Thursday, November 16, 2006
Tony Truman wins Rd3 of the AstroTurf Masters Categories - Events, Electric, Off Road, National, Racing - comments closed
Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the AstroTurf Masters held on the all weather track at Kidderminster. The event was all about Tony Truman who, driving his Losi XX4 buggy, took the TQ and and a convincing win finishing 9 seconds ahead of 2nd place Paul Robinson with Simon Reeves a further 3 seconds back in 3rd place.
Despite strong competition and struggling a little in the first two rounds of qualifying, young Tony Truman showed that he was the class of the field by comfortably taking the last two rounds to put himself in pole position for the final.
You can read the full report here.
Source: Helger Racing [helgerracing.com]
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
2006 Japanese EP Nationals, Expert Categories - Events, Electric, On Road, National, Racing - comments closed
This weekend sees the running of the 2006 Japanese EP Nationals for Expert class. The event is being held at the world famous Yatabe Arena indoor circuit and should play host to some titanic battles over the weekend. The level of racing in Japan is insanely good, combine that with a number of international racers as well as a large number of local manufacturers fighting for top honours and we should have a good event. Red RC ‘hope’ to bring you daily coverage but i can only rely on what information is being posted online so it may be sketchy at best.
Image: Much More Japan [much-more.co.jp]
Having already won the Brazilian Curitibano Championship at the previous round, the pressure was off for new champion Fabiano Franco. This however didnt stop him in winning the last round to cement his position at the top of the Modified standings. Second place at the last round and 5 seconds back on Fabiano was team mate Flávio Salinet who managed to also secure second place in the championship ahead of Otávio Langowski who finished 3rd in the standings.
Sunday morning, with a cold wind, saw the start of the first heat with Flávio in 4th place at the end of the race. Flávio got 1st place with Fabiano Franco in 2nd: both XRAY TEAM DRIVERS. Heat after heat, Fabiano and Flávio were battling until heat 5.
You can read the full report here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
2006 Singapore HPI Invitational Challenge 3 Categories - Events, HPI, Electric, On Road, International, Racing - comments closed
Although the race took place at the end of October, the report from the 2006 Singapore HPI Invitational Challenge 3 is only online now. Being hosted at the East Coast Park Raceway, the event attracted racers from all around South East Asia including Australia. After the race was over it was Alvin Koh who had gotten TQ and won the event ahead of Ong Chee Yong in second with 15 year old Nicolas Lee rounding off the podium.
Located at the center of Southeast Asia including Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand, Singapore is one of the best countries to host an international event. With TV crews and many spectators, the event made an exciting weekend for the whole nation. HPI was the main sponsor of the event, aiming at vitalizing the RC market in Singapore.
You can read the full report here.
Source: HPI Japan [hpiracing.co.jp]
Xray have just made the announcement on their site that 2005 European Champion and all round top racer Teemu Leino has left Schumacher, after racing for them for 12 years, and joined Team Xray. Teemu is a driver of considerable skill and experience and would be seen as the necessary move needed to enable the Slovakian manufacturer step up their game and take a European & World 1/10th title, which up till now has eluded them.
XRAY is very pleased to announce that the world’s top touring car driver and European Champion Teemu Leino will be joining Team XRAY. Teemu will support the factory team at all racing events and will participate in the testing and further development with the car.
Read the full announcement here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
oOple.com is reporting, through images, on last weekends Batley Indoor Regional which saw wins for Ben Riley in 2wd and Paul Bradby in 4wd.
105 Drivers turned up to the second in the North East regional series, held at Batley Buggy Clubs indoor venue. The track was a mix of carpet, polished floor and gym mats - a real challenge.
View all the fantastic pictures from the event on oOple.com here.
Monday, November 13, 2006
More off road action from US and Japan Categories - Video, Gas, Electric, Off Road, Racing - comments closed
If you hadn’t already had your fill of off road videos, then we have even more from you. The first 3 are from the recent Futaba Nitro Challenge and the very last one is of the final of the Electric Pre World Champonships in Japan.
View the other videos here… (more…)
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Danish Indoor Electric Touring Championship Rd2 Categories - Xray, Electric, On Road, National, Racing - comments closed
Martin Lissau has written his report from the second round of the Danish National championships in which he finished 2nd. Martin has yet to take that top step of the podium with his new Xray T2007 having also taken 2nd place in the first round of the championship but we’re sure its only a matter of time before that happens.
The finals were not the best-driven finals in the world, but after some good battles and close racing (sometimes a bit too close) Jonas took first place. After Steen had some problems, I took the no. 2 spot and he took no. 3
Read Martin’s full report here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
