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

Dave Liekens is Beligum Nat. Champion with Merlin Fuel

On Monday the Belgian Championship Buggy had its final race at the clay track of Courcelles.

Rc Speedhouse driver Dave Liekens and Nicolas Decamp were still in the fight for the title.

Dave Liekens managed to take TQ in front Mike Bouvier and Nicolas Decamp.

All topdrivers qualified for the main final so the fight for the title would be held here.

A quick count told us that if Nicolas Decamp won the race a sixth place for Dave Liekens would be enough for the title.

But from the start it was obvious that Mike Bouvier was the fastest driver on the track.  He won with a very nice lead in front of Cedric Nickell and Jean Yves Konings.  Nicolas Decamps was fourth in front of Bjorn Nagels and Dave Liekens.

With this win Mike Bouvier takes 2^nd place from Nicolas Decamp and Dave Liekens becomes the new Belgian Champion.

In only his second year of racing Dave Liekens is very happy with the title and also Rc Speedhouse owner Bjorn Nagels is very happy with it.

Dave Liekens and Rc Speedhouse would like to thank Rmv, Mugen Seiki Europe and Merlin Fuel for their good support during the season.

Final Results Belgian Championship 2010

POS	DRIVER	CAR	ENGINE	TIRES	FUEL
1	DAVE LIEKENS	MUGEN SEIKI	OS	TOUREX	MERLIN FUEL
2	MIKE BOUVIER	MUGEN SEIKI	ORION	AKA	-
3	DECAMP NICO	CRONO	OS	6 MIC	-

Final Results Belgian Championship 2010
Final Results Belgian Championship 2010
Final Results Belgian Championship 2010
Final Results Belgian Championship 2010
Final Results Belgian Championship 2010

Oscar Cabezas is Spanish Nat Champion

The last round for Spanish 1/8 Nat Championship was held in ARCA track, near Madrid last Sunday.

Main candidates for overall title were Carlos Peracho and Nacho López after previous race in Valladolid where Oscar lost most of the chance due to an inopportune belt breaking while he was leading the race.

So Oscar had to win the race and expect his main rivals to finish below 4th.

Oscar Cabezas was 1st qualified in the 4 rounds, follwed by main rivals, Carlos Peracho and Nacho López:

1. Oscar Cabezas Motonica – Nova – Merlin Fuel – 24 L – 7:00.435
2. Carlos Peracho – Velox – IDM – 24 L – 7:07.175
3. Nacho López – Serpent – Nova – 24 L – 7:07.212

Right on the A Final starting Carlos Peracho had a trouble in the gear box, and lost all the chances, losing more than 2 minutes. Nacho López had some trouble in lap 37 with a electronic connector, losing the control of his Serpent.In the meanwhile, Oscar Cabezas was leading the race comfortably.

Just to add some excitement Oscar had a mechanic trouble that made him lost about 1:30. However he had a good gap with 2nd and lost just one place, finishing on second place and taking his 4th Spanish National Title. Joaquín Villegas (Velox-Max) got his first Victory in a Spanish Round.

Madrid final result:

1. Joaquín Villegas (Velox – Max)- 145 L – 45:10.015
2. Óscar Cabezas (Motonica – NOvarossi – Merlin Fuel) – 142 L – 45:13.963
3. Victor González (Kyosho – OS) – 141 L – 45:02.119
4.- Sergio Montesinos (Nova) – 139 L – 45:04.914
5.- Juanmi Delgado (MRX4-Nova) – 139 L – 45:08.003
6.- Cristian Lopez
7.- Carlos Peracho (Velox-IDM)
8.- Nacho Lopez (966-NovaJBTRC)
9.- Paco Lara (966-NovaJBTRC)
10.- Alberto Alonso (Velox-OS)

Link to results

This year 4 different drivers have won the 4 rounds.

Valladolid – 3rd
1.- Nacho Lopez
2.- Carlos Peracho
3.- Sergio Montesinos

Alcobendas – Madrid 4th
1.- Joaquin Villegas
2.- Óscar Cabezas
3.- Victor González

So 4 winner and one Champion. congratualtions to Oscar and his team for his 4th Championship.

Source: Own and ngracing.com

Tags: 1:8, Onroad, Spain

Truggy Cup – Oberhausen

Last weekend the drivers of the Truggycup were racing at the great track of Oberhausen.

Together with this event there was a round of NRW cup.

These 2 cups resulted in 68 drivers on sunday morning.

The weather was dry and the people of Stoppelhopser Oberhausen had everything under control to make it a great day.

TQ was taken by the Xray of Jorg van Leuken, in front of Dave Liekens (mugen mbx6T) and Kris Verlies (Losi).

Main final was mixed truggycup and Nrw which resulted in 8 truggycup and 4 nrw drivers.

From the start of the final dutch Jorg van Leuken and Belgian Dave Liekens ran away, they were both to strong for all other competitors.  After 30 minutes the gap between Jorg van Leuken and Dave Liekens was only 3 seconds, so very close racing.  Jorg van Leuken took victory in front of Dave Liekens and Bas de Konink.

