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

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

Vuelve la Carrera de Caravanas en Holanda

Tras el éxito de participación del año pasado, se repite este año esta extraña modalidad RC, en la que los Truggies, son empleados para remolcar caravanas. Algunos son incluso capaces de hacer el salto doble con la casa a cuestas, tal y como se puede ver en el siguiente vídeo.

Tags: Caravanas, Holanda, Off Road, Video

Merlin Advance en la Truggy Cup Holanda

RC Speed House, nos envía un completo report de la última prueba disputada en la Truggy Cup Holandesa, donce un gran número de participantes elegieron la nueva Merlin Advance para propulsar sus motores.

“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: Advance Fuel, Off Road, Truggy

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

Euro Championship “B” 2010. Merlin Success + 40

The 2010 “B” European Championship took place on Valladolid (Spain) on June 13.

The weather was not good with heavy rain during the heats on Friday and Saturday Morning.

Patxi Peñas TQ’ed, followed by Bryan Baldó(ES)  and Ricardo Moteiro (PT). Peñas had several problems in the subfinal and had no chance to get the final.

The main final had some suprises also. Bryan Baldó had some mechanical trouble when he was first.  Also a hit in the race start for Merlin Team Driver Alex Calatayud made him finish the race early.

So the main final result was as follows:

1. Ricardo Monteiro (PT) – Losi / RB
2. Carlos Durães (PT) – Xray / RB
3. Adrián Pérez M. (ES) – Mugen / Ninja
4. Alex Bayer (CZ) – Losi / Novarossi
5. Martín Roca (ES) -  Losi/Alpha
6. Sergio Muñoz (ES) – AE/Novarossi
7. Pedro Figueiredo (PT) – Mugen/Precirotate
8. Oscar Baldó (ES) -  Mugen / Novarossi
9. Ryan Medjoubi (FR) – Mugen / RB
10. Remi Riel (FR) – Mugen/Novarossi
11. Alex Calatayud (ES) AE/Reedy/Merlin Fuel
12. Bryan Baldó (ES) – Mugen / Novarossi

Good news for Merlin Team came from +40 Final, where Antonio Landa managed to get the final victory.

Antonio, was using the new Tecnopower engine B01 21 for first time. Together with the new ADVANCE Fuel they got a deserved Victory.

The final result:

1. Antonio Landa -Losi / Tecnopower / Merlin Fuel ADVANCE
2. Pete Stevens
3. Jim Davis
4. Pascal Gaillard
5. Bryan Burrows
6. Roberto Díez – Losi / RB / Merlin Fuel Advance

Tags: +40, Efra, Euros, Off Road

Catalunya Reg 2010 1:8 Off-Road

The opening round for Reg. Cataluya Off-Road Championship, took place last weekend on Sta. Oliva Track.

The race was clearly dominated by 2008 Champion, Robert Battle during qualifying,  and also in the A-Main

Final Result:

1º Robert Batlle – Associated – Nova

2º Alex Calatayud – Associated – Reedy – Merlin Fuel

3º Jaume Figuls – Losi – Ninja

4º Carlos Pineda – Associated – Orion – Merlin Fuel

5º Albert Navarro – Bergonzoni – Axe

Pics: Picasa – Miguel Ángel

Tags: Catalunya, Off Road

Cto. Cataluña 1/8 TT – Patxi Peñas y Merlin Fuel Campeones 2009

El Domingo se celebró la octava y última prueba del Campeonato de Cataluña 1:8 TT en el circuito de Montjuic.

Carlos Pineda (Mugen/Nija/Merlin Fuel), se hizo con la pole en las mangas, seguido de Robert Batlle, Patxi Peñas y Alex Calatayud.

Sin embargo, al sopresa saltó en la semifinal, al comprobar la organización que el depósito de Robert Battle tenía más capacidad de la reglamentaria.

Tras una segunda comprobación ya con el depósito frío, se observó que el depósito, seguía excediendo por mucho la norma. Finalmente el equipo de Robert, se percató de que habían cometido un error al montar un depósito de Truggy en su coche, en una operación de cambio de depósito, probablemente con más urgencia de la deseada. De este modo, el actual campeón y uno de los aspirantes quedaba fuera de carrera.

La final, fue dominada por Patxi Peñas que se intercambió la primera plaza en algunos momentos de la carrera por Carlos Pineda y Alex Calatayud.

La clasifiación final de la prueba;

1. Patxi Peñas (Hong Nor/Picco/Merlin Fuel) – 88 v.
2. Carlos Pineda (Mugen / Ninja / Merlin Fuel) – 88 v.
3. Alex Calatayud (Associated / Merlin Fuel) – 87 v.
4. Jaume Figuls – 84 v.
5. Albert Navarro – 84 v.
6. Josep Galisteo – 83 v.
7. Marc Busquets – 81 v.
8. Agustí Saltó – 80 v.
9. Marc Moyano – 75 v.
10. Eric Laredo – 56 v.
11. Félix Rodríguez Cot – 11 v.
12. Gerard Roig Ibáñez – 0 v.

De este modo Patxi Peñas, se adjudica en Campeonato de Cataluña 1/8 TT. Enhorabuena por la fantástica tempodad.

Cto. Cataluña General:

1. Patxi Peñas (Hong Nor/Picco/Merlin Fuel)   4.373
2. Alex Calatayud (Associated/Merlin Fuel)     4.138
3. Robert Battle (Associated/GRP)                                     4.029
4. Carlos Pineda (Mugen/Ninja/Merlin Fuel)   3.683

Tags: Off Road, Racing, TT

Copa de Campeones 2009 – Bujaraloz

Concluyó ayer la copa de Campeones 2009, prueba que pone oficialmente punto final a la temporada nacional en Todo Terreno.

Este año se ha disputado en el circuito que gestiona el Club de Automodelismo Bujaraloz en el corazón de los Monegros.

El buen tiempo acompañó la prueba, que este año tuvo una menor afluencia de pilotos que en anteriores ocasiones.

El piloto Javier Pombo, se hizo con la Pole, seguido de Carlos Pineda y Vicente Muela.

En la final, el piloto local, Diego Araguas, dominó desde el principio, con Carlos Pineda siguiéndole de cerca, hasta que un problema en las transmisión, le hizo ceder más de 3 minutos.

La clasifiación final ha sido:

1. Diego Araguas(Mugen/Nija)

2. Alex Calatayud (Associated/Merlin fuel)

3. Vicente Muela

4. Alejandro Darás Antón (Xray/Orion)

5. Carlos Pineda (Mugen/Ninja/Merlin Fuel)

6. Joan Espasa Bou (Jun)

7. Alex Astorkia (Jun)

8. Nicolás del Hoyo

9. Roberto Díez Miguel (Losi/RB/Merlin Fuel)

10. Javier Pombo (OCM/Alpha)

11. Rafael Albar (Bergonzoni/Novarossi)

12. Willy Gato (Jun)

Antonio Landa (Losi/RB/Merlin Fuel) se adjudicó la final +40.

Tags: Off Road, TT