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March 31, 2008

Stafford wins 4wd National Indoor Finals

Following on from the oOple report from Saturday’s 2wd class at the BRCA National Indoor series in Worksop, comes the results from the 4wd class that was held on Sunday. With 94 racers participating, including 2 of the new Schumacher Cat SX buggies, it was National Champion Lee Martin that took the TQ spot ahead of Saturday’s 2wd winner Neil Cragg in 2nd and X-Factory racer Ellis Stafford in 3rd. Following some really close racing, which meant 4 racers were still in contention for the overall win going into the 3rd leg of the A-final, it was Ellis Stafford that came out on top, just ahead of Lee Martin in 2nd and Richard Lowe taking 3rd.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

March 31, 2008

Mark Green wins BRCA 200mm Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals was held last weekend at the Aldershot track under dry but very overcast conditions. Qualifying for the 45 drivers present, saw Serpent racer Mark Green take the top qualifying position in front of new Xray signing Darren Johnson in 2nd and his team mate Mark Gilliland in 3rd. In the final it was Johnson that got the holeshot with Mark slotting into the 2nd spot, and the 2 would battle it out for the entire race, swapping the lead a number of times. It looked like it would be a super close finish but a small mistake by Darren going on to the straight allowed Mark through and he could push a bit more to extend the lead at the end to about 4 seconds in front of the Johnson, with Gilliland having a steady run in 3rd a lap further back.

Source: 3hobby [3hobby.net]

March 30, 2008

Cragg wins 2wd National Indoor Finals

Jimmy over at oOple has been reporting from the National Indoor Finals, which is the climax of the indoor racing season, with drivers having qualified primarily by racing the indoor regionals. The venue for the 2007/8 indoor finals is the excellent Worksop venue, which has been one of the most popular indoor venues over the winter season. Qualifying for Saturday’s 2wd event saw Neil Cragg on the top spot followed by Danny McGee and Ellis Stafford in 2nd and 3rd and in the 3 leg finals is was Cragg who was on top in all of them taking the overall with ease from his Associated team mate Lee Martin in 2nd and Losi driver Danny McGee rounding out the podium in 3rd.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

March 27, 2008

Neil Diver wins Rd1 of UK 1/8th Nats

Serpent have a report on the opening round of the 2008 1/8th scale On road British National Championships that kicked off over the Easter weekend at the very fast Brookland Circuit in Kent. Saturday’s practice saw drivers faced with a mixture of rain, hail and sunshine but on race day most drivers had the opportunity to test on a dry track but had to contend with very cold air temperatures of only 2C and later damp conditions. Defending Champion Mark Green with his Serpent 960 took the top qualifier spot after 3 round of wet qualifying with team-mate Neil Diver second fastest. In the A final the lead was held by 4 different drivers during the 30-minute encounter with Serpent driver Neil Diver holding it when it counted most to take victory by 10 seconds from Chris Heath in 2nd with Iain Milford in 3rd, a lap further down.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 26, 2008

Sidiropoulos wins Greek 1/10 Nats Rd1

Sidiropoulos wins Greek 200mm Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Greek National Championship for 1:10 200mm took place over the weekend at the FRT circuit. Saturday practice saw the Serpent pairing of John Sotiropoulos and Kostas Sidiropoulos set the pace, which they would carry through to Sunday as they secured the top two placings in qualifying with Sotiropoulos taking the TQ. In the final Sotiropoulos capitalised on his pole starting position, opening up an early lead over the chasing pack but unfortunately 18 minutes into the race he destroyed both 2 speed gears, handing the lead to team-mate Sidiropoulos. After almost 2 minutes in the pits, Sotiropoulos rejoined the race 5 laps in arrears of his team-mate. Determined to take a podium finish he put in a superb recovery drive setting the fastest lap of the day on his way to an excellent third place finish, just behind Mugen racer Lymnios in 2nd, while up front Sidiropoulos cruised home to take his first ever National championship race win.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 26, 2008

Duthie & Burrows win NZ Nationals

Last weekend, Taranaki in New Zealand played host to the country’s gas Nationals for both 1/8th and 1/10th scale. The 1/8th scale class saw the TQ spot go to Mugen racer Andy Ando, but problems in the final meant he could only finish in 6th, leaving the win go to his team mate Luke Duthie, with fellow Mugen racers Andrew Kirk and Selwyn Duthie in 2nd and 3rd, all on the same lap. In 1/10th scale it was Daniel Burrows that started from the pole position and could take the win by 1 lap in front of Mugen team mates Scott Robinson in 2nd and Jayden Duthie in 3rd spot, 3 laps further back.

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March 23, 2008

DongWoo Nam wins Xray Challenge Rd1

Xray are reporting on their site from the first round of the Xray Challenge which was held on last weekend at Banwol Race Park near Seoul, Korea. In the qualifying for the Pro buggy class it was SunYung Hwang that took the top qualifying spot from DongWoo Nam in 2nd and SungGi Jo in 3rd and after the semi finals the lineup remained the same for the main event. In the final it was DongWoo Nam, in only his 2nd race for Xray, that could take the win from pole man Hwang who finished 2nd while HyungKyu Yu took the final step on the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 19, 2008

BRCA 1/12th Nationals Round 6

BRCA 1/12th National Series

The final race of the 2008 1/12th National series was run last weekend by the Chesterfield Auto Racing Society, who were celebrating their 25th anniversary as a National Host this year. Newly crowned Mod Champion Andy Griffiths, who was sitting on 4th position in qualifying overnight, just managed to secure pole position for the final in Sundays final round, with HB team mate Mick Farrell lining up in 2nd position. Andy managed to get away cleanly in all three finals, and went on to take a relatively comfortable victory in each race to secure top spot at the meeting with a perfect score, his 5th win from 6 rounds.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]