	A FINAL
	Driver		Car	Engine	Fuel	Team
1	Jorg van Leuken	NL	XRAY	NOVAROSSI	MERLIN FUEL	XRAY
2	Dave Liekens	B	MUGEN SEIKI	OS	MERLIN FUEL	RC SPEEDHOUSE
3	Bas de Konink	NL	HOTBODIES	PICCO		PK RACING
4	Bjorn Nagels	B	MUGEN SEIKI	OS	MERLIN FUEL	RC SPEEDHOUSE
5	Jasper van Duppen	B	MUGEN SEIKI	OS	MERLIN FUEL	RC SPEEDHOUSE
6	Jan van Dijk	NL	LOSI	WERKS		JVD RACING
7	Sascha Hellemeister	D	LOSI
8	Christian Schäpers	D	MUGEN SEIKI
9	Kris Verlies	B	LOSI
10	Martin Warzecha	D	MUGEN SEIKI
11	Benjamin Hildebrandt	D	LOSI
12	Thomas Rosenblatt	D	LOSI

	STUDENTS FINAL
	Driver		Car
1	Arto Oostvogels	B	MUGEN SEIKI - Merlin Fuel
2	Tommy Tomaszewsk	NL	HOTBODIES
3	Akko Van Oss	NL	MUGEN SEIKI
4	Robin Evenboer	NL	HONG NOR
5	Henk Buitendijk	NL	LOSI
6	Marc Jansen	NL	MUGEN SEIKI
7	Jan Mesenig	NL	HONG NOR
8	Gerrit Beunis	B	LOSI
9	Pascal Wagemans	NL	MUGEN SEIKI
10	Mario Koolmees	NL	MUGEN SEIKI
11	Nico Besselink	NL	MUGEN SEIKI
12	Ger Buitendijk	NL	ASSO

Tags: Off Road, Truggy, TT

Truggy Cup Netherlands & Merlin Advance

After 2 months of summerbreak Truggycup started again last sunday. Place to be was the track of Rc Fievelcrossers situated in Appingedam. Rc-Fievelcrossers recently rebuilt a part of the track and also gave the complete track a Astroturf surface, a very nice result.

First quali of the day started dry but it started raining at the end, this was the weather for the whole day, rain, dry, rain, dry, … so some of the drivers got dry qualis others got wet or semi wet.

Championship leader Bas de Konink toke TQ in front of young belgian Jasper van Duppen and Dave Liekens.

Semi finale B we saw Jasper van Duppen at pole in front of Jaco Koch and Kris Verlies. The young Rc-Speedhouse talent lead the complete semi finale but made a crash in the last lap and saw Kris Verlies take the win in this final.
1. Kris Verlies, 2. Jasper van Duppen, 3. Erik Aries

Semi finale A we saw the championshipleader and his first opponent competing eachother. Bas de Konink and Rc-Speedhouse driver Dave Liekens had a great battle but unfortunately Dave Liekens got mechanical problems and had to quit.
1. Bas de Konink, 2. Jan van Dijk, 3. Bjorn Nagels

A-final there was no stopping at Bas de Konink who drove away from all others…. There was a big battle for third between Jan van Dijk and Kris Verlies. After several rounds of very close racing Kris Verlies managed to take 3rd place, Kevin Cornelis toke second place and Bas de Konink won superior.

With only 2 races to go Bas de Konink took a big option at the title of 2010 Truggy Champ.

Results
Studentfinal
1. Robin Evenboer Hong Nor X2
2. Jeroen van Outvorst Mugen Seiki MBX6T
3. Pascal Wagemans Mugen Seiki MBX6T

A-Final
1. Bas de Konink Hotbodies D8T
2. Kevin Cornelis Xray XT8
3. Kris Verlies Losi 2.0
4. Jan Van Dijk Losi 2.0
5. Jasper Van Duppen Mugen Seiki MBX6T
6. Bjorn Nagels Mugen Seiki MBX6T
7. Erik Aries Hotbodies D8T
8. Frans van der Knijff Hotbodies D8T
9. Thomas Tomaszewski Hotbodies D8T
10. Ron Beton Losi 2.0

Thanks to RC Speed House for the report.

Tags: Off Road, Truggy

Netherlands Buggy Cup 2010 4 Rd. – Merlin Advance Success

Last Sunday (June 20th) ,  the Astroturf  Track (Ormco) held the Xceed Buggy Cup Rd. 4

After 2 wet races, was time to enjoy a dry race including final.  Jorg Van Leuken (Xray – Nova – Merlin Fuel) TQ’ed after the qualifications.

Final Result:

A FINAL

1. Jorg Van Leuken X-ray Novarossi – Merlin Fuel Advance
2. Bart Mullink X-ray .. ..
3. Kevin Manders X-ray .. Merlin Fuel Advance
4. Paul Geelen Team Rmv – Mugen Ninja ..
5. Jan Eichorn Team Rmv – Mugen Werks
6. Matthijs Jansen Kyosho Orion ..
7. Jacco Koch Hong Nor .. ..
8. Jordy Velder Losi Werks
9. Jasper Van Duppen Team Rc Speedhouse – Mugen Ninja Merlin Fuel
10. Henoc Luis Associated

-A- FINAL

Hobby Class:

1. Jasper Van Duppen Team Rc Speedhouse – Mugen Ninja Merlin Fuel
2. Mathieau Van Dieten .. .. ..
3. Rajco van de Sluijs Hong Nor .. Merlin Fuel

After 4 rounds, the overall classification is as follows:

Sportsman:

1. Jorg van Leuken X-ray Novarossi Merlin Fuel 395 pts
2. Jan Eichorn Team Rmv-Mugen Werks  384 pts
3. Bart Mullink X-ray .. .. 363 pts

Hobby:

1. Jasper Van Duppen Team Rc Speedhouse – Mugen Ninja Merlin Fuel 302 pts
2. Jordy van der Veen Mugen – 250 pts
3. Rico te Rietmolen Hong Nor – Merlin Fuel .. .. 238 pts

Info: Buggy-Sport.info

Pics: Fred Steenman

Tags: Advance, Netherlands, Off Road