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August 20, 2007

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd5

The 5th round of the Danish 1/10th scale electric buggy Nationals took place this weekend at the multi surfaced Midtjysk RC Arena. In the 4WD class it was Kyosho driver Ulrich Rasmussen who was the fastest man from the start of the day, setting the fastest time in qualifying and then going on to win all the three A-finals to take the overall win, followed home by local Kyosho racer Torben Nielsen in 2nd and Losi driver Allan Thyme in 3rd spot. In the 2WD class it was again a win for Lars Alex with his B4 who won from local Bo Dissing with another B4 in 2nd spot, while Christer Rasmussen found himself in 3rd place after a hard battle with X6 driver Lasse Nielsen in the third final, which saw the motor of Lasse break on last lap allowing Christer to pass him. In the Stock beginner class it was Alexander Breiner who was the man to beat and he won in front of 2nd placed Jesper Rasmussen and 3rd placed Martin Kristensen.

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August 18, 2007

Russian EP Off-road Nationals 2007

Last weekend, the best electric buggy drivers from around Russia came to the RC2 track in Moscow to compete for the 2007 Russian National title. Qualifying saw Kyosho racer Ivan Laptev take the pole position from the JConcepts pairing of Dmitry Malyshko and Victor Spiridonov in 2nd and 3rd. In the race it remained the same with Laptev taking the win and the 2007 title ahead of Malyshko, who was using the MRC Models buggy wing, in 2nd and Spiridonov in 3rd.

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August 10, 2007

Hereford Micro Open Meeting 2007

If you have no racing plans this weekend and you are in the UK, then be sure to head down to Bridge Street Sport’s Centre in Leominster, Herefordshire where the Hereford Radio Car Club are running their 2007 Micro Open Meeting. The race is open to 1/18th scale Pro Stock and Modified class for buggies and truggies and an Open class for mini Monster trucks and 1/16th scale buggies and truggies. The event is still open for entrants so if you are interested you can check out the entry form here (PDF).

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

August 9, 2007

Juho Levanen joins Much More

Korean electric accessories manufacturer, Much More, have confirmed that they have signed up top Team Associated driver Juho Levanen from Finland. Levanen, who will now use Much More products, has dominated this years Fintrack series as well as winning the LRP Masters in April while the highlight of his racing career so far must definitely be his back to back European 1/10th scale Touring car titles in 2002 and 2003.

Source: RC Forum [rcforum.co.kr]

August 9, 2007

Southport Nationals report by oOple

The fifth round of the BRCA electric buggy Nationals was held last weekend on the multi surfaced Southport track, in the Northwest of England. The 2wd class racers on Saturday had some light rain to contend with, while Sundays 4wd event was run under sunny and dry conditions. The 2wd class saw Losi driver Darren Bloomfield once again take the win having qualified 2nd behind recently crowned European Champion Neil Cragg, while in 4wd it was local racer Richard Taylor that took the TQ and the win, while Lee Martin wrapped up the 2007 title with a 4th position.

Read the full report race here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

August 6, 2007

2007 EP Buggy Euro’s – Full report

2007 EP Buggy Euros - Full report

The 2007 European electric buggy Championships were already over a week ago and for a final return to the event, oOple have updated their great report with large galleries of photos that Jimmy took over the course of the week. The event report has now been split into daily sections with a gallery at the bottom of each section, and the main event page even has setup sheets from a lot of the top racers at the event, so be sure to check it out.

View the full Euro’s report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

August 5, 2007

ROAR EP Paved On Road Nats – Videos

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In the middle of July we reported briefly on Barry Baker winning the 2007 ROAR electric paved on road Nationals, held at the Seattle Indoor Raceway. Here are some videos from that race, showing action from all the classes with the video above taken during the Modified class A-main 1 in which Baker took the win. Below we have other Sedan videos as well as some from 1/12th scale.

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August 5, 2007

Ronald Volker wins European TC Champs

This years European Championship for Touring cars held in Montbrison France is over, and it is Ronald Volker that has taken the overall win for Hot Bodies. The first final saw a win for the pole man, and Xray driver, Steven Weiss, followed home closely by former World Champion Marc Reinhard for Tamiya, while the 3rd spot went to Volker. The 2nd final was the same 3 drivers at the front but in a different order, with Volker managing to squeeze past Weiss for the lead which he held till the end in front of Weiss in 2nd and Reinhard in 3rd. The 3rd leg of the final would be the decider and it was Volker once more that made his way to the front to take the lead after Weiss left a small gap which was enough to let the Hot Bodies driver through. Weiss proceeded to follow to try and regain the lead but a mistake cost him several positions and eventually allowed Reinhard up into 2nd and Groskamp into 3rd with Weiss demoted to 4th. This final result gave Volker and Hot Bodies the win, with Weiss in a hard fought 2nd for Xray and Reinhard for Tamiya in 3rd taking the final podium spot.

Podium picture to follow.

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