Spanish Nats 1/8 Onroad – Rd. 3 – Victory for Oscar Cabezas

The 3rd Round for Spanish 1/8 Onroad NAts, took place in Vigo (Northwest Spain) last weekend.

Drivers were not happy on Friday due to the rain. saturday was expected as a rainy day again. However, before the afternoon, the sun finally appeared to dry the track and let the race go.

Oscar Cabezas TQ’ed for this race making over 10 TQ’s in a row in the Spanish Championship.

1. Oscar Cabezas – Motonica / Vox / Merlin Fuel
2. Víctor González Kyosho / OS
3. Carlos Peracho
4. Nacho López Serpent / Max Power

The final was really disputed. In the very first laps, Oscar realizaed that he had not the proper engine tunning, having a rich carburation. So that he decided to have a conservative fuel strategy, what made him refuel twice more than his direct rivals.

Eventhough he managed to do most of the final in 1-2nd position.

The last lap he was on second position, and right in this lap, Nacho López who was first, felt a lack of fuel in his Serpent, and had to make a “pass trough with a fuel shot” to secure the second position.

Final Result:

1	Oscar Cabezas	Motonica – Vox – Merlin Fuel	139 -45:05.767 TQ
2	Nacho López Lluch	Serpent – Max Power	139- 45:13.024
3	Víctor González	Kyosho – OS	138 -45:00.571
4	Carlos Peracho		134 – 45:06.528
5	Sergio Montesinos	Xray – Novarossi	134 – 45:00.075
6	Fernando Castillo		133 -45:14.136
7	Victor Peláez Olivares	Serpent	128 – 45:08.092
8	Joaquín Villegas		126 – 45:18.751
9	Javier Lorenzo		69 – 45:08.599
10	Alberto Alonso		50 – 16:14.992

Oscar makes a perfect weekend for Merlin, together with Robert Batlle who won the Off-Road Spanish Nats with Merlin Advance.

Tags: Onroad, Spain

Cto. De España 1/8 Pista – Vigo – Victoria de Óscar Cabezas

Finalizó el pasado Domingo en Vigo, la 3ª prueba del nacional de la categoría reina del Modelismo.

Los que tuvieron la suerte de presenciar la final, hablan de la carrera del año.
Muchos pilotos acudieron el viernes al recientemente reasfaltado circuito de Samil, pero la lluvia, impidió que los pilotos comenzaran a ensayar estrategias y setups desde el primer día.

En las Sesiones del Sábado Óscar Cabezas se adjudicó la pole una vez más. Hemos perdido la cuenta de cuántas poles consecutivas lleva en el Cto. de España, pero la cifra pasa de 10.

El Sábado por la mañana aún llovía, aunque con menos intensidad. A mitad de mañana, finalmente cesó la lluvia y la pista empezó a secarse.

Como aspecto negativo de la jornada, hay que destacar la baja inscripción que registró esta prueba, tan solo 49 pilotos participaron en esta carrera y es evidente que es una cifra casi raquítica para una prueba de esta categoría y un trazado como el de Vigo.

Depués de las mangas de clasificación estas eran las 4 primeras posiciones:

1 Óscar Cabezas – Motonica / Vox / Merlin Fuel TQ

2 Victor González
3 Carlos Peracho
4 Nacho López

La final del Domingo, se presentaba abierta, pues si bien es cierto que Óscar había hecho la pole una vez más, la diferencia de 1,5 seg. invitaba a hacer apuestas.

La salida fue limpia, excepto un toque entre Carlos Peracho y Nacho López. Después de apenas dos vueltas, Óscar se da cuenta de que la carburación no es correcta. El motor esta graso hace predecir problemas de consumo, por lo que decide hacer una estrategia de repostaje conservadora, lo que le llevará a repostar 2 veces más que sus inmediatos perseguidores.

A pesar de ello Óscar se mantuvo durante la mayor parte de carrera alternando entre la 1ª y 2ª posición.

En la última vuelta era Nacho López quien rodaba en primera plaza, pero su apuesta era arriesgada ya que había estirado el repostaje y al pasar por el box el coche hizo un amago de quedarse sin combustible y decidió entrar y asegurar una segunda plaza.

