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February 11, 2008

Matsuzaki wins Yatabe International GP

Last weekend saw the Yatabe Arena International off road GP take place at the famous indoor off road track in Japan. The event was attended by all the top Japanese racers and also present was former World Champion Ryan Cavalieri who was taking part in both the truck and the 2wd and 4wd classes. Racing saw the Reedy style format being used and even though Cavalieri dominated the 2wd class with 3 wins from 4, he had one sightly off result in the 4wd class which meant he finished in 2nd behind eventual winner, 2wd World Champion, Hayatu Matsuzaki, with Masami Hirosaka claiming 3rd. Cavalieri took the win the truck class.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]

February 11, 2008

Alexander Valente joins X Factory

2007 French buggy Champion Alexander Valente has joined the X Factory Team. Valente drove his own X -6 to win in the first three events of the 2007 French Championship and took second in the fourth event to lock up the title. “I’m looking forward to this season so much,” said Alex. “It’s hard for me to believe that now I’m part of the X Team”. Valente added,

I was hooked on The New Math when I first heard about the concept. If just makes so much sense, I had to get one. And what a dream to drive, right from the start. Brian Kinwald calls this car ‘cheating,’ and I knew why right from my first lap. Now I’m part of this exciting innovative Team. It’s amazing! The X – 5 is the perfect car for our French outdoor tracks. I haven’t driven 4WD for quite some time, and can’t wait to start driving it. That single-belt driveline is just ballistic, and the xx-4 suspension is still the best one ever built. With a year of driving the mid-motor X – 6, I know I’ll be right at home with the X – 5. Support from the other Team drivers has been fantastic. It’s so much fun being with a group of guys who are so smart and share my desire to win. So far it’s just been E-mails because of distance, but it’s a super Family.

Valente will run the full schedule of French National Championship races, as well as the Coupe De France and Petit R/C races in 2008.

Source: X Factory [2wdrc.com]

February 7, 2008

Josh Cyrul signs for T.O.P. Racing

Tokyo hobbies Optional Parts (T.O.P.) have announced that they have signed top US racer Josh Cyrul who will be representing T.O.P. as a driver and engineer. Masato and Vincent Yip of T.O.P. Racing had the following to say:

We are extremely happy that Josh has decided to race for us. Not only is he a world class driver, but also a respected inventor and innovator. We are dedicated to making an impact in the R/C industry and we feel Josh is the right person to lead us.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]

February 5, 2008

Norwegian Winter Series Rd4

The 4th round of the Norwegian Winter Series took place this past weekend hosted by Borg MRK, who presented the racers with a small and tricky circuit to race on. In qualifying for the modified class it was Adrian Berntsen that claimed the TQ spot in front of his Xray team mate Helge Johannessen in 2nd while the 3rd starting spot would be taken by Eirik Andreassen. The SuperStock (19 turn) class saw the best starting field so far this year, and all racers were out to stop Kyosho racer Marcus Alvestad’s winning streak, having won the last 2 rounds. Marcus however was still the man to beat in qualifying, taking the top spot in front of Petter Berntsen with Kai Ronning in 3rd.

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February 1, 2008

Zack Barry dominates Indoor ROC

Xray are reporting on the 2008 18th Scale Indoor Off-road Race of Champions that were held last Sunday at RC Madness in Enfield CT. This was the third year that this warm up race for the 18th Scale Off-road Nationals was held and attendance at the race was good with approximately 80 entries. Three rounds of qualifiers were run and then the mains and it was Zack Barry that finished the qualifiers with the TQ in all three classes entered, he also won every qualifier that he ran. Zack went on to win the A-mains in all 3 classes, winning by 2 full laps in each race.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 29, 2008

Olly Jefferies wins Carpet Thrashnals Rd6

Last weekend saw the 6th round of the CML Carpet Thrashnals run in Chippenham and it was Hot Bodies racer Olly Jefferies that was the man to beat on the day. In qualifying he ended up a lap ahead of Russ Williams in 2nd with Stu Noble in 3rd and Andrew Carter in 4th. In the modified A final Olly shrugged off an early challenge from Russ and disappeared off in to lead to record yet another winter victory ahead of Russ in 2nd and Tom Green in 3rd.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

January 28, 2008

Schumacher Indoor Masters – Report

Schumacher Indoor Masters - Report

oOple have a report from last weekends Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters, held at the indoor track in Worksop. The track was laid out the previous evening and was wider than the usual layout, with plenty of well thought out features to tax the drivers skills. The 4wd class saw the win go to the TQ man Richard Lowe, driving the JConcepts BJ4 WE, while in 2wd the victory went to European Champion Neil Cragg who had qualified 2nd behind Team oOple driver Stuart Wood.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

January 26, 2008

Paul Wynn wins 08 FSEARA Champs Rd1

Team Associated are reporting that the 2008 FSEARA Championship series and newly acquired Team AE driver Paul Wynn have gotten off to a fantastic start. Last weekend PnP Hobbies hosted the first race of the FSEARA Championship, the first series in the country to adopt brushless motors and Li-Po batteries for all classes. Paul made the most of it by winning 4 out of the 6 rounds in the modified class (Reedy Race format) with his LRP/Reedy powered TC5 to take the overall win.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]