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December 7, 2007

Zack Barry wins US Micro On-Road Nats

Xray have a report on the first ever 1/18th Scale US On-road Nationals, held last week at RC Madness in Enfield, CT, with numerous classes present including Micro Sedan, Pan car, Recoil (1/14th), Rally, and Open Truck. Zack Barry was present with the new M18T Pro and after qualifying for the Open Truck class he lined up 2nd, despite running the fastest lap times. At the start of the main final Zack quickly got by the leader but had a bobble shortly after that, allowing 3rd place driver Tony Phalen to get by. Now running in 2nd place, Zack followed Tony for several laps, slowly closing the gap. When Tony’s truck “thermalled out” Zack took the lead and with it the win, followed home by John Cravotta in 2nd and Dillon Spinelli in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 6, 2007

Atsushi Hara wins Thai Buggy Party Rd8

Hara wins Thai Buggy Party final Rd

Hot Bodies racer and current Japanese National Champion Atsushi Hara has won the final round of the Thailand Buggy Party, held last weekend in Pattaya, Thailand. Hara took the top qualifying spot for the race and in the 60 minute final he took the lead from the start and lead the full distance, finishing 3 laps ahead of 2nd placed local driver, Meen V. racing for Xray with Mugen racer Charlee in 3rd. The overall Championship was decided based on the best 6 results out of 8 rounds and this meant to title went to Kyosho racer Panit in both the buggy and truggy classes. The monster truck class title went to Paphon from Traxxas Thailand.

Source: Nitro Party [nitroparty.com]

December 4, 2007

Yaniv Sivan wins 2008 Israeli League Rd2

The 2nd round of the Israeli League was run last weekend at a wet Hot-Wheels race club, and despite the rain there was still quite a lot of grip. The drivers also had to contend with a new track layout which combines fast and slow chicanes as well as a long straight and after qualifying it was Yaniv Sivan that had taken the TQ spot. From the start of the final it was Yaniv that took the lead followed by his brother, and winner of round 1, Nir Sivan while the battle for third went on behind them between Golan Levi and Yaniv Levi. This battle contined all the way till the end of the race with Golan taking the final podium spot behind eventual winner Yaniv Sivan, while Nir Sivan took 2nd.

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December 4, 2007

WangWenPei wins HongNor Cup China 07

Last weekend saw the 2007 HongNor Cup held in mainland China for the first time at the FeiTeng track in Guangzhou, and it was open to both Buggy and Truggy. This is a one make race, open to HongNor racers only and it was attended by their factory team as well as many top Asian drivers, all driving the X1CR or X1CR-T. Qualifying saw the buggy class TQ go to ChengYikuan with Taiwanese factory driver WangWenPei in 2nd position. After the start it was WangWenPei that immediately took the lead and despite a battle with Singapore driver WenYi for many laps he was able to pull away and win the race 1 lap in front of WenYi in 2nd, with HuWeiPing in 3rd. WangWenPei also went on to win the Truggy class.

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December 2, 2007

Matsukura & Suzuki take Buggy titles

Matsukura & Suki take JMRCA buggy titles

This weekend saw the indoor Yatabe Arena once more play host to the Japanese Nationals, this time for electric off road buggies, with the event open to both 2wd and 4wd classes. In 4wd it was Yokomo racer, and current 12th scale National Champion, Naoto Matsukura that took the TQ spot ahead of current 2wd World Champion Hayato Matsuzaki, racing for Hot Bodies in 2nd and Shin Adachi for Kyosho in 3rd. In 2wd qualifying it was Hiroshi Suzuki that took pole position in front of Akira Suzuki in 2nd and Hayato Matsuzaki in 3rd. The 4wd final saw complete domination for the young Matsukura who took wins in the first 2 finals, the second final seeing a winning margin of 12 seconds, to take the overall title ahead of Hayato Matsuzaki, who won the 3rd final, while Yokomo racer Hiroshi Suzuki took 3rd. In the 2wd finals Yokomo team driver Hiroshi Suzuki took 2 clear wins in the first 2 finals to secure his 2wd title, ahead of Tamiya racer Satoshi Maezumi in 2nd, who took the last final win, while Hayato Matsuzaki wrapped up a great day with 3rd overall.

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November 30, 2007

Vega takes Final round of Madrid Champs

We received a brief report by Daniel Vega from the last race of the Madrid Championships, held last weekend at the famous track of Fuencarral, in Madrid. The start of the race saw the Mugen racer Vega battling with top GS racer, and pole position man, Richi Gomez but Vega was able to make a break and pull away. At the end of the 30 minute race Daniel had taken the win by 2 laps from Gomez in 2nd with Losi racer Felix Zamorano a lap further back in 3rd.

Source: VAS [vas-modelismo.com]

November 30, 2007

Sorex is the 2008 Euros Control tire

Sorex chosen for 2008 Euros Control tire

Schumacher have announced that Sorex, which they distribute in Europe, has been chosen as the control tire for the 2008 European EP Touring Car Championships that will take place next summer in Villa Real, Spain. For those wanting to try the tires prior to the event they are available through the Schumacher distribution network under codes: XG-36EU for the slick pre glued tire, and XG-Wet for the Shimizu wet tire.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

November 29, 2007

Hagberg wins Swedish Friendship race

Alexander Hagberg wins Swedish Friendship race

Xray have a report by Martin Hudy from the International Swedish Friendship race that took place last weekend in Enskilstunda, approximately 130km from Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. A lot of top drivers from around Europe attended this race and in qualifying it was local ace Alexander Hagberg racing for Xray that took the pole position from Prague GP winner Steen Graversen for Kyosho in 2nd with Martin Hudy for Xray in 3rd. The first final was won by Graversen followed by Hudy in 2nd after Hagberg made a mistake while in the lead. Final 2 saw Hagberg return from a bad first final to take the win in front of Graversen with Martin once more in 3rd. The last and decisive final saw Hagberg win once more to claim the overall win, after a coming together between Martin and Steen allowed the Swedish driver to go into the lead, Martin closed but couldn’t get passed and so Graversen claimed 2nd overall with Hudy on the final podium step in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]