Resultado final:

1	Oscar Cabezas	Motonica – Vox – Merlin Fuel	139 -45:05.767 TQ
2	Nacho López Lluch	Serpent	139- 45:13.024
3	Víctor González	Kyosho – OS	138 -45:00.571
4	Carlos Peracho		134 – 45:06.528
5	Sergio Montesinos	Xray – Novarossi	134 – 45:00.075
6	Fernando Castillo		133 -45:14.136
7	Victor Peláez Olivares	Serpent	128 – 45:08.092
8	Joaquín Villegas		126 – 45:18.751
9	Javier Lorenzo		69 – 45:08.599
10	Alberto Alonso		50 – 16:14.992

Enlace clasificación final

Óscar hace duo con Robert Batlle que también se adjudicó su prueba del Cto. de España, en este caso en la modalidad TT.

Tags: 1:8, Onroad

Spanish Nats 1/8 Onroad – Rd. 2 – Oscar Cabezas wins in Valencia

The second round for Spanish 1/8th Onroad took place yesterday at Almussafes, Valencia.

Oscar Cabezas with his Vox engine fueled by Merlin Pro-Racing made 4 of 4 in the qualy giving no option to his rivals.

Weather forecast was not really good, but finally the Weather Man was wrong and there was no problem during the whole weekend.

The main final had not big history in the first position. Óscar Cabezas started 1st. and was followed closely by Nacho López who had a different fuel strategy. Right after the Tyre Stop, Nacho López had a mechanical trouble and could not fight for the victory.

Cabezas set a new lap record with 17:405

Final Result:

1	Oscar Cabezas	Motonica – Vox – Merlin Fuel	145 -45:05.910 TQ
2	Victor González	Kyosho – OS	140- 45:16.578
3	Sergio Montesinos O.	Xray – Novarossi	139-45:07.298
4	Nacho López Lluch	Serpent	139-45:13.514
5	Javier Leon Trilles	Serpent – Merlin Fuel	136-45:03.740
6	Joaquín Signes Rubio		128-45:18.386
7	Victor Peláez Olivares	Serpent	121-38:53.518
8	Carlos Peracho Heras		104-45:03.547
9	Vicente Eres (M40)	Mugen – Nova – Merlin Fuel	91-29:41.546
10	Francisco Suarez R. (+40)		39-12:37.50

Next rd. will be in Vigo Northwest on July 10th

Tags: Onroad, Pro-Racing, Racing, Spain

Cto. España 1/8 – Rd. 2 – Almussafes. Victoria de Óscar Cabezas

Se ha celebrado la segunda del Nacional de Pista 1/8 y Oscar ha conseguido vencer la prueba, hacer la Pole-Position, vuelta rápida y nuevo récord de la pista dejándolo en 17 segundos y 405 centésimas. Oscar logró batir también el récord absoluto de la pista en clasificatorias dando 24 vueltas en 7 minutos 9 segundos y 575 centésimas.

Las clasificatorias como ha ocurrido en las carreras durante los últimos años han sido para Oscar, el “dueño de la Pole”, nadie es capaz de batirlo.

En la final, la primera parte fue un duelo entre el Motonica-Vox de Oscar Cabezas y el Serpent de Nacho López aunque siempre lideró la carrera Oscar, después del cambio de ruedas el segundo clasificado tiene un problema mecánico que le retrasa lo suficiente para que la segunda parte de la prueba sea un paseo triunfal para el piloto de Motonica-Merlin Fuel hasta la bajada de la bandera ajedrezada que sacó cinco vueltas al segundo clasificado.

En final hubo nada menos que tres pilotos que usaron el combustible Merlin Fuel, además del vencedor Oscar Cabezas, Vicente Eres y Javier León Trilles también lo emplearon logrando unos resultados extraordinarios, pues estos dos últimos pudieron acompañar en el pódium al piloto madrileño. Vicente estuvo en segunda posición la mayor parte de la carrera hasta que tuvo un problema mecánico y Javier León que era su primera final y se mantuvo gran parte de la carrera entre el tercero y cuarto, aunque una salida le dejó en quinta posición.

Clasificación Final:

1	Oscar Cabezas	Motonica – Vox – Merlin Fuel	145 -45:05.910 TQ
2	Victor González	Kyosho – OS	140- 45:16.578
3	Sergio Montesinos O.	Xray – Novarossi	139-45:07.298
4	Nacho López Lluch	Serpent	139-45:13.514
5	Javier Leon Trilles	Serpent – Merlin Fuel	136-45:03.740
6	Joaquín Signes Rubio		128-45:18.386
7	Victor Peláez Olivares	Serpent	121-38:53.518
8	Carlos Peracho Heras		104-45:03.547
9	Vicente Eres (M40)	Mugen – Nova – Merlin Fuel	91-29:41.546
10	Francisco Suarez R. (+40)		39-12:37.50

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Tags: 1:8, Onroad, Spain

Spanish 1/8th Onroad Nats – Rd. 1

The first Round of 1/8 Spansih Nats took place last Sunday at Parla track.

