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October 22, 2007

New York State Championship report

New York State Championship

We received a report from the recently held New York State Championships that were was run by the Fanatic Remote Racerz of New York, who were able to not only build the club to a level of racing that the Region needed but are able and willing to build our sport of RC in general and do what is necessary and make any and all sacrifices to make sure that our sport survives and succeeds. The NYSC as it was dubbed pulled out some of the fastest guys in the Region that were able to make the attendance for the day. The day moved at a pace like no other and proved to be a formidable tuning day for all combatants for the title of State Champ.

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October 22, 2007

Alberto García takes Spanish titles

LRP has sent us notification that for the third year in a row their LRP Brushless team driver Alberto García came out on top, taking Spanish National title in both 2WD and 4WD off road. The 3rd round of the Spanish Nationals took place in Valladolid which saw though conditions for everyone due to rain, wind and a bumpy surface. Alberto however could stand up against the competition and bring home both the titles with one round still left to be run.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

October 22, 2007

Cabezas is Spanish 1/8th National Champ

Serpent are reporting that team driver Oscar Cabezas has secured back to back Spanish 1:8 National Championship titles with the defending champion securing the 2007 crown in the season finale at Valencia over the weekend. Driving his Mega powered 960, the Serpent Driver Development team member TQ’d for the event but suffered a scare at the start of the final when he was collected by another car dropping him down the order and out of a title winning position. Aware that second place would be enough to put the title out of reach of his nearest rivals, Cabezas regained his composure and as the fastest car on the track the young star worked his was back up through the field and into that vital second place. Once in this position he held station with mature driving knowing the result would be enough to secure him the 2008 crown.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 21, 2007

Morashi wins JMRCA Sports Touring nats

The 2007 Japanese EP Touring Nationals for Sports class was run this weekend at the Kawaba RC Plaza under mixed weather conditions. Qualifying saw the pole position go to Yoshiaki Takahashi but in the final it was Morashi that was on the pace, taking the win in the first 2 legs of the A-final to take the overall title with one leg of finals left to be run. The runner up spot went to pole man Takahashi with two 2nd positions, with the final podium position going to Mitsuo Yoshida in 3rd.

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Source: Extreme RC [blog.goo.ne.jp/rc-extreme]

October 19, 2007

Russian EP off road Cup Final

The last round of Russian EP Off-road Cup 2007 was held in Moscow, Russia on new MRC-models carpet track. It was very difficult race for all the competitors with snow and rain which transformed the track to ice. JConcepts drivers won both categories, buggy 2WD and buggy 4WD with Dmitry Malyshko dominating the last round and winning the Championship in buggy 2WD. Victor Spiridonov won the buggy 4wd title, while in Stadium truck the title was taken by Konstantin Volkov.

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October 11, 2007

Martin Lissau wins 2007 Danish Nats

Xray have a report from their team driver Martin Lissau on the 5th and last race of the Danish 1/10 nitro touring car championship was held in Naestved RC Model Center. “I had to finish in the top 7 to be the National champion. It was hard because I had no tools and no staff with me as all were prepared for Worlds Championship in 1/5 cars that I have attended the day after the final run. After the qualification I was second, just behind Martin Fish, another XRAY driver. The final was without any stress as Martin got interference problems so he had to retire. Jesper Hoh could take the victory in this final as I made some mistakes. I finished on the second place, Dennis Hassing could take third place”.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 7, 2007

Erik Dankel wins Oktoberfest Cup

Erik Dankel wins Octoberfest Cup

Last weekend saw the annual Oktoberfest Cup run at the Turkheim track, and is considered as the final race in the 1/8th scale season for a lot of drivers in this region. This years event saw Mugen racer Erik Dankel, racing the new MRX-4X, take the pole position in qualifying ahead of his brother Jan, but due to an unfixable problem caused to his car he withdrew and gave the position to the next driver. In the final Erik won easily ahead of team mates Norbert Mayrhofer in 2nd and Markus Stegmann in 3rd.

Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]

October 3, 2007

N’Diaye is 2007 French National Champion

The last round of the French 1/10th EP Touring car National Championship was recently held at Manspach, in the East of France. Qualifying in the Open A class saw Cyril N’Diaye, racing the new Xray T2’008, dominate the qualification sessions, putting himself into pole position ahead of Tamiya racer Loic Jasmin in 2nd and Lucas Urbain in 3rd. In the Open A final, N’Diaye benefitted from his pole position and was able win the first two finals, taking the overall win with Jasmin just behind in 2nd, with another Xray racer Aurélien Threhout in 3rd place. With this result Cyril N’Diaye was able to clinch the 2007 French National Championships.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]