Monday, April 28, 2008
Batlle neemt Spaanse 1/8ste TT Rd2 Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, National, Racing - comments closed
De 2de ronde van de Spaanse 1/8ste schaalIngezetenen met fouten werd in werking gesteld in het weekend bij het Silla spoor in Valencia. Het kwalificeren zaag om 1 de winnaar Robert Batlle stempelt zijn gezag op de gebeurtenis door de hoogste het kwalificeren vlek van Richi Gomez in tweede en Borja Hernandez derde te nemen. Na semi def. was het Robert dat van pool in belangrijkste definitief zou beginnen en met een duidelijk spoor voor hem kon hij het lood vanaf het begin eisen. De bestuurder Hobao zou uiteindelijk wint aan het eind van minieme def. 45 tegen slechts 6 seconden van het het vechten paar van Richi Gomez en Borja Hernandez nemen, Gomez dat de agent op vlek door enkel over een halve seconde voor Borja neemt.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Christoffer Svensson overheerst NXC 08 Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, International, Racing - comments closed 
Neo Met fouten rapporteert over een fantastisch weekend voor Christoffer Svensson bij de Noordse Uitdaging van de Röntgenstraal, die de gehele race van begin overheerste met dubbele TQ, tweepolige positie te beëindigen en wint in zowel de klassen met fouten als truggy. In de leiding met fouten, Svensson het lood van pool alvorens aan tweede op overlapping 2 nam te dalen, en dan opnieuw nemend het lood alvorens weg te rijden. Hazlewood die vroeg met Gustafsson, met Gus wordt gevochten die uiteindelijk een hiaat van Hazlewood opent, maar kon hard-laadt Svensson volledig vangen niet. Uiteindelijk werd Gustafsson ontzegd een waardige tweede plaats door koppelingskwesties en dit linkerHazlewood in tweede en Mikael Palsson in derde. In de truggy klasse begon Svensson vroeg voor maar overgegaan door Hazlewood, en werd te werk ging toen om elkaar voor een tijdje te vechten, maar het snelle verenigbare drijven en de goede kuil houden begaafde Svensson tegen het lood op overlapping 16. Hazlewood had 2de plaats die omhoog tot overlapping 38 wordt verpakt waar het centrum diff gedwongen hem om zich en deze toegestane Henrik Nilsson omhoog in tweede en Niclas Brunsberg in derde uitgeeft terug te trekken.
Bron: Neo Met fouten [neobuggy.net]
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
De Ingezetenen van Kidderminster rapporteren door oOple Categories - Electric, Off Road, National, Racing - comments closed
Het vorige weekend zag de eerste ronde van 2008 BRCA tiende van weg Nationale reeks, die bij het spoor van multi-oppervlakteKidderminster in het midwesten van Engeland wordt gehouden. Saturday’s 2WD event saw early promise for Tom Yardy who won the first two qualifiers, but Neil Cragg came back in style to take the next two and line up Pole for the final. Neil Went on to win legs 1 and 3 to take the first 2WD National of the season. In the 4WD things were far more simple - 2007 reigning champion, Lee Martin, dominated from start to finish with his Associated B44, taking every qualifier and all three legs of the A final.
Read the full report here, including lots of great photos.
Source: oOple [oople.com]
Friday, April 18, 2008
Darren Johnston wins NZ 4wd Nationals Categories - Electric, Off Road, National, Racing - comments closed
The New Zealand Electric off road National Championships were run last weekend at the Hawkes Bay Radio Control Club’s permanent track in Hastings. The modified class qualification saw James Rainey claim the TQ spot in both 2wd and 4wd buggy and he was able to carry his pace through into the finals in 2wd to win from Graeme McDougal in 2nd and Darren Johnston in 3rd. In the 4wd class, Rainey couldn’t manage to do the double as Johnston, driving a B44, was able to take the win in the first 2 finals with good times to sew up the overall title from Perry Field in 2nd, with pole man Rainey ending up in 3rd.
Full results from the event can be found here.
Thanks to Darren Johnston for the report.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Velder & Eichhoorn win Brother Cup Rd1 Categories - Events, Gas, Off Road, Racing - comments closed 
The first round of the Dutch Brother Cup was run over the weekend under superb weather at the MVW in Purmerend and was open for Sportsman and Hobby classes. The hobby class was won by Jan Eichhoorn with Jan Wagemakers in 2nd and Robbert Walden 3rd, while in the Sportsman class it was Jordy Velder who took the win, while also setting a new track lap record, with Jeffrey Halsema the runner up and Wouter Bouwens in 3rd.
A full gallery of the event can be found here.
Source: Brother Cup [brothercup.eu]
We got sent a brief report from last weekends JBRL series round 1 race that was run at Revelation Race in California. With an entry of 225 drivers, it was Losi racer Adam Drake that claimed the TQ in both the Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy classes and in the finals, the Drake was able to convert his good start position into a win in both classes. Runner up in the buggy class was team mate Mike Truhe with Kyosho team driver Ryan Lutz in 3rd while in the Truggy class the 2nd spot belonged to Cody King, just ahead of his Kyosho team mate Ryan Reece. The Open buggy and truggy class saw an equally dominant performance by Kyle Johnson, the Losi driver TQ’d truggy and won both classes. Completing the clean sweep for Losi was Chris Nelson, who won the 1/10th truck class running a Losi AD2.
Graham Alsop wins BRCA Nats Rd1 Categories - Gas, Off Road, National, Racing - comments closed 
The first 1/8th scale BRCA National was held at the weekend at the very wet and muddy track in Ware, Herts. Qualifying saw Losi racer Darren Bloomfield take pole from last years Champion, and Associated team, driver Neil Cragg in 2nd, while Graham Alsop placed his Hyper 8.5 3rd on the grid. The main final was run in very wet conditions and quickly became a two horse race between Graham Alsop and Neil Cragg, the two swapping the lead for the first 25 minutes until Neil suffered a sliced tyre which cut the battle short. This left Graham to cruise to an unchallenged victory as Neil nursed his car home to 2nd and Bruce Thompson in 3rd, 2 laps back on the leading pair.
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Renaud Savoya wins Lyon EFRA GP Categories - Events, Off Road, International, Racing - comments closed
The French EFRA GP for 1/8th scale buggies was run this weekend in St Exupery in the Lyon region. After qualifying it was Losi driver Yannick Aigoin that claimed the top qualifier spot but after the semi final it was Mugen driver Renaud Savoya that line up on pole position for the main final. Savoya eventually won the 45 minute by a few seconds in front of Kyosho driver Jerome Aigoin with Spanish driver Borja Hernandez almost a lap further back.
Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]
