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November 17, 2007

Robert is Belgian 1/8th TT Champion

Raphael Robert is Belgian 1/8th TT Champion

Raphael Robert is the 2007 Belgian 1/8th scale buggy Champion after winning the final round of the Championship at the BRTC track in Bauffe to claim the overall title. Raphael has had a good year with his HoBao buggy, taking 23rd overall in the Euro B Championships in Germany and taking 2nd place in the Belgian EFRA GP earlier this year. With 3 wins to his credit he was able to finish comfortably in front of 2nd placed Gergory Soyeurt and 3rd placed Guy de Weerd, who had 2 wins this year.

November 17, 2007

Norwegian National Cup Rd2

Xray have a report from the second round of the Norwegian National Cup that was held recently on a 600m2 track with sharp turns and high grip in Spydeberg. The 19T touring class saw Truls Solberg take the TQ ahead of Markus Alvestad in 2nd and 13 year old Petter Berntsen in 3rd. In the finals, Truls took the win in the first 2 finals, but he forgot to marshall after the 2nd final and had his result nulled and in the 3rd final he had problems, so he ended the race in 5th leaving Markus Alvestad to take his first win from Knut E Enger in 2nd and Petter Berntsen in 3rd. In the modified touring class Adrian Berntsen took the pole position from Helge Johannessen in 2nd and Georg Ellingsen in 3rd. After a problem in final 1, Johannessen managed to take the win in the 2nd and 3rd finals to take the overall win with Adrian Bernsten finishing 2nd and Petter Solvberg 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 15, 2007

Charlee P. wins Rd7 Thailand Buggy Party

Last weekend saw the 7th round of the Thailand Buggy Party run at the Pattaya R/C track, host of this years FEMCA Championships. In qualifying it was Meen V., driving a Xray that TQ’d the event but a suspension problem in the beginning of the main final meant that he could only finish 9th. The hour long race was easily won by Charlee P., racing a Mugen who won by 2 laps from 2nd placed Panit Baimai racing a Kyosho, while 3rd spot went to Yuthana D. only a few seconds further back.

Source: Nitro Party [nitroparty.com]

November 15, 2007

Barry Baker wins ’07 ROAR Nitro Nationals

Barry Baker wins 2007 ROAR Nitro Nationals

Xray are reporting on last weekends 2007 ROAR Nitro Nationals that was held at the Gulf Coast Raceway in Porter, Texas. Qualifying saw the pole position go to Xray racer Paul LeMieux, the only driver to get a 20 lap run, with Kyosho racers Chris Tosolini in 2nd and Scott Kimbrow in 3rd. With the top 7 drivers qualifying directly for the final, the other racers had to go through the semi to take their place in the main final. At the start of the final, it was Paul that got the best start but a mistake dropped him back and allowed Kimbrow into the lead. After some time, Ralph Burch, Barry Baker and LeMieux could make it passed Kimbrow and at the 15 minute mark they all had a lap on 4th place and at 25 minutes they came in for their tire stop which saw Ralph stall, and lose 7 or 8 laps, LeMieux also have problems. Baker was now leading, and a stop for only 1 tire meant he lost little time and could go after the leaders and with 7 minutes left to race, he caught and passed the leader and took the win, leaving Josh Cyrul in 2nd and Scott Kimbrow in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 14, 2007

Zamorano wins Spanish Truggy Cup

The 2007 Spanish Truggy Cup was run last weekend on the fantastic Elda (Alicante) track under glorious sunshine. Felix Zamorano lined up on pole position for the main final and along with Team Losi team mate, current Spanish 4wd & 2wd electric buggy champion, Alberto García they proceeded to dominate the race. At the end the two drivers were only 15 seconds apart with Zamorano taking the win from Garcia in 2nd, with 3rd spot going to Juan Andreu Daras, 1 further lap back.

November 14, 2007

DRCMU Indoor On-Road Rd1 & Rd2

DRCMU Indoor On-Road Rd2

We received reports from both the 1st and 2nd round of the Danish DRCMU indoor championships held in Tinglev and Fakse. Round 1 was held in Tinglev near the German border and a few German racers were competing at the event. The drivers were greeted with a high speed track with a very good flow, and many drivers liked it a lot.

November 13, 2007

Gačar Zdenko wins Rd4 Slovenian TT Nats

Last weekend saw the 4th and final round of the Slovenian National Championships run in Jesenice, Hrušica, held for both 1/8th and 1/6th buggy. Weather on race day was wery cold with air temperature between 2 – 4 degrees and the track had a little surface water which turned into mud as the day went on, making it very difficult to drive the cars quickly. The 1/8th scale race saw a win for Laro racer Gačar Zdenk, 2 laps in front of Mugen driver Sašo Matijek in 2nd, while 3rd spot saw a close battle between Robert Škalec and Nejc Drole, with the Xray driver Škalec eventually taking the final podium position. In the 1/6th scale race it was a win for Danilo Mlekuž, closely followed by Robert Makovec in 2nd, with a huge gap back to 3rd place raer Ivan Turk.

Source: Skalec Racing Team [users.triera.net/kiselrob]

November 13, 2007

Atsushi Hara wins JMRCA Gas Buggy Nats

Former World Champion Touring car racer Atsushi Hara has won last weekends Japanese 1/8th scale gas buggy Nationals held in Chiba, close to Tokyo. The event had been affected by rain with Saturday’s running being cancelled and the results after Friday’s 2 rounds of qualifying being used, which gave Hara the TQ spot with his heavily modified HB Lightning 2 Pro. In the final no one could touch Hara and despite loosing the lead on lap 2, he was able to regain the lead 5 laps later and pull out a lead of 2 laps by the end of the hour, winning from 2nd placed Yuuichi Ajishi driving a Mugen and Takeshi Shinomiya taking 3rd with his Losi 8ight.

Source: HPI Japan [hpiracing.co.jp]