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October 27, 2007

BRCA 1/12th Nationals Round 2

The second round of the BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals were run last weekend at the Chippenham indoor track for both 19T and Modified classes. In the 19T class, which was run on Saturday, it was Matt White that took the pole position, but a slow start in the final meant he was eaten up by the pack and after the positions settled down, it was Keith Robertson that was at the front, taking the win from Chris Kerswell and Matt White. In the Modified class on Sunday, the pole position went to current National Champion and round 1 winner Andy Griffiths but in the final he was made to work for the win having been knocked down the order at the beginning of the race. He managed to regain his pace and worked his way back to the front with a great recovery drive, taking the win from 2nd placed Matt White with 3rd spot going to a very close Mark Stiles.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

October 25, 2007

Offroad Winter Champs – Announcement

Off Road Winter Champs - Announcement

We received an e-mail from the organisers of the Offroad WinterChamps, held in the first weekend of the new year in Hohenems in Austria. The unofficial European Indoor Championship as it has been referred to as, the event attracts top drivers like European Champion Hupo Hoenigl, Joern Neumann and Peter Pinisch every year, who come to take up the challenge on the demanding multi surface indoor track. The race will be held on the 5th – 6th of January and entry opens on the 8th of November at 20:00 CET. In 2007 the race was fully booked out in less than 48 hours so don’t miss out on your chance to sign up to be one of the 160 participants taking part in 2008.

You can find more information about this event here.

October 23, 2007

Nilsson and Garant win SSIC Rd2

Niclas Nilsson wins Swedish Indoor Rd2

The 2nd round of the South Swedish Indoor Championship (SSIC) took place last weekend at the Väst-8 track in Gothenburg where young Serpent team driver Niclas Nilsson was the star of the 50 car field TQ’ing in Modified class while in the 27 turn class it was a win for another Serpent S400 driver Oliwer Garant. Racing on the tight and technical track, Nilsson took 2 A-main Modified victories to claim the overall win ahead of team-mate Christopher Södergren in 2nd and Associated racer Mathias Larsson in 3rd. In the 27-turn finals it was Garant that took the overall victoy by winning all three finals finishing in front of Robin Haugnes in 2nd and Joakim Taxén Swahn in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 23, 2007

Hupo Hönigl joins Much More

Hupo Honigl joins Much More

Current European Electric 4wd Buggy Champion Hupo Hönigl has been signed to Korean electronics and tools manufacturer Much More. The Austrian driver, who races for Tamiya in both off road and in Touring car, will now be using Much More products track side and joins many other great drivers signed to the Much More brand such as Andy Moore, Atsushi Hara, Marc Rheinard and Surikarn Chaidejsuriya.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr] via RC Forum [rcforum.co.kr]

October 23, 2007

Norwegian Winter Series Rd1

Norwegian Indoor season - Round 1

We received a report from the kick off the Norwegian indoor season, which as always starts off with the weekend race in the SAS Radisson Beitostølen hotel. Beitostølen is a ski resort 3 hours drive from Oslo, the capital of Norway. The 1:12 class was dominated by Adrian Berntsen who managed to stay ahead of the older and more experienced drivers. Adrian totally dominated qualification and the finals, to easily take the win and leaving the Dahl brothers to fight for the runner up spots.

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October 22, 2007

Alberto García takes Spanish titles

LRP has sent us notification that for the third year in a row their LRP Brushless team driver Alberto García came out on top, taking Spanish National title in both 2WD and 4WD off road. The 3rd round of the Spanish Nationals took place in Valladolid which saw though conditions for everyone due to rain, wind and a bumpy surface. Alberto however could stand up against the competition and bring home both the titles with one round still left to be run.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

October 21, 2007

Morashi wins JMRCA Sports Touring nats

The 2007 Japanese EP Touring Nationals for Sports class was run this weekend at the Kawaba RC Plaza under mixed weather conditions. Qualifying saw the pole position go to Yoshiaki Takahashi but in the final it was Morashi that was on the pace, taking the win in the first 2 legs of the A-final to take the overall title with one leg of finals left to be run. The runner up spot went to pole man Takahashi with two 2nd positions, with the final podium position going to Mitsuo Yoshida in 3rd.

Click here for the final results.

Source: Extreme RC [blog.goo.ne.jp/rc-extreme]

October 20, 2007

DHI Cup 2008 – Entry details

DHI Cup 2008

We received confirmation that entry for the 2008 DHI Cup will open on Wednesday the 24th of October, at 19:00 CET. It is with great pleasure, that the team behind the DHI-Cup has announced a three year deal with Odense Congress Centre to host the DHI-Cup. It means that they will have perfect surroundings for this race, with 3000 m2 floor, large tribunal for viewers and visitors, along with a great cafeteria. The track itself will have a size of 22 by 35 meters, and will be on a brand new carpet perfect for racing. New for this year is will be open practise on friday with qualifying beginning on friday evening. Red RC will be present to report live from the event but we will be bringing you more details of our coverage in the near future.

To enter the event, go to the official site here.