

9/ Edouard Hugon – MBX6 – Alpha – Tourex

10/ Jérôme Couchon – MP9 – Nova – AKA

11/ Maxime Noble – MBX6 – Alpha – ProCircuit

12/ Jonathan Bacro – Agama – RB – Proline

Picture from: Automodelisme.com

Tags: France, Merlin Advance

Merlin Advance – Now available in 2 liters

Good news.

The successful Merlin Advance fuel. will be now available in 2 liter size.

With its recognizable orange HDPE can, including Child safety cap, blind alert signal and all the required safety measures as all our product range.

It is now about one year since we indtroduced Merlin Advance at Nuremberg exhibition 2010 Thanks to the High Res technology it is becoming more and more popular all over Europe.  Merlin Advance, not only does not leave any deposits or carbon in the engine, it is also cleaning old deposits without affecting the exhaust, and keeping a good compresion.  No doubt it is a step forward in the lubrication technology. We hope this new size will help more drivers to test Merlin Advance and enjoy performance and technology.

Winter Black Jack Race

Last weekend Nbr Mol organised the final race of their winter blackjack race. Blackjack means heats of 21 minutes for everybody, so no qualifications, finals etc. just 21 minutes of racing. The fastest heat of the weekend would be the winner.

The complete weekend was very wet so all drivers were very happy with the big heated tent Nbr had placed.

Buggy class had 3 heats with Belgian, Dutch and German drivers. Jorg Van Leuken competed all heats with Markus Feldman and Paul Geelen. After 5 heats Jorg Van Leuken managed 31 rounds with only 3 seconds less as Markus Feldman. Paul Geelen toke third place.
The final championship ranking we saw youngster Sander Van Genechten take victory.

Truggy class also had 2 heats with international drivers. Rc-Speedhouse boss Bjorn Nagels won 3 out of 5 heats but had to leave 1st place to Kris Verlies. The final championship was a close battle which Bjorn Nagels won.

Buggy

1. Jorg Van Leuken – Xray / Tecnopower / Merlin Fuel
2. Markus Fredman – TLR / TLR
3. Paul Geelen / Mugen / Ninja

Truggy

1. Kris Verlies – Losi / OS Engines / Merlin Fuel
2. Bjorn Nagels – Mugen / OS Engines / Merlin Fuel
3. JP Vermeulen – Mugen / OS Engines / Merlin Fuel

Together with the first race, this is the final Championship result:

BUGGY
1. Sander Van Genechten – Mugen / Os Engines / Merlin Fuel
2.  Cheng-Yung Chan
3. Stef Jacobs – Mugen / OS Engiens / Merlin Fuel

TRUGGY
1. Bjorn Nagels-  Mugen / OS Engines / Merlin Fuel
2. Kris Verlies – Mugen / OS Engines / Merlin Fuel
3. JP Vermeulen – Mugen / OS Engines / Merlin Fuel

Source: Buggy-Sport.info

Tags: Belgium, Off Road, Racing, Truggy

New Dealer in Portugal

Merlin Fuel has set up an agreement with the Company Elemento Principal.

From Now, Elemento Principal will take care of Merlin Fuel Distribuiton all over Portugal.

Elemento Principal, Lda

Rua Forno do Grilo Nº 9 Loja

2330-160 Entroncamento

Portugal

Tel: 00 351 249 710 224

Telm: 00 351  934501267

Email: info@elementoprincipal.com

Web: www.elementoprincipal.com

Tags: distribution, Portugal

Robert Batlle, New Merlin Fuel Team Driver

We are delighted to announce that  former European Champion, Worlds finalist and multiple Spanish Nat Champion, Robert Batlle,  will be joining our international race team for the following 2 seasons.

Here is what he had to say:

“I’m really excited to be part of one of the best fuel brands around the world. They provide me all I need for my engine and my run time, so I cannot want anything else.

We ( my dad and myself ) will help in the development of all Merlin products the best we can and we hope to offer to all customers the best option to buy. I would like to thank Nitrolux to support me during all past years.

We keep in touch and remember, the track is open, and I’m ready to race!

Mr. 36″

Tags: Off Road, Racing, Team

Toy Fair 2011

Merlin will exhibit this year in Nuremberg Toy Fair.

We will welcome you in Hall 7A / B-187.

Season Greetings

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy and Prosperous New Year, We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the past year.

Merlin Fuel Staff.

