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April 30, 2007

Riccardo Perin wins Rd2 of Italian Nats

Riccardo Perin

The second round of the Italian 1/8th scale off road championships took place last weekend at the S.M. di Sala. We have little information from this event other than the results sheet where we see that recent Xray signing Riccardo Perin took the win by 1 lap ahead of Crono racer Carlo Jacopini. Fabio Boero took the final step of the podium for Mugen in 3rd while Xrays latest signing Alex Laffranchi claimed 5th position on his national debut with round 1 winner Teghesi finishing in 7th ahead of his Crono team mate and current National Champion, Davide Tortorici, in 8th.

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April 30, 2007

Martin Lissau takes Rd1 of Ã–resundsCupen

Rd1 of Ã–resundsCupen

More news from Xray, this time they are reporting on the Ã–resundsCupen, which saw round one of this series, that includes four different races split between Sweden and Denmark, take place at the weekend in Staffanstorp, south Sweden. TQ for this event went to Xray NT1 driver Matin Lissau who was un challenged in Sundays main final with the main race battle taking place behind him for 2nd between Serpent driver Per Ola Hard and Xray driver Niklas Hakansson, with Per Ola eventually coming out on top to finish in 2nd position, with Hakansson in 3rd.

Read the full report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 30, 2007

Race Announcement – UK Much More GP

UK Much More GP

The organisers of the UK Much More GP have asked us to put up an announcement for their event which will take place on the 8th – 10th of June at the Minerwall Park, Stonehaven in Scotland.

Held at the extremely fast outdoor circuit in the beautiful setting of Scotland, UK, the Much More UK GP has already attracted international entries and also the man himself our very own Euro and World champ, Andy Moore. The owners and team from Much More Korea are also attending. There will be a marquee, 240V power, hot food and restrooms on site and MUCH MORE!

Click here for more details or enter directly here.

April 30, 2007

Juho Levanen takes LRP Masters crown

Last weekend saw the last major indoor race of the year, the 2007 LRP Masters, run in Eppelheim, Germany with the event attracting a huge number of quality drivers from around the world meaning the racing was very close and very tough. The event was TQ’d by Associated / LRP driver Juho Levanen with Tamiya driver Victor Wilck in 2nd and Dutch Xray driver Jilles Groskamp in 3rd. The racing was close but Juho made it look easy and managed to win the first 2, of the 3, A-mains to take the overall title with the positions behind him left to be sorted. You Sedish driver Wilck claimed the runner up spot with a 2nd and a 1st position while 3rd position went to German National Champion Ronald Volker driving his LRP powered HB Cyclone.

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April 29, 2007

Martin Wolhuter wins ACT State Title

ACT State Title

Martin Wolhuter has won the buggy class at this years ACT State title after a very tense and closely fought battle at the end of the main final between the Hong Nor of Wolhuter and the Team Magic of Ari Bakla. The final four laps proved to be some of the most exciting with Ari Bakla and Wolhuter clearly trying to cut eachother out and resulting in some spectacular crunching jousts which could have easily cost them both the podium with a final time difference of only .7058 of a second between them but at the last lap Martin got the upper hand to snatch the victory and the first ACT State Titles 2007!

Read the full report here.

Source: Rube Dude [rubeduderc.com]

April 29, 2007

LRP Master race – Malaysia

LRP Master race - Malaysia

Xray are reporting on their site about the 2007 LRP Master race that was held 2 weekends ago in Malaysia. Attended by 65 racers they were greeted by high temperatures and a very nice track with technical spots everywhere and 2/3 and 5 jumps with good grip. David Lim, driving a Kyosho was the top qualifier and because of heavy rain on the finals day the qualifying results were used as the final standings, with meant Lim took the win.

Read the full race report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 29, 2007

Alberto Picco wins Swiss EFRA GP

Italian Mugen racer Alberto Picco has won this weekends Swiss GP held at the huge Lostallo track. Having qualified in 4th position, Picco managed to win the 45 minute final by 1 lap ahead of German Kyosho driver Stefan Hanauer who, at the end of the final, was only 2 seconds ahead of fellow German driver Robert Pietsch racing the ever improving Shepherd Velox. The main final saw only 3 retirements, that of pole man Danielle Ielasi, Michael Salven and Francesco Tironi.

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April 29, 2007

Robert Batlle wins Rd2 of Spanish Nats

This weekend saw the 2nd round of the 2007 Spanish 1/8th scale of road nationals take place near Barcelona. The race was TQ’d by Hobao racer Robert Battle who continued his top form into the race, taking the win ahead of Borja Hernandez in 2nd with Carlos Pineda in 3rd. The troubled Richi Gomez came home in 12th.

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