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December 23, 2007

Olly Jefferies wins Rug Racers Rd3

Mirage have a report on their site from last weekends round 3 of the Rug Racers series which was run at Woodson Park in Hertfordshire. Qualfiying saw Andy Moore just beat out his Hot Bodies team mate Olly Jefferies in 2nd with new Xray signing Elliot Harper 4 seconds back in 3rd. Final 1 saw Moore make a mistake that let Jefferies into the lead following closely by Harper, but Olly could hold on for the leg win. In the 2nd leg Moore once again clip a corner and rolled leaving Jefferies out in front once again followed by Harper which was how it finished in the leg and overall with Moore coming home in 3rd.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

December 23, 2007

BRCA 1/12th Nationals Round 4

The 4th round of the BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals was held last weekend at the Tamworth track and in qualifying for Saturday’s 19T turn event it was Chris Kerswell that claimed the TQ spot ahead of Andy Griffiths in 2nd. In the final, a coming together at the start knocked Griffiths out of contention and Mick Farrell took off after the then leader Kerswell and eventually got passed, but he too fell out of contention and this left Keith Robertson to come from 5th on the grid to take the win. In the modified class there were no surprises with Andy Griffiths taking the TQ and in the final he managed pull away and take the win, giving him his 4th in a row and enabling him to wrap up the modified title with his HB Cyclone 12.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

December 20, 2007

TGR Hurda Challenge – Announcement

TGR Hurda Challenge - Announcement

We received word from TGR about the upcoming TGR Hurda Challenge, a new race series which focuses on promoting open class racing which will take place next year in several countries with a great final in Istanbul, Turkey. The series is open to all makes of 1/28th scale cars and has 4 countries already commited to supporting the series with a number of other countries likely to get on board. There are a number of rules for the cars to conform to and prizes at all races leading up the series final. For more information on the series go here.

Source: TGR [tgr.com.tr]

December 19, 2007

Barry Baker joins Team Trinity

Barry Baker joins Mugen Racing

Barry Baker (old photo) has been confirmed as joining Trinity/Intellect as a driver, research and development specialist and sales rep. The 3 time National winner, in 2007 alone, joins recent signings Ralph Burch, Paul LeMieux, Jim Dieter and Brian Kinwald and had the following to say:

First of all I would like to say thank you to Jim for the post and also the whole Trinity family for the welcome to the team. I have worked with Jim before and we have a great respect for each other. I would also like to thank Checkpoint Motors and SMC batteries along with Odonnell for all their support these past 15 months…3 National Titles for the year!…Thanks again! I look forward to represent Trinity and Intellect at this years races along with the World Championships and many years to come.I feel with the knowledge and committment of the racers and employees of Trinity,hopefully we can get this hobby back to where it was years ago.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]

December 17, 2007

DHI Cup – Control tire change

DHI Cup change control tire

We received word from the organisers of the DHI Cup, an event that Red RC will cover live, that they have decided to change the control-tires because Much More could not guarantee a sufficient supply of their AT-32 tire. So for the 2008 edition of the DHI-CUP, racers will use the Much More Sweep LHS carpet tire with JB foam inserts and pre-glued on JB X-tra Hard wheels. The sweep tires are a new development made especially for carpet racing and tested by Much More team-drivers. To supplement the tires the organisers have also bought the same carpet as used at the ISTW race in October.

Source: DHI Cup [dhi-cup.dk]

December 17, 2007

Elliott Harper joins Team Xray

Elliott Harper joins Xray

Rising UK touring car star Elliott Harper has made the switch from Hot Bodies to Team Xray with whom he will race the T2’008 EU 5-cell spec chassis. Elliott is a well know touring car driver with some impressive results that include winning the modified class at the 2006/7 BIWS as well as being crowned the 2007 BTCC Modified Champion, he backed those results up with an impressive performance in this year modified BRCA Nationals where he finished 5th overall amongst some really tough competition. Elliot will be using Nosram Matrix Evolution ISTC speed controls, Matrix Storm Evolution Motors, VTEC Big Mama 4200 cells with the Nosram Stealth Evolution Charger.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

December 16, 2007

S. Lnenicka wins Rd2 LRP Islikon Masters

Sacha Lnenicka wins Rd2 LRP Islikon Masters

Xray have a brief report on their site from the second LRP Islikon Masters held last weekend in Switzerland. The qualification rounds on Sunday saw Sacha Lnenicka TQ ahead of his Xray team mate and brother Ronny in 2nd place with Serpent racer Markus Geisendorf in 3rd. The finals were dominated by Sacha and he managed to win all three finals with Ronny ending up in 2nd, with Geisendorf taking the last podium spot in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 15, 2007

Holst wins Rd2 of Danish Champs

Soeren Boy Holst wins Rd2 of Danish Champs

Xray have a report on their site from driver Soeren Boy Holst on the 2nd round of the Danish Touring Car Championships that was held last weekend at the Broendby Racing Club close to the capital Copenhagen. Modified qualifying saw the pole position go to the Xray driver Holst in front of 2nd place Corally racer Jonas Kaerup and Martin Lissau for Xray in 3rd. In the finals it was 2 wins for Holst to take the overall win despite having some clashes in the 2nd final he could still wrap up the win with 1 final left. The 2nd place went to Kaerup with Emil Rath ending the day in 3rd, just ahead of Lissau.

Click here to read the full report.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]