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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]

November 7, 2007

Jerome Renaux is Belgian 200mm Champion

Jerome Renaux is the 2007 Belgian 1/10th 200mm Champion after a year long battle with rival Nick Cuypers. The Kyosho racer managed to take 3 race wins as well as 2 podium finishes from 6 races and in qualifying he also showed great pace claiming 4 pole postions throughout the season. With Jerome taking the title, it was Serpent racer Nick Cuypers that was 2nd overall with the 3rd spot going to Jonathan Sanza racing a Xray NT1.

November 6, 2007

Sala Federico wins Italian Indoor Champs

The 2007 Italian electric touring car indoor championships were held in Firenze on the last weekend of October and all the top Italian EP racers were out to battle for the title. In qualifying it was Corally racer Sala Federico that claimed the pole position in front of 2nd placed Michele Romagnoli, racing for Xray, in 2nd. After 2 of the 3 finals, it was a win a piece for Federico and Romagnoli with another Xray driver Guido Barbera in 3rd on both occasions. In the 3rd and decisive final there was many lead changes and with 25 seconds to go, the order was Barbera, Romagnoli and Federico but a misplaced marshall caused a crash for Barbera while a closely following Romagnoli had little place to go and also crashed leaving Federico through to take the win and with it the overall title, Romagnoli was 2nd and Barbera ended his day in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 5, 2007

Nir Sivan wins 2008 Israeli League Rd1

We received this report from the first race in the 2008 Israeli League for 1/8 scale buggy that took place last weekend at the Farm 07 race track near Ashdod. This was the first race of eight that are scheduled to be run in the 2008 Israeli Season with the 6 best out being counted. Top drivers all over the country, North and South participated the event and it was Yaniv Sivan that claimed the TQ after qualifying but a clutch problem in the Semis cause him to lose his place in the Final.

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