Tags: Seasonal Greetings

Balearic Reg Championship – Joan Torrens is 2010 Champion.

Last weekend took place the last round for Balearic Reg. Championship at Costix Track.

This is the last rd. final result:

1. Joan Torrens – Bergonzoni / Tecnopower / Merlin Advance
2. Martín Roca – Losi / Alpha
3. Alex Bennasar – Bergonzoni / Nova / Merlin Fuel

Overall 2010 Championship:

1. Joan Torrens – Bergonzoni / Tecnopower / Merlin Advance
2. Toni Riera – Mugen / OS
3. Miguel Sbert – Agama / Nova

Congratulations to Joan for his victories, in his first year with Merlin Fuel and Tecnopower.

Info and pics from: Newsrc.es

Tags: Advance, Balearic, Off Road

Truggy Cup Rd. 7 travelling from Oberhausen to Helmond

Last weekend took place the 7th Rd. of  Truggy Cup at Helmond. Coming from Oberhousen where we used to have a good friend (rest in Peace), who predicted the Spanish victory at World Cup, Paul the Octopus.

We do not know for sure if Paul had time enough before dying to predict also Bas De Konik victory in last round.

Unfortunately Helmond track appeared really wet on sunday morning. The attendance was not so high as in previuos rounds, maybe becasue of the weather forecast.

This was the final result:

Student:
1 – Marc Jansen
2- Gerrit Beunis
3 – Akko van Oss

Master:
1 – Bas de Konink
2 – Dave Liekens (Merlin Fuel)
3 – Jan van Dijk

Overall classification
Student:
1 – Jasper van Duppen (Merlin Fuel)

2 – Tommy Tomaszewski
3 – Nico Besselink

Master:
1 – Bas de Konink
2 – Dave Liekens ,  Mugen/OS/Merlin Fuel
3 – Kris Verlies

Thanks to Truggy.nl for the report and pics.

Tags: Off Road, Truggy

Netherlands Cup last Rd. – RC-Speedhouse report

Last Sunday it was the final race of the Exceedcup. With 59 drivers for the last race it’s obvious that the guys from Exceedcup did a good job during the 2010 season.

The fact that hobby and sportsman class already knew their champion before the start of the last race didn’t slow the drivers. The battle for other top places was still going on.

We saw Jeffrey Halsema taking TQ in front of 2010 champion Jorg van Leuken and Paul Geelen.

A-final had 10 drivers, all sportsman class with exception of Rene Kuijpers. From the start there was no stopping on Jeffrey Halsema who’s Mugen Mbx6 simply outran the others and who lapped everyone during the race. We saw a battle for second place between Jorg van Leuken and Rene van Schaijk untill mechanical problems forced van Schaijk to drop down. Comfortable second place for van Leuken. Paul Geelen toke third place in front
of Jan Eichhorn and Dave Liekens.

Hobbyclass was won by Rene Kuijpers in front of 2010 champ Jasper van Duppen and Rajco van der Sluijs.

After the race Exceedcup sponsors had made a nice tombola where all regular drivers got a nice price.

With this final race we closed a great buggy racing season, the best have won !

A-FINAL
1	Jeffrey Halsema	Mugen Seiki	OS
2	Jorg Van Leuken	X-ray	Novarossi	Merlin Fuel
3	Paul Geelen	Team Rmv – Mugen Seiki	Ninja
4	Jan Eichhorn	Team Rmv – Mugen Seiki	Werks
5	Dave Liekens	Rc-Speedhouse – Mugen Seiki	OS	Merlin Fuel
6	Matthijs Jansen	Kyosho	Orion
7	Jacco Koch	Hong Nor
8	Rene Kuijpers	Mugen Seiki
9	Rene van Schaijk	Mugen Seiki
10	Jordy Velder	Mugen Seiki

SPORTSMAN 2010
Jorg van Leuken	Team Xray	Novarossi	Merlin Fuel
Jan Eichhorn	Team Rmv – Mugen Seiki	Werks
Jeffrey Halsema	Mugen Seiki	OS

HOBBY 2010
1	Jasper van Duppen	Rc-Speedhouse – Mugen Seiki	OS	Merlin Fuel
2	Jordy van der Veen	Mugen Seiki	Werks
3	Bjorn Nagels	Rc-Speedhouse – Mugen Seiki	OS	Merlin Fuel

Tags: Netherlands, Off Road