This season is introducing some elements, like the strict tyre control and the mysterious “electronic nose” A kind of chromatography device, designed to reveal any tyre additive.

Oscar Cabezas actual Champion, took the pole after winning the 4 qualifying rounds with authority, followed by C. Peracho and Nacho López.

Right in the start of the main final, in the first corner, C. Peracho hit Oscar Cabezas car, causing severe damage.

Final result:

1. Víctor López  – Kyosho / OS
2. Nacho López Lluch – Serpent / Novarossi
3. Carlos Peracho
4. Victor Peláez – Serpent /
5. Iñaki Pahissa – Xray
6. Carles Echarri – Serpent
7. Óscar Cabezas – Motonica – Vox – Merlin Fuel
8. Sergio Montesinos – Xray / Nova
9. Joquín Villegas
10. Vicente Eres – Mugen – Merlin Fuel

Oscar Cabezas, Iñaki Pahissa and J. Porcar will fly this week to Miami to joint the IFMAR 1/8th WC. Good luck to all them.

Tags: Onroad, Racing

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

Oscar Cabezas – Campeón España 1/8 pista.

Oscar Cabezas Campeón de España 2010

Ayer Domingo, se disputaba la última prueba puntuable para el Cto. de España 1/8 Pista en el circuito del Club Arca en Alcobendas (Madrid).

Las apuestas para el campeonato 2010, se centraban en Carlos Peracho, que corría en casa y Nacho López.  Oscar Cabezas tenía pocas posibilidades, puesto que necesitaba, al menos ganar la carrera y que estos dos pilotos quedaran en 4ªposición.

Oscar ejerció con autoridad su rol de vigente campeón, adjudicándose las 4 mangas de clasificación y logrando la Pole, seguido de Carlos Peracho y 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

En la final, los dos máximos aspirantes al título, sufrieron varios problemas. Carlos Peracho tuvo problemas con el cambio en tanto que un conector eléctrico le jugó una mala pasada a Nacho López cuando apenas se había completado 1/3 de carrera.

Óscar se mantuvo líder durante toda la carrera rodando de forma precisa en 17-18 sg. Un problema mecánico en la vuelta 115, le privó de la victoria, que fue a parar a manos del piloto catalán Joaquín Villegas.

Enhorabueba al Team Cabezas por su victoria en el Campeonato Nacional. Son con esta ya 4 victorias absolutas en su haber.

Clasifiación Final:

Tags: 1:8, Onroad, Pista

Mark Green Wins BRCA 1/8 Rd. 2

—– News from RedRC —–

The second round of this years BRCA 1/8th circuit national championship was located at the famous Wombwell circuit, which is part of a large Karting complex. This track is loved by all the drivers since it contains a combination of slow and fast flowing corners which is a joy to drive when driven on the edge. The weather forecast did not look too good for Sunday, but thankfully it was a dry weekend. With time restrictions in place due to the noise levels, the Committee decided to run open practice with a lunch break. This made the track at times very congested with a lot of fast cars easily catching up the slower cars and damage was inevitable.

The main issue happened mid afternoon when Richard Boult accidentally tripped and fell onto the main straight whilst marshaling a team mates car and was hit on the leg by defending champion Tim Wood which total destroyed his car. The result was an immediate halt to the practice session while first aiders attended to his leg and an ambulance was called. The outcome was a bad gash to his leg and he was driven home later that night for rest. This however could have been a lot worse, but the committee first aid representatives have to be commended for a job well done while the ambulance arrived.

The Drivers in attendance was again higher than expected and it was good to welcome a small minority of 10th IC drivers who have decided to try the Formula One section of this hobby. The drivers were all poised for setting a banker time in the first round since rain was a strong possibility at this stage. In Heat 4, it was the returning Mike Walton with his Mugen MRX4 / Sirio chassis who at this stage topped the time sheets prior to the last heat. With a host of top drivers setting banker times, the first round ended yet again with Mark Green on TQ with Mike Walton an impressive second from Richard Hicklin and Andy North.

