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November 1, 2007

Hoppe wins Hildesheim 1/12th German qualifier

Last weekend Team Kyosho 1:8 on road nitro driver, and 2006 Class 2 race winner, Lars Hoppe moved back into electric powered racing for the winter. The former Corally team driver and 2006 DHI-Cup winner was debuting his new 1:12th Corally in the first round of the qualification of the North German region in Hildesheim. It turned out to be a perfect weekend for the Corally team, with Lars going on to win the modified class while Jan Asmer took the win in the Stock class.

October 31, 2007

Teemu Leino wins 2007 Rebellion race

Xray are reporting on the recent Rebellion race organized by the small MMR club in Mäntsälä and which attracted top foreign racers such as Marc Fisher, Federico Sala and Ivan Laptev. The modified class saw the pole position go to Xray team driver Teemu Leino and he also took control in the finals, winning the first 2 of 3 which secured him the overall win in front of Corally racer Marc Fisher in 2nd with Yokomo driver Viljami Kutvonen in 3rd.

View the complete report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 30, 2007

Xceed Challenge Cup ’07 – Announcement

Xceed Challenge Cup ‘07 - Announcement

We have been contacted by the organisers of the Xceed Challenge Cup in the Netherlands to let all our EP Touring Car racing visitors in Europe know about this upcoming event. Held on the new indoor facility from the MACH club in Heemstede, near Amsterdam airport, the race takes place November 24th and 25th this year, and has already attracted a number of quality drivers from around Europe. Entry is currently open and closes on November the 5th so be sure to get your entry in straight away to avoid dissapointment.

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October 29, 2007

Steven Weiss wins Team Orion Cup

The 10th annual Team Orion Cup was run at the weekend in a large indoor venue in the town of Zillisheim, France. Some of the best racers in Europe were present at the event which saw TQ in the Expert class go to British Hot Bodies team driver Olly Jeffries just in front of European Championship TQ driver Steven Weiss from Germany racing for Xray, and top French driver Lucas Urbain in 3rd using the Losi JRXS-R. In the Amateur qualifying it was pole position for Corally racer Oliver Beining in front of team mate Gerrit Van Swijgenhoven in 2nd while 3rd spot went to HB driver Alain Sonval. The Expert final saw a win for Steven Weiss from Schumacher racer Alexandre Laurent in 2nd and Olly Jeffries in 3rd, while in the Amateur class the win went to poleman Oliver Beining with Gerrit Van Swijgenhoven in 2nd and Stéphane Roufosse in 3rd.

Image: Mr Clongwy [mrclongwy.aceboard.fr]

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]