Last weekend, the opening round for the Ecuadorian National Championship took place in Quito, Ecuador. The 40 min final placed driver Pablo Cobos with his Sirio powered V-One RRR Evo2 as the winner of the round. Cobos was closely followed by Alfonso Quirola and Daniel Vela, all finishing on 119 laps on the astonishing Miraflores Track with the A-main final an amazing way to end this 3 day race event. The race started without problems placing the TQ driver Hermann Saa into the lead. His early decision to change tires proved miscalculated when rain starting falling after 30 minuted allowing other drivers to avoid the long pit stop as the tire wear reduced. The sun came back out and saw Cobos, Quirola and Vela emerge as the front runners.

1/10th 200mm On-road result:
1. Pablo Cobos – 119 Laps in 40:15.037 (Kyosho)
2. Alfonso Quirola – 119 Laps in 40:21.400 (Kyosho)
3. Daniel Vela – 119 Laps in 40:25.228 (Kyosho)
4. Hermann Saa – 118 Laps in 40:12.781 (Kyosho)
5. Helmut Baldus – 116 Laps in 40:09.426 (Kyosho)
6. Alex Cucalón – 115 Laps in 40:15.483 (Mugen)
7. Javier Veliz – 112 Laps in 40:09.153 (Mugen)
8. Geovanni Schweitzer – 107 Laps in 40:19.993 (Kyosho)
9. José Bravo – 104 Laps in 40:19.322 (Kyosho)
10.Andrés Baldus – 43 Laps in 25:26.290 (Kyosho)

Miraflores track was certainly a beautiful place to begin the Nationals. Located at 2,900 meters above sea level, engine performance was the key to develop speed on this 265 meter long layout track. Sunny weather and a big crowd of spectators supporting almost 50 drivers from all around the country created a comfortable environment for this racing party.

This race becomes the beginning of the first organized Ecuadorian Championship. After almost 20 years of silent activity, Ecuadorian racers had been organized through the FEARC (Federación Ecuatoriana de Automovilismo Radiocontrolado) and have agreed to race 3 rounds throughout the country in order to establish the first National Champion. Next round will be held in the technical track located in Machala (August 9th) while the last and defining round will be held in Guayaquil (October 11th) where setup becomes racers biggest concern.

Source: FEARC [actiweb.es]

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Ecuadorian National Championship Rd1

This past weekend saw the Landfill RC track in Puerto Rico play host to round 2 of the West Caribbean RC Pro Series. In 1/8th buggy it was Rafa Sabatier who took the win with his Mugen MBX6 fallowed by team mate Tory Santiago, while in 3rd spot was Kyosho’s Peter Alvarado. Rafa ran a flawless 1 hour main, while Santiago and Alvarado flamed out twice making it impossible to challenge Sabatier’s near perfect run. In the truggy class, Mugen Team Driver Tory Santiago took the win with his ‘out of the box’ MBX6T with 2nd place going to team mate Choto Mendez, while the final podium position going to Associated driver Jaime Negron.

Thanks to Juan Santiago for the report.

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West Caribbean RC Pro Series Rd2

Fastrax release their new 550cc Race fueler fuel bottle. The large size provides more than enough capacity for those long runs at the track or park, while its oval shape and finger recess’ make it easier to hold and refuel at speed. A rubber cap is supplied to close off the aluminium tube when not in use and this can be clipped onto the tube so it does not go missing during race days. Finally a name clip is also included so you no longer have a fellow racer walk off with your bottle at the end of a run in the congested pit area.

Source: Fastrax [fastrax-rc.com]

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Fastrax 550cc Race fueler fuel bottle

Last weekend the 3rd Round of the Swiss Championship took place in Lostallo, host of this summer’s World Championships. After winning the first round and placing second on the last round of the Swiss Championship Shepherd driver Marco Müller demonstrated that he can also handle difficult race conditions. During practice on Friday the weather was really nice but when the qualifying started on Saturday, heavy rain reached the track which even turned into a hailstorm. Marco found the best setup for his Velox for this difficult conditions and took the TQ spot for the 45 minute final on Sunday. On Sunday morning the sun came out, but during the semi-finals it began to rain again. The final was started on a drying track and Marco could pull away right from the start. But 15 minutes before the end the rain started again and a lot of tires were changed in the pit lane. Marco kept cool and although he had some minor radio glitches because of the rain he still could defend his lead and won the race with a 1 lap gap on the 2nd placed Jürg Nydegger, with Silvio Hächler taking 3rd another lap behind.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

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Marco Müller victorious at Rd3 in Switzerland