In the next couple of rounds, the order at the top started to take a familiar look with Tim Wood and Andy North establishing themselves as the main rivals to take victory from the ever dominant Mark Green. The fight for the remaining A final places was a tight affair with anybody from the 4th heat in with a chance with a late charge but fortunately Richard Hicklin and Neil Diver had just done enough in previous rounds to gain a final position 9th and 10th respectively.

The top 10 after qualification are as follows.
1. Mark Green – Serpent – Novarossi – Merlin Fuel 18 Laps 311 secs
2. Tim Wood – Serpent – Mega – 17 Laps 300 secs
3. Andy North – Mugen – Reds – 17 Laps 302 secs
4. John Carr – Serpent – Mega – 17 Laps 306 secs
5. Michael Walton – Mugen – Sirio – 17 Laps 308 secs
6. Jason Frost – Serpent – Mega – 17 Laps 309 secs
7. Andy Hastings – Shepherd – IDM – 17 Laps 309 secs
8. Daniel Bancroft – Motonica – Max – 17 Laps 310 secs
9. Richard Hicklin – Serpent – Mega – 17 Laps 311 secs
10.Neil Diver – Shepherd – IDM – 17 Laps 312 secs

The final was a procession up front with the top 3 slowly pulling out comfortable leads over each other and an even bigger gap to fourth position after an initial threat from John Carr until he made an error on lap 3. The main battle was for second position with Andy North maintaining a consistent gap to Tim with the possibility of Tim making an extra fuel stop towards the end. However, Tim just had enough of a lead and when Andy was forced to make a splash and dash at the end gifted Tim second place. Out front, Mark Green drove a steady and consistent race and on this current form, it is looking inevitable that he will regain the title at the end of the season.

The final results are as follows:
1. Mark Green – Serpent – Novarossi – Merlin Fuel 101 Laps
2. Tim Wood – Serpent – Mega – 99 Laps
3. Andy North – Mugen – Reds – 98 Laps
4. Jason Frost – Serpent – Mega – 96 Laps
5. John Carr – Serpent – Mega – 93 Laps
6. Neil Diver – Shepherd – IDM – 75 Laps
7. Andy Hastings – Shepherd – IDM – 73 Laps
8. Daniel Bancroft – Motonica – Max – 51 Laps
9. Richard Hicklin – Serpent – Mega – 47 Laps
10.Michael Walton – Mugen – Sirio – 33 Laps

News from REDRC –>  LINK TO FULL REPORT

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Cto. de España 1/8 Pista. Victoria de Óscar Cabezas

El trazado de Almusafes (Autet) acogió el pasado fin de semana la segunda prueba puntuable para el Cto. de España 1/8 pista.

El buen tiempo, seco y soleado, acompañó la prueba. Óscar Cabezas, marcó el ritmo de las clasificatorias, seguido por Nacho López y Sergio Montesinos.

La final ha sido una de las más bonitas de los últimos tiempos con una lucha increíble entre el actual campeón de España Oscar Cabezas con su Motonica-Novarossi-Merlin y el valenciano Nacho López con su nuevo Serpent. La táctica, el pilotaje y algunos ingredientes en forma de pequeños problemas y un engrasamiento del motor de Oscar determinaron un resultado final apretadísimo, venciendo la prueba Oscar y cruzando después Nacho a sólo dos segundos. Los diez minutos finales fueron de infarto principalmente para los que estábamos en el pit lane. La tercera posición ha sido para el madrileño  Sergio Montesinos que pasó a sólo dos segundos de Nacho. Una final muy emocionante de las que hacen afición y de la que disfrutaron todos los presentes. Con este resultado Oscar Cabezas se sitúa como el nuevo líder del Campeonato de España 2010.

La Plus 40 fue ganada por otro piloto de Merlin, Vicente Eres con lo cual la marca hace un doblete en el Nacional en la modalidad más rápida y exigente con los motores.

Clasificación final:

1-      Oscar Cabezas   Motonica-Novarossi-Merlin Fuel

2-      Nacho López   Serpent

3-      Sergio Montesinos    Enneti-Azor

4-      Víctor González    Kyosho

5-      Joaquín Villegas    Sepherd

6-      Alberto González   Sepherd

7-      Carlos Echarri   Motonica-Novarossi

8-      Fernando Castillo   Motonica

9-      Carlos Peracho   Sepherd

10-   Paco Lobo   Serpent-Novarossi

+ 40

1-Vicente Eres   Mugen-Merlin Fuel

2-Ricardo Royo

3-Francisco Lara

Tags: 1:8, Onroad

Netherlands 1/8 NK 2 at Ruchphen

The second round for 1/8 Onroad Netherlands Nats, was held last weekend at Ruchpen track.

