Rabitti cruises to Brushless title at the Arena

Riccardo Rabitti has claimed the first of the silverware at the 2009 Arena Offroad Meeting after he cruised to victory in the Brushless Buggy class here tonight at the ‘Arena of Cowboys’. Starting on pole the Italian wrapped up the title early winning the opening two Legs of the triple A-Mains with ease. With the crown secured the Losi driver set himself the challenge for the third leg of running a sub 42 second lap.  Taking a hat trick of wins to complete the perfect event he came very close, recording a 42.078. Afterwards Rabitti said he was very happy to win but he must now turn his attentions to improving his performance in the nitro buggy category in which he lies 5th in the overnight qualification ranking. The current Italian 1:8 nitro National Champion said his performance was effected by the constant switching between the instant power of the LRP powered 8ight-E and his nitro buggy. As a result he struggled to get the clutch on his Sirio engined 8ight to his liking. Able to focus on just nitro for the rest of the weekend and with one title already to his name he is hungry for more setting himself the target of being part of a Losi 1-2-3 come Sunday.

Behind Rabitti the main battle was always for the runners up spot and in the end it was Team Kyosho driver Martin Varner that claimed it over fellow MP9e driver Fabrizio Teghesi. The Austrian briefly made a challenge on Rabitti in the second Leg but couldn’t sustain the pace of the eventual winner and had to settle for another second while Teghesi was best of the rest in Leg 3.

Top 3 Drivers’ Equipment
(Car/ESC/Motor/Battery/Tyres)
1. Riccardo Rabitti (IT) – Losi 8ight-E/LRP/LRP/LRP/Proline
2. Martin Varner (A) – Kyosho MP9e/Castle Creations/Castle Creations/Team Orion/AKA
3. Fabrizio Teghesi (IT) – Kyosho MP9e/Novak/Novak/EZ-Power/Proline

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