The annual Pierrefeu GP took place this weekend in the South of France and saw some of Europe’s best drivers in attendance. Qualifying was based on a racers 2 best rounds and it was Kyosho driver Jerome Aigoin that took the top qualifying spot ahead of European B Champion David Ronnefalk in 2nd, with Yannick Aigoin and Nicolas Rodriguez rounding out the top 4. Following the semi finals it was Losi racer Yannick Aigoin that would start the 45 minute final from pole position. The race saw a clear win for Yannick, after an early battle with his brother Jerome, winning by over a lap at the end in front of Ronnefalk in 2nd spot, while European Championship podium finisher Martin Bayer took 3rd, 2 laps further back on the young Swede.

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Yannick Aigoin wins 2009 Pierrefeu GP

The Stans Winterchamps took place this weekend in Stans in the centre of Switzerland. The stock touring class was dominated by the TOP Racing team with former Swiss Champion Philipp Tschupp taking the TQ spot ahead of his team mates Stefan Helbach in 2nd and Florian Hauser in 3rd. In the race itself the results remained the same from qualifying with Tschupp taking the win in the first 2 legs of the A-main to take the overall win the Helbach taking 2nd spot and setting a new lap record of 9.77 seconds, while Hauser took 3rd spot.

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Philipp Tschupp dominates Stans Winterchamps

Ran across this when I was looking at the RC4WD Subzero. It’s a very realistic, silver edition 1/10 Fracture V8 Engine with built-in Transfer Case into which you can insert a 540 motor. Stick this in a scale RC for some major realism inside and out. Heck, I’d want to run my RC without the body to show off this engine.

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Put a V8 Engine in Your Electric RC originally appeared on About.com Radio Controlled Vehicles on Sunday, November 8th, 2009 at 15:04:38.

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