A really interesting and exciting race were Ilia Van Gsatel made his first race as Merlin Team Driver.

Robin D’Hondt has written this text for us:

“Hey Everybody,

The second round of the Netherlands championship was held at the fast track of Rucphen. Weather forecast looked good, we only had a bit of rain on Friday night, which made training on Saturday morning impossible, but for the rest of the weekend the dark clouds would stay away from the track.

On Saturday afternoon I came on track and the setup felt pretty nice to begin with. I didn’t changed anything at first because I wanted more grip to come, so in the late afternoon I only started changing some small things like down stops, front springs and rear arm positions.

The later it got, the faster everyone went and soon we were with 5-6 people driving lap times in or close to 13.0 (track record 12.8 I was told).

On Sunday morning the first qualify came, and checking the lap times of the lower heats I saw that the track was faster than the day before. The car felt like a train on rails and the engine was a rocket. Like I said the track record is 12.8 and in this qualify I drove a 12.858, sadly however none could tell me the last 2 digits of the current track record.

First qualy:

1                             Robin D’Hondt  32L         7:05.942

2                             John Ermen       32L         7:06.343

3                             Ilia van Gastel   32L         7:08.277

4                             Rick Vrielijnck    32L         7:12.476

The second qualify both Ilia and me had a 7:04, Rick made his time better by 2 seconds and John hit problems. Results after 2 qualify’s:

1                             Ilia van Gastel   32           7:04.098

2                             Robin D’Hondt  32           7:04.615

3                             John Ermen       32           7:06.343

4                             Rick Vrielijnck    32           7:10.601

In the third and last qualify I was able to better my time by 0,3 seconds which was still 0,3 seconds to slow to have TQ in the final. So results after the 3th qualify and hereby the 4 direct qualified:

1                             Ilia van Gastel   32           7:04.098

2                             Robin D’Hondt  32           7:04.334

3                             John Ermen       32           7:06.343

4                             Rick Vrielijnck    32           7:10.055

The final was completed by 3 persons from each half final. Which where: Gunther van Staey, Michiel Renting, Peter Ceyssens, Jordy Blok, Stefan Koenders, Tim Bosmann.

In the start of the final I could jump to first place as Ilia had a rough start. But soon he joined me just behind my rear tires and away we went from the pack for never to be seen again. In the first half of the race we were changing places a lot… sometimes we even past each other 2 or 3 times in 1 lap! I think we both could feel the eyes of the spectators, sometimes I even heard the people around the track yelling when it got really close.

And the fighting continued till Ilia made his tire stop first, 4 minutes later it was my turn to change tires but at least I had 4 minutes to get heart rate down again.

Tires on and out the pits I went, next to an orange car (Ilia off course) we went side by side onto the straight, but I wasn’t counting on having so less steering with the big cold tires so Ilia could take first position and could slowly pull away from me as I was getting used to the fresh tires.

I was about 10 meter behind and as hard as I was trying to close the gap I wasn’t getting closer.

The second from last pit stop Ilia had to make a Stop and Go for refueling over the line, so he thought it was over and out … until after the last pitstop I suddenly heard “Car 2 stop and go bad refueling”.

That’s me…  fast into the pits, stop => GO, I could come on track in front of Ilia with a small gap between us, Ilia was pushing hard to get it close and he got it close. We finished over the line 0,3 seconds apart.

Final Result:

1                             Robin D’Hondt  132         30:09.386 – Motonica – Gimar – Merlin Fuel

2                             Ilia van Gastel   132         30:09.713 – Serpent – Orion – Merlin Fuel

3                             Rick Vrielijnck    130         30:13.054

4                             Gunther van Staey         129         30:04.446

5                             John Ermen       128         30:06.127

6                             Peter Ceyssens                126         30:05.162

7                             Stefan Koenders             125         30:10.306

8                             Tim Bosmann    120         30:08.299

9                             Michiel Renting                87           21:56.008

10                           Jordy Blok                          DNS

I would like to thank my sponsors: Motonica, JP GIMAR, Merlin fuel, Sanwa Airtronics,

LRP electronics, Ghiant RC car Colours, Team C and Hobby Pro

And special thanks to my mechanics My Dad Rony D’hondt and Lody Haling for giving me the bit more advantage in the fast fuel stops and tire change.

Tags: 1:8, Netherlands, Onroad