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July 16, 2008

Ed Kerry wins UK Truggy Pro Rd4

The 4th round of the UK Truggy Pro Nationals took place at NORC Raceway near Durham in the North of England last weekend. Qualifying saw Losi racer Darren Bloomfield take the TQ spot ahead of Jamie Booth, Ed Kerry, Mike Cradock and Sambuca Taylor, these drivers being the only ones to achieve 8 laps. In the main final Cradock got shunted on the first lap, which knocked him down the running order, allowing Bloomfield to get his head down and open up a lap on the rest of the field by the time he came into the pits on lap 27, but unfortunately mechanical problems on the rear of his car meant he required more time in the pits and this allowed Booth to take over that the front. On lap 37 it looked like Booth had the race in the bag but suddenly mechnical failure had Jamie’s car limping and despite keeping the car going Ed Kerry could take over at the front and go on to win, while behind it was Ralls and a recovering Cradock, who sniffing a podium, pushed to catch the limping Booth and 2 laps from the end of the race the pair got passed and took 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: UK Truggy Pro [uktruggypro.com]

July 14, 2008

Stefan Hanauer wins German 1/8th Nats

The German 1/8th scale on road Nationals were run last weekend in Ettlingen, and it was Kyosho racer Stefan Hanauer that took the title. With so many International drivers in attendance such as Michael Salven, Oliver Mack, Robert Pietsch and Andreas Hammerl, the level was very high and the competition tough. Qualifying saw Shepherd racer, and current German Champion, Robert Pietsch take pole position ahead of Mugen driver Oliver Mack, with Philip Eberle and Stefan Hanauer completing the top 4. In the final Hanauer was able to come out on top following some changes at the top and despite some late race pressure from pole man Pietsch, Hanauer could hold onto to his lead to win. Pietsch ended the race 2 seconds behind the Kyosho racer with Shepherd boss Patrick Schäfer claiming 3rd, just 7 seconds up on 4th placed finisher Andreas Hammerl.

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July 14, 2008

Josué Artiles wins Rd3 Spanish Nats

The 3rd round of the Spanish 1/10th scale Nationals took place last weekend at the Valladolid track in the centre of the country. The weather was good all weekend, apart from some light rain on the Saturday but not enough to effect the 77 racers in attendance. Pole position went to Xray racer Eduardo Escandón, the only racer to get 17 laps in qualifying to place ahead of Xabier Arana in 2nd, Merlin racer Oscar Cabezas in 3rd and Josué Artiles in 4th. The 30 minute A-main saw all change from the starting order, with Mugen racer Artiles taking the win by over a lap from Hugo Santos in 2nd and pole man Eduardo Escandon taking 3rd, just ahead of Serpent racer Cabezas in 4th.

Source: Merlin [merlinfuel.com]

July 13, 2008

Perez wins Rd3 Brazilian Nationals

Serpent are reporting on the 3rd round of the Brazilian Nationals where Ricardo Perez driving a Serpent 720 ’08 took the win. Saturday’s qualifying saw round 2 winner and another Serpent racer Henrique Winik TQ the event ahead of Flavio Elias and Perez. The finals on Sunday, which were held in very hot conditions, saw car no.1 of Winik in top form and he was able to run a lap time below the previous record. Unfortunately engine problems would rule him out of back to back victories, but team-mate Perez took up the lead where he would stay till the end to take the win. This moves him into the lead of the standings and bring him closer to becoming 2008 Brazilian Champion.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 9, 2008

Connolly doubles up at Irish Nats Rd4

Serpent have a report on the 4th round of the Irish Nationals that saw Serpent racer Clive Connolly in dominant form as he claimed his second consecutive double victory, winning both the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm A Finals. A strong drive by Connolly in the 1/10th scale final saw him pass former National Champion Chris Steele and standings leader Eoin Doran to cruise home to a one lap winning margin over Steele’s Kyosho, with Keith Dempsey claiming his first ever National Championship podium finish in 3rd. Starting from pole in the 1/8th scale final, Connolly, who has a perfect winning record this season, stormed to yet another victory setting the fastest lap of the race to head home a Serpent 1-2 as young Sean Doyle claimed yet another strong podium finish ahead of Kyosho driver Nico Azzariti in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 8, 2008

Mark Gilliland wins BRCA 200mm Rd5

The 5th round of the BRCA 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals were run at Wrexham last weekend and rainy weather greeted the lower than normal number of competitors who attended. On Saturday it rained in the morning and didn’t dry until around midday, leaving the racers with half a day of practice to fine tune their cars for Sunday’s racing. On race day, the first two rounds of qualifying were wet and so it was only the last two dry rounds which would count. Team Xray driver Mark Gilliland was TQ in every round and so claimed the overall top spot from Mark Green, Stephen Brown and Kyle Branson. For the finalists, all chances of a dry final were dashed when it started raining 10 minutes before the start, leaving all racers scrambling to put wet tyres on their cars. The start of the 30 minute race saw Kyle Branson jump to the front after 4 laps followed by Steve Brown, the order remaining static until the 23rd minute when Branson’s wheel came off and took him out of the lead. With the tyre back on he struggled on a drying track and this left Gilliland to pick up the pieces and take the win by 3 laps from Mark Green, with his Serpent team mate Kyle Branson holding onto 3rd.

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July 8, 2008

Fischer wins Oberhausen Nats Qualifier

The latest qualification round for the German Nationals were held last weekend in Oberhausen and it was Team Corally driver Marc Fischer that TQ’d and won the modified class with his Corally RDX Phi. Setting the fastest lap of the weekend along the way, Fisher won ahead of Federico Veronesi in 2nd and Yannic Prümper in 3rd. In the stock class another Team Corally driver Domenik Reschke took the win followed by team mate Patrick Pasch in 2nd while Thomas Musial took 3rd.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

July 8, 2008

HPI Racing Baja Nats – Announcement

HPI Racing Baja Nats - Announcement

HPI Racing were in touch to tell us about the First Annual Baja Nationals which will be heled November 8th and 9th at Milestone Ranch MX Park in Riverside California. Bring out your Baja for two full days of competition with the fastest Bajas in the country and have a chance to claim the #1 Baja driver in the country.

More information about this event can be found here.