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May 16, 2007

Juho Levanen wins Fintrack Nationals Rd5

Fintrack Nationals Rd5

There seems to be no stopping Juho Levanen in the Fintrack series as the championship went outdoors last weekend for the 5th round, run in Hyvinkää in the south of Finland. This was the first race in the series were it was run to the new EFRA rules, with 5 cells and the new lower weight, and last months LRP Masters winner, Juho Levanen driving his Team Associated TC5 could take the TQ and the win, after a tie on points with Teemu Leino was decided by fastest run, Teemu came home in 2nd for Xray while 3rd place went to Corally racer Simo Ahoniemi.

Check out lots of pictures from the event here.

Source: RC Zone [rczone.net]

May 16, 2007

Mario Rigert wins Rd1 of Swiss EP Nats

Xray have a report from the 1st round of the Swiss Electric Touring car nationals that was held 2 weekends ago in bad weather conditions. Saturdays practice was rained off and Sundays qualifying rounds took place on a wet, then dry, track and after 4 rounds it was Bastien De Marco that took the pole spot ahead of Mario Rigert in 2nd place. In the dry finals it was Xray racer Mario Rigert that could take the win in front of his team mates Sacha Lnenicka and Daniel Fankhauser in 2nd and 3rd repectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 15, 2007

French Buggy Nationals – Round 3

French Buggy Nationals - Round 3

Yet more racing from France, this time its the running of the 3rd round of the French electric buggy Nationals which took place last weekend, organized by the MRCI club near Paris. 114 racers were entered into the event, which took place on a grass track and in qualifying it was Antoine Rosetti driving the X Factory X-5 that took the top spot in 4wd, while in 2wd it was Olivier De Montfumat that top the times driving his Associated B4.

The 4wd main finals saw a clear win for Losi XXX4 driver, and round 2 2wd winner, Carl Maignien (represented by the shovel in the photo above) who achieved a perfect score and took the win from pole man Rossetti, who finished 2nd, while 3rd place went to TTech X10 racer, and winner of round 1, Lionel Labbez. In the 2wd class it was a closer battle with round 2 runner up, Alexander Valente, taking the win with his X Factory X-6, finishing on the same points as 2nd placed pole man Olivier De Montfumat, with the 3rd spot going to Thomas Vogel with his XXX BK2.

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May 15, 2007

Mike Blackstock signs to Team Br00d

Team Br00d have announced that they have signed up top US racer Mike Blackstock to run its motors and batteries. Debuting with his new sponsors at next weeks Reedy Race in California, Mike leaves behind a long and successful spell at Trinity to join the team that has already snapped up top racers like Ralph Burch and Chris Tosolini. Mike only recently signed to Corally after a spell with Xray.

In our never ending quest for domination, Team br00d has signed Mike Blackstock to run Team br00d Racing motors and batteries…..Mike will be making his debut with our products at the 2007 Reedy Race of Champions.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]

May 15, 2007

Kidderminster Nationals report by oOple

The second round of the BRCA electric buggy nationals were held last weekend at the multi surface Kidderminster track in the mid west of England. Weather was on and off for the weekend with Saturdays running for 2wd taking place in wet / dry conditions, while Sundays 4wd race was run in a lot wetter conditions (above) with the result being called after 2 rounds of qualifying due to worsening weather. oOple have of course got a great report online, including video, and should have lots of pictures online soon too, so check that and find out how Neil Cragg and Lee Martin took the class wins at this event.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

May 13, 2007

Arnaud Collet rejoins Kyosho

Current French 2wd National electric buggy Champion, Arnaud Collet, has rejoined Kyosho leaving behind a deal with Team Associated which saw him win last years Nationals when he drove a B4 to the title. Arnaud is present at this weekends 3rd round of the French National Championship driving his new ride, the Kyosho Ultima RB5, and we will bring you the results from this event as soon as we get them.

Source: Petit RC [petitrc.com]

May 8, 2007

Elliot Harper wins BTCC Rd2

Mirage have a report from their team driver Luke Burley from the 2nd round of the Schumacher BTCC championship. Round 1 of the series was won by Yokomo racer Chris Grainger but this second round, held in Aldershot, was won by HB racer Elliot Harper, who won 2 legs of the A-main to take the top spot, followed by Xray driver Luke Burley while 3rd position fell to Sam Smith.

Read the report here.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

May 7, 2007

Matsuzaki & Kimura take GW Champs

Last weekend in Japan, at the Yatabe Arena, saw the GW Championships take place for off road electric cars. As always in Japan, the competition was fierce as the big teams had their best drivers at the event to compete for this title. In the 2wd class it was Hot Bodies racer Hayato Matsuzaki that the took the win by the tiniest of margins, only 7 tenths of a second ahead of Yokomo/Asso driver Sinnya Kimura in 2nd, while 3rd place went to Kyosho top man Sinnosuke Adachi. In the 4wd class it was Sinnya Kimura again, driving a Yokomo BX that took the win by less than 2 seconds from 2nd placed Hot Bodies racer Hayato Matsuzaki with another HB D4 in 3rd, driven by Tatsuya Sanpei.

Click here to see videos of both 2wd and 4wd mains… content