Thursday, June 5, 2008
Elliot Harper wint de Opwarming van Euro Categories - Electric, On Road, International, Racing - comments closed 
De opwarmingsrace voor dit jaren Elektrische het reizen auto Europese Kampioenschap werd in werking gesteld vorig weekend bij het gastheerspoor in Echte Vila, Spanje en er waren 40 racers dienstdoend, met sommige internationale dienstdoend racers. Kwalificerend voor het jonge UK van de raszaag het toenemen neemt de ster Elliot die Harper, zijn Röntgenstraal drijft, een poolstandpunt voor huidige Britse Nationale Kampioen Chris Grainger in tweede voor Yokomo in, terwijl Spaanse racer Toni Mateo in derde. De volledige overheersing van de def.zaag door Harper die won alle 3 benen van de a-Leiding om algemeen te nemen wint voor het Spaanse in paren rangschikken van Toni Mateo en Marc Esbri Vilar in tweede en derde.
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Vooraf goed plannend, de organisatoren van Snowbirds in contact waren om ons te vertellen dat de gebeurtenis van 2009 gebeurt en weer eens bij de Toevlucht Radisson in Orlando Florida zal plaatsvinden.
Ik ben zeer opgewekt om aan te kondigen dat wij met de Toevlucht Radisson nogmaals voor de 2009 Ingezetenen Snowbird hebben ondertekend. World’ s grootste RC raswinst naar Orlando! Het ruimteblok wordt geplaatst, zo begin dat die hotelreserves nu maakt! Aangezien speciaal u van Radisson dankt - iedereen wie hun ruimte in de maand van Juni reserveert zal een VRIJE verbetering aan een luxeruimte krijgen (een $10 nachtbesparingen!). Ik ben ook opgewekt om aan te kondigen wij de hoteltarieven konden opnieuw worden het zelfde als in 2008, met de 10 percentenkorting als u vijf nachten of meer blijft. Ons programma zal aan afgelopen jaren, met praktijkDinsdag en Woensdag, met het rennen Donderdag door Zondag gelijkaardig zijn. De zaterdag zal nogmaals ‘ zijn; Buil N’ Run’ dag. De klassen en de volledige rasdetails zullen uit in de komende maanden komen. Wij verwachten ooit beste Snowbirds en hopen u op het zijn een deel het kunt plannen! Roep Radisson bij: 407-396-1400 en vermeld Snowbirds om uw ruimtereserves te maken.
Bron: Snowbirds [snowbirdnationals.com]
Friday, May 30, 2008
Reedy Ras van Kampioenen - Video's Categories - Video, Electric, On Road, International, Racing - comments closed
Geassoci�ërde het team is in contact geweest om sommige grote video's van laatste weekend’ te delen; s Reedy Ras in Californië. The first 3 videos are from each of the triple A-mains in Modified (A-main 1 above), while the last 4 show the action from round 8 of the Invitational class with the last showing Heat 4 which sees Hirosaka, Hara, Rheinard and Hohwart battling it out for the win.
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Monday, May 26, 2008
EFRA Grand Prix Vaasa - Announcement Categories - Electric, Off Road, International, Racing - comments closed 
We were contacted by the Motorsport Club of Vaasa, who are organizing an Electric off road EFRA Grand Prix in Vaasa between 13th and 15th of June. Last year the club organized the electric buggy Europeans and this year they will be continuing with an EFRA Grand Prix. The race is also be part of the Nordic Championship and for the first time the Nordic Championship title will be open for everyone across Europe.
Once again we have built an event with plenty of extra things for the competitors. We have a partnership with Radisson SAS Royal Hotel to assure comfortable stay in Vaasa. We also have jump contest as we did last year. This time we have very good prizes. The first prize is 4GB iPod Nano and top three prizes will be great as well. We are also having a draw for all the drivers who attend the race. One of the prizes will be 4GB iPod Nano.
Find out more information on the event site here.
The 2008 Reedy Race of Champions was held at the weekend at the Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California, the first time the race has been held at this venue following the closing of the previous facility. As usual there were 3 classes at this years event, the blue ribboned Invitational class that uses the now famous Reedy Race system consisting of races for points, and the 13.5 Turn class and Open class, both of which consisted of the usual qualifying rounds and triple A-mains. Qualifying for the 13.5T class saw TOP racer Kyle Bergstrom take the pole position from Losi driver Larry Fairtrace in 2nd and Jason Ertracter in 3rd, while in the Open class it was again a TOP on top, with Kevin Jelich taking top spot in front of Associated driver Christer Andersson in 2nd and Randy Caster 3rd. The 13.5 Turn finals saw Losi driver Larry Fairtrace take the overall win from pole man Bergstrom who ended up in 2nd, with EJ Evans putting another TOP on the podium in 3rd. In the Open finals Kevin Jelich managed to maintain his top spot from qualifying and take the overall ahead of Christer Andersson in 2nd and Jimmy Jacobson rounding off the podium for Tamiya in 3rd. In the Invitational class it was a close battle between a number of drivers but in the end Hot Bodies racer Atsushi Hara had the most victories to just beat out Masami Hirosaka by 1 point to take the overall crown. Hirosaka, who was racing the new prototype Yokomo was himself only just ahead of last years winner Marc Rheinard who took the final step of the podium for Tamiya in 3rd spot.
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Last weekend saw the European ‘B’ Championship for 1/8th scale on-road held in Kirchberg, Austria. The race saw 125 drivers in attendance and after 4 thrilling qualifying rounds it was Shepherd Velox driver Richard Volta that claimed the pole position ahead of Novarossi employee Michele Baruzzi driving a Serpent in 2nd. The 3rd spot went to Mugen racer Marco Müller from Switzerland, while the final direct qualifying position was taken by another Serpent racer, Agostinelli Giordano. The 45 minute final was won by Richard Volta who never lost the lead and in the end finished nearly one lap in front of young Italian Serpent racer Alberto Tedeschi in 2nd. Michele Baruzzi rounded out the podium in 3rd, finishing only 0.2 sec in front of Serpent team mate Domenico Calce who finished 4th. This was the first European Championship title for the young Shepherd Team and comes only 3 month after the release of the Velox.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Friday, May 23, 2008
Fabrizio Teghesi joins Kyosho Categories - Kyosho, Off Road, International, Racing, Drivers - comments closed
Kyosho Germany have confirmed that front running Italian buggy racer Fabrizio Teghesi has joined their team to race the Japanese company’s buggy and truggy. Starting his racing career with buggies in 2000, the Italian racer was runner up in the National Championships last year, racing for Crono, and will this year compete for Kyosho at both National and International level, including the World Championships in the USA.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Champion Race 2008 - Announcement Categories - Gas, On Road, International, Racing - comments closed 
The Italian Federation AMSCI has organized the “Champion Race 2008” 1/8 Track on the “L. Collari” track at Cassino (Frosinone, Italy). The race is open to all pilots registered with AMSCI, EFRA A, F1, F2 and to pilots registered with other international federations. The race will award the title of “Italian Champion EFRA A 2008”. The best 1/8 Category Italian pilots will attend the event. Three unforgettable days on one of the most beautiful European tracks, where the EFRA Italy 1/8 Track GP will take place in September 2008, as well as the European 1/8 Track B Championship in April 2009.
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