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July 17, 2007

Oswestry Nationals report by oOple

The fourth round of the BRCA electric buggy Nationals was held last weekend on the grass surfaced Oswestry track, close to the England – Wales border. The track was damp for most of Saturday and Sundays running took place in even wetter conditions, with the event being called during the first round of finals. The 2wd class was won by Losi driver Darren Bloomfield who also took the TQ while in 4wd it was once again Lee Martin that took the TQ, and due to the cancellation of the finals, his qualifying position translated into the win. oOple also have an interview with X-Factory designer Paul Sinclair, who was over from the US for this event, and last weeks Belgian GP.

Read the full report race here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

July 16, 2007

Barry Baker is US National Champion

Barry Baker has backed up his ROAR Carpet Nats title by winning the modified touring car class at last weekends ROAR On Road electric Nationals held at the Seattle Indoor Raceway. Baker, who had TQ’d the event, drove his Xray to victory in the first 2 of the 3 finals to take the overall title with 1 round still left to run. Xrays strong showing was backed up by Paul LeMieux who had qualified 3rd but took 2nd place ahead of Tamiya driver Josh Numan in 3rd.

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July 15, 2007

ROAR On-road Electric Nats – Qualifying

ROAR On-road Electric Nats - Qualifying

A quick post to let you know that this weekend sees the ROAR on road electric Nationals held on the small, but tricky, Seattle Indoor Raceway. The event is open to 2 scales, 1/10th touring Mod, 19T, Stock and Masters & 1/12th 19T and Stock. Qualifying has alrady taken place with the mains being run today and in the premier classes it was Xray driver Barry Baker that TQ’d Touring Mod ahead of Tamiya racer Josh Numan in 2nd and Paul LeMieux with another Xray in 3rd, while in 19T 1/12th scale it was Mike Blackstock driving the CEFX that took the top qualifying spot in front of James Arluck in 2nd and Brian Bodine in 3rd. We hope to bring you the final results when we get them.

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July 14, 2007

Maifield signs deal with Liquid Eyewear

Our partners Neo Buggy are reporting that multiple National Champion and Worlds TQ Ryan Maifield has signed a deal with Liquid Eyewear of Yuma, AZ. Liquid Eyewear is a premier eyewear manufacturer with a full line of sunglasses, clothing, and other accessories and the deal will see Ryan use and promote the companies products.

Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]

July 11, 2007

Josh Cyrul wins 2007 ARCOR World Championships

Josh Cyrul wins 2007 ARCOR World Champs

Team Orion driver, Josh Cyrul has won the 2007 ARCOR World Championships held recently at Freddies Hobbies asphalt oval track, in Ohio. This was the first running of the World Championships for this oval racing class, and it was top US driver Josh Cyrul, using his Revolution V2 Oscar Special 7 turn motor, that took the win in the brushed class. We also have a few videos from the event to show the stress that these motors have to put up with during such an event, that sees the cars racing flat out for 4 minutes at high speeds.

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July 8, 2007

Lee Martin wins 4wd at Belgian GP

As we reported earlier today, the Belgian GP for 1/10th electric buggies was being run this weekend at the Kampenhout track, near Brussels. Lee Martin took the 2wd win yesterday and showed again today, the form that has seen him head the 4wd BRCA Nationals standings, by taking the pole position ahead of Joern Neumann in 2nd place and Grant Williams in 3rd position. The race saw Lee take the overall class win with a win in the first round and a 2nd place in the 2nd round while Matthew White took a 4th in race 1 and a win race 2 to the take the 2nd place overall with Joern Neumann in 3rd place overall with a 9th in race 1 and a 3rd place in race 2.

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July 8, 2007

Lee Martin wins 2wd at Belgian GP

This weekend sees the annual Belgian GP for off road electric buggies take place at the Kampenhout track in the middle of the country, near Brussels. Sundays running will be for the 4wd class but Saturday was for 2wd and in qualifying for this class it was a close battle between eventual pole man Lee Martin from the UK, and young German racer Joern Neumann who finished 2nd, both racers running the Associated B4, while 3rd place qualifier was X-Factory X6 driver Ellis Stafford. In the 3 finals it was Martin that showed his class to take the overall win, ahead of Ellis Stafford in 2nd and Neumann in 3rd, after a problem in the first final dropped him way down the results.

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July 4, 2007

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd4

The Aviators RC Club, in the north of Denmark, played hosted the 4th round of the Danish DRCMU Off-Road Championships, which were held last weekend. The grass surfaced track layout was very tight and narrow and most of the practice took place in very wet conditions and this lack of practice had a great influence on the performance of many of the drivers in the dry qualifying rounds.

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